Do you Keep your Boxes?

Ross · **on:** April 11, 2013, 03:50:07 PM

Just wondered out of interest if people keep their boxes?

space cowboy · **Reply #1 on:** April 11, 2013, 04:10:42 PM

I do..! They make good drawer storage for knives not in current use.

basilio · **Reply #2 on:** April 11, 2013, 04:11:31 PM

I store them away, only because should you ever decide to sell your knives, they will be worth much more with their original boxes.

North Man · **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2013, 05:20:11 PM

yes absolutely, with SAKs one should keep boxes and all manuals + any other adverts or so

GuyWood · **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2013, 05:22:56 PM

Only for my shelf-queen SAKs

. Daily beater boxes get chucked

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AimlessWanderer · **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2013, 05:28:13 PM

As a general rule - no, I throw them away. There is a small number of mine that are still with boxes though

nsa-x-file · **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2013, 05:52:01 PM

I keep every box for all new/used knives I've bought over the years in plastic storage units.

Must have a few hundred now.

Pacu · **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2013, 05:53:43 PM

i do. Any saks brand new still reside in their boxes.

TurkTeen · **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2013, 06:54:34 PM

Where I buy my SAKs do not keep the boxes, they open the knives and display them instead. Therefore, none of my knives have boxes-except for the Spartan 2012 LE. My Micra had come in boxed, however, I found out the cleaning lady threw it away when I was at school.

Syph007 · **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2013, 07:05:03 PM

I keep the older style slide open boxes because I reuse them, but the modern tiny boxes Vics come in, no I have no use for those.

systemBuilder · **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2016, 09:22:13 AM

I found the cover for a 1970's red swiss-army box. It is worn and has lost some paper (the end flaps). Free to anyone who wants to send me a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope. There is just the red cover only, with some wear to the corners, condition is Fair-Good, no end flaps. If you can fold together a white cardboard insides, it would work very well. The white insides slides into the red rectangular box cover. I am pretty certain this is from the late 1970's or from the early 1980's. I know that some people like to try to keep their objects in original packaging and this is a time capsule piece of packaging.

Dimensions 1" x 0.5" x 3.25", exactly.

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||+|| VICTORINOX
||||| original schweizer offzeirsmesser
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||||| LA VERDADERA NVAJA SUIZA
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||||| THE ORIGINAL
||+|| "SWISS ARMY KNIFE"
||||| VICTORINOX
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||||| LE VERITABLE COUTEAU SUISSE
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- Don Gillies
dwgillies@gmail.com

pfrsantos · **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2016, 12:53:42 PM

Quote from: 50ft-trad on April 11, 2013, 05:28:13 PM

As a general rule - no, I throw them away. There is a small number of mine that are still with boxes though

General Rule!

pfrsantos · **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2016, 12:54:49 PM

Quote from: space cowboy on April 11, 2013, 04:10:42 PM

I do..! They make good drawer storage for knives not in current use.

+1

ThePeacent · **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2016, 01:36:28 PM

no, not with folders, MTs, nor flashlights so no SAK boxes for me. Only exception is if boxes are special (limited editions, have special materials or construction...) or I am sure I'm giving the thing away as a gift

Barry Rowland · **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2016, 02:07:15 PM

I do, probably more out of nostalgia than anything else.

FolderBeholder · **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2016, 02:40:07 PM

Yes, I keep boxes and receipts and apparently have them long after the knife was lost:

Barry Rowland · **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2016, 03:59:10 PM

Just looking at that receipt brings back memories...the days of $14 Vics new...

reason enough to keep both!

FolderBeholder · **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2016, 04:05:17 PM

Quote from: Barry Rowland on December 30, 2016, 03:59:10 PM

Just looking at that receipt brings back memories...the days of $14 Vics new... reason enough to keep both!

Agreed. Plus, I want to keep that particular box/receipt because it was my first Victorinox.

JamesJ · **Reply #18 on:** December 30, 2016, 04:35:30 PM

I never buy new knives. I did buy one new one in a clamshell package, which I did keep. But otherwise I never had boxes to begin with.

Smashie · **Reply #19 on:** December 30, 2016, 05:04:43 PM

Only for the special editions

sergemaster · **Reply #20 on:** December 30, 2016, 05:40:27 PM

Amici,
I also used to keep every SAK box, VIc grey, black and white, the Wenger mini reds, even the Swissbuck mini greens, etc.

But as time drew on, the boxes took up more room than the actual knives did! So one day I ditched about 90% of them and now only keep one or two of the old all red 1980's boxes, with a grey slider or two.

Cheers,
Serge

cody6268 · **Reply #21 on:** December 30, 2016, 05:56:03 PM

Yes, if it's a box I keep it. If it's a clamshell or blister pack, I cut it open and toss it. Store receipts, too;.

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #22 on:** December 30, 2016, 06:25:43 PM

Right question wrong topic, I just found out amazon is teaming up with the goodwill, if you keep any of your shipping boxes you can donate clothing and other stuff by putting them in the boxes and amazon will pay to have them shipped to the closest GW. I must say I have at least 30 of those boxes and probably a bunch of stuff I or we don't need.

But as for the sak boxes I just threw three of them away after cleaning up the other day.
JR