Collection after 1 year

wtlj

wtlj

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Happy 4th of July everyone! This week marks my knife buying 1 year anniversary. I joined bf just 1 year ago and bought my first "real" pocket knife a Spyderco PM2. Before that time I only had a Sak and thought spending $100 on a knife was absurd! After just 6 months I purchased a small 21 and was very disappointed and sold it immediately. I was still to uneducated to appreciate the exceptional tolerances and simplicity of the CRK. In the past year I've had over 300 production folders from Spyderco, ZT, BM, Kershaw etc. At around 8 months I traded into another CRK and it finally clicked! Every other knife was constantly judged against the CRK and slowly my large collection dwindled turning into more CRK's! Although I'm still after more here's my collection so far, can you tell I prefer plain Ti and CF!
I don't post much in the CRK forum but I must say you guys are one of the best crowds around! Thanks for all the help along the way gents!
 
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Very nice collection! I to feel very grateful for this crowd as well! I have learned so much and have enjoyed very much.

Wtlj (OP) is an class act individual!

Keep up the great collecting my friend. Can't wait to see year two!
 
Awesome collection, thanks for the pic. I'm another guy who got hooked hard and fast. Went from never carrying a knife to having a drawer full of them. I love it! And I love the 21. Just took my LG insingo apart for a clean and lube. Smoooooth
 
Padad24al said:
Super nice collection my friend!
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Why thank you sir!
MreeceC said:
Very nice collection! I to feel very grateful for this crowd as well! I have learned so much and have enjoyed very much.

Wtlj (OP) is an class act individual!

Keep up the great collecting my friend. Can't wait to see year two!
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Without your help I'd have 1 less!
Vaporstang said:
Great collection and Happy 4th of July!
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Thanks, Happy 4th to you as well Brian.
Officer's Match said:
Nice collection, appears the 21's are more your thing than the Zaan or 25.
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I love them all equally as much 😉, but the 21's have a lot more variations to love! I actually carry my zaan the most and I'm hunting for a WC zaan, WC 25, & CF 25!
Dhbranum said:
Nice collection and I love the 4th of July photo.
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Thanks! That's one of my favorite photos as well!
marcus52AR said:
Awesome collection, thanks for the pic. I'm another guy who got hooked hard and fast. Went from never carrying a knife to having a drawer full of them. I love it! And I love the 21. Just took my LG insingo apart for a clean and lube. Smoooooth
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They tend to be a bit addicting!

willard0341 said:
Very nice! Which one are you going to carry this weekend?
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The CRK for myself and Sak for anyone who asks to borrow my knife!

Anyone that has pics feel free to post them and share your CRK love!
 
Great collection Terry! Have a safe and happy 4th! If anyone has the opportunity to deal with wtlj, he's a stand up guy with great integrity.
 
A bakers dozen, if only it could stop there :)
Great picture, I can personally say that your taste in knives have changed quite a bit. Just wait until you get a micarta in your hands. While you're on the hunt, you need to get a 25 in Damascus. I keep saying I'm holding out on LH models, pics like this aren't making it easy.
 
Fantastic. A bunch of no frills CRK's. Add an old pivot tanto Umnum, and that'd be an ideal collection for me.
 
It looks like you had a great year! I don't see a WC Zaan there though.... Happy 4th!
 
I've got to know WTLJ fairly well over the last several months and he is a first-class guy. He has worked very hard obtaining this collection in this short amount of time. He definitely didn't just call up a dealer and place an order! Good job on a nice collection, Terry!
 
Excellent collection, I like that you have both the large and smalls of several variations. That said, where's the small plain 21, small WC 21, and large plain/damascus 21? Or are those what you're on the hunt for now 😉

Thanks for sharing, that's a collection to be proud of.
 
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