How Many Knives Do you Currently Own?

[Slice-and-dice]

Many collectors here in the forum; also some who simply appreciate a finely made tool. How big is your knife collection right now? Care to share?

 

[afishhunter]

26~100 Received my vote.
Far more than I "need"; and yet there are a few more that I "need" (and "want").


I don't consider myself a "collector". I think "accumulator" is more accurate.

 

[Slice-and-dice]

26~100 Received my vote.
Far more than I "need"; and yet there a few more that I "need" (and "want").

Based on what I've seen of your posts, it appears you have a nice collection sir! Thanks for sharing.

 

[GmpaJim]

I’m in the 101-200 area. I got mine the old fashioned way, inheritance.

 

[marchone]

100-200

I’m a (retired) chef. Most are work tools. A couple dozen are BF affected.

 

[jc57]

I don't have an accurate count. At one time I had estimated about 150 back when I could pretty much count them in my head. I think the 101 to 200 bracket is about right though. Though this is posted in the Traditional forum, so maybe I am not supposed to count modern folders or kitchen knives? Probably still fits in the under 200 range, though I have probably a dozen modern folders of one sort or another, and maybe 20-30 kitchen knives if you count every miscellaneous paring or utility knife that have accumulated over a lifetime.

 

[Old Engineer]

I probably have + 200 but I have not counted them for some time . I have probably gifted more this year than I have bought but I am also getting more selective in what I am buying . Not many patterns left that I like and the prices keep going up . I can quit anytime .

Harry

 

[Gary W. Graley]

One less than I will have tomorrow...

But actually as far as Traditional knives go, not counting my Swiss Army knives as I view those more as tools, I'm basically down to only a couple, the one I carry most often is;

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

 

[oldrifleman]

I am the more than I need range of Accumulator but for the sake of the poll, I put 100-200, probably close, maybe a bit low. I had some out last weekend and was letting my son browse through to get an idea what he was going to have to deal with at some point.

 

[The Zieg]

Too many. I am gradually putting many of them on The Exchange.

Zieg

 

[yablanowitz]

I passed "accumulator" and moved on to "hoarder" a long time ago.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

I collected - or 'accumulated', more accurately - most of my knives in the 1990s - early 2000s, when I had the financial security and discretionary income to do so. I've never actually counted all of them. But I've always felt a safe estimate was in the 200 - 300 ballpark. The vast majority are stashed away. I've never actually sold any, but have occasionally given one away or traded a knife here & there (for another knife, usually). And some knives were stolen in a burglary of my house back then as well - most of which were never replaced.

 

[Ironbut]

I never counted, but under 100.

 

[Hyesouljah]

I’ve never counted but probably under 100 as well lol

 

[Hickory n steel]

I voted between 25 and 100, but I'd guess my count would probably fall between 50 and 100.

 

[dantzk8]

I spend most of what i earn on clothes, shoes, bags and perfumes for my wife. What remains to me is wasted.
That's why i only own about 25 knives. I don't have bought any knives since 3 years. I'm only interested by american traditional knives and they are now difficult to get on this side of the ocean . I've given up.
I don't complain, i use all my knives, they all are well fitted to the tasks i have to perform, they all are beautiful.

Dan.

 

[woodysone]

Been a long road and tastes have changed, just never got around to getting rid of old friends

 

[Peregrin]

I'm building a database of all my knives. I've been at it for awhile, but it's a pretty tedious task. So far I've got 66 in there. I'm suspecting it'll end up somewhere north of 200.

 

[JM2]

Fourty or so if you count the junk ones, 25-30 or so if you count only good ones. I have three sets of knives, belt, pocket, and watch pocket, and all have a set of knives that get rotated as the notion strikes me.

The standard pocket, being my 75 case, rarely gets any time off. When it does, its a Case 54 trapper that normally takes it places.

My belt knives rotate between Buck 110, buck 192, Case 65 folding hunter, rarely, a buck 684 in a leather sheath I made. I have a handful of belt knives I need to make sheaths for and I'll carry a few others occasionally too.

The watch pocket knives go between the Case Sodbuster JR I won from Bloodloss giveaway (I was carrying the buck 55 there until I gifted it to my lady), the Schrade 752 advertising knife I won from seas165 GAW, the Pocket Carver and the Remington trapper (forget the model) that were both gifts from Jakeywax31 , a Schrade USA 33OT, and occasionally I carry others, but those are the norm. Of those, the Schrade 752 is the one I grab the most. It's so light and slim, yet large enough to handle real cutting tasks.

I always have a Leatherman original in my left front pocket. I need a sheath for it, lost it when my house burnt but I had the leatherman in my pocket thankfully. And often times I carry a SAK tinker in my back right pocket with my hanky, with a lanyard sticking out for quick access.

 

[pmek5]

If my wife took this poll for me she would say over a 1000. Most normal knife enthusiasts are anywhere from 25 to 999 . Over a 1000 your a historian. I'm still under a 100.