Suggestion: A Knife WIKI

phatch · Oct 13, 2006

This site needs a knife wiki.

To a degree, this site is one now, but it's not easy to find data because of the volume of references.

There are plenty of people here to write the articles, who know the history and the details that are of interest to us all.

The WIKI should include steel types, knife types (flat, hollow, convex, sabre, tanto); knife companies and their history as well as what knives they've produced, hopefully with pix. and so on.

A lot of the same questions get repeated and could be answered with simple links to the wiki, but the discussion would surely continue as it does now.

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Knife Identification

Welcome to Bladeforums!

The best place for this question would be The Bernard Levine Knife Collecting and Identification Forum.

Oh, and READ THIS FIRST! How to ask questions that get answered.

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Levine's Guide to Knives #4. Make sure to buy the 4th edition, the 5th was changed without the author's permission, and is a lesser book in a few important ways.

Bruce Voyles's Antique Knives.

Stewart and Ritchie's Big Book of Pocketknives. Collection of catalog reprints.

Also checkout Knife World magazine: www.knifeworld.com

Also checkout dealers like AG Russell's Cutting Edge, nwknives.com, Bruce Voyles, Ebay, Etc....

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Knives

A.G.Russell Knife Encyclopedia Articles
http://www.agrussell.com/knife_information/knife_encyclopedia/articles.html

including Blade Geometry FAQ
http://www.agrussell.com/knife_information/knife_encyclopedia/articles/blade_geometry_faq.html

A.G.Russell Knife Encyclopedia Glossary
http://www.agrussell.com/knife_information/knife_encyclopedia/glossary.html

EDC Knives - Knife Knowledge
http://www.edcknives.com/vcom/knife_knowledge.php

KnifeArt articles
http://www.knifeart.com/knifearticles.html

Wikipedia - Knife
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knives

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Laguioles

Couteaux Courty
http://www.couteaux-courty.com/

Cutlery To Go
http://www.cutlerytogo.com/

Fontenille Pataud,
http://www.fontenille-pataud.com/indexuk.php

French Knives of Laguiole-Southwest
http://www.laguiole-southwest.com/

Laguiole Elite
http://www.laguiole-elite.com/

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Laws

American Law Sources On-line
United States • Canada • Mexico
http://www.lawsource.com/also/

Find Law State Resources
http://findlaw.com/11stategov/

AllLaw
http://www.alllaw.com/

LexisOne
http://www.lexisone.com/

State Knife Laws by Bernard Levine http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/sta-law.htm#S-W

BladeShop State Knife Laws
http://www.thebladeshop.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=17

The High Road State knife laws
http://www.thehighroad.org/library/blades/knifelaws.html

California Knife Laws: A Comprehensive Guide
By Jim March
http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw/knifelaw.html

AKTI - American Knife & Tool Institute
http://www.akti.org/

USKTA - US Knife & Tool Association
http://www.uskta.org/

NRA - National Rifle Association

Packing.org
http://www.Packing.org/

Canada:

Updates to Justice Laws Web Site
http://lois.justice.gc.ca/cgi-bin/notice.pl?redirect=/en/

Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Metals

A.G.Russell Steel Guide http://www.agrussell.com/knife_information/steel_guide/index.html

Blade Steels, Steel Analysis, and Heat Treating Methods
http://www.ajh-knives.com/metals.html

EDC Knives - Steel http://www.edcknives.com/pdf-files/Steel_v2.pdf

Joe Talmadge Steel FAQ http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=368828

Spyderco Steel Chart
http://spyderco.com/edge-u-cation/index.php?item=3

Spyderco Steel Element Information
http://spyderco.com/edge-u-cation/steel.php

Oso Grande steel chart http://www.osograndeknives.com/Auxilary/steel_chart.htm

Rockwell Hardness Test
http://www.gordonengland.co.uk/hardness/r

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

NYC Knife Shops

Mastersmiths - Bill Malloy
403 East 58th Street
NY NY 10022

(Toll Free) 1-877-8KNIVES
(1-877-856-4837)
Local Calls 1-212-752-4045
Fax 1-212-752-4037

http://www.beautifulblades.com/
bill@beautifulblades.com

1200 -1700 (noon to 5pm)
closes for chow
then 1900-2100 (7pm -9pm)

Paragon Sports
867 Broadway at 18th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 255-8036

Store Hours
Monday thru Saturday 10:00am - 8:00pm.
Sunday 11:30am - 7:00pm.

