How many knives do you own?

CONFIDENTIAL POLL: How many knives do you own?

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Lost Cosmonaut said:
"You already have so many, don't they all cut things?"

I usually retort with "How many expensive purses do you have, again? They all hold things, right?"
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I use a slightly different tactic. I buy my wife expensive jewelry. Then she reciprocates by buying me expensive knives or at least not getting on my case when I buy them. And I NEVER hide a purchase from her. In fact, she handles the checkbook. Maybe that's why we've been together for coming up 40 years.

It's amazing how well things work when everybody plays fair. ;) :D
 
I'm at 37 (fixed and folders) right now with 2 on order and about 3 on waitlists. Kitchen knives not included.
 
bld522 said:
Err . . . ummm . . . well . . . Hell no! I can quit anytime I want to. ;)

Seriously, I'm a full-blown addict. I was born an addict and I'll die an addict. The choice I have isn't whether to be addicted, it's what to be addicted to. And in the grand scheme of what I've chosen to be addicted to in the past, knives are about as harmless as it gets.
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The good thing about collecting knives (vs other addictions like smoking, booze, gambling drugs etc..), is that if you treat them well you accumulate assets that can be sold (if you run into $problems) or you can leave to someone.. instead of the $ going up in smoke..
 
Welcome to the Forum, yexactly. My collection swelled to as many as 200+ back around 2005-2008. From 2008 to 2011, in an effort to pair down my collection, I sold and traded off about 150 blades. Of course, I had some coming in on trades and continued to purchase new knives, so that makes it harder to shrink the collection.

I did get the collection down to about 50 blades (pretty much just my users and duplicates/multiples of those user models). Over the past 2-3 years, though, I went on another buying spree, and I bet I'm close to 200 pieces in the collection currently... Maybe it's time for another Big Knife Sale!?

Keep an eye on the Exchange... LOL!
 
Scurvy092 said:
Quality > quantity
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Not really. It was more of finding out what I liked and didn't, and being strapped for cash. All of the knives I have now are quality.

Since this time last year, I've sold:

LionSteel SR-1A
Hogue EX-01 4"
Strider SnG Black Lego Flamed Ti--wish I hadn't, loved that knife.
Spyderco: Nilakka, Southard, Waved Endura, Caly 3 CF/ZDP, Native 5 S110V 2013 Forum
Benchmade 530, 585 Orange, D2 MiniGrip, regular Grip, 162
SOG Flash 1, Trident Tanto, Pentagon Elite
Brian Tighe Mini Tighe Rod
Le Thiers slipjoint
Kizer Ki3404 blue one
ESEE5 (sold today actually)
DPx HEAT
ZT 0350TS
Ka-Bar 9/11 edition
Bear & Son Damascus fighter
Kershaw Blur desert tan, black leek, scallion


I got really wrapped up in knives and blew a lot of my savings, and have had to recoup.

I'm left with:

Spyderco's Dragonfly 2 ZDP-189, Manix 2 CTS-XHP, PM2, Gayle Bradley, Schempp Rock
ZT's 0801, 0770CF, 0561
Brous Bionic
TSF Beast
LionSteel Opera
ESEE Izula
SOG Seal Pup

In various states of disrepair--Cold Steel Recon 1 (pivot screw went awol, never got around to getting a new one) and a SOG mini-xray vision-- 16 years old and has had the snot beat out of it.
 
I limit myself to Three folders. My CRK that stays and two others that are subject to change...
 
LOL! It would have never occurred to me to count kitchen knives...!

yexactly said:
Not including kitchen knives.
..just curious..
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I keep an inventory of my collection in Excel, so I have.... 84. ACK! Most are not expensive or collectible, but I do have a handful of more upscale knives: mostly ZT (3 ea) and Benchmade (3 ea). Yes, I have Spydercos, but mostly the less expensive ones like Tenacious, Persistance and a Kiwi Stag. I probably have more Kershaws than any other single brand, and several CRKT, Victorinox and Ontario.

I am more into users than show pieces, but I like variety. Right now I am carrying a SOG small SOGzilla just for something different. In a week or so, I'll rotate and carry something else for awhile. The one that has garnered the most pocket time so far is my Ontario RAT 1. Love that knife.

I own some $150+ knives, but no $600 knives. What about losing or damaging the $600 knives? Or do you just collect and showcase them? (which is fine, I'm just curious - it took me awhile before I would carry my $150 knives - or maybe it's just an income/lifestyle thing and I know there are a lot of folks for whom $600 is "nothing").

Scurvy092 said:
You can always go up in quality. I would much rather own two $600 knives than eight $150 knives.
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Looks like I'm the first to post 1000+ :). I'm not actually sure how many I have but I'm pretty sure its just over 1000. Been collecting for around 41 years (I'm 48). I've purged my collection of pieces I no longer want twice: once at age 16 and once at age 24. I don't think I've had less than 40 knives since I was around 12 years old! I don't collect any brand or style in particular, but I have lots of knives from Buck, Becker, Kabar, Cold Steel, RAT (no ESSEE though), Queen and related companies, Case, Randal, Gerber (70s & 80s era), old Schrade and old Camillus, and lots of customs. I have anywhere from 1 to 5 knives from just about all other major knife makers I can think, like Kershaw, Benchmade, Spyderco, Dozier, Enzo, ZT, Boker, SOG, AG Russell, and many many others I can't think of. I've only ever used around twenty of them, and I've given some away. I did separate around 200 of them a few years ago with the intent of selling them, but I haven't got around to it yet.
 
Bob W said:
One pocketknife isn't better than another just because it costs more. ;)
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That depends on your definition of better.


rje58 said:
I own some $150+ knives, but no $600 knives. What about losing or damaging the $600 knives? Or do you just collect and showcase them? (which is fine, I'm just curious - it took me awhile before I would carry my $150 knives - or maybe it's just an income/lifestyle thing and I know there are a lot of folks for whom $600 is "nothing").
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If I don't use it, I sell it. I'm just not an abuser. I don't put my knives in a situation where I think they would break regardless of the cost.

Loss is always a concern but they are insured and I take extra steps to make sure it's always on me.

When I was in college, I bought myself a $100+ pair of Person sunglasses. I returned them the following weekend because I was terrified of leaving them somewhere and being out $100+ which is a lot of money for any college kid. When I got a good job, I went and got me a pair of Oakley's on clearance and told myself that I wouldn't buy another pair of sunglasses unless I priced to myself I wouldn't lose them. When I got into knives I did the same thing.

Also, when you have something cheap, I think you're more likely to lose it because it has less perceived value and therefore demands less of your attention. If you have a $200+ knife in your pocket, you'll be more careful and pay more attention to it than a $15 gas station knife.
 
Well good. There's plenty of us with over 50. I don't feel like a serial killer.

Funny. That's something that comes up when dating. First time I had my wife(soon to be ex) over for dinner I displayed all my Kukris and Big fixed blades on my counters. She thought it was funny.
 
I've been floating between 3-4 hundred for the last 7-10 years, once you get to a certain point the major changes in numbers are few and far between. I giveaway many knives during the year and receive about an equal amount that are gifted to me or won in contests or giveaways.

I buy one knife a year that is a scheduled buy and that's the traditkional forum knife. The rest I might buy at yard sales or flea markets for a couple of $.
 
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