Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values

About this book

The worlds most comprehensive roadmap to cutlery Blades Guide to Knives & Their Values contains expert analysis appraisals and lifetimes of research from the foremost authorities on antique custom/handmade factory international club commemorative period and frontier knives and all mainstream cutlery genres. Expanded with new collector information how-to stories photographs and other images historical background vintage and contemporary maker listings and more Blades Guide to Knives & Their Values provides you with inside details values and other tantalizing tidbits to maximize enjoyment of your knife hobby. Identify date and appraise virtually any knife with updated value guides and thousands of illustrations and descriptions. Decipher the values of knives from many of the worlds greatest custom makersliving and deadvia the totally overhauled and expanded custom/handmade section. Learn all about collecting knives: how to grade buy and sell and care for knives; how to recognize fakes; explore the latest blade steels and handle materials; build and maintain a collection; and a whole lot more!