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I recently took a week of vacation with my family to the Captiva, Florida area (Sanibel Island, to be more precise) to get away from the stress and cold weather of Ohio in mid-February. On my 1200-mile drive I came across some interesting finds with the help of a friend!
One of my close friends lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and frequents the garage sales, estate auctions, and other sell-offs in the nicer suburbs around the area (like Dunwoody, for example) and usually finds great deals. He himself is a firearms man, but keeps an eye out for edged tools for me.
He was at a garage sale and found several knives---a Spyderco Massad Ayoob, a Lum Chinese (lime green handles and VG10), and a titanium-handled Lum Tanto folder. The lady running the show obviously didn't realize what she had; she was selling all the pocket knives for thirty dollars! My buddy picked them up for me, so I got all three of those classic models for just under a hundred dollars!
That was my main find, although I did find many nice Case knives on display at a grocery store on Sanibel---good prices were a shock, as the cost of living seems to be much higher in Florida than Ohio. I got a Case Medium Stockman in Yellow Synthetic/CV for just over twenty dollars. All in all, it was a great trip with great company, and with great deals for knives too!
I just wanted to share my finds...keep your eyes open at garage sales!
God bless.
KATN,
Wade
One of my close friends lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and frequents the garage sales, estate auctions, and other sell-offs in the nicer suburbs around the area (like Dunwoody, for example) and usually finds great deals. He himself is a firearms man, but keeps an eye out for edged tools for me.
He was at a garage sale and found several knives---a Spyderco Massad Ayoob, a Lum Chinese (lime green handles and VG10), and a titanium-handled Lum Tanto folder. The lady running the show obviously didn't realize what she had; she was selling all the pocket knives for thirty dollars! My buddy picked them up for me, so I got all three of those classic models for just under a hundred dollars!
That was my main find, although I did find many nice Case knives on display at a grocery store on Sanibel---good prices were a shock, as the cost of living seems to be much higher in Florida than Ohio. I got a Case Medium Stockman in Yellow Synthetic/CV for just over twenty dollars. All in all, it was a great trip with great company, and with great deals for knives too!
I just wanted to share my finds...keep your eyes open at garage sales!
God bless.
KATN,
Wade
