Knife Dilema

[JohnDF]

Just got this in the mail.
Part of me wants to keep it in the original packaging.
Part of me wants to pull the knife out, pocket it, and use it.
It's been sitting in the package for 30 years.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

It's a pretty cool find John. Tough decision for sure

 

[kamagong]

What will give you more pleasure?

 

[JonMcD]

It would be impossible for me to keep it in the packaging. I’d have to open that sucker up.

 

[JohnDF]

What will give you more pleasure?

Both... It gives me joy to see it new in package, but i also know it would give me joy to carry it.

 

[Quiet]

It would be impossible for me to keep it in the packaging. I’d have to open that sucker up.

This is where I'm at with it.

 

[Bigfattyt]

Im normally an open and use.

If you already have that size, pattern to use...I'd probably keep it in the packaging.

It is pretty neat!

I'd probably break down eventually and carry it....though!

 

[Prester John]

Bought an old knife in the package at a gun show. Probably at least as old as that one. I slit the back just enough to pull the knife out, but kept the package. I just had to handle the knife!

 

[Eli Chaps]

Is there anyone who is close to you who you think will appreciate it being in the package after you're gone?

If not, and unless you just really like seeing it in the package, I'd use it and get the enjoyment while I could.

 

[mbkr]

I've got so many knives, I'd probably keep that one in the package.
Maybe.

 

[Modoc ED]

You know me John I'm a throw it on a tin roof, dig a hole and bury it for a week or two, soak it in a cup of coffee, or throw it in the washer/dryer, kinda guy but in this case, I'd leave it as is. Perhaps display it over your leather working bench in your shop or somewhere else that you can see it and maybe bring a smile to your face.

 

[sailfish]

I have so many knives (including several stockman which is what that looks like) that I'd probably just keep it the packaging as decoration for the den. I find it much easier to go hard on and use knives that I bought new myself than ones that have survived a long time in good condition or were given to me.

 

[chuck4570]

Send it to me and let me worry about it, just kidding.

 

[Prester John]

The advice to keep it in the package is good advice, I'm sure. But I would probably still open it!

 

[hhmoore]

I suspect that most people don't buy a 30 yr old, new in package, item to cut open and use... especially not if a premium is paid. It's usually out of appreciation for the collectible condition - that it is unopened - that the purchase is made. That said, what prompted YOU to buy it? If it was an appreciation and desire for the knife itself, liberate it from that packaging & pocket it. If it was because of the age and intact packaging, appreciate those things for a while... remember - you can always change your mind and open/use it later; but, if you open it, it will never again be the item you felt compelled to purchase.

 

[TheChunk91]

If you already have other knives you use why not leave this one in the package? It’s a pretty cool collectors piece.

 

[sitflyer]

- you can always change your mind and open/use it later; but, if you open it, it will never again be the item you felt compelled to purchase.

That was my exact same thought.

 

[Camillus]

Definitely packet. In the packet it is awesome, out of the packet it will just be an ordinary and unremarkable knife.

 

[GE Jr]

If you found it without the original blister pack, would you have purchased it? I think the packaging is at least an equal part of the coolness on this one.

 

[GaiusJulius]

I’d sell it to someone else and let them worry about it.