SILVEY KNIVES

I'm Mike Silvey and this is my website, a place for me to share with family, friends, and other knife enthusiasts the things I enjoy, particularly knives.  Collecting knives has been my hobby for more than 25 years and during this time I've met many others who share my interest in knives and I continue to enjoy their companionship.  These relationships have been personal or business related and many are the source of fond memories and long lasting friendships.  I began collecting in the early 1980's when military knives form the World War II era were commonly found at flea markets or gun and knife shows.  My collecting interest expanded to earlier and later periods of United States military knife history and I documented my study and findings in five published books on these U.S. military knives.  The books were primarily photo essays of the period and the knives which seems to have met the requirements of most of the collectors.  So, in this site I'll follow the same format by providing pictures of some of my favorites.  I no longer collect fixed blade military knives but I do seriously pursue U.S. military folders.  I also accumulate 19th century Sheffield folders.