Collinsville Trade Day

[royal0014]

I've been to Collinsville T.D. a few times, usually April or Sept.
Bought a couple knives, too. Have had better luck there than Mountaintop!
Won't be long before I make another trip.
Guess I'll need to wear my AAPK hat ....

[Ole Joe Clark]

In years past you could, and probably still can, buy anything from mules, to knives, to squirrel dogs, to guns, to you name it, it's probably there.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

[Lansky1]

Fun to see what knife shows used to actually look like - I miss those days

[jholcomb]

I've been to Collinsville T.D. a few times, usually April or Sept.
Bought a couple knives, too. Have had better luck there than Mountaintop!
Won't be long before I make another trip.
Guess I'll need to wear my AAPK hat ....

I'll be looking for that AAPK hat. If I see ya, I'll buy your breakfast!

[RobesonsRme.com]

Two of the best vintage knives I ever bought were at Collinsville. One was a large Holly Coke bottle jack and the other a Remington. Sold both to Joe Seale for considerable profit.

My Dad used to sell guns there. Collinsville Trade Day in January or February in the 2950’s could be absolutely miserable.

[Mumbleypeg]

Looks and sounds a lot like some of the trade days we have around here, like First Monday in Canton and Third Monday in McKinney. They stopped selling/trading animals at McKinney a few years ago - no more dogs, chickens and ducks, etc. Don’t know why but I can guess.

Ken

[jholcomb]

Looks and sounds a lot like some of the trade days we have around here, like First Monday in Canton and Third Monday in McKinney. They stopped selling/trading animals at McKinney a few years ago - no more dogs, chickens and ducks, etc. Don’t know why but I can guess.

Ken

The animal business at Collinsville isn't what it once was, but still very much alive. You can find everything from goats to game roosters.

[jholcomb]

Two of the best vintage knives I ever bought were at Collinsville. One was a large Holly Coke bottle jack and the other a Remington. Sold both to Joe Seale for considerable profit.

My Dad used to sell guns there. Collinsville Trade Day in January or February in the 2950’s could be absolutely miserable.

It can be pretty miserable in the 2020s!

[RobesonsRme.com]

Yeah, my post was future-tense and I cannot edit it now.

Meant 1950's, of course.

I remember the TV weather reports daily stating the coldest temp in the state was at Valley Head, just up the road a bit from Collinsville.

Charlie

[jholcomb]

Here's some stuff from today.

[doglegg]

Amazing.

[Ole Joe Clark]

I'll take that one, that one over there and that other one.

Today would have been a great day to be there.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

[treefarmer]

Here's some stuff from today.

jholcomb,
Are these your knives or did you run across a feller with a suitcase full of loose knives, how do you deal with this? Somebody must enjoy the dickering or is there a sign indicating price? I'd love to go through that pile of knives and those in the first two pictures are really fine!
Treefarmer

[royal0014]

Here's some stuff from today.

You and I must have not been at the trade day on the same Saturday.
I have never seen that many knives there at one time! We're gonna have to schedule a Saturday ..


By the way, I have (or had) family on Sand Mountain. I believe they're all deceased now.
A whole passel of Bryants buried at Pleasant View off hwy 71 northeast of Dutton .

[RobesonsRme.com]

There used to be multiple knife dealers there. One guy had a covered booth built on his spot and that's all he sold. Others worked out of their car trunks or pick-up beds with folding tables. Some just walked around with a satchel full of knives or a Knife-Pak, knife roll or such.

Collinsville knife trading kind of worked like the courthouse steps at The County Seat on Saturday. Knives flew back and forth between hands and you had to keep up with yours to make sure it either came back to you or ended up in the hands of someone that was giving you like in return. Lots of times, there was no money involved at all, just knives and handshakes.

You could get skinned alive in that game if you didn't know your knives. Had to know the banter, too. It was like a second language. If you couldn't shuffle half a dozen knives in one hand, you were an amateur. Sometimes it was a team sport. They would gang up on you. I'm not talking about dishonesty or theft, just how the game was played.

