is it just me, or do knives with b&w color schemes look more clean than a rich persons bathroom

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Jamey fishmonger

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I've purchased my fair share of knives in my lifetime, and still I always find myself returning back to this simple color scheme. Whether it be for edc or camping, I always find myself drawn back to black and white or black and gray; not to say I haven't tried other colors, but the natural neutral look of the steel and a white handle always grabs my attention a lot more than some of the flashy "toy colors" I see quite often promoted. It just feels so much more clean to me, anyone else feel the same?.
 
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I like burgundy everything most. Black and white is p clean, but I kind of want to paint the RAT2 into an R2D2 theme, and maybe dye that Native 5... hm, dye it wine red/burgundy. Otherwise... I like safety-orange, red, teal/blue in my plastics (FRN/GFN, Nylon6 etc, G-10)... burgundy, canvas, green and black micarta. I like stag. I like mother of pearl if executed properly. Turned that tan Buck burgundy.... the tan PM2 and Yo2 will meet the same fate.

I enjoy carbon fiber on my Chaparral, but I do not see going out of my way to buy more. Aluminum is not as bad as they say, I have a great PM2 that is orange textured aluminum... beautiful stuff, just wish I had the purple version. I like copper, but heavy, patinas easily, which I still don't know if I like or not, yet. Once I find a way to surefire clean it all off, I'll know.

Top shelf of my "most grabbed stuff" drawer.
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I grew up in the 60s/70s with a lot of color on knives so color can be something I like. CASE/BOKER were at the top of most of me and my cohorts list in those days. I remember CASE having brown scales, dark red scales, deep ruby red scales (beautiful), an orange looking "peach seed" with the appropriate jigging, plain black (looked great with the polished pins/bolsters/and crest, and then the different colors of wood, bone and stag. So I like and more muted colors and just a couple of those.

The multicolored blades and handles, rainbows, complicated clip designs attempting to be art (think of a skull from a prominent designer), and multicolored scales with strange texturing just don't do it for me. Some of the designs I see today remind me so much of the old gas station/truck stop knives we made so much fun of that I think they came from a time machine. I don't want my knife to look like a toy.
 
I'm all over the place, and likely to change my preferences over time, or at any time. Truth is I like variety.

When I started out collecting, I mostly liked black knives, and I'd say those accounted for about 95% of what I bought at the time. I still appreciate the look.

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That was mostly just a phase for me. Over time I really came to enjoy warmer earth tones; micarta, bronzed Ti, brass, etc. I'm still a big fan of knives in this color palette. The only problem I've found with these is that they are easy to misplace in the wilderness if you set them down and forget or drop them. This is just one of the reasons I have started to gravitate more towards bright colors.

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I only have one white knife at the moment. I've had it for a while and I like it just fine. To be honest though, whenever I see a new knife offered in white (particularly frn) my mind immediately jumps to dye possibilities.

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It will be no surprise to those who know me here, but my current favorite is definitely what the OP refers to as "toy colors", and I have no problem with that term. In fact, I embrace it. In an interview with Tim Reeve recently, he made mention that alot of knives these days look like someone "threw up their Fruit Loops" 🤣. He obviously didn't mean it as a compliment, but I actually thought it was kinda funny, and have no problem with people feeling that way (although, truth be told, I've always been more of a Fruity Pebbles guy).

The funny thing is, in my daily attire I still tend to wear earth tones much of the time. Plenty of OD green, plenty of camo, brown, leather boots in the winter and leather OluKai in the summer. I often contrast this though with a pop of bright color somewhere, bright colors in my knife/lanyard, and even in my watch strap from time to time. It's not for everyone, but it works for me, and has become somewhat of a signature look for me. Besides, I'm not taking style advice from a guy who walked into the store and picked out THOSE glasses 🤣 (nothing against Tim, just a lighthearted jab).

I honestly couldn't even tell you why I'm drawn to these colors. It's almost like I went back to liking the same thing I wore in elementary school, both camo and bright colors. I will reiterate that the bright colors do come in handy to keep things from getting misplaced in the outdoors, but that's not my only reasoning. Idunno. Maybe it's just all the mushrooms 🤷‍♂️ 🤣

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Jamey fishmonger said:
I've purchased my fair share of knives in my lifetime, and still I always find myself returning back to this simple color scheme. Whether it be for edc or camping, I always find myself drawn back to black and white or black and gray; not to say I haven't tried other colors, but the natural neutral look of the steel and a white handle always grabs my attention a lot more than some of the flashy "toy colors" I see quite often promoted. It just feels so much more clean to me, anyone else feel the same?.
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Black, white or orange scales do it for me.
 
Knives&Lint said:
It will be no surprise to those who know me here, but my current favorite is definitely what the OP refers to as "toy colors", and I have no problem with that term. In fact, I embrace it. In an interview with Tim Reeve recently, he made mention that alot of knives these days look like someone "threw up their Fruit Loops" 🤣. He obviously didn't mean it as a compliment, but I actually thought it was kinda funny, and have no problem with people feeling that way (although, truth be told, I've always been more of a Fruity Pebbles guy).

The funny thing is, in my daily attire I still tend to wear earth tones much of the time. Plenty of OD green, plenty of camo, brown, leather boots in the winter and leather OluKai in the summer. I often contrast this though with a pop of bright color somewhere, bright colors in my knife/lanyard, and even in my watch strap from time to time. It's not for everyone, but it works for me, and has become somewhat of a signature look for me. Besides, I'm not taking style advice from a guy who walked into the store and picked out THOSE glasses 🤣 (nothing against Tim, just a lighthearted jab).

I honestly couldn't even tell you why I'm drawn to these colors. It's almost like I went back to liking the same thing I wore in elementary school, both camo and bright colors. I will reiterate that the bright colors do come in handy to keep things from getting misplaced in the outdoors, but that's not my only reasoning. Idunno. Maybe it's just all the mushrooms 🤷‍♂️ 🤣

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That top picture is the best thing I've ever seen. Going to do a job inspired by these at some point, but the purp/teal Wharncliffe Demko is out of this world crazy! I like the trippy SAKs, too. Found my ORIGINAL Game Boy the other day, psyched, thought it was long gone.

And the blue. Amazing.
 
Richard338 said:
Wow, you've ruined another thread!
So many signature elements on that fixed blade, from the butt of the handle, to the file work on the spine, to the high contrast coined spacers. Not to mention the hamon.
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Thanks Richard. Sorry...didn't mean to ruin the thread.

I cut my wedding cake with that knife. In fact it was built for exactly that purpose.
 
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