Have you bought your last knife??

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DoubleTap1

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First post but I've been following all the interesting conversations for several months. It’s a relief to hear from people who are also fascinated with knives. While some of my friends and work acquaintances may have a knife or two, they don’t share the same attraction or in my case desire to buy more. After 30 or more knife purchases I always say, ok this is it, I’m done now; before I realize it I’m hot to buy another cool looking knife. I call it a hobby, but feeling like it’s an addiction. Beginning with trolling websites and YouTube Reviews to placing the order, tracking the shipping and waiting for the USPS to arrive, it’s a rush!! So I am attempting to commit to my final purchase. Last night I finally located and purchased an Andre Thorburn L51 CF, w/blue liners to add to an already nice collection. I’m done! Again!
So what keeps your interest after you stop buying, reading, net surfing, knife maintenance, foundling and flipping?
 
DoubleTap1 said:
First post but I've been following all the interesting conversations for several months. It’s a relief to hear from people who are also fascinated with knives. While some of my friends and work acquaintances may have a knife or two, they don’t share the same attraction or in my case desire to buy more. After 30 or more knife purchases I always say, ok this is it, I’m done now; before I realize it I’m hot to buy another cool looking knife. I call it a hobby, but feeling like it’s an addiction. Beginning with trolling websites and YouTube Reviews to placing the order, tracking the shipping and waiting for the USPS to arrive, it’s a rush!! So I am attempting to commit to my final purchase. Last night I finally located and purchased an Andre Thorburn L51 CF, w/blue liners to add to an already nice collection. I’m done! Again!
So what keeps your interest after you stop buying, reading, net surfing, knife maintenance, foundling and flipping?
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Me too ;)
 
Haha you're not done.

Neither am I. I love trying all sorts of blades, locks, handle shapes, opening methods, steels, etc.

There's always something else that catches my eye.
 
grownstar said:
Haha you're not done.

Neither am I. I love trying all sorts of blades, locks, handle shapes, opening methods, steels, etc.

There's always something else that catches my eye.
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This is exactly why I enjoy collecting. I am fascinated by all the different approaches to the same basic task. I think there are much worse things to spend money on, but then again I am biased!
 
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I was done when I was saving for the Bark river teddy II, but then I saw the Team gemini light brigade and I wanted it aswell.
The hunt continues.
 
Yeah , you ARE new if you think you just bought your last knife LOL . Only people who are not real "knife" people can do that . They buy a Walmart EDC to open their mail and boxes and they get a decent fixed blade for camping and they're done . The rest of us however just keep THINKING we're done , but oohhhhhh nooooooo .

I've bought knives (some rather expensive as well) till I had every size and every shape that could do everything I could ever need . Only to sell most of them off and then start over as I got deeper into this madness and learned more about knives .

Yep , welcome to the addiction my friend ;)
 
Lol We've all bought our last knife at least once or twice. My "Last Knife" was a Benchmade 890. I've acquired about 30 more since then. What kept me going was all of the interesting materials, designs, shapes, sizes, sheaths, carry options, thicknesses, grinds, mechanisms.
 
I've slowed down.
A lot.
I just got my first Sebenza and it truly let me know what a great knife is like.
I'm not all too interested in lower end stuff anymore.
I still want a
TSF Beast
Hinderer XM-18 spanto
A Tanto Sebenza
And a Strider SNG
 
I've slowed down as well. What keeps me from buying more is modifying and tinkering with the ones I already have. It's kind of like getting a new knife.
 
I dont think fascinated is the right word more like obsessed lol.
Answer to the question is idk almost every knife I buy is my dream/final knife or something of the sort. So I just buy what my entrust are or what I seem to like at the moment. I dont think ill ever have a "final" purchase. But I have cut back for now so I can enjoy what I have.
 
Mike-The-Knife said:
I've bought knives (some rather expensive as well) till I had every size and every shape that could do everything I could ever need . Only to sell most of them off and then start over as I got deeper into this madness and learned more about knives .

Yep , welcome to the addiction my friend ;)
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And what he said
 
I keep thinking and hoping I'll find the one so my account can grow but it just never happens. I keep finding new stuff I want.....think I'll order a Brous VR-71 TONIGHT!!!
 
I've slowed down as well. Once my tastes in knives moved well past the $100 mark, I just couldn't keep up financially with all the knives I'd like to have and thus pick and choose very carefully. That said, there are still a dozen or more knives that I REALLY want to pick up. Not because I need them, or even that they would do any particular task even marginally better than the knives I already have. It's strictly an appreciation for the aesthetics and craftsmanship that keeps me interested.

For me, a knife is art first and a cutting tool second. Art not only from a design perspective, but also in the execution and precision of manufacturing. I'm sure plenty of people around here don't share that opinion, but I don't know how anyone could maintain a long-term interest in knives if you think of them as strictly utilitarian tools.
 
I just bought my last knife. It is a L. T. Wright "Genesis" bushcraft knife.
It is the last knife that has a 4.25 inch blade length, 1/8th inch thick blade, scandi grind, green micarta glass bead blasted handle that I will buy.
However.... there are a few other knives on my hit list.
One has nearly the same stats as above except with exotic hardwood handle scales - totally different knife. (A Jacklore)

So yeh, my last knife with 1/8th - 4.25 inch blade, scandi grind and green micarta handles. Well, pretty sure anyway.

https://ltwrightknives.com/the-genesis.html
http://www.jacklore.com
 
I've been there as well as many others. There's really never going to be a last knife for me, except the one I buy near death. I have slowed down a lot, as a few others have mentioned, but I use knives, so eventually I'm going to need more or want a nice knife that comes out in the future. As others have mentioned, there is so much to learn when you get into knives. I think most knife knuts go through a stage where they buy 20-50 knives (maybe more) and they figure out what they like, and they slow down their purchases, and become more picky because of all of the knowledge they have acquired, and found out what they like best. I have also reached $100+ level of quality and have become more picky. Also, that price helped slow my purchases down a bit too, but there is a noticeable quality difference we can only appreciate, and it's going to be impossible for me to go back to that lower level of quality.
 
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