Dearly Departed Knives

spiralarchitect

spiralarchitect

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Recently I have been trying to thin the herd down to knives that I truly love. As I near my goal I found some time for retrospection. As I was looking through my list of knives I realized that I have moved mucho steel in the short time I have been at this. I still own lots of knives so this list should be taken as a grouping of knives that I either: owned way too many of, had no use for, didn't make the grade for some reason or another (I'm pretty picky), or served as trade fodder knowing that I could easily secure another at a later date. I have put a star by the ones I regret selling or trading..... you will notice that there are not very many stars ;).

Feel free to share your lists or just opine on the state of being a knife junky and feelings about buying/selling/trading in general.

Bark River River's Edge
Ben Hastings Sandshark II
Benchamde Rukus (large)*
Benchmade Auto
Benchmade Gravitator
Benchmade Mini Dejavoo
Benchmade Mini Rukus (x2)*
Benchmade Rift
Benchmade Skirmish (mini)
Benchmade Skirmish (large)
Benchmade Ti Lum
Benchmade Vex
Blade-Tech Rijbak*
Bradley Alias II
Bradley Mayhem
Buck Strider 880SP
Buck Strider 882
Buck/Strider 881T (STR rebuild with GCM)*
Butch Harner Wharncliffe (CPM3V)....actually lost this one and miss it***
Chive Damascus
Chris Reeve Large BG42 Sebenza (User)
CRK Sebenza
Derespina Model 10
Derespina Model 10 Trainer
Emerson SOFCK-A
Graham Brothers Pocket Khuruki
Hinderer Kubaton BP SSB
Hinderer Kubaton Flamed AP SSB
Hinderer Pen Aluminum
Kershaw Avalanche
Kershaw Blur Tanto
Kershaw Boa Serrated
Kershaw Bump Black Aluminum (x2)
Kershaw Centofante Onion Red
Kershaw Chive Boron
Kershaw Cyclone Black
Kershaw E.T.
Kershaw Ener-G II
Kershaw Gentleman's Knife
Kershaw Groove
Kershaw JYD II
Kershaw JYD II Black Handles
Kershaw JYD II CE Black/Black
Kershaw JYD II Composite (x2)
Kershaw JYD II Ti SG2 (x3)
Kershaw Lahar (x3)
Kershaw Leek 13C26 PE Reverse Tanto
Kershaw Leek Black/Black CKT Random
Kershaw Leek Composite
Kershaw Leek DAM
Kershaw Leek Damascus (x2)
Kershaw Leek Polished Grooved G10
Kershaw Leek Random (x2)
Kershaw Leek Textured (Polished) G10 (x2)
Kershaw Leek Textured (Stonewashed) G10
Kershaw Leek Ti ZDP
Kershaw Mini Cyclone
Kershaw Mini Cyclone Ti ZDP (STR anodize jean blue)
Kershaw Mini Cyclone Ti ZDP
Kershaw Mini Mojo
Kershaw Mini Mojo User
Kershaw Mini Task PS
Kershaw Needs Work (x2)
Kershaw NRG
Kershaw OD-1
Kershaw Offset 1st Run (x2)
Kershaw Offset Aluminum (x2)
Kershaw Offset G10
Kershaw Outcast
Kershaw RAM
Kershaw Scallion
Kershaw Scallion Black (x2)
Kershaw Shallot (x2)
Kershaw Spec Bump
Kershaw Speed Bump
Kershaw Starkey PE G10
Kershaw Starkey Ti
Kershaw Storm
Kershaw Talon G10
Kershaw Talon Ti
Kershaw Ti Bump Green (x3)
Kershaw Ti Bump Blue (x2)
Kershaw Whirlwind
Kershaw Zing
Kershaw Needs Work G10
Kershaw Random Task
Kershaw Shallot S110V
Kershaw Skyline
Kershaw Tyrade
Kershaw Tyrade, G10, Orange (x2)
Koster EDC*
Koster K4 (O1 and Curly Maple) (x2)
Koster K6
Koster Nesmuk (Black Canvas)
Krein Micro Chef*
Les Voorhies Toothpick CF
Lone Wolf T2 Ranger
Ranger RAK Black
Ranger RAK Black/Orange
Ranger RD
Spyderco Barong
Spyderco Centofante II STR framelock Rebld
Spyderco Centofante III
Spyderco CF Caly 3
Spyderco Citadel
Spyderco Civilian (x3)
Spyderco Delica ZDP Blue
Spyderco Dodo
Spyderco FFG Endura
Spyderco G10 Endura
Spyderco Mini Manix (x2)
Spyderco Native
Spyderco Pacific Salt
Spyderco Paramilitary
Spyderco P'kal (x2)
Spyderco Spyderfly
Spyderco Spyderfly Rainbow
Spyderco Spyderhawk Salt
Spyderco SpyKer (x2)
Spyderco SS Endura 4
Spyderco Waved Delica
Spyderco Waved Endura (x2)
Spyderco Yojimbo
Starkey G10 PS
STR BUSSTR
Strider AR
Strider GB
Strider PT
Strider RCC-GG
Strider SNG
Wilkins Griptilian
XM-18 (blue, BB, flipper)
ZT 0121
ZT 0200 (x2)
ZT 0205
ZT 0300 TAD USN
ZT 0301
ZT 0302
ZT 0500 (x3)*
ZT0350
 
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Wow!No regrets on the BG42 Sebenza or the XM-18?I'd be kicking myself :D

Here's a few I regret trading or selling,or just miss...

