Knife boxes - Keep 'em or toss 'em?

[Legendary_Jarl]

I have developed this habit of saving the boxes and most of the packaging of the mass produced knives I buy. And honestly I don't understand why. Most of my collection is for display only and I use only a few of them. Most of them I won't ever sell so why do I bother keeping the damn box? Does this happen to anyone else?

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

it helps keep things organized. If I have a box for a knife I keep it

 

[cmfkdragoon]

I toss it, unless:
It is a nice presentation box.
I am not entirely committed to keeping the knife.

 

[MolokaiRider]

Some I keep, mostly in case my family wants to sell them one day.

It certainly adds some clutter though.

 

[MadeOnABench]

I keep all of my knife boxes for a single purpose: when I die, my wife will have to spend hours, possibly days, painstakingly attempting to match each knife to its correlating box to maximize its value when she sells off my collection. I imagine she will likely go from a state of bewilderment to absolute frustration when she gets to all of the Bugout and 940 variants.

 

[jbmonkey]

I hate boxes and packaging. eats up valuable storage space. a lot i toss on low dollar stuff or users.

for reselling, boxes and packaging is important to many buyers, for higher value.......so consider that......

 

[Ajack60]

Keep them. Never say never, you may have to lighten the load and the boxes help sell a knife.

 

[calm]

If you have the space keep them.
I generally keep the knives that I do not intend to use in their box anyway, as it makes it easier to know what they are and I have no need or desire to display knives out of their boxes.

 

[tony281sc2]

Save it. Like others said, doesn’t take up much room, keeps em organized, and if you do decide to sell it helps with resale quite a bit

 

[IUKE12]

Every time I add another box to the stack I question why I keep them. I've sold a bunch of knives and the boxes didn't hurt the sales so I quess I'll keep holding on to them.

 

[woodysone]

I would say keep them, yes they take up space but make it so much easier to find what your looking for

https://imgur.com/UpvvoOW

. rather the having to pick through a bunch

 

[BillZee]

I don't keep my boxes......I buy a knife, I either keep it or give away.

 

[Skar]

Toss the box. Unneeded clutter

 

[Synov]

I save them... until my ill-mannered pup finds it and chews it up.

 

[Knives&Lint]

I keep plenty, toss some, purge occasionally. Between knives, watches, an a few odd other things I currently have it confined to two bankers boxes in my house now. God knows how many I have in my storage on the other side of the country, many for knives long since parted with. By this point I'm inclined to throw the majority away and save only the significant ones, but they do indeed help when selling (though I'm quick to ruin resale value anyway by customizing).

 

[iacchus]

I mostly keep. I just store them al together in a large tub.

 

[Docscoot]

Keep if you can, it makes re-sale easier, as noted above maybe you won't sell them but it's thoughtful for the younger folks who may inherit your stuff and want to make a few bucks

 

[Glenn Goodlett]

I keep the limited production and special boxes, then toss the rest. I still keep the zipper pouches of which I have a bunch.

 

[Deino]

If the box fit right and tight on the knife, I will keep it, like the SAK cardboard box. For small knife knives, If the box is bigger than the knives, I will cut off the some info label on the box, then throw the rest of the box away. For bigger knife, I will keep the box so I can store them easier and less menacing look. There are some exceptions though.

 

[Citori]

I toss mine, but I don't worry about resale.

When a knife comes with a bunch of stuff I might want to keep, like a CRK folder for example, I put that in a ziplock and forget where I put it.