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I don't know how other's keep track of their knives, like what was paid for them, their value, rarity, a little history, what it looks like, whatever.
Or maybe I am just the only person without a life who worries about it.

I used a software program once, but when my computer crashed, it was lost.
But I always had a back up, a bunch of scribbled notes. And I finally started putting them all together, really started getting organized, last fall. I used some record pages carried by AG Russell. He sells them for Knives, shotguns, rifles. Nice, solid paper, not flimsy. On the back of each descriptive page of a knife, is a place for a photo of it. At the same time I do this, I keep the photo on my harddrive along with a few little particulars. And I also download it all onto a memory stick whenever I add another knife. And finally, in case of a real disaster that perhaps my knives survive but my records do not.. All this is stored online as well.

I think you can see the benefit if you ever have to make an insurance claim.

It's pretty amazing, and maybe a little shocking, to see what the total investment is, once all is recorded and totalled up. Wow.

At least my heirs will perhaps not sell them all for $20 at a garage sale.

 

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Good system you have M2HB. I had similar, but lost the program when my computer crashed.

@blademan: Yes, you are correct. My insurance agent, when told, said it was more important that I told here so she could enter it on my policy, than the very small additional premium.


timberbeast you are correct. Probably because the cost of knives is so much less than all the firearms we all probably own, we're surprised at the investment.