Besides CPK knives, whaddaya like?

woodysone said:
Another Beauty Bob!:eek::) How long have you collecting? Do you ever regret any of your purchases?:rolleyes:
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Martin, I've been collecting for probably 25 years. I'm sure that I've regretted some of my purchases from early in collecting. But the turnover in my collections has been more a consequence of a friend wanting something I'd had for years, and my desire to pass it on to be loved as much as I had loved it - or being given an offer that I simply could not refuse.
Another reason - I lost about 30% of my vision in one eye a few years ago and just knew, for sure, it would affect my collecting, not being able to see all the details of what I was collecting. It really affected me, at a time when I was about to receive a knife that Wolfe Loerchner had been making for me. I sent him an email and suggested he pass it on to another collector, but he actually stopped what he was doing and finished the knife (with 3 oz of 18k gold), suggesting that if my sight didn't return to normal, I could always sell it. A wonderful guy!
My sight got better, but never returned to normal. Here is the Wolfe knife below:

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Edit: Oops, just realized I had posted this one several years ago, but whatever.
 
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betzner said:
Martin, I've been collecting for probably 25 years. I'm sure that I've regretted some of my purchases from early in collecting. But the turnover in my collections has been more a consequence of a friend wanting something I'd had for years, and my desire to pass it on to be loved as much as I had loved it - or being given an offer that I simply could not refuse.
Another reason - I lost about 30% of my vision in one eye a few years ago and just knew, for sure, it would affect my collecting, not being able to see all the details of what I was collecting. It really affected me, at a time when I was about to receive a knife that Wolfe Loerchner had been making for me. I sent him an email and suggested he pass it on to another collector, but he actually stopped what he was doing and finished the knife (with 3 oz of 18k gold), suggesting that if my sight didn't return to normal, I could always sell it. A wonderful guy!
My sight got better, but never returned to normal. Here is the Wolfe knife below:

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Wow!

That’s all I can think to say.
 
betzner said:
Martin, I've been collecting for probably 25 years. I'm sure that I've regretted some of my purchases from early in collecting. But the turnover in my collections has been more a consequence of a friend wanting something I'd had for years, and my desire to pass it on to be loved as much as I had loved it - or being given an offer that I simply could not refuse.
Another reason - I lost about 30% of my vision in one eye a few years ago and just knew, for sure, it would affect my collecting, not being able to see all the details of what I was collecting. It really affected me, at a time when I was about to receive a knife that Wolfe Loerchner had been making for me. I sent him an email and suggested he pass it on to another collector, but he actually stopped what he was doing and finished the knife (with 3 oz of 18k gold), suggesting that if my sight didn't return to normal, I could always sell it. A wonderful guy!
My sight got better, but never returned to normal. Here is the Wolfe knife below:

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Edit: Oops, just realized I had posted this one several years ago, but whatever.
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I am sure I am not alone when I say that I would love to have the guided tour through Bob's collection in person. I am also quite sure (but probably alone on this point) that I would still fail to really appreciate what I was actually seeing.
 
TRfromMT said:
I am sure I am not alone when I say that I would love to have the guided tour through Bob's collection in person. I am also quite sure (but probably alone on this point) that I would still fail to really appreciate what I was actually seeing.
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This would be a bad idea for me.
I would just stare and smile stupidly while drooling on myself and, eventually, Bob would have to call the authorities.

It would be akward.
 
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One my favorite OG Busse.:thumbsup::cool: I know I’ve posted it before, sorry I can’t help myself.:p This is a Steel Heart 2 Variant ground by the boss man himself. It’s called the Fishy Variant. It’s got a sharp hollow ground top edge, and it’s pretty thin for a Busse.

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In some old school JouFuu Leather.:thumbsup:;)
 
lieferung said:
Can someone with experience tell/show me the difference between the EDC and EDC2? And if possible a size comparison with the Field Knife?
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The EDC has a more pointy tip, less belly than the EDC2. Also, I believe the EDC blade was a little thinner approximately 1/8” vs 5/32” for the EDC2. However, the EDC2 handle is a little thinner than the EDC. The EDC2 has a hand ground shallow S grind. The EDC3 is basically an EDC2 with a machined swedge, and no hand ground shallow S grind. I’ll post some pics in the CPK Photos thread.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/photos-post-your-cpk-photos-here.1404389/page-274#post-18853184
 
I'm a big fan of Busse and at last count was over 180 of them. I also like a lot of other brands and companies, Zu Bladeworx is especially high on that list.

Lately I have been on a Tom Krein fixation, mainly the ones with larger than 3" blades which aren't always easy to come by.

Mini TK8 in Ancient Ivory

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TK7..

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Bob Lum tribute..

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