How often do you lose pocketknives?

Daniel Dorn said:
I don't count anything I owned before I became an official knife knut, at about the age of 18. I seriously don't own anything I had from before that time.

Since then, I've lost 2 knives, and have had 1 stolen. I guess you could count the other 2 stolen, as I know where I dropped/left them, and they were not turned in, like they should have been.

Last time was about 5 years ago, and I'm not making those mistakes again. I ALWAYS check my pockets when leaving somewhere, and I never leave a knife loose in slacks. Jeans are okay.

Stolen: Buck 110, Alaskan Guide with S30V
Lost: Chris Reeve Mnandi in Ironwood, Spyderco Kopa Gold lip pearl

I've replaced the 110 and Kopa, but can't afford the Mnandi.
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That's me. I always check my pockets before I leave. I try to be more aware of my knife if I ever have it out or if it's in my pocket. I used to carry my biggish type folders in my back pocket which I think contributed to my losing them. I also had a bad habit of setting my knife down after gutting a deer and completely forgetting that knife (till later). In that case, I learned to place the knife directly in front of me when setting it down so I see it instantly. Since then, I haven't lost a knife yet.
 
only once on a ski-trip... only a kershaw leek.. $50 but was a gift from my sister...
 
Since I started collecting. I have lost one knife. And then I found it under the drivers seat in a car haha.
 
I always put my knife back in my pocket even if Ill need it again in just a moment, if I set it down I know Ill lose another knife. Unless Im in my back yard.

Last knife I lost I set on my back bumper after picking flowers :o I never set things on my back bumper unless I want to lose them... lost my coffee cup 2 days ago, another victim of the bumper.

I also always check my pockets, when leaving the house, getting in and out of the car leaving a store or friends house. My hand goes to each item to verify its still there, knife, wallet, phone, keys, gun... Check!
 
I am 70 yrs old and can only remember losing two knives during my adult life. But at 70 the memory is not all that good :).

The most significant loss was a numbered pre production Benchmade 710 that my wife had gifted me for Christmas. I was devastated at the loss and I know exactly how and when I lost it. I was shopping in a large computer/electronics store and squatted down to look at some items on the bottom shelf. The knife was clipped in my front pants pocket and my squatting up and down pushed the knife out of my pocket. I didn't notice the knife missing till I got home. Needless to say a call and ultimately a return to the store did not result in recovering the knife.

Losing a favorite knife SUCKS!
 
I haven't lost one in about 25 years. I though I had lost one a couple of years ago, but found it months later.
 
i recently lost a Buck tempest that had my initials engraved on the blade...was a anniversary gift from my wife about 4 yrs ago...really bummed about it...
 
There is a difference between "lost" and "I can't find the damn thing!" Lost is bad...you know you had it at point X in one place and when you arrive at point Y. It's not where it was. I can't find it means it is "somewhere" in the hacienda or surrouding area but your addled mind can't recall where. These knive are almost always found, days, weeks, months or years after they were last seen. If it's a favorite, you've usually replaced it in the interim, only find it within a day of the new arrival!
 
As of yet, I haven't lost one (Knock on wood). I have had 3 stolen from my tool pouch. I don't carry in my tool pouch anymore, I keep em on my waist instead.
 
In more than 60 years a knife guy, I haven't lost any. I once gave a cherished pocket knife to a dear friend, who promptly lost it :( , but that doesn't count.
 
I've lost 2 older Spyderco's with the plastic clip, both left on a bumper of a truck, bone head move on my part.

When I was 5 years old, I had it very Good, both Grandfathers would give me a knife for my B-day and Christmas, and during My time with the Boy Scouts, I bought a Case and Buck Lock back every year. I went to an out of state college, when I returned home for Christmas I learned my Mom had cleaned my room, and tossed out things she didn't approve of, I lost all my knives, Bows and Magazines for all my Rifles. :(

I had a girlfriend many years later that liked to collect my belongings, but the few I lost was nothing compared to my boyhood collection. That chick loved my multitools more than knifes,lol.

Lesson learned, I don't buy a knife that will hurt if it goes away!!! I'd love to buy some higher end knifes, but putting them away in a safe deposit box is not my prime reason for having a knife.
 
When I was a child of 5 with 2 cheapos to my name? I might lose one for a week or so until I cleaned my room and found it under my bed.

Since I got more serious about my knives? Never really lost one. If i'm missing one it is because I used it to its breaking point or I gifted it away.
 
I usually lose 4 or 5 knives each year. I have never owned any knife longer than 3 years, but that was because I lost that one and then found it again a year later. It gets expensive, but it's the price I pay for this hobby. I usually just misplace them but they have also fallen out of my pockets too.
 
just depends. my current edc is a bm710 in d2 and have had it for 4 years approx.. i typically have it whenever i am awake and it goes on the dresser when i'm asleep. the gerber ez out i had before it was lost after 2 days. the sog flash was gone after 3 monthes.
 
I hardly ever lose them.

Lost my Case Swayback Jack for about a month. It fell out while driving a customer's car, and they brought it back about a month later.

Also sort of lost my Tenacious for a month or so, but didn't actually know it was lost until I found it :p I had driven my sister's car to a concert in Oakland and stashed the knife under the driver's seat before parking. A month or so later I was trying to sell it for her and was cleaning it out when I found the blade under there... Hadn't even noticed it was missing.
 
I have never lost one yet since i've been carrying a knife. (Knocks on wood)
I am pretty OCD when it comes to my pockets. Probably literally every minute I pat each pocket or stick my hand in to make sure everything is there and I'm really good about knowing when something isn't in my pocket. If it falls out I notice the weight difference or the absence of matter right away even if its a sak classic. Almost lost one of those out of a pair of dress pants...almost.
I'm sure my time will come when I lose one though, just hope it isn't a higher end one or one I'm attached to.
 
I lost my large sebenza a few months ago... I know, I know shame on me.. been depressed about it ever since... You have to be OCD about he way you carry your knife or you may just lose your right hand man..
 
I get into some places I probably shouldn't.In 50 years of knife ownership, I've lost a Gerber EZ Out, a Buck 110, a Kershaw Vapour and a Sog PE 2. Lost one fixed blade too.
 
I was afraid to carry any of my nicer, more expensive knives for fear of loosing it, so I bought a Kershaw Half Ton. Great little inexpensive knife that if I lost it no big deal. Two weeks ago I lost it, and to me it was a big deal. Now I'm really afraid to put a good one in so I will get another Half Ton.
 
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