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Title: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: NorCalJim on February 17, 2017, 02:26:12 AM: One of our members mentioned using a database (obviously to keep track of a Swiss Army Knife collection). So, I am curious about what methods others might be using to track their collections. For those with a single SAK, it can be a simple matter of transferring it back and forth from a dresser to your pocket. For those with several hundred or more, it would not be so simple.

So...

How do you keep track of your collection? (Filing system? Database? If database, does it contain a field for photos? If database, would you like to share a sample record?)

How do you distinguish multiple copies of a SAK model? (Labeled coordinates?)

Example: One member indicated that he has eight Swiss Champs. Does he keep them in labeled bags or have some other way of distinguishing which is which?

How do you store your SAKs? (Display, Bins, Shelves...)

Any input on one or all of these questions would be most welcome.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: jonon9 on February 17, 2017, 02:34:26 AM: No thats what I have my wife for :twak: She tells me when I have too much :D
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 02:35:04 AM: Track them!!!! ??? And miss out on all the digging, swearing and buying duplicates? Not a chance!

:D
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 02:35:40 AM: Quote from: jonon9 on February 17, 2017, 02:34:26 AM
No thats what I have my wife for :twak:

:rofl:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: The Lone Wanderer on February 17, 2017, 02:53:33 AM: I have a Sterlite Plastic multi drawer organizer I got from Target. It has 3 drawers, and each is assigned something. Bottom is SAKs, second drawer is all my folding knives, plus my 2 Moras, and the top is sharpening equipment and knife maintenance equipment.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 02:57:52 AM: I have over a thousand SAKs in my collection. I list them in an Excel spread sheet, and have a hard copy I take to shows. I store them in a variety of plastic boxes, typically the Infinite Divider boxes, organized by several different criteria (maker, size, handle material, etc.) Each box had a sheet with labeled squares listing what's in each compartment. Can generally find something within a few minutes (not always, some things need a bit of digging).
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM: I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 03:11:21 AM: Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM
I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:

Thanks. :cheers:

Also have eight note books filled with info on SAKs. Still plenty of gaps in my knowledge however.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: jonon9 on February 17, 2017, 03:29:16 AM: Quote from: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 03:11:21 AM
Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM
I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:

Thanks. :cheers:

Also have eight note books filled with info on SAKs. Still plenty of gaps in my knowledge however.

Over a thousands SAKs frig!! :drool:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 03:39:14 AM: Quote from: jonon9 on February 17, 2017, 03:29:16 AM
Quote from: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 03:11:21 AM
Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM
I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:

Thanks. :cheers:

Also have eight note books filled with info on SAKs. Still plenty of gaps in my knowledge however.

Over a thousands SAKs frig!! :drool:

Several of the Swiss members have substantially larger collections.

Such as Sneider...
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: NorCalJim on February 17, 2017, 04:06:47 AM: Quote from: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 03:11:21 AM
Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM
I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:

Thanks. :cheers:

Also have eight note books filled with info on SAKs. Still plenty of gaps in my knowledge however.

:like: :like: :like:

Good stuff!!! I have learned so much since I started visiting this forum. Reading about your eight notebooks and seeing how you keep track of your large collection of SAKs, gives me and other members an insight and better understanding of someone who has a vastly more numerous collection than most of us.

Thank you for sharing!

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 04:18:22 AM: Quote from: NorCalJim on February 17, 2017, 04:06:47 AM
Quote from: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 03:11:21 AM
Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM
I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:

Thanks. :cheers:

Also have eight note books filled with info on SAKs. Still plenty of gaps in my knowledge however.

:like: :like: :like:

Good stuff!!! I have learned so much since I started visiting this forum. Reading about your eight notebooks and seeing how you keep track of your large collection of SAKs, gives me and other members an insight and better understanding of someone who has a vastly more numerous collection than most of us.

Thank you for sharing!