Benchmade 14205
Kershaw Ti-Green Bump
Benchmade 710D2
Kershaw Boa
Spyderco ZDP Endura
Benchmade Rukus
 
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Wow, 167 knives! How many do you have total?

Those are some wonderful blades though.

Vinny
 
vba said:
Wow, 167 knives! How many do you have total?

Those are some wonderful blades though.

Vinny
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Crap! There are 167 on that list?..... I didn't count them :eek: I quit counting a while back.... just so long as I have a general notion of the value of what I own. I keep spreadsheets with running totals. I do know that what I listed is between $18k and $20k depending on how you value them. If I had to guess I'd say I probably have 60ish keepers and 40ish of those are knives I will have until the day I die.
 
I regret buying far more knives than I regret selling.

The only ones that immediately come to mind are two Blade Tech Rijbak's that I sold. I ended up selling them because they were tip down. Turns out I now am pretty good at tapping, so I could have flipped the clips myself.
 
elkins45 said:
I regret buying far more knives than I regret selling.

The only ones that immediately come to mind are two Blade Tech Rijbak's that I sold. I ended up selling them because they were tip down. Turns out I now am pretty good at tapping, so I could have flipped the clips myself.
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The Rijbak was a heckuva knife. I wish I had never sold the one I had and that I had purchased a couple more when I had the chance. Pretty touogh to come across these days :o
 
I didn't bother with making my own list, but here's the overlap of what you'gve sold and I've sold:

Benchmade Mini-Ambush
Benchmade Rukus (large)*
Benchmade Infidel Auto
Boker Wharcom
Bradley Alias II
Buck 110 (x 2)
Buck Pilot
Buck Strider 882
Byrd Wings
Camillus Lev-R-Lock
Case XX Mini Blackthorn
Case XX Large Stockman
Cold Steel Medium Voyager Tanto
CRKY Rollock
Emerson CQC-13
Ericksson Mora
Kershaw Blur
Kershaw Baby Boa
Kershaw Bump Black Aluminum
Kershaw Centofante Onion Red
Kershaw Chive
Kershaw Cyclone
Kershaw E.T.
Kershaw Groove
Kershaw Junkyard Dog II Ti
Kershaw Leek (three versions)
Kershaw Mini Cyclone
Kershaw Needs Work
Kershaw Offset 1st Run
Kershaw Shallot
Kershaw Storm
Kershaw Tyrade Ti
Lone Wolf Paul Presto (x 2)
Lone Wolf D2 Auto
Okapi
Opinel #7 etc.
Schrade USA Uncle Henry Trapper
Scrapyard Scrapper 5
SOG Blink
Spyderco Caly 3 CF
Spyderco Captain
Spyderco Cricket
Spyderco Delica Wave
Spyderco Endura 3
Spyderco Jester
Spyderco Kiwi
Spyderco Ladybug
Spyderco Leafstorm
Spyderco Lum Chinese ZDP-189
Spyderco Manix (80mm)
Spyderco Native
Spyderco Native IV CF
Spyderco Phoenix
Spyderco Police
Spyderco Poliwog
Spyderco Rescue
Spyderco Spin
Spyderco Spydercard
Spyderco Stretch 2 CF
Spyderco Tasman Salt
Spyderco Tenacious
Spyderco T-Mag
Spyderco Vesuvius
Spyderco Volpe
Victorinox Cadet
Victorinox Climber
Vitorninox Farmer
Victorinox Spartan Lite
Victorinox SwissCard
ZT 0200

If I added all of mine, the list might be as long as yours. Dude, we need an intervention.

Edit: I added my sold Spydies. (Had it in a different post.)
 
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I would be interested in knowing what you have kept or EDC because there are some great knives in that list.

Just curious to know what made it to the top for you.
 
I regret selling my older Benchmades, Eishewitz's, Emerson's, Pardue, AFCK's etc. You guys are making me feel bad all over again.

Vinny
 
I thought of another one. I sold an early 806D2 AFCK because it wasn't drilled for the 4 way clip like the later model (which I subsequently bought) was. Turns out I have become a tip up convert these days so it wouldn't have mattered.

I might have sold it for $80. Good luck finding one at that price today.
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
I would be interested in knowing what you have kept or EDC because there are some great knives in that list.

Just curious to know what made it to the top for you.
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I have the entire Kershaw Bump line (some many times over). I think the Spec Bump is quite possibly the most well designed knife ever built. I also have a Ken Onion Ti/Studlock Bump (The crown jewl of the collection). A close second for me is the Kershaw 25th Anniversary (Basically a Ken Onion Midtech). The older Ken Onion designs also rate very highly with me (Random Task/ Mini Task).

