2024 in Review (New Acquisitions)

[WedgeAntilles]

Looking back over a good year of knife acquisition. Expensive, but good. I plan to slow down in 2025. (This isn't my whole collection, just the ones that made it to me in 2024.)

 

[Locutus D'Borg]

Some of them look like lefties. Nice collection.

 

[WedgeAntilles]

Some of them look like lefties. Nice collection.

Some of them are! The Emersons and CRK are full lefty. The Koenigs and Arno Bernards are not, but I like them enough to overlook it. The Serge Panchenko is special because I handled a friend's, and it was the first knife I ever successfully Spydie flicked. So naturally, I had to own one. Now I can Spydie flick the Koenigs and Arno Bernards too. And if/when Koenig or Arno makes lefties, I intend to be at the front of that line.

 

[scorpnsnake]

I'd be embarrassed and ashamed to stare that reality in the face. My willpower was weak in 24. lol

Great looking blades Sir!

 

[Dutch87]

I started an Excel spreadsheet in 2023 to track my knife collection, knife sharpenings, and sharpening stone use. I was reviewing it a few days ago and it seems I acquired exactly 100 knives in 2024. Nothing too expensive in there, quite a few cheapies, and a handful that were gifts. Spyderco made up over 25% of new knives.

I plan on slowing it down in 2025.

 

[Wowbagger]

I'd be embarrassed and ashamed to stare that reality in the face. My willpower was weak in 24. lol

Same here. Traditionals AND moderns !
For a while there I was buying "Cheep " knives with great designs that I had long ago written off as nothing that I need (think Kershaw Oso Sweet in 8CR13MOV) but had never held in hand or tried out. You know; "being good", "saving money" yet feeding the beast . . .

I won't list 'em all but I did run into some nice surprises. I had written off the Oso Sweet as needing to be flat ground to be able to be "practical" for me.
Fooling around with it at work I took it to a triple wall corrugated cardboard box with a smirk on my face and it surprised me !
Took less effort than I could have imagined possible an that was with the factory edge.
I LOVE IT WHEN I'M WRONG !

I spent plenty of time (and money) in and around the neighborhood of $300 but we won't dwell on that in case this comunicade is seen by outside forces