As a knife reviewer who presumably has a whole bunch of knives it’s easy for the viewer
to assume I have them all organized in their neat little boxes, by type or by brand.
All the boxes match, clean pristine blades all wiped down after use.
My cute little uncluttered workspace, that photographs well for my reels.
I probably don't even have BO.
The truth is I'm running out of space, everything's a mess, and I ran out of deodorant three weeks
ago.
So when Holme and Hadfield offered to send me their armory- a beautiful wood knife display
case that makes my most expensive knives easily identifiable to thieves, I said yes and now
everyone who comes over can know about my socially acceptable hobby.
Oh are those switchblades?
Yep and my new pulp fiction poster.
I love Tarantino I could talk about him all night.
Can I interest in you a can of monster or rockstar.
Now this is my second, let's say, dresser top display case.
I bought one for my budding watch collection.
I started out kind of hating watches, and turns out I should have went with my gut because
I don't wear them- but most importantly the videos didn't do that well.
Analytics told me not enough hog.
But they all look nice in there and I paid about $55 on amazon.
And then there's my old wooden tool box I bought locally that has been quickly overwhelmed
and is currently hidden away in a cabinet.
And then this beautiful piece, supposed to sit on top of a nice expensive dresser, track
light highlighting the exquisite titanium milling of your Reate.
The one with the timascus accents- you know the one.
It's very unique you have great taste.
Anyway The Holme and Hadfield motto is Be organized.
Be Distinct.
And I want you to know you have the wrong guy.
But if you're that kind of guy, let's take a look at what they make.
The collection or pieces as gentlemen like a Nick Shabazz might say.
You're a weird knife guy and you have a modest collection you'd want the knife deck which
displays 4, or you have a larger collection, a little more you'd go with the Armory like
seen here that displays 7.
That way the girls you bring home know you have disposable income.
Or ok.
You're a Watch might I interest you in the deck
and collector, the weekender, and the daily.
The daily for the guy who just has one nice expensive watch.
One Tudor is all you need.
Or we have the coin deck.
If you lost all your non fungible coins recently, maybe all you have left are your challenge
coins from weird Internet personalities.
These are kinda of cool, you can have the weird internet challenge coins, or alternatively
you've done something with your life and served you received a coin from a commanding officer
or general and not a weird internet celebrity . What I'm saying though.
Holme and Hadfield have lots of cool cases for collectors of things, who maybe haven't
reached the hoarders of things stage.
They even have the upcoming combo deck for watch and knife collectors.
Check out the kickstarter link below the video that goes live 9am EST Friday November 18th
2022.
Let's take a closer look at the Armory though.
Designed to hold 20-30 knives.
Ha ha ha.
I'll take 5 please.
And Do they come in a cold steel size?
Is that the next kick starter?
What about my fixed blades?
So up top you have the deck with a nice clean acrylic cover that protects your sharp tools
from dust.
Now gonna need a dust cover to cover the dust cover.
Now Holme and Hadfield asked me which I prefer the black finish or the Walnut so I chose
the walnut since I have an odd collection of old wood furniture most of which came from
thrift stores or dead family members.
The top can hold up to seven of your nicest knives or even Ganzos and costs much less
than a single knife you place in here- as is the state of the hobby currently.
Your standard 2 and a half inch to 4 inch folder works best here.
No problems with larger folders like the Protech Godfather, Spyderco Military, or Benchmade
Crooked River.
Let's swap a few of my favorites in and out of here.
Smaller thin traditional styles are kind of dwarfed by the let's call them pillars, and
some oddly thick knives like the Deadlock Model B might have to sit kind of funny to
work.
The good news is they don't make the Model B any more, so you won't have to worry about
it.
The nice drawer yields more space.
You have 12 individual pockets down there, which measure whatever you see on the screen
internally.
They are mostly for your smaller folders, traditionals, Swiss Army knives, and a bench
made proper with a little room to spare.
The armory feels nice and solid.
Made mostly from real wood, or maybe solid well finished pressboard- finished all around
so it's hard to tell.
There's aren't screws to take it a part.
No chance for a clean and maintain your armory video.
The felt bottom drawers are a nice touch and I prefer a charcoal color like here to hide
the oily spots from your daily KPL session.
The greasy knife dudes in here know who they are.
A little side area here allows you to awkwardly cram some larger knives or like another 10
if you Tetris them just right.
Or you can follow the picture and have your well placed AirPods case, your internet celebrity
challenge coin.
I challenge you to sit through one of my videos.
Haha ha ha I'm part of the problem.
Your ray bans.
I lost my ray bans.
A nice pen maybe.
I really don't care what you put in there.
The acrylic cover is nice and see-through?
Is that a positive adjective?
I'm gonna be honest this is a nice piece, is it right for a disorganized father like
myself?
If I had a nice study and oak desk yes.
I do like being able to display my cool knife collection.
Repeats slower "display my cool knife collection" "display"... cool ... knife .... Collection.
Anyway make sure you follow Holme and Hadfield on social media, get signed up for their kickstarter
on the Combo deck if you're a knife and watch dude.
I think I'm solidly a knife guy.
I do know for sure my kids are going to have a lot of bullshit to sort out once I kick
it.
Anyway say high to the patrons.
They make whatever this kind of content is possible by paying my bills for all my upgraded
video gear.
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