Any knives you've procrastinated buying

[Hackenslash]

Procrastination can be good or bad...

I was waiting impatiently for the Spyderco Positron. I came close to a pre-order several times. I'm glad I didn't. The knife released and was a huge disappointment in the criteria that mattered to me. Now they're already selling for less than retail on the exchange. Maybe I'll pick one up someday at 60% off MSRP, but this is a case where procrastination was a WIN for me, lol.

Conversely, I've waited forever to pull the plug on a Shiro, and now my first is in the mail because the deal was too good to pass up; Not procrastinating for the WIN!

Next up on the procrastination list is a Rockstead. That one may percolate for a while!

 

[aranawhite]

Benchmade Knife 484-1 Nakamura, Black Carbon Fiber Handle. It feels sooo good but

Probably won't get it until i can handle the Strider PTCC; i need a shorter blade i can use daily.

 

[Nfd538]

Aranawhite, the 484-1 is a nice little knife. I just sold mine today.

 

[aranawhite]

Congrats Nfd! That Nak fits and feels super, I'm sure You're lovin' it. May be where i end up too, I'd have it today if my lovely wife didn't shoot me down; God willing i'll work more and get it soon; doubt i'll find a PTCC to handle before i'm ready. The BM is sweet in G10 too.

 

[Wowbagger]

Cold Steel Hold Out I
I really got hooked on the big one. I couldn't carry that legally here by a long jot and really don't have much use for it as an EDC anyway . . . but oooooooo la la . . . I wanted one.

I finally settled for the Hold Out III and use the hell out of it and like it more than I thought I would. Since I compromised on the size I did not compromise in the steel and got the good stuff ( CTS-XHP ).

The other knife I really couldn't make myself forget about was the good old Case Trapper. I kept telling my self I only wanted it in CV steel, couldn't make up my mind on the scales, but then it became clear . . . I only could picture owning the Stag handled one so I went with the Surgical Steel (stainless). Stag doesn't come in CV in a new knife. I'm quite happy with it now and don't miss the CV at all.

 

[Kwon Kwang]

I'm procrastinating quite a few purchases right now, primarily the Spyderco Police and the Cold Steel Lucky. I want them, it's just that other things are eating up my money and attention.

 

[upnorth]

I've actually just started picking up a bunch of blades I had been wanting to buy but put off for a while:
- Cold Steel Counter Point 1
- Spyderco Vallotton
- CRKT Sakimori
- Cold Steel Bowie Spike

Still on the list:
- Cold Steel Leatherneck (D2 clip point)
- Spyderco Endura ZDP
- Cold Steel Rajah II
- Schrade SCHF27
- Cold Steel Hold Out (Can't decide on I or II!)

I almost bought a Leatherneck in D2 and still might, Have the Rajah2 and might get a second to beat the tar out of. Have a Hold Out 1 and it is one really freakin big slicer. I am procratinating on the AK-47 Field Knife because of that hump in the grip. Too bad, I really want one of those.

 

[Steve6387]

Great question. Becker BK9 for me. Its relatively cheap for such a great slab of 1095 crovan. But I don't baton and every time I go to pull the trigger, I look at my 1219 KA-BAR and realize it does everything i need a full size fixed blade to do and I back off.

 

[strategy9]

Anything much North of $100...

That will (hopefully) change in 2016; the new cap will be $350 Max...

 

[brancron]

I've been procrastinating getting a Bark River and a Fiddleback Forge. Each company has a ton of great options, I just can't decide.

 

[ThePeacent]

Well, not these knives per se but rather the style/category-

I have been six years wanting to add a Filipino/Malaysian and a Persian knife/blade to my collection. Gone through many opportunities, auctions and chances and finally got them this Christmas!

 

[JOELSM]

I keep putting off the Spyderco Mili - imagine that will continue to be in production for years. The ones I did put off and wished I hadn't were the GEC Beer Scout and the full size BM Rukus. If I knew Spyderco was going to phase out the Mili it would become a first in line purchase.

 

[Wowbagger]

Kwon Kwang,

Cold Steel Lucky

Yep . . . that could be my first carbon fiber knife. It's pretty cool. Not until next year though. Got to make it through winter / business slow.

Do you ever wish the your Hold Out-I had the clip put on for tip down carry ?

 

[Kwon Kwang]

Well, not these knives per se but rather the style/category-

I have been six years wanting to add a Filipino/Malaysian and a Persian knife/blade to my collection. Gone through many opportunities, auctions and chances and finally got them this Christmas!

[imgsnip]

I said "holy sh**" out loud when I saw this. Freakin' sweet, dude!

I keep putting off the Spyderco Mili - imagine that will continue to be in production for years. The ones I did put off and wished I hadn't were the GEC Beer Scout and the full size BM Rukus. If I knew Spyderco was going to phase out the Mili it would become a first in line purchase.

Now might be the right time for you to get one, as pre-orders are now open for a carbon fiber Military sprint run in 52100 steel. I hate spending this much on a blade, but I'm not going to be able to resist that purchase myself.

Kwon Kwang,

Yep . . . that could be my first carbon fiber knife. It's pretty cool. Not until next year though. Got to make it through winter / business slow.

Do you ever wish the your Hold Out-I had the clip put on for tip down carry ?

Man, I hear that...once things pick up for me, I'm probably going to blow all my spare recreational cash on blades. For now, I'm taking it nice and slow, saving and making very carefully calculated purchases.
...said the person who bought a Sage 1 on a whim. D'oh! I'm sure I'll love it once it arrives, though! That's going to be my first CF-handled knife.

I actually don't own a Hold Out. I do like tip down carry on many of my folders, especially my Spydies (and it's AFAIK absolutely necessary on flippers, of which I own a couple), but I typically prefer my Cold Steels tip up; I use a lanyard to get them out of my pocket with greater ease, and this is especially helpful with their smaller waved offerings (though entirely unnecessary on the big'uns).