Do you get attached to your knives?

I do have sentimental attachment to a few. Mostly the ones that are gifted to me by friends and family. I carry all my knives. The more I carry it the more I am attached. If I know I wont carry it I will move it along. Sell, trade, or give it away.
 
I used to, but as I got 'older', it faded some. The knives became a bit less of a cult worship item than a useful personal item to have on me. A more utilitarian view came about as I entered senior citizen age. I still love knives, I couldn't clean the fish I catch without them, or prepare dinner. I certainly couldn't have cut that seatbelt in 1991 when I was witness to a bad car accident and the driver was hanging upside down in an old Datsun that had rolled three times before coming to rest against the guard rail and was starting to burn.

But over the course of years, I ended up giving away most my knife collection to family and friends. Just didn't need that much as I got old. Now I'm okay with just having some small SAK or penknife in my pocket. In fact, if someone admires the knife I am carrying that day, and I feel they will treat it good, I'll gift it off on the condition they give me a coin for it. I hat to see someone with no knife, so I've given away a lot of small pocketknives on parking lot of Home Depot, along the river bank where kids are fishing, and so on. I've reached an age where I know I can't take ti with me, and I'm not worrying about lifetime warrantee's.

So, in short, I still love a nice sharp knife in my pocket, but I'm not so attached to it that I won't gift it off if someone needs a knife or admires it.
 
jackknife said:
I used to, but as I got 'older', it faded some. The knives became a bit less of a cult worship item than a useful personal item to have on me. A more utilitarian view came about as I entered senior citizen age. I still love knives, I couldn't clean the fish I catch without them, or prepare dinner. I certainly couldn't have cut that seatbelt in 1991 when I was witness to a bad car accident and the driver was hanging upside down in an old Datsun that had rolled three times before coming to rest against the guard rail and was starting to burn.

But over the course of years, I ended up giving away most my knife collection to family and friends. Just didn't need that much as I got old. Now I'm okay with just having some small SAK or penknife in my pocket. In fact, if someone admires the knife I am carrying that day, and I feel they will treat it good, I'll gift it off on the condition they give me a coin for it. I hat to see someone with no knife, so I've given away a lot of small pocketknives on parking lot of Home Depot, along the river bank where kids are fishing, and so on. I've reached an age where I know I can't take ti with me, and I'm not worrying about lifetime warrantee's.

So, in short, I still love a nice sharp knife in my pocket, but I'm not so attached to it that I won't gift it off if someone needs a knife or admires it.
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Thanks for sharing. I think we could all learn from that and it would make the world a much better place.
 
Yes, I carried this Buck Lancer for 4 years in high scool. I made the leather slip to protect my pants pocket and help prevent the little devil from falling out.
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My family has always been car guys. I always thought a car was merely a convenient way to the store. But I get attached to my guns and knives. Odd how that works.
 
a good chunk of my traditional knives collection have sentimental value as they were either gifts or offered at bro deals. there are pieces from several forum members that could never be replaced. same for knives i obtained at the rendezvous and things like that. the stuff i bought on my own off a website not so much. though its gotten to a point those would be difficult to replace either. but yes, if i wasnt attached to them, i wouldnt buy so many.
 
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I am certainly attached to the knives that my children have given me. I also tend to get attached to the personalized WWII pieces that I have become the temporary custodian of. Some of my nicer WWII blades will stay with me until the end, and then my son will take over. Most anything else is subject to sell or trade.

I am sort of a bottom feeder when it comes to my knife collection anyway. I have claimed that I am not a collector, but I don't mind sweeping up the dregs that the collectors have discarded as too common or too used. I get a kick out of getting an old Imperial or Colonial and cleaning it up to restore function and give it a little respect that they deserve just by surviving into this age. I will take a $10.00 knife, put a hundred dollars worth of labor in it and still have a $10.00 knife, and I am happy to do it. I don't collect any knife that I wouldn't sharpen or use. I understand the collecting of fine pieces, and I am happy for the folks that do it, I like viewing their wonderful pieces, but that is just not my thing. I am one of those folks who could have a Cadillac, but I still drive a Kia, because it is good enough.
 
I am attached to all of my knives, but if I were to leave the house tomorrow the most important one would be the one in my pocket. It is just a tool and tools can be replaced. I am going to sell off most of my guns in the days ahead, and will leave my wife to deal my hundreds of knives. Time is not always your friend.
 
sitflyer said:
I am attached to all of my knives, but if I were to leave the house tomorrow the most important one would be the one in my pocket. It is just a tool and tools can be replaced. I am going to sell off most of my guns in the days ahead, and will leave my wife to deal my hundreds of knives. Time is not always your friend.
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You’re not alone. I have my Dad’s lighters to deal with (hundreds). Fortunately, I have a longtime local who has seen them and is patiently waiting untill I make the call.
Its bittersweet. Having them is more of a habit than a hobby.
The same with the knives, sort of. I do love knives, but have knives, I didn’t know I have.
How do you justify that?
 
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I have a couple knives that I've had for over 50 years, and a few years ago I gave a cigar box of knives to my 47 year old son, that I had when I was a kid. But no; I don't become attached to my knives. That's just dumb!
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66sprint6 said:
Some more than others but yes, there are a couple in my "collection" that I would lose sleep over if they were to go missing (and have done so).
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Reminds me of the time I had a 1911 come up missing during a trip to the range. Long story, but I got it back a week later, it was an innocent mistake, and I ended up making a new friend.

Attached? It always seems like I am shuffling the selection, but my knife plan is to keep a few I really enjoy using and carrying, along with a few I like but am ok to loan or give away. And when it comes down my best and favorite, i would like to think I'd be ok to give them away if I felt led to. And that even goes for my dad's old knives I sometimes carry and one my mom gifted me. Are some objects a little more special than others? Sure. But i can't hold on to them all. I've been so blessed beyond belief, I feel it's my duty to bless others.

Now don't go askin me to give away all my knafs! Lol!
 
JM2 said:
A 75 pattern case 6.5 bonestag I dyed,
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I've been seeing you post that one lately, and every time I see it, I wonder why it looks so unique! The bonestag pattern with that color was throwing me off. Great looking knife!
 
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I get pretty anxious if I misplace one of my knives. I've bought multiple of several knives I like just in case I lose one.
 
Bloodloss said:
I've been seeing you post that one lately, and every time I see it, I wonder why it looks so unique! The bonestag pattern with that color was throwing me off. Great looking knife!
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Thanks. And thanks for sharing your previous post as well.

Blessing people makes a person feel good. I was in Sears a few years back. This old lady and I struck up a conversation and she asked me about getting a knife for her grandson. I gifted him the red case medium stockman I was carrying. I always imagine the kid when he got it and the way he felt. I had received a few like that myself and it always was a special thing for a kid. He probably tells folks the story of how he got it and wonders about me.
 
I try to look for knives that are more than just blades. A few examples:
Case swayback peach bone- that family was produced the year my daughter was born and her name is Georgia. Georgia is known for their peaches.
Case peacock Appaloosa bone knives because wild peacocks live around me.
GEC beer and sausage because it reminds me of my German heritage.
Northwoods red linen micarta Fremont because Fremont Friday is kind of popular and the covers are red so it is my RED (remember everyone deployed l) Friday knife.
My blade forums knives because of here.
Knives that are gifts because of relationships.
GEC navy knife because my dad and uncle were in the Navy.
I could go on and on with more examples. Patterns, blades, cover materials are cool but I prefer them to have “meaning”. That is something that traditional knives have the ability to do for me that moderns cannot.
 
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