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Glad to do it. :cheers:

Everyone starts out small. I've been collecting knives for around 20 years. Take it slow and easy at first, until you get a feel for where your interests lie, what the market is like. Remember that you're out to have fun. If your hobby starts to interfer with more important things, its time to step back and take a hard look at it. Good hunting!
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Poncho65 on February 17, 2017, 04:51:27 AM: So far my collections (SAK, MT and trad folders) are small enough for me to remember by memory :tu: I am getting older though and I may need to write some of it down :facepalm: I am glad I have written down what I have on here or otherwise I might never remember it :D

I keep most of my knives in either Sack Ups knife rolls or other knife holders :tu: and my MTs (that aren't carried) in some storage boxes :tu:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: cali-SAK-attack on February 17, 2017, 05:44:46 AM: Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM
I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:
+1 8) :cheers:

I am all over the place, Display Case whirly gig peg hanger things (2) for most 58mm , large roll for many misc patterns of SAK's , a lil tin for Wenger , cigar box for doubles/parts knives/knives waiting for new t&t , (2) knife binder/folders - one for ALOX & one for Spartans -waiting for one for Tinkers in mail :D , large cardboard box for New in Package/Box knives ................. :think: I think there a few in my office on a shelf too :facepalm: :whistle:

:climber:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 09:15:42 AM: Quote from: cali-SAK-attack on February 17, 2017, 05:44:46 AM
Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM
I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:
+1 8) :cheers:

I am all over the place, Display Case whirly gig peg hanger things (2) for most 58mm , large roll for many misc patterns of SAK's , a lil tin for Wenger , cigar box for doubles/parts knives/knives waiting for new t&t , (2) knife binder/folders - one for ALOX & one for Spartans -waiting for one for Tinkers in mail :D , large cardboard box for New in Package/Box knives ................. :think: I think there a few in my office on a shelf too :facepalm: :whistle:

:climber:

Sounds like you need a spread sheet for your storage options. :D
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: MacGyver on February 17, 2017, 09:32:00 AM: Well, for me (not being a collector), It's relatively easy to keep track of them and remember them all. I just keep them on a drawer neetly packed in their boxes. One box of spare scales and another of spare parts like t&t's, pins, rings, and mini screwdrivers. :D
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: JamesJ on February 17, 2017, 09:35:01 AM: Quote from: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 04:18:22 AM
If your hobby starts to interfer with more important things

Are you saying SAK collecting can interfere with SAK collecting?
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: MacGyver on February 17, 2017, 09:47:23 AM: Quote from: JamesJ on February 17, 2017, 09:35:01 AM
Quote from: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 04:18:22 AM
If your hobby starts to interfer with more important things

Are you saying SAK collecting can interfere with SAK collecting?

:rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on February 17, 2017, 09:47:33 AM: I keep the SAK collection here:

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160903/94660717e4d29127ca731d63be5cccf8.jpg)

Picture is taken half a year ago. Right now the display is getting too small and I need more space :facepalm:

I also catalog my collection on this website: http://sak.s70.nl (although i'm a bit behind on updating it).
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: LeaF on February 17, 2017, 10:09:24 AM: I've tried different ways in order to store my collection.
Now I'm using Excel speadshet with lot of sheets and working on creating own database for these purposes.
Also I'm trying to sync status of my collection in my blog: leaf-vics.com (https://leaf-vics.com)
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Chako on February 17, 2017, 12:30:48 PM: Me, I just buy the most efficient method of locked storage...place them in categories, and that is about it. I go by memory. Mind you, half the fun is going to search in the collection to see if I have that particular model.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Thunderpants on February 17, 2017, 01:30:30 PM: I put a barcode and GPS transponder on each of my SAKs so I can check their status and location remotely from my iPhone at any time. A 232 page Excel spreadsheet auto-updates and alerts me whenever a variant I don't own pops up on the used market. Naturally I can track the financial value of each of my SAKs in realtime, so I know when it's time to buy or sell.
If I happen to be the USA and I feel like it's a Tinker kind of day I press a button and my assistant in Berlin jumps on the next flight, bringing me my Tinker. This used to be cooler in the days of Concorde - Sometimes she'd be to-ing and fro-ing across the Atlantic like a a yoyo according to my moodswings. "Did I say Mountaineer? I'm sorry, I meant Swisschamp..."

