CHOIL

Everything in the vault.

The whole spec sheet — 76 features, every one linked to the real thing.

THE VAULT

Log it once, know it forever.

Five ways in, sixteen categories, zero caps. Free, cloud-synced, unlimited.

Photo identify

Snap it — the AI names make, model and specs.

Describe it

One typed sentence becomes a filled-in draft. A credit, refunded on a miss.

Barcode scan

Read the box's UPC and match it to the catalog.

Import from a link

Paste a product URL; the specs come with it.

Spreadsheet import

CSV or XLSX with column mapping — units read as the sheet wrote them.

16 EDC categories

Knives, pens, lights, Zippos, coins, watches, multitools, wallets, fidgets, prybars — and Other.

Multi-photo upload

Several at a time; pick the cover.

Blueprint spec sheets

Every piece rendered like an engineering drawing.

Custom specs

Free-form fields for what the factory sheet doesn't cover.

Receipts

Attach proof of purchase to the piece it bought.

Acquisition record

Paid, from whom, date, shipping, tax, order number.

Labels

Color-coded, renameable, filterable.

Sub-vaults

Collections inside the collection.

Today's Carry

Spin a daily carry from the categories you pick.

Duplicate a piece

Own two? Log the second in two taps.

Recycle bin

Deleted pieces stay restorable for 30 days.

Maintenance log

Oiling, sharpening, repairs — on intervals that remind you.

Wishlist

Multiple lists; move items between them.

Price alerts

Set a target — get pinged when the market dips under it.

Share a piece

Public link with photos and specs. Prices stay yours.

VALUATION & MARKET INTEL

Sold prices, not asking prices.

Sold-comp valuations

Real completed sales, IQR outliers cut, a median written to each piece.

Retail anchor

Values sanity-checked against what the maker actually charges.

Portfolio ticker

Total value, invested, and the delta — live on the vault.

Valuation confidence

Every number says how sure it is.

Steel matrix

Performance polygons for 85+ steels — edge, toughness, corrosion, sharpenability.

Drop Watch

200+ stores watched; restock pings the moment a piece is back.

Deal scores

How good that drop actually is, against sold history.

Brand following

Follow makers — their drops come to you.

Model value pages

What a model really sells for — reached from any brand or piece.

Knife Finder

Filterable search over the whole catalog: steel, lock, size, budget.

Recent drops

The live feed of what just landed where.

Snipe — extension

One click on a Whatnot or eBay live: identify the knife, quote retail and sold, meter the bid.

Snipe — in the app

A floating button over any live stream. Android and iOS.

Snipe — Live Activity

On iPhone, snipe without leaving the stream.

Snipe history

Every check you've run, kept.

SELLING & PROVENANCE

From "available" to sold, with receipts.

The newest pipeline: list without writing a listing, publish to eBay only when you confirm, and hand the piece's history to its next owner.

The Case

The members' storefront. Browse everything collectors have out, across the community.

List a piece

Flip it to available — sell, trade, or both — with an ask and a 280-character note. No listing to write.

FOR SALE strip

Listed pieces show on your public profile. Prices and history stay private.

Trading Post

ISO / WTS / WTT classifieds with a piece attached straight from the vault. CHOIL never touches the money.

eBay connect

Link your seller account once, from Settings.

eBay drafts

The listing is built from the piece's own record — photos, specs, category, item specifics — inspectable in Seller Hub.

Confirmed publish

Nothing goes live, and no fees exist, until you explicitly say so.

Business policies

No eBay shipping/payment/return policies yet? CHOIL creates them from your ship-from address.

Cross-post generator

Venue-correct listings for BladeForums, r/Knife_Swap, Whatnot and Facebook — tags, timestamp lines and all.

Mark sold

Price, fees, shipping, and the currency it actually sold in.

Realized P&L

What you netted — per piece, and across everything you've let go.

Sold leaves the boards

Sold pieces drop off leaderboards and your public profile automatically.

Provenance chain

An append-only ownership record on every piece, maintenance log included.

Ownership transfer

Sell to a member, hand them the chain with a claim link. Their vault carries the history.

Bill of Sale — PDF

Generated per piece, ready for the share sheet or the buyer's inbox.

Insurance schedule — PDF

The whole collection: values, serials, totals — with unvalued pieces flagged so the number is honest.

COMMUNITY

Collectors, compared and connected.

Public profile

Show everything, favorites only, or nothing at all.

Per-item privacy

Hide any piece; add public notes to the ones you show.

Collector badges

Size, value, steel diversity, donor — earned, not bought.

Compare vaults

Two collections, head-to-head.

Comparison privacy

Fourteen field-level toggles on exactly what a friend sees.

AI verdict

A reasoned winner with a margin — and a public link for the receipts.

Face-Offs

Bugout vs. PM2, argued in the open and settled by votes.

Leaderboards

Collection score, value, streaks, hottest — global or friends-only.

Shows directory

Who's exhibiting at which table, before you're on the floor.

Friends & invites

Invite by link, or by email with a personal note.

Messages

DMs with photo attachments and knife cards pulled from your vault.

Moderation

Blocking, reporting, community ban votes — with admin appeals.

THE CURATOR

An AI that knows your gear cold.

Ask your vault

"What would level up my collection?" answered from your actual inventory.

Collection assessment

A blunt read: strengths, gaps, and the one piece to chase next.

Deep scan

The premium identify pass — reads etched maker's marks and faint blade text.

Spec enrichment

Factory specs filled in from make and model.

Photo hunt

Finds a clean product image when yours is a drawer shot.

Compare verdict

The judge behind head-to-head vault comparisons.

ACCOUNT & APPS

Phone, web, extension — one vault.

iPhone & Android

The full vault in your pocket — logging, valuation, The Case, eBay, documents, Snipe.

Push notifications

Messages, drops, price alerts — with app-icon badge counts.

Email & SMS channels

Per-channel toggles. Account and security messages always send.

Credits & Pro

The vault is free forever; credits and Pro power the AI heavy lifting.

Gifts

Buy credits or Pro time for another collector — a redeemable link does the rest.

Donations

Support the project, earn the donor badge.

Private by default

Prices never public. Sharing is opt-in per item. Deletion is self-serve and complete.

Free. Unlimited. Synced.

The vault costs nothing and never caps your collection. Pro adds the AI heavy lifting.