Credit to Chris Brandt

Logan Scott is currently a Junior at FHN. Scott collects and makes knives, and in his free time participates in the school marching band.

Junior Logan Scott has a knife collection consisting of 28 different and unique blades, and he has grown this number over time since the beginning of the collection. 

“I started maybe five or six years ago, and I really started getting into it about three years ago,” Scott said.

Since starting the collection, Scott has gotten knives as presents from his family and friends, and especially from his grandfather.

“My grandfather actually had a knife collection of his own,” Scott said. “I’m kind of just going off of that.”

Scott has also made quite a few of his own knives in the collection, and he makes a new one nearly every winter, learning new skills as he does so. He’s learned a lot since starting this collection just a few years ago.

“My sharpening skills have definitely increased tenfold,” Scott said. “I used to sharpen the knife and it somehow would get duller. Now they’re almost all razors.”

Scott’s favorite knives are switchblades and spring-assisted knives, but he likes how each one is different. He keeps them in a glass case to safely display them and enjoy their unique qualities.

“Not a lot of people collect knives and I think I’m one of the rare people, in high school especially, to do it,” Scott said.