Heirloom knives/ Knives you plan on passing on after you go

not2sharp said:
This reminds me of an old story published in Knife World about 40 years ago. The husband was into knives and classic cars and he kept a beautiful old car in the garage that was his pride and joy. However, his wife enjoyed neither of these things, so when he died her first inclination was to get rid of the junk car. She sold the thing for a song to a couple of her husbands silly friends. They take it home, look in the trunk and find a huge collection of knives, which they estimate had a street value in excess of $200 thousand.

The guys drove back to their friend's widow and explained what they had found. She didn't care and was angry that her husband has "wasted his life" with his silly hobbies; and threw the friends out.

The moral of the story is that there will always be winners and losers, and if our family's fail to value the "junk" we leave behind; we can only hope that some other like-minded soul will get to enjoy the windfall. Don't sweat it. Enjoy these things that you are interested in and share your time with your family and friends. The rest will sort itself out when the time comes.

n2s

p.s. Does anyone make a coffin with a built in knife roll? :D
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You are so right about like minded individuals...

I recently bought a knife through an estate sale where the son was the executor of the will. He sold me one of his father's expensive knives and also sent me one of his EDC traditionals. It's a nice one too, in fact.

He sent me it because he thought that his father would have wanted it to go to someone that appreciated the same things he did.

I will have this knife, my only traditional, until the day that the next like mind finds it.
 
All of em. Lol

I’m sure my son will want all my stuff. He already uses half of it. He and wifey know what’s valuable and what’s not (both into knives as well and have plenty of their own).

Just last weekend my wife spotted an e-handle Busse Natural Outlaw from across a gun shop, which I promptly bought for $102. :D
 
My Gerber BMF that I carried every day on my web gear during Desert Shield/Storm. It is the only knife that I truly want her to have.
 
Kids? Yea no thanks. At least not for another 9 or 10 years.

They can do what they want with my collection, I highly doubt they would appreciate it the way I did. Either way, when I'm dead I doubt I'll care. ;)
 
I can't have kids.

I'm leaving my collection of knives and guns to my three nephews. They are too little right now but hopefully I'll live to see their high school graduations. If I do, they will each get one.

One will get the Bailey model 2
One the TSF Beast
And one the ZT 0095 S90BLK.

They are only 6, 5, and 19 mo. old.
 
KAEDC said:
Honestly I don't wish to force my interests on my kin, I intend on leaving instructions that my collection be sold with the proceeds added to what ever monies to be distributed, with the exceptions of any they wish to keep as a memento or what not(with a stipulation that if sold the proceeds must be distributed) and a few that I will ask be buried with me. Otherwise it's just stuff I'm forcing on them out of what I feel would misguided sentimentality. Oh and congratulations on the news its quite an experience. My son just turned two, and he already knows I can be asked to cut things...
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I'm not sure why anyone would assume I'm planning on forcing anything on my kid(s). I have high quality things, and some people might be interested in at least some of those. If they don't, it wouldn't bother me at all. The idea of starting a collection of heirloom items to pass down the generations appeals to me, but clearly it requires people who would actually care about that. At least this way if it does to appeal to them, they have it as an option. With my interest in high quality items such as my knives (among other things), I can also ensure those items could withstand years of use.
 
not2sharp said:
The moral of the story is that there will always be winners and losers, and if our family's fail to value the "junk" we leave behind; we can only hope that some other like-minded soul will get to enjoy the windfall. Don't sweat it. Enjoy these things that you are interested in and share your time with your family and friends. The rest will sort itself out when the time comes
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If people don't like any of my things when I go, I'm certainly not going to be the one bothered about it. Seems like there's a difference between having a few select items I offer to whoever's around (obviously they'd have the option to not care about them at all) and leaving behind a trunk full of things worth a significant amount of money I've spent my life hiding from my loved ones.
 
SeppukuSamurai said:
Ahh, death.