Just kiddin' - I keep them in a heap at the bottom of a drawer.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mactire404 on February 17, 2017, 02:00:36 PM: Quote from: NorCalJim on February 17, 2017, 02:26:12 AM
One of our members mentioned using a database (obviously to keep track of a Swiss Army Knife collection). So, I am curious about what methods others might be using to track their collections. For those with a single SAK, it can be a simple matter of transferring it back and forth from a dresser to your pocket. For those with several hundred or more, it would not be so simple.

I'm not a collector, though I tend to buy interesting models. Like a StayGlo Climber for example. Or the Solo I recently bought.
I've got around 12ish I think. So there is no real need to catalogue them. I do however want to log the specifics of each knife, like manufacturing year and other specific information. I\m working on a little book with information on every tool and knife to determine date easily.

How do you keep track of your collection?
I had an app on my phone and created a database in it. I was a hassle with the pictures however, so I deleted it.
Now I'm working on learning Wordpress to make a site that has my SAK collection on it. It's a work in progress though.

How do you distinguish multiple copies of a SAK model?
I don't have any duplicates. Yet...

How do you store your SAKs?
In a drawer organiser my girlfriend threw out. I rescued it and now it has my entire knife collection in it. SAKs and others.
I'd really like a drawer case or something.

Quote from: jonon9 on February 17, 2017, 02:34:26 AM
No thats what I have my wife for :twak: She tells me when I have too much :D

Mine does that too. :facepalm:
And apparently every knife is one too many. :whistle:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: kkokkolis on February 17, 2017, 02:11:58 PM: I remember them by memory and I have them in my signature, they are just a few.
But I used database for my gems and minerals and spreadsheets for my figures and optics. I like sheets better, they are very flexible. I lost my db info once, when my then Palm (a Sony Clie) was damaged and it was impossible to retrieve the data.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: TES on February 17, 2017, 03:01:56 PM: i have a pc program, but it is unfortunately in german
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mactire404 on February 17, 2017, 03:07:55 PM: Quote from: TES on February 17, 2017, 03:01:56 PM
i have a pc program, but it is unfortunately in german

May I ask what program this is? I can't make out the title.
It looks interesting and I might want to give it a go.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: TES on February 17, 2017, 03:10:54 PM: Quote from: Mactire404 on February 17, 2017, 03:07:55 PM
Quote from: TES on February 17, 2017, 03:01:56 PM
i have a pc program, but it is unfortunately in german

May I ask what program this is? I can't make out the title.
It looks interesting and I might want to give it a go.

https://www.amazon.de/Messer-Verwaltung-Verwaltung-Messersammlung-Datenbank-Sammlermesser/dp/B003HLFA86/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487340604&sr=8-1&keywords=messerverwaltung
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mactire404 on February 17, 2017, 03:18:01 PM: Quote from: TES on February 17, 2017, 03:10:54 PM
Quote from: Mactire404 on February 17, 2017, 03:07:55 PM
Quote from: TES on February 17, 2017, 03:01:56 PM
i have a pc program, but it is unfortunately in german

May I ask what program this is? I can't make out the title.
It looks interesting and I might want to give it a go.

https://www.amazon.de/Messer-Verwaltung-Verwaltung-Messersammlung-Datenbank-Sammlermesser/dp/B003HLFA86/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487340604&sr=8-1&keywords=messerverwaltung

Thanks! :tu:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: VICMAN on February 17, 2017, 07:52:12 PM: Quote from: Thunderpants on February 17, 2017, 01:30:30 PM
I put a barcode and GPS transponder on each of my SAKs so I can check their status and location remotely from my iPhone at any time. A 232 page Excel spreadsheet auto-updates and alerts me whenever a variant I don't own pops up on the used market. Naturally I can track the financial value of each of my SAKs in realtime, so I know when it's time to buy or sell.
If I happen to be the USA and I feel like it's a Tinker kind of day I press a button and my assistant in Berlin jumps on the next flight, bringing me my Tinker. This used to be cooler in the days of Concorde - Sometimes she'd be to-ing and fro-ing across the Atlantic like a a yoyo according to my moodswings. "Did I say Mountaineer? I'm sorry, I meant Swisschamp..."

