Established 1984 · Small-town Kentucky
Forged steel.
Tuned strings.
Hand-picked collector knives and quality instruments — Case XX, Fight'n Rooster, hand-set-up guitars, mandolins and banjos. Every piece opened, examined, and described by the owner.
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Pocket Knives
The heart of the cave — trappers, stockmen, peanuts and more.
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Case XX
The Bradford, PA legend — trappers, peanuts, copperheads.
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Fight'n Rooster
Frank Buster's Solingen-made club knives — true collectibles.
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Vintage Blades
Schrade USA, Queen, Camillus and other gone-but-not-forgotten makers.
Collection
Currency & Collectibles
Silver Morgans, Peace dollars, and pieces of American history.
Collection
Accessories
Sheaths, oils, and display cases — built local in Ironwood, MT.
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Instruments
Guitars, mandolins, banjos and fiddles — for serious local pickers.
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Electric Guitars
Hollowbodies, S-styles, archtops — set up and ready to plug in.
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Acoustic Guitars
Dreadnoughts to parlor guitars — solid wood, real tone.
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Bass Guitars
P-bass, jazz, 4 and 5 string — for working musicians.
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Mandolins
F-style and A-style — Bluegrass tradition essentials.
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Banjos
Resonator 5-strings and open-back clawhammer banjos.
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Fiddles
Real wooden fiddles for old-time and bluegrass players.
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Ukuleles
Soprano to concert ukes — koa, mahogany and spruce.
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Strings & Accessories
Strings, picks, straps and the small stuff that matters.
From the Display Case
Featured knives
Case XX
Case XX Trapper — Genuine Stag
Trapper · Genuine sambar stag, deep amber crowns
Case XX
Case XX Peanut — Chestnut Bone
Peanut · Smooth chestnut bone, warm brown patina
Fight'n Rooster
Fight'n Rooster Congress — Mother of Pearl
Congress · Genuine mother of pearl with rooster shield
Queen
Queen Cutlery Canoe — Winterbottom Bone
Canoe · Winterbottom jigged bone, smooth honey color
From the Music Room
Featured instruments
Heritage
Cherry Hollowbody Electric — Flame Maple
Electric Guitar · AAA flame maple, cherry burst
Martin
Dreadnought Acoustic — Solid Spruce / Rosewood
Acoustic Guitar · Solid Sitka spruce, scalloped X-bracing
Fender
P-Bass — Three Color Sunburst
Bass Guitar · Alder, three-color sunburst nitro
Eastman MD-815
F-5 Mandolin — Hand-Carved Flame Maple
Mandolin · Solid Adirondack spruce
Deering Sierra
5-String Resonator Banjo — Mahogany
Banjo · Three-ply mahogany rim, resonator
The Music Room
Knives in one case.
Guitars on the wall.
Walk through the front door and you'll smell oiled steel and seasoned spruce. We've been outfitting local pickers as long as he's been buying knives — bluegrass mandolins, dreadnought guitars, resonator banjos, fiddles ready to play.
Every instrument is set up by hand, played in, and priced fair. Local pickers welcome.
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The Cave
Forty years of knives.
One man's standard.
We've been buying, selling, and collecting traditional pocket knives out of Ironwood since 1984. The shop is small. The cases are full. And every blade has been opened, examined, and described by hand.
If you'd rather not buy a knife sight-unseen from a stranger on the internet — welcome. This is the place.
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