The standard knife collector's guide
Subtitle: identification & values
By: Ron Stewart
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Collector Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Paducah, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 782
ISBN-13: 9781574326185
Other titles: Knife collector's guide
Table of contents: title: Roy B. Ritchie; title: Introduction to knife collecting; title: What makes a knife a collectible item?; title: The knife shield's mystical relation to value; title: Bone's [sic] use on handles; title: Pocketknife patterns; title: A common sense system for "Total appraisal"; title: Total appraisal using the RBR scales; title: The major knife companies; title: Handle materials; title: Custom-made knives and makers; title: Commercial sheath and hunting knives; title: Carving and kitchen cutlery collectibles; title: Straight razor collecting; title: Care and management of a knife collection; title: Knife sharpening know-how; title: Cutlery stores, mail-order dealers, and online dealers; title: Knife books and periodicals; title: Knife clubs and organizations; title: Bicentennials, commemoratives, reproductions, and limited editions; title: Appendices.