Originally Posted by Faulkner

Other than carrying a small Swiss Army Knife, I've never been into the collector aspect of them.

Interestingly, though, I went to a Federal Surplus Equipment outlet that local and state government entities can go and purchase surplus federal property. I went looking for a file cabinet for our office and while there I noticed two 5 gallon buckets full of pocket knives. I asked about them and he said they were knives from the local airport that had been turned in by people trying to get on airplanes with them. Once "caught" with them, they could either go back and put them in their car or surrender them. These were the surrendered ones.

A little sign on the bucket said $2.00 each, and after culling through them I spent fifty bucks on 25 like new CASE pocket knives.