Forgive me but I like to "collect" workinging knives!!

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OK, I was chastized by a friend for "collecting" working knives. I know, these were made to carry/use/work regularly. I can't help myself. Bark River, Dozier, Bliind Horse Knives, Falkniven, Scrapyard knives.....I have way more than I will ever use. I especially like Barkies with the exotic hardwood handles and Doziers.

These knives REALLY do deserve more use, but they will likely not see it with me. I will use a few of them in a very superficial way, but no where near their potential. Maybe somewhere down the road one of my kids or grandkids will actually put these to use.

Anyone else out there in this category?

I do actually put a few knives to real use. I have about 3 users, but the rest (15-20) are relegated to safe queen. Oh, I tell myself that "someday" I will put them through their paces, but I know I am lying to myself :D.

Doc
 
Tell your friend that butchers and such use working knives...and what you are collecting are production exotics.
 
Don't ask me. My penchant is traditional folders with delrin handles.

And Phil is right. I don't collect. I accumulate.
 
Any knife you use becomes a 'working knife'
A delrin slippie that you put up as a safe queen, ceases to become a working knife.
 
One of my work colleagues collects caps - never wears any of them! And you can't re-use stamps either. Case brand are 'using' knives and they're the most collected of the lot. Tell your :jerkit: friend to "sit on it" - it's your money and you can damn well collect anything you want. :thumbup:
 
neeman said:
Any knife you use becomes a 'working knife'
A delrin slippie that you put up as a safe queen, ceases to become a working knife.
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"You know my methods, Watson."

All of mine get at least some pocket time. How can you "know" a knife, how well the design works, and how good the steel is unless you carry it and use it?:)
 
knarfeng said:
How can you "know" a knife, how well the design works, and how good the steel is unless you carry it and use it?:)
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You read reviews on BF - that's how. :D

I see no need to "test" every knife in my collection and really don't care how well most of them perform - that's not why I bought them.
 
Nothing wrong with user-grade knives for a collection. When on display, those are the knives that are often of the most interest since those are the type of knives that most people are familiar with. "My dad had one of those," "I remember my grandpa had a knife just like that one," or even "I've got one of those in my pocket right now."

In fact I collect working-grade knives myself, Schrade-USA Old Timers.

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None of these are used either.

And I'm an admitted Accumulator. :D
 
Part of my collection. All users.
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Don't worry about what anyone else thinks about your collection. You collect for your own reasons, and don't need to justify it to anyone else.
 
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