I'd like my EDC to go to my wife. She will really appreciate knowing it was something I loved. If my children see value in my hobby, it is entirely at their disposal.

Frankly, I'm more concerned with how they'll remember for the things I accomplished while I was here. Haven't given much thought to what I'll leave behind when I go.

I made sure my family was taken care of a long time ago. I hope they remember dad for the time spent. Lessons learned. Moments earned.

Life is so short....which is why I carry a 3.75" + folder.
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Steely_Gunz said:
Congrats!
Here's my 2 cents on this as it's a very natural thing to think about when you find out you are having a kid: It's natural to muse over your genetic replacement and wonder how much of "you" will be left behind. It's natural to try and answer this existential question with physical stuff.

I know I did about 9 years ago when we found out my daughter was on her way.

My advice...don't worry about it. Seriously, treasure your time with her. Introduce her to your hobby, sure. My daughter probably views her dad as a guy that always has a pocket knife. However, she also sees me as the guy that can pull out a tool and fix a toy. A guy that use a bit of twine, swiss army knife and a pretty rock and fashion a quick necklace for her just because.

When she was little, we used to go on "bug hunts". I used an old rusty Himalayan Imports little JKM-1 belt knife to pry open rotten logs to get to the termites or used the tip to gently pin down a centipede so she could see the venomous claws before letting it skitter away or point out the erratic path a group of ants were taking up a tree as they carried food.

My guess is that she will never know what model of knife I carry most, never know or care what it's worth. What I do hope she knows, and remembers, is all the times she and I did stuff together. How we were gentle with nature and learned thingd together and how many times a good knife or pocket tool saved the day. What I carried and what it's worth I hope is dwarfed by the lessons learned.

I'm not interested in leaving her anything she has to physically carry. That stuff has a price, sure. My collection is probably worth $20,000 at least. I'm just hoping what I really leave her she finds priceless.

The world is not big enough for the love you are going to have for that little girl. No knife that will eventually get sold at a yard sale by a great grandchild will touch that. There will never be a time in her life where she will need or value a knife or the money it may bring more having her dad there.
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Sure nothing wrong with any of that. I certainly plan on ensuring my life is more than a collection of items. But this isn't a philosophy forum, which is why I chose this particular topic. Not that I have anything against talking about more substantive things. I love philosophy.
 
Well......I am not married and do not have children.
I've told a good friend to take what he wants and give the other knives to whoever he chooses.
What I buy is for me to enjoy or gift to others while alive. After I'm dead I really don't care what happens.
 
As I get older I find I have less uses for a pocket folder. I will likely just keep my damascus Sebenza 21 user and my daughter and her husband will get it along with my Case/Bose cattle knife. Nothing else is special to me. I have a Victorinox Super Tinker left to me by a favorite uncle but will give that to a cousin as my daughter was to young to even know him. Hopefully everything else will get sold while I am still here :)
 
I've got a minty 11" Rizzuto that is going to my daughter - hopefully it will spark her interest in knives like it did for me.
 
My avitar is a set of three Loveless pattern hunters made by Tim Hartman and engraved by Ron Nott. I had them done when I came home after a trip to the sandbox and figured it would be something to have to pass down. One each for my brothers and I, which works out to one each for the next generation.
 
I’ve went thru my collection and pointed out significant knives to my wife and told her any stories connected to them. I told her that if something happens to me and she gets married again, that SOB will get NONE of my knives or I’ll haunt the crap out of the both of them.
 
Lee D said:
I’ve went thru my collection and pointed out significant knives to my wife and told her any stories connected to them. I told her that if something happens to me and she gets married again, that SOB will get NONE of my knives or I’ll haunt the crap out of the both of them.
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So you love your knives more than your wife 🙄
 
mabrowns said:
So you love your knives more than your wife 🙄
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Not sure how you came to that conclusion…of course I want my wife happy, but I don’t want some other guy carrying/using my knives. They’re for my kids, grandkids, and my closest friends. Anyone else can go buy their own.
 
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