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Hello all, it's been a while. What seems like an eternity ago I made the decision to step away from all things knives. I was getting too caught up in the latest and greatest while neglecting the wonderful pieces of cutlery in my knife drawer. So I quit cold turkey(after procuring that "one last knife" of course).
It was a success. I started spending more time fishing and what not and less time looking down at a mobile device worrying about when the next presale was going to drop. I'm not going to lie, I don't regret the shift in priorities one bit!
I thinned my collection down to a few that I just like way to much to get rid of and some task specific knives, but this thread isn't about those guys. This thread is dedicated to that one knife, the one that I was always searching for but didn't realize I already owned. I have always been obsessed with the idea of those "one knife" men. The idea of carrying the same knife for years on end really appealed to me. When some one carries something long enough it no longer becomes an item, it becomes a piece of them, and that's exactly what I was after.
When I got rid of the clutter and minimized my rotation down to the "essentials" it was clear which knife meant the most to me and found itself in my pocket every morning and on my nightstand every night. It was a knife that I had always shown a good deal of attention to, but I was still quick to push it aside for the newest addition.
It sees a lot of use and even more fondling. It has a crack in one of the covers, some pitting, scars on the bolsters, and even some rust will rear its ugly head every once in a while(gotta love GA summers). In my eyes all these things only add more character and make me want to carry it that much more.
Enough of the blabbering and on to the cutlery.
The knife that I've been going on and on about is the 77 barlow in smooth ivory bone. This knife isn't perfect, but it ticks the vast majority of my boxes. I've quit fighting it's (very few)flaws and started embracing all that it has to offer.
Here it is brand spanking new.
And here it is just under two years later.
Here it is with my very last purchase, a fiddle back forge patch knife. More often than not these two are together.
My priorities have definitely shifted, but I'm glad to be back around browsing this glorious chunk of the interweb.
Thanks for reading my lengthy post!
It was a success. I started spending more time fishing and what not and less time looking down at a mobile device worrying about when the next presale was going to drop. I'm not going to lie, I don't regret the shift in priorities one bit!
I thinned my collection down to a few that I just like way to much to get rid of and some task specific knives, but this thread isn't about those guys. This thread is dedicated to that one knife, the one that I was always searching for but didn't realize I already owned. I have always been obsessed with the idea of those "one knife" men. The idea of carrying the same knife for years on end really appealed to me. When some one carries something long enough it no longer becomes an item, it becomes a piece of them, and that's exactly what I was after.
When I got rid of the clutter and minimized my rotation down to the "essentials" it was clear which knife meant the most to me and found itself in my pocket every morning and on my nightstand every night. It was a knife that I had always shown a good deal of attention to, but I was still quick to push it aside for the newest addition.
It sees a lot of use and even more fondling. It has a crack in one of the covers, some pitting, scars on the bolsters, and even some rust will rear its ugly head every once in a while(gotta love GA summers). In my eyes all these things only add more character and make me want to carry it that much more.
Enough of the blabbering and on to the cutlery.
The knife that I've been going on and on about is the 77 barlow in smooth ivory bone. This knife isn't perfect, but it ticks the vast majority of my boxes. I've quit fighting it's (very few)flaws and started embracing all that it has to offer.
Here it is brand spanking new.
And here it is just under two years later.
Here it is with my very last purchase, a fiddle back forge patch knife. More often than not these two are together.
My priorities have definitely shifted, but I'm glad to be back around browsing this glorious chunk of the interweb.
Thanks for reading my lengthy post!
just joined jerzeedevil the forum i used to lurk for balisongs. say bye bye money 
say hello new knives 
