I have only carried three folding knives over the past almost 40 years

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aztaco

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Crazy. I have bought and sold many folders. I was looking back and realized I have only carried three "pocket knives" daily the majority the past almost 40 years. Anyone else been loyal to one knife for a long time?

Here are the three main ones.



1. Buck 110 I was given by my grandfather and I carried for 10 years in school on my belt as well.


2. Spyderco Delica 1st gen. Once I got out of advanced training I decided I wanted something lightweight and serrated to be able to cut through clothing, tie down straps, and belt systems on aircraft seeing I was part of the flight crew. It tucked rioght into the pickle suit pockets, then BDU's and flight suit. So I picked up a fully serrated gen 1 delica , lost first one in the woods while hunting so I got another one - Carried these for 14 years. The one pictured for 8.

3. Benchmade 14200SBT - You might have read the story on this one I posted it here. 11 years with a 22 month gap while it went walkabout and swimming on my property.

Fill ins:

Swiss Scout Knife: During basic of course I did not and then advanced training I didn't really carry anything but a swiss scout that was stolen from a garage toolbox about 12 years ago

Benchmade BM530 carried for 22 months until I recovered the 14200.

Now I am back to carrying the buck my mom finally got back to me when she found it upon selling the childhood house recently, 29 years after I tucked it away into my bedroom closet hiding spot and boarded a plane for San Antonio never to return.

I have had plenty of other knives I have bought, tried out, but always went back to those three. I think the only other one I like is the case jr. scout I bought to replace the swiss scout.

Just thought I would share.
 
Wow, impressive! Im no where close to that, but im also not 40 years old yet. Closest one i would have is a Spyderco Harpy that is about 15 years old (vg10 pe, my first knife).
 
I carried a Benchmade 3550 as my only EDC for ten years. It was the ONLY knife I carried at that time. I did have some fixed blades and a Buck110 that I carried in the woods and camping but day to day that Benchmade was my only knife.

I carried an Old Timer 8OT from 12 years old until about 20 years old exclusively. At that time it was also the only knife I carried.

I have an old Western Boy Scout Fixed Blade that was my woods knife and hunting knife from about 10 years old until my mid 20's. I dressed many deer with it during that time. I threw it at trees while young and dumb. I also brought it on many many camping trips.

I gifted the Benchmade back to the person who had originally gifted it to me. That left me without a daily carry and is what started the pocket knife madness I find myself in now.

The 8OT was lost somewhere. I lost and damaged a few of them between probabaly 8 and 12 years old but that one of them stayed with me for years.

I still have the Western. It is retired since it was my grandfathers and he is now gone. It is my most sentimental knife. It got replaced with a Buck in my 20's that is now MIA.
 
Great thread. I love seeing well-used knives.

I've carried pocketknives since 1977, but from about the mid-'80s to the late '90s, my only carry knife was a version of the Victorinox Spartan SAK that didn't lnclude the tweezers and toothpick. During much of that period, I lived overseas in Taiwan. That knife went with me everywhere, including on my required visa-stamp trips to Hong Kong and South Korea, as well as a couple of stopovers in Japan. I just carried it in my pocket on the airplane, and airport security never gave it a second look. That would be impossible now.

Jim
 
Old style delica without liners is way easier to carry and wish spyderco would start to produce delica and endura without liners as its plenty strong for cutting.
 
Closest I've gotten was 3 years for a knife and currently 5 on my Leatherman fuse.
If I hadn't joined here the knife would be the same though.
 
This is a fine example to set.
With dozens of new knife models out every season;
The high discipline it must take to fully exploit
the usefulness of a product in totality to utter mundaness
must be a testament of sheer will power.
Furthermore, this courageous act sharing, has legitimized the fact that products
of reputable pedigreed brands are indeed built to last.
Outstanding!
 
Almost wish I should have gone this route. I am half your age, and those days are already long gone for me. Unless I sell a lot of knives that I really love!
Hats off to you though!
 
I love seeing this! There are quite a few knives that I know I would be happy carrying for years. I don't know if I'll ever be able to totally stop the rotation, but my new Small Sebenza (when it comes back from warranty work) will likely be going into my pocket for the foreseeable future, and other knives will only be carried when a different need is present. I think deep down myself and perhaps others feel the romanticism of only having one knife for years and years at a time. My Victoriniox Champion Plus has been on my belt almost everyday for the past 4 years. That knife, in addition to my Emerson Horseman (primary EDC for two years) feel like extensions of my hand, and that's a great feeling.
 
Spyderco full serrated all stainless black coated...well it used to be police model from around the late eighties I believe. It's cut everything I've thrown at it from wire to plastic pipe or whatever it'll saw through that needs sawing through that I've run across. I like it because its the flattest profiled folder I've come across and its held its own thus far and is soooo sleek/thin.
 
I too carried a Buck 110 for almost 20 years and abused that knife in ways that make me cringe thinking back about it. There wasn't much blade steel left in the end and I finally broke the blade prying up some floor tiles. :eek:
 
I have had (and still have) numerous (as in 200 +) outdoor knives, including three customs. For about 25+ years, however, I always ended up carrying my Cold Steel Trailmaster. :cool: The others are fun to handle and look at, but "old faithful" has been with me on too many journeys to leave it home. :D Great thread. :thumbsup:
 
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