A complete, practical guide to collecting knives, written for beginners and for collectors who want to sharpen their skills. Learn how to identify eras, types, makers' marks and stamps, assess authenticity and condition, use catalogues and collector's tools, and understand how market value is formed. A clear path covering reading shapes and finishes, cataloguing, steels and construction techniques, rarity, fakes and proper maintenance, with practical advice on buying and selling safely. Coins&More turns passion into method: concrete tools to collect with confidence and avoid the most common mistakes.