About

Welcome To NostalgiaKnives.com.
This is the true what, when, where, why, blah blah blah of how this site came to be over the last few years.
Thanks for stopping by…

As a kid in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, and from a family that camped as much as possible during the early years. I’ve held the nostalgia of my early knives, and the whittling/carving work I did at the time, for well over 50 years.

During COVID, when the world was in lock down, I began researching the old knife makers. My main focus on Boy Scout Multi-tool, and Scout Knives. As well, really anything that reminded me of the knives my elders carried when we were fishing, camping, or just roaming the outdoors in general.

In addition to this interest, I also began watching the streaming show “Forged In Fire”. Which induced other interests and project plans. I even built a coal forge out of a couple truck brake drums, and a shop vent fan… And wow did I learn how to completely destroy a piece of bar stock.. =]

Anyway, while working through some difficult things in life, I spent the following 9 months acquiring more old knives online. As well as local garage/estate sales and even pawn shops…
As I found better knives, I sold older knives off for a small profit to buy better knives for my collection.

After acquiring several hundred knives just out of interest, I realized I don’t have the space to display most of the knives. And I didn’t want to just store them in the attic.
So I packaged up most of the knives I had collected for storage, leaving out a few for my own use.

While continuing with researching the history of my knives, I realized there was a real market for old pocket knives. As well as some fixed blade knives from certain companies.
I was actually surprised to see the number of sites that sold old pocket knives, or vintage collectable knives.

Since I needed something to do while job hunting, I agreed to build a eCommerce for reselling a variety of knives, with a focus on older pocket knives, and common collectable knives.

So, thank you for visiting NostalgiaKnives.com!

Best Regards,
Chris