Have you ever found your lost EDC only after buying it’s replacement

[sabre cat]

Yes. I misplaced a full-size Griptilian. After a few days, I ordered a replacement. Two days after my order, I found my knife. And, no, I did not cancel my order.

 

[Planterz]

I found my missing Tasman Salt SE in my seat cushions (where I checked numerous times) after buying its replacement.

 

[Mikel_24]

In my lifetime I have only lost about 3 or 4 knives (two diving fixed blades and two folders). At least they were not expensive items (and it was looooooong ago). What I have found after buying a replacement were wrenches and ratchet sockets... XD. Some of them hidden in the vehicle itself even after many hundreds of miles!

Mikel

 

[TakeAwayTheFear]

Nope knock on wood lol never lost any of my knives

 

[rhino]

I learned a trick years ago. It doesn’t apply to edc things. It applies to tools and things used less frequently that you can’t remember what you did with.

A couple of times I looked high and low for something with no luck. Finally I’d drive to the hardware store buy a replacement. After the project was done. I’d think long and hard about the best place to put it so I’d find it the next time. Then when I went to put it in that spot the original one was sitting there!

Now if I’m looking for something I’ll pretend I’m trying to put it away. Go to that spot and there it is!

That only works if you put things away!

 

[c7m2p3]

With a SAK one time. ALOX black Pioneer came out of the coin pocket while on a road trip. Although I usually have at least a folder on me as well and sometimes a small fixed blade I felt naked for the rest of the trip without a bottle opener and a screw driver to have on hand. When I got back I wound up getting a new Tinker Warthog since it had a few more tools and I am a nerd for the scales. Of course next time I was fishing around under my car seat the Pioneer popped back up so now I have both. Just need to figure a way to do a pocket clip on these things so they stop falling out of loose pockets......

https://imgur.com/a/QqNZkT8

 

[afishhunter]

Nope. If/when I lose a knife I do it "right" (or is it "wrong"?). That sucker is never seen again.

 

[afishhunter]

Just need to figure a way to do a pocket clip on these things so they stop falling out of loose pockets......

Most SAK come with a small split ring attached for a fob or lanyard.
SAK sells a 32 inch single chain with double snap swivels lanyard.
Attach it to the knife's split ring, and a belt loop, you'll never lose the knife again. 32 inch is long enough you probably won't have to take the knife off the lanyard when you're using it.

EDIT: FWIW, in 60 years I've never had a Scout/Camp/Demo/Engineer's knife/SAK on a lanyard fall out of my pocket.

 

[K.O.D.]

Well........sort of. Many years later.

A few years ago, after our Mother died, we were cleaning out her house to get it ready for auction. She always had everything very organised, so it was just a matter of sorting stuff. My son came down from the attic with an old cigar box containing all the pocket knives that my brothers & I "lost" as kids. Lots of old scout knives, Barlows & electricians knives, most with our initials crudely scratched on the handles.

Mom was always a, "A place for everything, and everything in it's place.", type person, so when she found our stuff laying around, where it wasn't supposed to be, it got "lost." After my brothers & I got done handling them & reminiscing, we gave the box to my son. Finders keepers.

I'm sorry to hear you mother died, but great story and I'm glad you gave them to your son. My mother is more of a "borrow it, then shove it somewhere to never be seen again." Basically, she can't stand anything "out" and will find a random place to stick it. I'm sure my 1986 Wenger Nomad is somewhere in our house after either she or my dad borrowed it while I was in the hospital or incapacitated at home. After my year long stay in the hospital, I was home, in our "guest room" aka the nephews/grandsons room, under one of the beds looking for something. I found a cardboard box full of old pictures in frames from when they had remodeled the room for the kids. Found my leatherman wave in there. WTF? But, with my illness I had noticed it was missing.

As far as losing knives, I generally see that as an opportunity to try something new. However, the one knife I permanently lost (and even then that is a relative term, I still have a few boxes to go through from storage) was a Spyderco Dragonfly 2 in ZDP-189. I have not replaced it, and I probably won't.

Before I was married (and divorced) I once lost my Spyderco Gayle Bradley 1. That hurt. It is and was my handle it all knife. It was also my first Spyderco, first "super" and PM steel, as well as the first knife I purchased after joining BF. Luckily, I found it in the litter box room Under some litter cartridges about a month later.

 

[c7m2p3]

Most SAK come with a small split ring attached for a fob or lanyard.
SAK sells a 32 inch single chain with double snap swivels lanyard.
Attach it to the knife's split ring, and a belt loop, you'll never lose the knife again. 32 inch is long enough you probably won't have to take the knife off the lanyard when you're using it.

EDIT: FWIW, in 60 years I've never had a Scout/Camp/Demo/Engineer's knife/SAK on a lanyard fall out of my pocket.

I have thought about doing something like this in the past but it just isnt as convenient as a clip. I know half the time I would forget to take it off the belt loop before putting it through the wash or the effort of getting it off my previous pants and to the next pair would mean it would get left behind a lot. Plus it wont work for non belt loop pants. im thinking about doing a pocket slip job or trying to do some apoxy job with an existing clip and just bolt it to the site with adhesive.

 

[redsquid2]

No, but I have found my wonderbar, as in small pry bar, after purchasing its replacement. I found it in a really obvious place too.

 

[MagnusValhalla]

I lost my Kershaw Chill which was my EDC. I was devastated. I looked at the Kershaw website and ordered another Chill. When it came, to my dismay, it was not the same knife. The old one was USA made, the new one China made. It is smaller, cheaper, different handle, different blade, and requires 2 hands to open. Thankfully, I found the old Chill in a plastic bag in the back seat of my pickup. Since then, a few months ago, I pay attention to where a knife is made, when scouting out new cutting tools.