Just kiddin' - I keep them in a heap at the bottom of a drawer.

I like the barcode, transponder, and excel spreadsheet LOL :like: :rofl:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: NorCalJim on February 17, 2017, 08:13:10 PM: Quote from: TES on February 17, 2017, 03:01:56 PM
i have a pc program, but it is unfortunately in german

:like:

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

Jim
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 08:13:55 PM: Quote from: glenfiddich1983 on February 17, 2017, 09:47:33 AM
I keep the SAK collection here:

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160903/94660717e4d29127ca731d63be5cccf8.jpg)

Picture is taken half a year ago. Right now the display is getting too small and I need more space :facepalm:

I also catalog my collection on this website: http://sak.s70.nl (although i'm a bit behind on updating it).

:drool: :drool: :drool: :cheers:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 08:16:15 PM: Quote from: Thunderpants on February 17, 2017, 01:30:30 PM
I put a barcode and GPS transponder on each of my SAKs so I can check their status and location remotely from my iPhone at any time. A 232 page Excel spreadsheet auto-updates and alerts me whenever a variant I don't own pops up on the used market. Naturally I can track the financial value of each of my SAKs in realtime, so I know when it's time to buy or sell.
If I happen to be the USA and I feel like it's a Tinker kind of day I press a button and my assistant in Berlin jumps on the next flight, bringing me my Tinker. This used to be cooler in the days of Concorde - Sometimes she'd be to-ing and fro-ing across the Atlantic like a a yoyo according to my moodswings. "Did I say Mountaineer? I'm sorry, I meant Swisschamp..."

Just kiddin' - I keep them in a heap at the bottom of a drawer.

:D A man after my own heart!!! :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: NorCalJim on February 17, 2017, 08:22:44 PM: Quote from: VICMAN on February 17, 2017, 07:52:12 PM
Quote from: Thunderpants on February 17, 2017, 01:30:30 PM
I put a barcode and GPS transponder on each of my SAKs so I can check their status and location remotely from my iPhone at any time. A 232 page Excel spreadsheet auto-updates and alerts me whenever a variant I don't own pops up on the used market. Naturally I can track the financial value of each of my SAKs in realtime, so I know when it's time to buy or sell.
If I happen to be the USA and I feel like it's a Tinker kind of day I press a button and my assistant in Berlin jumps on the next flight, bringing me my Tinker. This used to be cooler in the days of Concorde - Sometimes she'd be to-ing and fro-ing across the Atlantic like a a yoyo according to my moodswings. "Did I say Mountaineer? I'm sorry, I meant Swisschamp..."

Just kiddin' - I keep them in a heap at the bottom of a drawer.

I like the barcode, transponder, and excel spreadsheet LOL :like: :rofl:

:like: :like: :like:

Thunderpants has some serious creative writing skills!

:cheers:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Forklift on February 18, 2017, 05:41:35 AM: Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 02:35:04 AM
Track them!!!! ??? And miss out on all the digging, swearing and buying duplicates? Not a chance!

:D
I love this! Sounds like me- do things the easy way today, problems tomorrow.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: ColoSwiss on February 18, 2017, 11:23:54 PM: Quote from: Thunderpants on February 17, 2017, 01:30:30 PM
I put a barcode and GPS transponder on each of my SAKs so I can check their status and location remotely from my iPhone at any time. A 232 page Excel spreadsheet auto-updates and alerts me whenever a variant I don't own pops up on the used market. Naturally I can track the financial value of each of my SAKs in realtime, so I know when it's time to buy or sell.
If I happen to be the USA and I feel like it's a Tinker kind of day I press a button and my assistant in Berlin jumps on the next flight, bringing me my Tinker. This used to be cooler in the days of Concorde - Sometimes she'd be to-ing and fro-ing across the Atlantic like a a yoyo according to my moodswings. "Did I say Mountaineer? I'm sorry, I meant Swisschamp..."