It was a blast.

And you wouldn't believe the quality rifles and high grade shotguns that were there in the 50's.

Charlie Noyes

[jholcomb]

Here's some stuff from today.

jholcomb,
Are these your knives or did you run across a feller with a suitcase full of loose knives, how do you deal with this? Somebody must enjoy the dickering or is there a sign indicating price? I'd love to go through that pile of knives and those in the first two pictures are really fine!
Treefarmer

The pictures are from several fellers who have booths at trade day, I am one of those fellers, and some of the pictures are of my stuff. We have quite a few knife dealers, and none that I know of have signs or stickers as to price. You just walk up, say howdy, and whatcha askin fer that'n...

[treefarmer]

Treefarmer

[jholcomb]

There used to be multiple knife dealers there. One guy had a covered booth built on his spot and that's all he sold. Others worked out of their car trunks or pick-up beds with folding tables. Some just walked around with a satchel full of knives or a Knife-Pak, knife roll or such.

Collinsville knife trading kind of worked like the courthouse steps at The County Seat on Saturday. Knives flew back and forth between hands and you had to keep up with yours to make sure it either came back to you or ended up in the hands of someone that was giving you like in return. Lots of times, there was no money involved at all, just knives and handshakes.

You could get skinned alive in that game if you didn't know your knives. Had to know the banter, too. It was like a second language. If you couldn't shuffle half a dozen knives in one hand, you were an amateur. Sometimes it was a team sport. They would gang up on you. I'm not talking about dishonesty or theft, just how the game was played.

It was a blast.

And you wouldn't believe the quality rifles and high grade shotguns that were there in the 50's.

Charlie Noyes

For the most part that's how it still is. There are lots of covered booths nowadays, mine included. The gun traders took a big hit 15 or 20 years ago, but there are still a handful there.

[jholcomb]

Here's some stuff from today.

You and I must have not been at the trade day on the same Saturday.
I have never seen that many knives there at one time! We're gonna have to schedule a Saturday ..


By the way, I have (or had) family on Sand Mountain. I believe they're all deceased now.
A whole passel of Bryants buried at Pleasant View off hwy 71 northeast of Dutton .

You just let me know... I'll be there, Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.

I've passed through Dutton a time or two. That's north sand mountain, I live further south in the upper part of Etowah county.

[jholcomb]

There used to be multiple knife dealers there. One guy had a covered booth built on his spot and that's all he sold. Others worked out of their car trunks or pick-up beds with folding tables. Some just walked around with a satchel full of knives or a Knife-Pak, knife roll or such.

Collinsville knife trading kind of worked like the courthouse steps at The County Seat on Saturday. Knives flew back and forth between hands and you had to keep up with yours to make sure it either came back to you or ended up in the hands of someone that was giving you like in return. Lots of times, there was no money involved at all, just knives and handshakes.

You could get skinned alive in that game if you didn't know your knives. Had to know the banter, too. It was like a second language. If you couldn't shuffle half a dozen knives in one hand, you were an amateur. Sometimes it was a team sport. They would gang up on you. I'm not talking about dishonesty or theft, just how the game was played.

It was a blast.

And you wouldn't believe the quality rifles and high grade shotguns that were there in the 50's.

Charlie Noyes

For the most part that's how it still is. There are lots of covered booths nowadays, mine included. The gun traders took a big hit 15 or 20 years ago, but there are still a handful there.

I'll add that there's not nearly as many knife dealers there as there used to be either. But, there are a few of us that keep that tradition alive. That said, there's something there for most everybody, from peanuts to porch swings!

[GSPTOPDOG]

Roll Tide Roll!!! A tide of classic pocket Knives.. ...and fixed blades too...

[Jody744]

I am planning to head over this next Saturday. Will update on Friday

[royal0014]

Wife and I are heading up this morning.

[jholcomb]

Wife and I are heading up this morning.

Glad y'all came up. Good talking to ya, hope y'all come again. And you're right... I need to get in here more.