Effective 22 April 2006

Swiss Army Soho
136 Prince Street

Victorinox Heaven. Here you will find every Victorinox model available, including Classics in every color imaginable. There are Vic watches galore and Vic clothing as well. Don't miss the display of vintage Vics.

Henry Westpfal
105 W. 30th Street off Broadway

A good selection of Buck knives and Vics. Their specialty is high-end kitchen knives. And they sharpen any and all knives.

Native Leather
203 Bleecker Street

A very good selection of Buck knives, Opinels, and Sante Fe Stoneworks Buck and Spyderco models.

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Packs & Bags & Boxes

Chrome
http://www.chromebags.com/

County Comm Bail Out Bag
http://countycomm.com/NYLONINDEX.htm

CourierWare
http://www.courierwareusa.com/

DuluthTrading Messenger Bag
http://www.duluthtrading.com/search/searchresults/37001.aspx?feature=Product_1

eBags
http://www.ebags.com/

Jandd Mountaineering
http://www.jandd.com/

Maxpedition
http://www.maxpedition.com/

Pac Designs
http://www.pacdesigns.com/index.htm

r.e.load baggage inc.
http://www.reloadbags.com/index.php

Spec-Ops
http://www.specopsbrand.com/

Timbuk2
http://www.timbuk2.com/index.html

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Nashbar Messenger Bag
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?...and=&sku=14180&storetype=&estoreid=&pagename=

Performance Bicycle messenger Bags
http://www.performancebike.com/shop/sub_cat.cfm?subcategory_id=2327

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DryBoxes
http://dryboxes.safeshopper.com/1/cat1.htm

Witz Sport Cases
http://www.witzprod.com/witzprod/

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Sharpening

Convex Grind FAQ
http://home.nycap.rr.com/sosak/convex.htm

http://www.mhcable.com/~yocraft/sosak/convex.htm

EDC Knives Sharpening FAQ
http://www.edcknives.com/pdf-files/Sharpen_v2.pdf

Knife Maintenance and Sharpening
http://forums.egullet.com/index.php?showtopic=26036

Sharpening Made Easy
http://users.ameritech.net/knives/knives1c.htm

Sharpening the Ontario - Jerry Hossum
http://hossom.com/sharp/

Micro-Mesh Buffers and Nail Files
http://www.sisweb.com/micromesh/buffers.htm

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Shaving

Classic Shaving
http://www.classicshaving.com/Home.html

Razor Central
http://www.en.nassrasur.com/razorcentral/index.html

Razor Sharpening And Using Tips
http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/sharpen/instrazor.html

Shave Center of the Internet
http://www.shavingsupplies.com/

Shave My Face forum
http://www.shavemyface.com/forum/

Straight Razor Place
http://www.straightrazorplace.com/

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Sheaths

KYDEX

Eric Noeldechen (Normark) at On/Scene Tactical
recommended by Busse & by me
ericn@mnsi.net
http://www.mnsi.net/~nbtnoel/

Sharpshooter's Sheath Systems
http://www.kydexsheath.com/

Blade-Tech Industries http://www.blade-tech.com/home.php

Survival Sheath Systems http://www.survivalsheath.com/flash.htm

David Brown at Buy Brown
AZgunNut@earthlink.net
recommended by Busse
http://www.buybrownholsters.com

