How will I know if I have a problem?

[JPD1998]

You need one with stag scales.

 

[Bob Denman]

What problem??

 

[Cattaraugus225]

Do you have a safe just for knives then problem, if not then you are only at level 1.

I maybe have a hundred knives, but none of the have enough value to lock up. The things that I collect, collectors don't want.

Are those all the same knife? If yes, then problem = true

Actually there are three different knives there. 2 two pin Schrades +, 1 three pin Shrade + and two Uncle Henrys.
I will keep the unique ones and resale the others. I buy them cheap because they usually look like they have been dragged down a slag road when I get them. If the blades are in good shape, I can make the rest of the knife look presentable with a minimal amount of labor. In fact, I enjoy cleaning them up and sharpening them more than owning them.
The reason that I kept buying after the first one is the quality of these knives, at $30.00, for a working knife, they are an outstanding bargain by any standard. It is a lot of knife for the money.

 

[Cattaraugus225]

You need one with stag scales.

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[Cattaraugus225]

I certainly agree with that. That is a real looker!

 

[Modoc ED]

It shouldn't be a problem unless you start spend more money to modify them.

 

[Cattaraugus225]

It shouldn't be a problem unless you start spend more money to modify them.

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Very Classy, Doc!

 

[Cattaraugus225]

For those of you who suggested that perhaps I should expand my horizons, I decided to heed your advice and get something totally new. Old Timer 70T. Now, before the snide comments start, my wife already told me it looks just like the others...

The poor old thing had been rode hard and put up wet. I spent two hours working out the worst of the dings. It is ready to go to work now. You have to wonder what kinds of dipsnits, use brass as a hammer? If that ain't bad enough, they do it more than once! I think that the only work this knife did was that of a hammer because the blade was in pretty good shape.

 

[Hal]

I carried an Old Timer 70T on my belt through most of the 80s.
In a moment of brain dead, I riveted the leather pouch onto the side of my tractor and used the knife for around the yard.
I forgot it was there & ended up leaving it outside all Winter. Being carbon steel & not stainless - - it didn't fare too well.