A LARGE PART OF COLLECTING ETHINOGRAPHIC ARMS HAS TO DO WITH THE HISTORY OF THE GROUP MAKING IT, THAT INCLUDES THEIR BELIEFS, THE WAY THE WEAPONS WERE MADE, USED AND RESPECTED BY THE OWNERS OR FEARED BY THE ADVERSARY. OUR MIND SET IS WITH THIS KIND OF GENUINE WEAPON NOT WITH A WONDERFUL WORK OF ART BY A TRUE MASTER OF METAL WORK.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO COLLECT THIS KIND OF WORK AND HAVE A LOVE FOR IT THAT RIVALS OUR OWN FOR WHAT WE COLLECT. THERE ARE COLLECTORS OF CERTIAN MAKERS LYLE COMES TO MIND I REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST STARTED I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT SOME OF HIS EARLY ITEMS THEY ARE WORTH BIG BUCKS NOW. THERE ARE COLLECTERS OF BUCK, BARLOW, BOKER AND OTHER POCKET KNIVES,LETTER OPENERS AND FANTASY KNIVES. THE HISTORY OF SOME OF THESE MAKERS CAN BE VERY INTERESTING ALSO, I ESPECIALLY LIKE A FIGHTING KNIFE MADE BY A MAN NAMED NICKELS ,CAN'T AFFORD ONE THOUGH
I CAN APPRECIATE THE WORK BEING DONE NOW BY THE TOP ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK WILL LIKELY APPRECIATE IN VALUE IN FUTURE. I WOULD NOT MIND HAVING SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THEY ARE MAKEING TODAY BUT THE ONES I WOULD WANT WOULD COST MORE THAN SEVERAL OF THE WEAPONS I TRULY LOVE. SO I WILL SPEND MY MONEY ON THE GOOD OLD ITEMS AS THAT IS WHERE MY HEART AND INTREST TRULY LIES.