I have quite a few Kreins and Grahams. I am a recent convert to the small, front pocket fixed blade. I absolutely love them. The utility of a fixed that is similar in size to a medium folder is tremendous.

I have 6 ZT0300 series knives. I really dig the size, heft, fit/finish and utility of them.

My EDC ranges from smaller, more run of the mill Kershaws (Zing, Random Leek, G10 leek) to a ZT0301 with a stone washed blade to one of my pocket FBs (mostly the midtech Graham SS3 or the Krein PSK).

My interests are all over the place. I know you are interested in why the Sebs, Striders and the Hinderer all got the axe. All I can tell you is that I felt like they were over-hyped and had no soul. Ken Onion designs, even productions, have curves and emotion in the design. This leads to ergonomics that are as satisfying as the aesthetics. Ti slabs on ti slabs or G10 slabs with little eye to that ultimate soul soothing hand feel (the this knife was made for me thing) does little to motivate me no matter how strong the pivot is. The ginds from your Hinderers, CRKs, and Striders are lack luster as well. Sure they work well, but, in a world of endless options that isn't enough. Grahams have beautiful grinds and flawlessly contoured handles that feel great and work all day w/o tiring the hand. Kreins feature (IMO) the most amazing attention to cutting ability AND beauty. No one can cut a Swedge as nicely as Tom can. Tom's handles are incredibly well contoured so they too meet the eyeball and the hand test.

As I stated earlier, the knife world is too big to fall in lock-step with the masses. If a knife does not ignite something in me...... it is out the door regardless of hype or price tag. One of my favorite folders is a $35 RJ Martin designed Kershaw Zing. The $400 Sebenza is one of my least favorites. It is what it is. I'd encourage all of you to not make the mistakes I have made. You can see from the list in the first post that I have bought the hype, I've tried just about every design Kershaw has made. I have tried most that Spyderco has made.... all b/c I heard they were great, nevermind the fact that they did nothing to get the passion, that makes this hobby go, flowing in me. Buy what you love.... don't lock your knives away in the safe and be secure in the knowlege that you own them.... Get them out and let them make you feel good about the hobby and the knives you love.

***SA steps off soap box and exits, stage right*** :eek::D

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If I were to list all of the knives I've sold or traded-away over the years, I'd cry, and it's just not manly to cry at work.:D.
 
Well I'll give it a shot:

Benchmade 940*
Benchmade Skirmish*
Benchmade 525*
Benchmade Grip 551ORG
Kershaw Mini Cyclone
Kershaw Shallot
Kershaw NRG II
Kershaw Leek (x2)
Kershaw Oso Sweet
Kershaw Vapor
Spyderco Endura 4 FG*
Spyderco Embassy*
Spyderco Tenacious
SOG Trident
SOG Visionary II
SOG Flash II
CRKT M-16
CRKT Mini Tighe
CRKT Point Guard
CRKT Crawford Kasper
Cold Steel AK-47
Ka-Bar Short Heavy Bowie

I know there are a lot more, I just don't wanna think about it too hard :o
 
there was quite few knife that i have traded or sold for different reasons. :mad: tip-down or CE. i really wish i could get them back,some i can't afford now. now i think real hard now before trading. :)
 
I mostly kicked my Benchmade habit, I did keep a couple of favorites. :D

Benchmade 42 Bali-song
Benchmade 426 Gravitator
Benchmade 551 Griptilian
Benchamde 615 Mini-Rukus
Benchmade 690
Benchmade 707 Sequel
Benchmade 710
Benchmade 722
Benchmade 732BT ARES
Benchmade 745 Mini-Dejavoo
Benchmade 773
Benchmade 806D2 AFCK
Benchmade 806BK-901 AFCK LE
Benchmade 905 Mini-Stryker
Benchmade 910 Stryker
Benchmade 921 Switchback
Benchmade 930 Kulgera
Benchmade 942
Benchmade 950-1 Rift
Benchmade 960SLV
Busse SFNOLE
Strider SNG

I did aquire a few really nice pieces to replace the ones that I sold, (XM-18, Sebenza, Umnumzaan, DDR Trigger, DMK Vizor, to name a few)
 
Benchmade ( various models in M2, probably the 710 PE first edition, and the Ritter Grip in M2 were my favorites out of 5 that I had in this excellent steel)

Spyderco Ti ATR PE
Spyderco BG42 Millie
Spyderco Lum, blue

Microtech Socom Elites in S90V PE ( X2)

Camillus Cuda Maxx in D2

SOG Tigershark 1st Edition Seki made SK5

There are others I miss, but every one of these I wish I had back. I sold them due to money problems that came with 3 surgeries ( so far).

These were indeed favorites, but I believe overall there are better knives being made now than at any other time in history. This is a true golden age of knives. Better tech, more selection in steel, more innovation amongst production companies like Spyderco, Kershaw, Buck, Falkniven, Bark River, etc, etc., not to mention some truly astounding work in the custom market. There is even a better selection of quality traditional slip joints now.
 
I traded off a CPM-D2 Millie that was totally mint. I got it at a steal too. In retrospect, that was foolish...

But in doing so I made a good friend here at BF and I reckon there are always plenty of knives but friends are much harder to come by.
 
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