Have you ever bought two of the exact same Traditional knives? Why?

I confess that I have bought the same knife a few times. I've done that so I can keep one minty for collecting and actually use the other.
I'd love to use each and every knife of mine, often, but I might want or need to sell some one day. I don't use some of my knives at all :( and I don't buy duplicates often because It's obviously expensive.

Sometimes I have a user that I love and isn't available anymore and a really good one comes up for sale at a good price: what comes up can here on the exchange and makers' forums can be surprising and hard for a knife knut to pass up.
I got a duplicate of my favourite Polkowskis before he sadly passed, my two favourite Lightfoots came up after a decade or two and I finally nabbed the old Elishewitz Spectre I thought I'd never see again. Once I bought two Douglas necknives( he's a candian maker trained by Wally Hayes): one for me and one for a friend. And when a good knife is lost or stolen I regret not having two.
But my resources aren't infinite and doubles seriously cut down on the breadth of your collection: so many different good knives out there...
 
Thanks all for sharing your experiences and opinions. Keep them coming!! So it can help me decide between a second ebony or same knife in jigged bone! :D
 
JerryIsAlive said:
OoOo good taste my dude! How is the rust red in person? I like it but just worry it would be too bright for an office setting as Id never want to bring attention to it.
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Thanks! It's not a 'loud' red, but it is red, after all. If you're really trying to keep it low-key, you might want to look at something more like ebony, cocobolo, antique yellow...
 
Yea, thats why I was leaning towards the antique yellow if I got it in different material. I have it in ebony and love the look and feel of it. I know ebony is supposed to be a harder wood, but just worry about it getting nicked up in my pockets.

Smithhammer said:
Thanks! It's not a 'loud' red, but it is red, after all. If you're really trying to keep it low-key, you might want to look at something more like ebony, cocobolo, antique yellow...
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I have, once, when I saw a beloved, seemingly-never-available knife suddenly re-appear as NOS at a good price:

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I had full intentions of leaving one pristine and more fully using the other (along the lines of others' sentiments in this thread), but discovered that the first was already a user and that I felt uncomfortably indulgent in having a second. I have recently permanently shared the newer one with a young man who is currently choosing to keep it pristine himself (with apologies to jkulysses....).

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~ P.
 
I don't have a lot of money for knives so I try not to buy much, and I like to try different patterns so I've currently got no doubles. I've had more than one Opinel no8, but not at the same time. My GEC EK will almost be a double since I already have a GEC 15, but they are quite different knives. My single blade stag Northfield 73 is such a sweet knife though that I'm tempted to get another. Very tempted. Infact I'm eyeing one in particular right now, beautiful stag. It wouldn't be a duplicate since it's a linerlock and my current one is not, and it's a plain bolster while my current one is pinched. Otherwise it would be pretty much a double (the stag covers look very different than mine but that doesn't really count). I can't justify the cost right now but if it's still available for sale after Christmas I just might get it.
 
Have you ever bought two of the exact same knives?
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Not really. I usually have an extra Buck 301 or Opinel around for gift giving purposes. When I have money to buy a new knife, it goes to something I've not yet tried.

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JerryIsAlive said:
OoOo good taste my dude! How is the rust red in person? I like it but just worry it would be too bright for an office setting as Id never want to bring attention to it. The rust red and antique yellow are fine looking examples though! And yes, I know I worry about silly things when it comes to knives
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Smithhammers picture is showing the Rust Red bone pretty true to color at least on my laptop screen. Here is another picture of a couple more rust red scaled GEC's. I love the color but it sounds like you would probably be safer with the Antique Yellow which is also a fantastic choice.

 
Exact same? Kind of. My ebony single blade Charlow has gotten a lot darker, I got another one in a trade and put it away. To free up some Xmas gift $, I sold it and my soup bone which didn't see use. The other Charlow had very lustrous colors. Now, I cleaned the ebony Charlow and put it up, and have been carrying my barehead boys knife with ebony instead.
 
As far as Im concerned, I think Ill be buying the 2nd knife in different covers. I adore the ebony version, but at the end of the day, its a knife. I should use it and not be afraid of what happens to it. If I buy a 2nd in ebony, one would be put away to never be used, which kind of defeats the purpose. Grabbing it in a bone version will let me try out different materials while still having the knife itself I fell in love with. I dont use my knives too much anyways so might as well spice it up. Still loving hearing everyones input and experiences!
 
The only traditional I have ever bought two of the same model if was this knife:
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I bought the first one at an antique show (sucker for a punch) and found the second one at the same show a year later, almost in the same spot. The first had a very softened walk and talk on the main blade, so I thought I might use both to make a single good slipjoint. Plus I liked seeing the different amount of wear on each knife. But because I buy mostly under $20 thrift finds I rarely have the chance to get a second.
 
I may have to, I fear I've lost a prized knife. weeks of fruitless searching, nothing. I need its twin.
 
I have and usually because they are out of production and Im carrying one and I want an eventual backup if I ever destroy or lose the current one. Now that doesnt count exact same model, with perhaps different covers, thats just because Im not too bright. :D
 
no multiples. at least not yet. giving gifts of the same knife as one i have (such as giving my wife a #7 opinel or swiss army tinkers to my dad and father in law) do not count.
ive got a sort of rough, fuzzy limit to how many knives i am willing to have. there are far too many cool, interesting knives out there to have multiple copies taking up space.
 
My avitar alone should answer this question. Yes, many times. I have three of this years forum knife on order. I've also done this with customs (like the Tim Hartman Loveless style hunters in the avitar) or in this pair of very similar Ken Coats Swaybacks:
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I wanted too get a second Case XX Kentucky Bluegrass Trapper so I could Carry one and keep one in mint condition for my collection. I ended up using the money on a different Case knife instead.
 
Because anything I like, or fits me, is almost immediately discontinued after I discover it.

You can take that to the bank.
 
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