Originally Posted by
pocomoonskyeyes
This is one reason I asked about knives that had "Provenance". Every year it seems, someone is coming out with some "this or that" that is supposed to have belonged to, or used by, some historical person. Only to find out later that it is some load of Malarkey.
If I make a knife and label it as a "so and so Reproduction" I don't want to get slapped in the face by being called a "Fraud". Eventually I want to be able to sell some knives. I believe that "Reputation" as a Fair and HONEST seller is VERY important. Yeah I may make some,that "Resemble Old fashioned knives", That have NO provenance. Those I would label something like the "Frontiersman", "Gambler's Dagger", "Wagon Master" or some such name. But the ones that I actually provide a person's name too, will have to have some historical fact, or provenance.