Some good ideas here. However I'm a SAK miser, carrying only my beat-up Traveler, with the rest of my hoard stored in my vault. (my Preciousssess!!)
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mactire404 on February 19, 2017, 02:14:22 AM: I found a nice collection database program.
This one is free and fully customisable
It's called GGCStar (http://www.gcstar.org/)

I'm working now to enter my small collection.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: sir_mike on February 19, 2017, 03:37:52 AM: When I had a decent size collection, I just created a spread sheet to keep track and it worked fine. :)
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Guardian on February 19, 2017, 12:12:05 PM: Quote from: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 03:11:21 AM
Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM
I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:

Thanks. :cheers:

Also have eight note books filled with info on SAKs. Still plenty of gaps in my knowledge however.

:like:

Wow! A veritable sakapedia :salute:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Guardian on February 19, 2017, 12:14:44 PM: Quote from: glenfiddich1983 on February 17, 2017, 09:47:33 AM
I keep the SAK collection here:

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160903/94660717e4d29127ca731d63be5cccf8.jpg)

Picture is taken half a year ago. Right now the display is getting too small and I need more space :facepalm:

I also catalog my collection on this website: http://sak.s70.nl (although i'm a bit behind on updating it).

:like: :like:

Beautiful display cabinet :D
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mactire404 on February 19, 2017, 12:17:52 PM: I've been working on GCStar for a little bit and this is what it looks like.
I'm not sure I will keep using this, but it is a portable version. That's really a plus for me.

Large screenshot below:
Show content
(http://i.imgur.com/065bcEy.png)
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Grass on February 19, 2017, 12:18:22 PM: I have a primitive digital system using folders for different sizes and accessories.

Within the folders, each file is a decent quality picture of the sak - and the file name is the make, model, year if relevant (eg soldier), number in it if relevant (eg. damast numbered release) and year of purchase. Also includes the gifts given over the years.

But I only have 100 or so saks and my assistant in Berlin is unreliable these days.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Fortytwo on February 19, 2017, 02:40:36 PM: Quote from: Mactire404 on February 19, 2017, 12:17:52 PM
I've been working on GCStar for a little bit and this is what it looks like.
I'm not sure I will keep using this, but it is a portable version. That's really a plus for me.

Large screenshot below:
Show content
(http://i.imgur.com/065bcEy.png)

Looks good! I hope you keep it on one of the 58mm USB models!
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on February 19, 2017, 06:18:34 PM: Quote from: Guardian on February 19, 2017, 12:14:44 PM
Quote from: glenfiddich1983 on February 17, 2017, 09:47:33 AM
I keep the SAK collection here:

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160903/94660717e4d29127ca731d63be5cccf8.jpg)

Picture is taken half a year ago. Right now the display is getting too small and I need more space :facepalm:

I also catalog my collection on this website: http://sak.s70.nl (although i'm a bit behind on updating it).

:like: :like:

Beautiful display cabinet :D

Thanks! :cheers:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mactire404 on February 19, 2017, 07:43:19 PM: Quote from: Fortytwo on February 19, 2017, 02:40:36 PM
Looks good! I hope you keep it on one of the 58mm USB models!

Unfortunately, no. But that's one of the considerations to use a portable database manager. I run Portableapps on my USB and intend to do the same, or move everything, on a SAK.
A 58mm with USB is high on my wishlist. Unfortunately they are rare around here.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: ColoSwiss on February 19, 2017, 11:49:49 PM: Quote from: Guardian on February 19, 2017, 12:12:05 PM
Quote from: ColoSwiss on February 17, 2017, 03:11:21 AM
Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 03:05:34 AM
I admire your organizational skills Karl! :cheers:

Thanks. :cheers:

Also have eight note books filled with info on SAKs. Still plenty of gaps in my knowledge however.

:like:

Wow! A veritable sakapedia :salute:

Thanks. :cheers:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: HarleyXJGuy on February 20, 2017, 01:41:53 AM: Quote from: SAK Guy on February 17, 2017, 02:35:04 AM
Track them!!!! ??? And miss out on all the digging, swearing and buying duplicates? Not a chance!

