6/16: A little fine tuning to Shipping cost structure One of the most critical components of knife sales these days is shipping.  Nobody wants their knife to show up in a rolled up bubble envelope.  Nobody wants to pay as much for shipping as they do the knife.  And, to be brutally honest, free shipping

In a somewhat obsessive fashion, I try to provide as much information in the description area as possible.  Having said that, I will admit that I am lazy, thus will never get around to fixing all the products that pre-date any one of my “enhancements”.  The latest tidbit of information that has bothered me is

The general “why” of the Early Reservation System (ERS) has been discussed previously.  But I would like to take a few minutes to talk about some of the underlying policies and functions of the ERS.  If you do not actually wonder how the system works or have questions about how it makes decisions – this

One of our most common inquiries is how to order from outside the United States.  We have another blog article about “Why Doesn’t CollectorKnives Ship Internationally?“; and it eludes to the general recommendation of using a re-shipper.  But for the most part it just explains the facts of why we have chosen to cease international

We get some crazy questions, as you can imagine.  But, mostly, we get the same questions on a daily basis.  So we will try and answer some of them here so you don’t have to take the time to call / email. Q: How do Rewards accrue?  How do I use them? A: You can

Maybe once every couple weeks someone calls or emails and asks why my knives have a condition of “Mint” instead of “New”.  Well, if you really want to know, settle in and I will tell you. Background: My background is in collectible traditional knives.  For the last 30 years or so this particular niche has

-The Insider Story on Why Knives Ship Free- As an introduction: Today there are many places you can get your knives online. Storefronts are getting fewer and fewer mainly because the foot traffic is getting less and less across the country. Most people do not shop storefronts anymore. Even though many people go to gun

-Why We Do NOT Ship Outside the United States- Why the explanation: We often get requests to make exceptions to our “U.S. Only” shipping policy. Many times the customer thinks we just don’t trust international customs, shippers, or the customer themselves. This is not the case at all. For the most part, international shipping has