Is it me...

I can think of anything better for knives and collecting. A few of the young folks come into Blade Forums thinking we are a bunch of bad-ass knife fighters. Some realize that they have stumbled into a great community and change there ways.


( I bet the number of members who have used a knife in a civilian fight number 2 or 3 if that high ;))

For the most part most of the younger membership is a pleasure to deal with and we should welcome them and maybe be a little more forgiving to the few that come in with a chip on their shoulder.

Good to be back from a relaxing vacation with the mutts in the middle of nowhere. I missed you guys! (a little) :o
 
I'm 23, and have been collecting slippies since about 15. Why? Scouts. One Scout knife leads to finding old ones, leads to branching into other brands and patterns, leads to... help...
 
Nothing wrong with that! ...although I see what your saying...



Ive been collecting since I was 4. My Grandmother gave me my Grandfathers pocket knife the day of his funeral. I lost it three days later, whilke whittling on her back porch steps. My wife tells me Ive been looking for it ever since. "Hince" all the knives......hmmmmm...she may have a point?
 
I'm also 23, and though I mainly own tactical style folders now, I started out on slipjoints, and traditional style folders. Funny how back then I really didn't care about losing those knives, while today I'd give anything to have them all back.

I think part of the reason for the tactical craze amongst a majority of the youngsters is the fact that most stores that carry knives, don't really have much in the way of your traditional folders. Gone are the days of the corner hardware store or bait and tackle shop with the Schrade display case on the counter (surprisingly enough, I'm old enough to remember those days too). Now you have the large chain stores like Home Depot, Lowe's and Dick's that mainly carry some form of one handed opening knife, with very little selection in the traditional folder category.

A bit off topic, thinking about it, I'd gladly pay more for goods to be able to live in the kind of town where I can walk from my house to a grocery store or hardware store that isn't a chain.
 
I'm only 24, but I've been using and collecting knives since I was 6. My first knives were a Buck 110 and a Camillus stockman, then various SAKs. I didn't get my first tactical until several years ago. So I don't really agree with the idea that the younger generation is more drawn to the tacticals.

That said, my background is in the more traditional world of knives and that could lead to my bias towards slipjoints and the like. Tacticals do have their place though, and I carry one just about everyday because I do like to be able to open, cut and close one handed without too much effort.

I just picked up an older Boker stockman on ebay tonight... so I'm looking forward to getting it.

I think part of the reason for the tactical craze amongst a majority of the youngsters is the fact that most stores that carry knives, don't really have much in the way of your traditional folders. Gone are the days of the corner hardware store or bait and tackle shop with the Schrade display case on the counter (surprisingly enough, I'm old enough to remember those days too). Now you have the large chain stores like Home Depot, Lowe's and Dick's that mainly carry some form of one handed opening knife, with very little selection in the traditional folder category.
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I remember those days too, but there are still some stores around like that. There's a little independantly owned hardware store in the town where my dad grew up that's an authorized Buck dealer, so you can get the 110s and other traditional knives OR you can get a Strider. I remember going in that store with my grandfather 20 years ago for fishing supplies... it's still there with some of the same people working there. I try to swing by everytime I'm in the area.

There's a little gas station/country store down the road from my house (I live in the middle of absolute nowhere) that has a wonderful selection of Case, Queen/Schatt & Morgan, Camillus, Buck, Bokers and other traditional slipjoints... surprisingly, no cheap Chinese crap so common in buckets at gas stations (no tacticals either).

They're still around because there are still people like us in the world who will pay a little more for something of quality. You gotta look, but they're still there.
 
dniice87 said:
im 18, and once i got to college i found that i have soo much free time so this is where a lot of it is spent and im always expanding my knowledge on knives. But it makes me mad that i cant have my knives with me (or at least not all of them :( but dont tell my RA ;) )
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lol im 19, depends on yer campus;; uc campuses technically allow folders, my first year RA didnt care about my knives
 
Psychopomp,

Glad to hear there are still places like that around your area. There's actually a few independent hardware stores back in my hometown that I plan on checking out when I go back to visit. I'm hoping that one of them will still have some Schrades left in stock. Probably not, but won't hurt to check.
 
It's like any other "new thing". When you first start being interested in something be it knife collecting or golf, you're a sponge, seeking all sorts of new information. As you progress, alot of things become old hat and don't merit a second look. I am MUCH less of a participant in the forums overall than I have been in the past because I ignore so many threads regarding the great sharpening debate, CRK and the Sebenza, etc. etc. etc.

As I have greatly matured as a collector, I don't have that much to say unless it really is something new or profound. I buy far fewer knives than I did just two years ago, but a spend ALOT more on the few I do buy. Also, us old farts with kids we didn't have when we started don't have that much time to sit in front of the computer and rehash for the 20 billionth time the merits and detractors of S30V. My .02 anyway....
 
marcangel,

Yeah, the -- best steel, locking mechanism, most tactical, best self defense, can be used as a prybar, sharpening system, finishing grit, pivot lube, best survival knife, etc, etc, etc debates get really old don't they? I too like what I like, and am well past thinking about and/or caring about most of those old debates.
 
I'll be 25 in December. I joined BF back in 2000; hard to beleive that I've been here that long. A lot of things have changed since then.

I think it's great to get younger members. I rarely ever meet anyone (regardless of age) that has any interest in knives whatsoever. If younger people stop taking an interest in guns and knives, pretty soon there will be nothing but sheep left. We certainly wouldn't want that!
 
Well, hopefully the young will take to traditional stuff after they tire of all the aluminum and gadgetry. Some new tech is good though, and by the way, this is my 1st post-I'm 39 and I got a Buck 307 in my pocket.
best-MC
 
I remember in the 80's when the tacticals were new. spydercos were jsut coming out. I bought a tak fakuta liner lock and everyone who saw it said, "what a weird looking knife?". All it was, was a steel handle frame lock with a small thumbstud. Now I wish I still had it, had no idea it would ever be worth anything!
 
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