:D

This.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: detron on February 20, 2017, 02:03:23 AM: Quote from: NorCalJim on February 17, 2017, 02:26:12 AM
One of our members mentioned using a database (obviously to keep track of a Swiss Army Knife collection). So, I am curious about what methods others might be using to track their collections. For those with a single SAK, it can be a simple matter of transferring it back and forth from a dresser to your pocket. For those with several hundred or more, it would not be so simple.

So...

How do you keep track of your collection? (Filing system? Database? If database, does it contain a field for photos? If database, would you like to share a sample record?)

How do you distinguish multiple copies of a SAK model? (Labeled coordinates?)

Example: One member indicated that he has eight Swiss Champs. Does he keep them in labeled bags or have some other way of distinguishing which is which?

How do you store your SAKs? (Display, Bins, Shelves...)

Any input on one or all of these questions would be most welcome.

that was me, recently!

I use bins like these

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Pcemb-JIL._SL1200_.jpg)

mounted to the wall, and put a label on the outside of each "little drawer" identifying the contents. including the date range, and scale color if not red, or other things like "superTimer". 100 year, or even identifying the advertising such as Texas Instrument.

I use a spreadsheet, but I am quick to forget to update it
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Sneider on February 20, 2017, 08:06:47 AM: Why organize? There is another way:

(http://up.picr.de/21417733hb.jpg)
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: TES on February 20, 2017, 09:41:34 AM: Quote from: Sneider on February 20, 2017, 08:06:47 AM
Why organize? There is another way:

(http://up.picr.de/21417733hb.jpg)

nice picture, but it hurts a little :o ;)
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: MacGyver on February 20, 2017, 11:24:20 AM: Quote from: Sneider on February 20, 2017, 08:06:47 AM
Why organize? There is another way:

(http://up.picr.de/21417733hb.jpg)

OMG :ahhh that's painful to watch :o
All those lovely sak's piled up in a bucket like that getting scratched and dinged up...
While I don't really care much for organizing mine they are all lovingly stored away whenever I'm not using them. But than again I'm like that with every stuff own, I take good care of all of it, it still looks like it's rolled out of the factory even after 10 or more years of use :D
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mactire404 on February 20, 2017, 11:55:39 AM: Quote from: Sneider on February 20, 2017, 08:06:47 AM
Why organize? There is another way:

(http://up.picr.de/21417733hb.jpg)

Ohhhh, I'd love to get my hands on such a bucket filled with SAKs. :gimme:
Al lthe hours I could spend sorting them, cataloging them, cleaning them. :drool:
I can imagine that bucket weighs quite a lot!
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Corwyn on February 20, 2017, 12:10:48 PM: WEll.. I have a spreadsheet... and a blog: http://gearforedc.blogspot.co.uk/
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Ron Who on February 20, 2017, 12:22:02 PM: Quote from: Corwyn on February 20, 2017, 12:10:48 PM
WEll.. I have a spreadsheet... and a blog: http://gearforedc.blogspot.co.uk/

Nice blog! I like the pics of your katana/boken/shinai. Did you do kendo (I did)?
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Corwyn on February 20, 2017, 01:10:12 PM: Quote from: Ronald Schröder on February 20, 2017, 12:22:02 PM
Quote from: Corwyn on February 20, 2017, 12:10:48 PM
WEll.. I have a spreadsheet... and a blog: http://gearforedc.blogspot.co.uk/

Nice blog! I like the pics of your katana/boken/shinai. Did you do kendo (I did)?

Thank you. Saw you visiting... I was just creating a flashlight page.
Made it as a catalogue, to stop people commenting on facebook on my toys and it ended up having many uses.

Yap, did kendo for about 3 years... I was never very good, but I had a lot of fun doing it, barely got my 3 kyu and 1 kyu exams, then I kept having health problems, then money problems, then the muppet came along and I ran into time problems.

If things clear up, I'd like to restart doing it this summer... get the dan exam and go to the national championships and win at least a match (was selected two years ago, but couldn't attend...
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Ron Who on February 20, 2017, 01:32:00 PM: Quote from: Corwyn on February 20, 2017, 01:10:12 PM
Quote from: Ronald Schröder on February 20, 2017, 12:22:02 PM
Quote from: Corwyn on February 20, 2017, 12:10:48 PM
WEll.. I have a spreadsheet... and a blog: http://gearforedc.blogspot.co.uk/

Nice blog! I like the pics of your katana/boken/shinai. Did you do kendo (I did)?