Brian Wagner at Okuden
recommended by Busse
Knivesinfo@okuden.net

River City Sheaths http://rivercitysheaths.com/

LEATHER

Gary W. Graley "G2"
folder sheaths
chiseledge@yahoo.com

Dave Abramson (lifter4Him) at Lifter's Leather
recommended by me
http://hometown.aol.com/lifter4him1/myhomepage/business.html

Ken Collucci at Firebrand Leather(Ken C.) for leather sheaths
recommended by me
kookalooch@optonline.net

Dwayne Puckett (Leatherman) at Armoralleather
recommended by Busse Knives
dwayne@armoralleather.com
http://www.armoralleather.com

Kenny Rowe's Leather
3219 Highway 29 South
Hope, Arkansas 71801
Phone: 870-777-8216
recommended by Busse Knives
rowesleather@yahoo.com
http://www.knifeart.com/roweleather.html

Mike Bartol (MtMike) at Mt. Mike's Leather Shop
recommended by Busse Knives
bartolm@earthlink.net

Vadim Grynko http://www.vessleatherworks.com

Mika's Pocket Holsters http://www.frontiernet.net/~akim/index.html

NYLON

Dan at Semper Paratus Tactical
recommended by Busse Knives

Esav Benyamin · Oct 14, 2006

Sticks

Appalachian Hand-Crafted
http://www.caneman2.com/index.htm

Brazos Walking Sticks and Canes
http://www.brazos-walking-sticks.com/index.html

Yucatan Bamboo
http://www.yucatanbamboo.com/pic.php?id=55

British Heritage
http://www.britishaccents.com/britshoppe/

Bugei Trading - bokken
http://www.bugei.com/

Cane Masters
http://www.canemasters.com/

Cop Stix
http://home.i-plus.net/aa3jt/

Defensive Cane
http://www.defensivecane.cdavisgroup.com/

House of Canes
http://www.houseofcanes.com/

Hyken Sticks
http://hykensticks.home.comcast.net/index_003.htm

Ironwood Billy
http://www.arizonaironwood.com/page17.html

Kingfisher WoodWorks
http://www.kingfisherwoodworks.com/

Kubotan
http://thearmedcitizen.com/gunladys/kubohome.htm

Mendo Wood
http://store.yahoo.com/yhst-1129393017033/index.html

Purpleheart Armoury
http://www.woodenswords.com/index.htm

Self-defence with a Walking-stick
http://ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_barton-wright_0200.htm#EN1

Stickman Rattan
http://www.stickman-escrima.com/Products/Rattan.htm

Stoney Point
http://www.stoneypoint.com/

Sword Canes at KnifeArt.com http://www.knifeart.com/knifeart/swordcanes.html

Treeline Walking Sticks and Parts
http://www.treelineusa.com/

Walking Equipment
http://www.walkingequipment.com/

Whistle Creek
http://www.whistlecreek.com/index.html

Gary W. Graley · Oct 24, 2006

Esav, a mighty piece of work to gather all those links, I'm honored to be
mentioned amongst them!

And this as a sticky would be a great idea, so much information here!
Great job sir!
G2

Esav Benyamin · Oct 24, 2006

Thanks, Gary. I try to keep adding new material. I just put in a link on lanyards and one on Liquidmetal this evening.

It's easy to keep handy on my Palm Desktop, because just as phatch said, "A lot of the same questions get repeated and could be answered with simple links"

Blue Sky · Oct 31, 2006

Gary W. Graley said:
And this as a sticky would be a great idea, so much information here!
Great job sir!
G2

Seconded! Please make this a sticky, maybe in General so it gets more exposure?

KamSingh · Oct 31, 2006

Nice one Esav

shotgunner11 · Nov 12, 2006

I declare, BTTT.

DarrylS · Nov 12, 2006

...Esav...You've put a staggering amount of work in these links...So much information and so much thanks are deserved...Thank you very much...:thumbup: :thumbup:

Esav Benyamin · Nov 12, 2006

You're welcome.

It's mostly information collected little by little, as bookmarks, that I finally got around to listing like this.

Suggestion: A Knife WIKI

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