Have you ever made an exception?

I'm not a fan of coated blades, but I bought 2 of them this year,lol

One I traded off, the other I'm selling, I'll probably do it again at least once next year.
 
BigMatt1978 said:
A super ugly gigantic tactiCOOL Camillus Flipper at Walmart. It was mis priced for 2.99 I couldn't pass it up. I've often thought I should sell it or trade it but I absolutely hate selling or trading knives.
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...was it a Camillus Beast? If so, my wife bought me one last year for our 5yr wedding anniversary. It's everything I don't like - a coated tanto flipper - but I'm hangin' on to it.
 
I dislike green knives. Dunno why, but green is just a huge turn off. But a forum member had a Case Whittler [Edit: for sale] in green jigged bone that looked really, really good in pics so I broke down and bought it. I got it in and it looked even better in person. My only green knife, but she is a beauty!
 
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I draw the line with green as well. For years I resisted knives with brightly colored and/or non "traditional" scales...fast forward to 2013, I discovered how attractive blaze orange scales go with a stainless, desert tan, and gray knives, so I went hog wild this year with orange PM2's, ESEE and Becker orange scales, orange Zancudo, orange RAT II, orange BVD's, even a action figure tribute to me...:D

 
I don't do coated blades, but I knew I had to have an Emerson EDC-1 the second I saw one. I ended up removing the coating anyways, and my EDC-1 is definitely unique now :D

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I also don't do serrations, but when I saw a discontinued small Kershaw Junkyard Dog 1720ST for $35 at a gun show I couldn't say no!

I don't do assisted knives either, but my most recent purchase was a ZT 0770. I took the assist out, but I actually ended up putting the assist back in because I'm not a huge fan of the flipper design on it. Even with the assist, I love this knife :p
 
Alnamvet68 said:
How did you remove the coating while retaining the Emerson photo etching?
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The PVD coating is only removed from the grind, which happens to be a flat ground saber grind. Since it is flat ground, I just pressed that flat on my sharpening stones and rubbed the coating away. The tougher part was polishing it, it took me approximately 3,000 strokes per side on my strop. Not the most elegant of methods, but when tools are lacking, it is best to rely on elbow grease :o
 
I don't usually like blade coatings, but I bought a black bladed Kershaw Skyline only because I am trying to collect all of the Skyline models.
 
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