Thank you. Saw you visiting... I was just creating a flashlight page.
Made it as a catalogue, to stop people commenting on facebook on my toys and it ended up having many uses.

Yap, did kendo for about 3 years... I was never very good, but I had a lot of fun doing it, barely got my 3 kyu and 1 kyu exams, then I kept having health problems, then money problems, then the muppet came along and I ran into time problems.

If things clear up, I'd like to restart doing it this summer... get the dan exam and go to the national championships and win at least a match (was selected two years ago, but couldn't attend...

Nice. I didn't get even that far, stopped training after 14 months. I remember my sensei was a teacher of Japanese as well, at Leiden University. He had some friends at the Tokyo Police Academy and was one of few Westerners ever to train there. At the time, kendo was very small in the Netherlands, less than 100 people.
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Sneider on February 20, 2017, 07:04:47 PM: Quote from: TES on February 20, 2017, 09:41:34 AM
nice picture, but it hurts a little :o ;)
Quote from: MacGyver on February 20, 2017, 11:24:20 AM
OMG :ahhh that's painful to watch :o
All those lovely sak's piled up in a bucket like that getting scratched and dinged up...
...
Quote from: Mactire404 on February 20, 2017, 11:55:39 AM
Ohhhh, I'd love to get my hands on such a bucket filled with SAKs. :gimme:
Al lthe hours I could spend sorting them, cataloging them, cleaning them. :drool:
I can imagine that bucket weighs quite a lot!

Sorry guys. I could not resist.
Thats old pics I made for a april fool...
;) :D

(http://up.picr.de/21417733hb.jpg)
(http://up.picr.de/21459368xo.jpg)
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mactire404 on February 20, 2017, 07:43:39 PM: Quote from: Sneider on February 20, 2017, 07:04:47 PM
Sorry guys. I could not resist.
Thats old pics I made for a april fool...
;) :D

(http://up.picr.de/21417733hb.jpg)
(http://up.picr.de/21459368xo.jpg)

Well, you had me fooled! :rofl:
I love it!
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Fons_307 on February 27, 2017, 06:22:45 AM: I keep track of them in an excel sheet but as I like to see them I keep them in acrylic jewelry organizers available on amazon. Works very well.

Deluxe 7-drawer Jewelry Chest or Cosmetic Organizer with Removable Drawers and Liners
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Sneider on February 27, 2017, 09:13:20 AM: Quote from: Fons_307 on February 27, 2017, 06:22:45 AM
I keep track of them in an excel sheet but as I like to see them I keep them in acrylic jewelry organizers available on amazon. Works very well.

Deluxe 7-drawer Jewelry Chest or Cosmetic Organizer with Removable Drawers and Liners

Good looking solution :tu:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mechanickal on February 27, 2017, 12:26:14 PM: Since yesterday:
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170227/7923136d1c39e4f52a7c252782b2618d.jpg)
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on February 27, 2017, 02:36:53 PM: Quote from: Fons_307 on February 27, 2017, 06:22:45 AM
I keep track of them in an excel sheet but as I like to see them I keep them in acrylic jewelry organizers available on amazon. Works very well.

Deluxe 7-drawer Jewelry Chest or Cosmetic Organizer with Removable Drawers and Liners

:like:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on February 27, 2017, 02:37:17 PM: Quote from: Mechanickal on February 27, 2017, 12:26:14 PM
Since yesterday:
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170227/7923136d1c39e4f52a7c252782b2618d.jpg)

Great display! :cheers:
Title: Re: How Do You Track Your SAK Collection?
Post by: Mechanickal on February 27, 2017, 04:43:33 PM: Quote from: glenfiddich1983 on February 27, 2017, 02:37:17 PM
Quote from: Mechanickal on February 27, 2017, 12:26:14 PM
Since yesterday:
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170227/7923136d1c39e4f52a7c252782b2618d.jpg)

Great display! :cheers:
Thanks! :cheers:
Naturaly work in progress