History on Forgecraft knives; please educate me

[daveb]

The 10" Chef is the prize, fetching close to $100 bucks on good days. It makes for a good, serviceable knife. IMO the boning knife is the best of the lot for what it does. I keep one with kitchen stuff and 1 in my hunting kit.

 

[tomsch]

I have 8" and 10" chefs that I use when I need to cut anything that I think will do some edge damage since they are so easy to touch up. I still think about having them re-handled at some point.

 

[tomsch]

One more comment. I have a paring knife that my wife loves. It's been used/abused for 10 years and still keeps on ticking.

 

[stringer]

Here's a recent family portrait. About half of these are Forgies. All Americans

 

[RaiderX]

I received more info from this thread than I expected. Does anyone happen to know what these are valued at now in 2022? Specifically the 8" French Chef and the butcher which appears to be about 7". I also have another but not with me. I forget what it's called. These are all in the original packaging. Like I had mentioned in my introduction post yesterday, I'm not a collector but with the work I'm in, I find things and attempt to save things from going into the garbage.............cause that's where all the things I find would end up if I didn't rescue them. I leave waaaayyyyyyy more things than I save. I'll keep looking for more knives. Too bad you guys aren't into WW2 bayonets(I'm actually keeping that) but yea, I find things like that as well.

 

[daveb]

You can look on the Bay for current pricing and adjust for condition. When I was shopping 5 - 10 years ago the 8" Chef was going for 30 - 50 bucks, the Butcher 20ish. The money knife has been and is still the 10" Chef. It took a Benjamin to get one in decent shape back then and they haven't made any more of them.

 

[RaiderX]

Ok, thanks. I'll post a few pics when I take em. Perhaps later or tomorrow. Thanks for the info!!

 

[stringer]

Those are the desirable ones. 10" chef knife. There are also some unicorns out there at 12" and 14". I will buy them if you find them. Hit me up.

 

[MowgFace]

There’s a 10” chef on the bay as we speak. $50

“Forgecraft hi carbon knife”

 

[gentiscid]

Here is a New Old Stock 3 piece set of Forgies I acquired recently!

 

[gentiscid]

Before & After pictures of the handles. Treated with some mineral oil SPA. Finished with beeswax blend.

 

[RaiderX]

Here's what I have

 

[RaiderX]

and this one

 

[daveb]

The boner is pretty sweet. I've acquired two, one lives in the kitchen and the other lives in my deer kit.

 

[MowgFace]

Dammit @stringer

I blame you for this….

 

[stringer]

Dammit @stringer

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I blame you for this….

Sorry bud