Journal
Showing Off the Collection: Display and Storage...
A collection you cannot see is a collection you stop enjoying. But brass and steel are living metals — left careless, they tarnish, rust, or pit. The art is to...
Showing Off the Collection: Display and Storage...
A collection you cannot see is a collection you stop enjoying. But brass and steel are living metals — left careless, they tarnish, rust, or pit. The art is to...
The Personal Touch: Engraving and Monograms on ...
A plain knuckle duster is a product. An engraved one is a story. The moment a name, date, or unit mark is cut into the metal, the object stops being...
The Personal Touch: Engraving and Monograms on ...
A plain knuckle duster is a product. An engraved one is a story. The moment a name, date, or unit mark is cut into the metal, the object stops being...
A Field Guide to Finishes: Polished, Brushed, A...
Two pieces can share an identical mould and still feel like different objects, purely because of their finish. Surface treatment is the quiet variable in knuckle duster collecting — it...
A Field Guide to Finishes: Polished, Brushed, A...
Two pieces can share an identical mould and still feel like different objects, purely because of their finish. Surface treatment is the quiet variable in knuckle duster collecting — it...
Two Schools of Brass and Steel: English and Ame...
Every collector eventually notices it: not all knuckle dusters feel the same in the hand, and the differences are rarely accidental. Two broad traditions sit at the heart of the...
Two Schools of Brass and Steel: English and Ame...
Every collector eventually notices it: not all knuckle dusters feel the same in the hand, and the differences are rarely accidental. Two broad traditions sit at the heart of the...
Starting Your Collection: Five Pieces Every New...
The new collector often faces the same paralysis: where do I start? With so many materials, eras, and styles available, it is tempting to buy randomly — a brass piece...
Starting Your Collection: Five Pieces Every New...
The new collector often faces the same paralysis: where do I start? With so many materials, eras, and styles available, it is tempting to buy randomly — a brass piece...
Skulls, Eagles and Owls: The Rise of Themed Knu...
The earliest knuckle dusters were almost aggressively plain. A Birmingham foundry in 1880 produced brass four-finger pieces with no decoration beyond a simple ridge on the palm bar and perhaps...
Skulls, Eagles and Owls: The Rise of Themed Knu...
The earliest knuckle dusters were almost aggressively plain. A Birmingham foundry in 1880 produced brass four-finger pieces with no decoration beyond a simple ridge on the palm bar and perhaps...