Do you ever buy a knife with the sole purpose of it being a safe queen?

I have not every bought a knife to be a safe queen.
probably never will.
but don't think I'll ever tell anybody they are wrong for doing such either
 
BloodyDonnie said:
Cause even the knives I buy that I intend to be safe queens are still used to open envelopes here and there, but I dont think that constitutes in their definition as "use".
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Use your knives, or don't...just don't mislead yourself, or others, with BS imaginings about what defines use.
 
No. I've purchased duplicates or triplicates of some knives, especially those that are discontinued, low production and that I like in case I were to lose or damage them beyond reasonable repair. Those stay in the safe, I guess.

I buy knives to use them. I cut things with them, like cardboard, because that's what I have and carry daily on me and their purpose is to cut things for me. Problem is, I have so many knives that most of them stay in the safe but that's not my intent for them.
 
I'm close to finishing making a san mai tanto, with many hours of work into it. Highly polished, etched, hand made handle parts etc.
I showed it to my wife and her comment was "nice, would it work for clearing weeds?".
I was stunned, but some people see things differently... I guess technically it could clear weeds.
 
Of course. I'd look crazy walking around with 17th century swords strapped to my back lol. I have almost 80 knives. Theres different motivations for collectors albeit usage, features, pedigree, exclusivity, potential resell, documentation etc. It comes down to what motivates that purchase. I have $600 knives I beat the crap out of and $80 knives stored away in mineral oil. I dont see the need to abuse knives on a single event just to desecrate its value. Think of how awesome it is when another collector sells you that knife you've been hunting for and that person has stored and preserved it so even though its 5, 10 or 150 years old it's damn near new. Suddenly its easy to appreciate those of us who make safe queens out of things.
 
Not exactly, but I have bought knives that have no utility and never will, just for the fun of it. Two examples of knives that, on a utility basis, are wholly worthless and totally unsuited to any practical use for any reason that I've bought anyway:

Busse TGLB - Too heavy, too thick, and generally just not right for any practical use. I own good machetes for chopping light stuff. I own good camp knives. I own good hunting knives. I own hatchets and axes for chopping bigger stuff. For the weight of the TGLB I could just about carry a machete, a Mora and a hatchet. I mean . . . it's bad at literally everything except holding down papers in a stiff breeze and looking and feeling cool.

Cold Steel Luzon 6" - Folding pocket sword? That's bigger and heavier than the small hunting knife I'd carry if people didn't think it was weird where I live? This thing has no reason to exist, except as a novelty that's super fun to play with.

I own others I've never used, but that would totally use if I had the right circumstances come up, but these two are just part of a group of knives that are just pointlessly stupid wastes of money that serve no purpose but making me happy. At least the CS Luzon was only ~$35 . . . the TGLB was, uh, slightly more expensive.
 
I recently bought three knives that are duplicates of ones I had as a kid and immediately put them on display no intention of using them. Every other knife has seen pocket time.
 
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This is my only safe queen. It’s survived since the 80’s LNIB. It will stay that way as long as I own it.
 
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BloodyDonnie said:
This seems to be a very controversial topic. I see people on knife forums all the time bashing on the practice of buying a knife and not using it. So are all 80 knives you have in your EDC rotation?

I want to understand what people perceive is wrong with buying a knife with the intent of keeping it as a safe queen and not using it? Who cares what other people spend their money on?

And what does their definition of the term "use" extend to? Cause even the knives I buy that I intend to be safe queens are still used to open envelopes here and there, but I dont think that constitutes in their definition as "use".

I admittedly have bought many knives I never intended to use.
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The only way I would have a safe queen is if I thought of it as an investment.
 
I have purchased several over the years, limited editions, etc that I have no intention of using. They are not 'safe queens' by any stretch .. I call them 'display models' as they are on display in our china hutch .
They only knife I consider now a safe queen is my umfaan. I used to carry it a lot , then I got a call from my friendly dealer who asked if I was carrying it. Yes, I was. He said the value on those had doubled to over 600$ and I should put it back in the box and lock it up.Which I did.
But for the most part my knives are sharp and ready to cut, even my old stuff.
 
I'm a believer in the two is one and one is none philosophy so when I find a knife I really like (usually, an SAK), I buy two or three of them and put the spares in the safe. I also have a Buck Duke that is in the safe and unused because it was an impulse purchase that doesn't really fit a need (other than I liked it). However, I'm not a collector of fine knives so I don't buy what are likely to be safe queens.
 
I currently do not, and I typically sell knives that don't get actual pocket time to fund others that will. I have bought a couple of knives as "dress knives", and finding myself rarely dressing up enough to carry them, even sold those.

That being said I see nothing wrong with buying knives as safe queens, and I preserve my right to do so myself should I change my mind and be compelled to. What I don't understand is people looking down on others for how they see fit to collect knives. The beauty of a forum like this is that we can gather here, respectfully have differing opinions, and still connect on our obsession with knives. There's no wrong way to do a hobby so long as you're enjoying it.
 
Dogdrawz said:
I did not know a regular could come w/o the micro choils. Sweeeet.
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Being the smallest of the line it's possible there wasn't functional room?
Also just looked this up for size compare... the Umfaan is Very close in size to the Buck 503 Prince.
 
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