FINALLY!! A decent knife.

[cutter17]

It really is nice to find another knifenut as they seem to be few and far apart for me. One of the big reasons why I like Bladeforums so much! I also get that "you paid how much for that knife?" followed up with "I can get one just as good for $20.00!" and "Damn if I would pay that much; hey let me see it so I can see how it cuts." and that is followed up with a big NO from me! I'm not about to put a high quality $500.00 custom folder in the hand of someone who does not appreciate it. I'm not going to put a $100.00 high quality production knife in that hand either! I've now gotten to the point where I don't even show new knives anymore, just come here to brag about them as you folks can and do appreciate knives.....they are more than just cutting tools.

 

[Greg]

When I show mine off at work, only one person (now two) gets to actually handle them. Other than that they stay in my hands. I'm also very selective about who gets to borrow my 'loaner'. Usually I say "what can I cut for you?"
When I get asked "how much?" the answer varies from person to person. Most people get "you don't want to know" or "if you have to ask you can't afford one". Knife appreciators get the price.
Greg

 

[Rob Babcock]

My new edged toys tend to be of the kitchen variety. When I take 'em to work (in a kitchen) I'll generally show them off, but very few of my coworkers are really into knives. Odd, for a kitchen, but then most of them don't really use a knife all that much. My background as a chef includes a lot of meat cutting & banquet work, as well as a love of blades & the outdoors going back to my childhood, so I have a knife "fetish."

Once exception is the guy who has to do the bread service- I keep a relatively cheap Kersha Kai Pure Komachi bread knife in my roll, and I always hand it to him when he comes in. I have a couple spendier ones but the Kershaw is extremely sharp. Mine are the only knives in the building that can cleanly cut fresh rolls that don't have a hard crust. I probably save the guy an hour of sawing per shift.

Even the Chef isn't all that much into blades. Mostly he's just tired of it all and going thru the motions...He works hard, but the knife is just a tool to him. He does appreciate a good knife, but it's not worth the $$$ to him to buy Shuns or Messermeisters. Still, he appreciates how sharp I keep my blades.

 

[TreeChopper]

Greg, you are going to LOVE your Fireant!!!! I carry mine everyday!!



Another female knife lover here with a FireAnT on order. Also one san mai nessmuk ala Ariel Salaverria due sometime next year. I can hardly wait! Til then my Charlie May Scandi Slitter will be my woods buddy..... and maybe my Gransfors Wildlife hatchet.... or one of my Barkies.

Where's the treatment center for OCD knife-buying disorder? I think I've donated enough $$ to the Goddess of All Things Sharp and Pointy.

TC

 

[JackBauer24]

GREAT story!! Thanks for sharing!! You guys DO know that I am a woman, right? I LOVE knives!! I have been carrying a knife for 34 years now.

lol no but it makes me feel 100% better about the colorful green and purple type. lol

 

[never too sharp]

A two blade Stockman? I thought the Stockman pattern was always three blades, although I did see a four-blade Stockman once, that was not a Congress. I have a two-blade SchradeUSA pocketknife, called the Middleman.

Do the blades pivot on one end only, or one on each end? If both are on one end, then I think it's a Middleman. Either way, it's a SchradeUSA, so it's still a nice one to have.

The reason I ask is that the Stockman is my all-time favorite knife pattern. Once I learned what each blade type was used for, it's the most handy type of slipjoint, IMO. (But, of course, I just couldn't say no to all those OTHER patterns that needed a home too . . . )

thx - cpr

I'm not sure if it was a stockman or not, the handle just looked like a stockman pattern to me. It did have two blades, though -- the primary blade(2 1/2" - 3") was a clip point, and the secondary blade(1 1/2" - 2") was a spey. They opened out of opposite ends, each with thier own backspring(which gave it those three nice bright yellow stripes when I polished the brass.) I wish I had taken a picture of it.

 

[orca8589]

I'm not sure if it was a stockman or not, the handle just looked like a stockman pattern to me. It did have two blades, though -- the primary blade(2 1/2" - 3") was a clip point, and the secondary blade(1 1/2" - 2") was a spey. They opened out of opposite ends, each with thier own backspring(which gave it those three nice bright yellow stripes when I polished the brass.) I wish I had taken a picture of it.

That sure sounds like a Stockman to me. I posted the same question in the Schrade collectors forum, and found out that there are a lot of variations on the theme; two-blade, different handle configurations, etc. This is actually pretty cool because it gives me more to work on in my collection.

Thanks to your first post, I've learned something new. :thumbup:

thx - cpr