Going from one Style/Brand to another

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When I first became interested in knives those labeled as tactical really caught my eye. Emersons especially. Not too long after Spyderco became my brand of choice. I like the pocket clips and the option of having a smaller knife felt more comfortable.

I know find myself becoming interested in Case and Buck. Mainly the knives that I remember my father using. These knives are completely different styles from the ones that originally caught my interest.

Has anyone else had similar experiences?

Thanks,
Clay
 
My interest started when I saw a Gerber BMF Sawback about 10 years ago. I got into Gerber folders big time and then bought a couple of Buck folders. I never did buy the Gerber BMF at the time BTW!

Then when I went to Uni 4 years ago, (I already had some nice fixed blades by this point, M9, Ontario, Ka Bar etc, nothing amazing but above POS made in China stuff) I discovered Spyderco and CRKT. I bought quite a few of those as well!

Then around 3 years ago I found this place, made a name for myself as an idiot :o for a while and made up for it by getting into customs, Sebenza's and other nice stuff!;)

Now I own some expensive stuff (for me) and don't buy as often as I used to (cash flow probs, and the Benza's ruined most other knives for me!):)

Got my eye on some new stuff though... Just waiting for the cash to follow the thought:D
 
Oh, I got the Gerber BMF in the end as well! Not so long ago...:D I won't name the guilty party, but he is a Usual Suspect and a great guy.

Cheers!:)
 
I do exactly that!

The thing I love about knives, and other edged thingies, is that there is soooooooo much to learn, you can never get bored. I'd focus on one type of knife more than a brand (brand focusing is somethign completely different, I think), say tac folders, and never give slipjoints a look. Then one day I was looking at a knife mag and I noticed a stockman, and thought it looked great! So I pulled out all of the old magazines and lo and behold, there's lots of slipjoints in the magazines! I had never seen them because I wasn't interested in them. Well, then I got to go learn the names of the patters, the construction, the material, etc. I bout an SAK, and I love SAK now. I still want a yellow handed doc pattern and a Camillus stockman.

This pattern I followed with axes/hatchets/tomahawks, styles (researching everything Japanese, for example), swords, etc.

I've noticed that not only do I learn lots, but the more I learn the more I figure out exactly what I like. As time has gone by, I have always preferred a little color to my knives instead of all black. I prefer longer bladed folders over 3" and under ones. And the list goes on.

I do a similar thing with brands too. I never liked Buck Knives all that much -I didn't dislike them either, the just didn't interest me. But when Buck started making the Buck/Strider stuff, that made me go look at Buck again :) I don't have one, but I'd love a large Buck/Strider tanto. I'd even like to look at the classic 110 now, a knife I never would have considered before.

Good thread.
 
This is an interesting thread :)
I started with on POS folder that i bought a few years ago, i gave that away and wanted to buy something nicer... VERY shortly after that i bought some CRKT stuff.. and i thought it was the bomb. Then i started looking at the High Tech Kershaw folders.. I was a tech junkie.. i wanted all the tactical stuff with the latest and greatest materials and blade steels.. and i still like stuff that's tech.. but now my tastes have broadened...

like one of the guys said, i never even LOOKED at slipjoint folders... now i have a small handful of SAK's.. which i really like.. especially the ones with the aluminum and stainless construction. I do like the classy stuff too.. i dont really own many knives that are too expensive... my high end stuff consists mainly of BM and higher end Spydercos.

Its funny.. i was thinking about 2 years ago i didn't like spydercos at all.. i didn't like the round hole.. i didn't like the way the FRN felt cheap... but that's cuz i was all big into G-10 and Micarta. Now i have 2 Enduras and i carry one with me daily.. i still dont have many spyderco knives.. 7 i think.. but i really love their stuff.

Its funny how we all go thru these little changes as we learn more about what we really like. :)
 
Clay
My collecting has taken a similar route. At first I went for Benchmades and Emersons, one day I decided I needed a small 'dress' knife so I picked up a Case mini Copperlock and have not looked back since. That Case opened up the slipjoint world for me. Queen/Scahtt and Morgan, Kissing Crane, Hen and Rooster are now the names I go after. Still love those Benchmades though
 
Dr van Nostrom,

It is interesting that you mentioned the mini copperlock. It is the one Case knife that has really caught my eye. A year or two ago I wouldn't have considered buying a slipjoint folder. Now, I think they are probably not in the too distant future.

Clay
 
lol, check out my replies to 'best knife for ??' and see how much i have changed thru the yrs.

started w/CRKT kasper folder, then went to REKAT (3 guesses what my name means ie SIFU???) for a while till the rolling lock issues burned me out, then to benchmade, 800S, now i have 8 AFXK's of diff styles/liners, then spyderco for a short while, then back to BM, then got my first custom! spent $450 when i complained about $50 a yr earlier lol!! now i like the top of the line microtechs and emersons, and ralph and crawford customs.

i honstly think though that for the $$, BM is hard to beat, still have a lot of them.



greg
 
.......from productions in the 1970's to customs in the 1980's and 90's to the Sebenza for a couple of years, and now back to the custom market!

Learned a lot along the way, and paid a price (read that as DOLLAR's) for the education. Hope I have learned something for my money!

The Sebenza still tops the list as the most precise folder of all time for me. The makers I am collecting now are fantastic in the fit and finish department and work with some really tight tolerances, but the Sebenza is tough to top.

I have finally gained a bit of direction on my collecting with the customs as I am sticking with 3 makers who do similar but different work. J.W. Smith, Kit Carson, and Mike Obenauf. All three build a stout folder that will stand up to anything you can throw at it. While all three employ the same basic building style there is a lot of variation to make collecting them exciting!
 
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