Targetman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 3:55 am Hi Quick Steel, I started on my Bulldog Brand quest when I was 40 years old and am now age 64. Twenty four years of absolute enjoyment have passed but I still get the same thrill,now as back then, when I add a new piece to my collection. Yes, I have given some thought about what may happen to my collection at some future date. I likely will not have an heir to leave the knives to that will appreciate what I have enjoyed doing all these years. My grandson is only 21 months old and I can only hope to spark some future interest in knife collecting. Time will tell.
You mention a museum....I sadly see what has happened to the National Knife Collectors Museum. It used to be located in the upper level of the Smoky Mountain Knife Works in Tennessee. Beautiful examples of custom and factory knives on display...some one of a kind masterpieces. Now all gone, shut down, knives sold and auctioned off to pay for expenses, donated knives many years ago now lost for the public to see....now in private collections. This greatly saddens me as I visited this museum many times for several years.
I will probably get to some future point in time and reluctantly start selling off my collection piece by piece. But I will have the satisfaction knowing that each piece will go to some knife collector trying to build up a collection he or she can be proud of...one piece at a time.
Awestruck
I'd be ever grateful if you would consider my home for some of your Bulldogs too. Thank you for sharing the tedious work you have done collecting such beautiful knives, I appreciate it.