Knifenut evolves....

[Roy]

Recently I was looking over my modest collection of edged toys and was a bit surprised at the direction in which my tastes have turned.
When I first got started my tastes were towards the tactical; the knives with all the bells and whistles. The bigger and thicker the better.

Over time as I have learned, handled, used and abused my toys I have noticed my tastes have changed.
One thing that really sticks out is that I have moved towards more simple and plain looking knives, and I now enjoy the strength, edge holding and function of carbon steels. Not to say there is not beauty in these, in fact I would say I find them more appealing.
Take any knife by Bob Dozier for example, at first glance they strike you as plain, simple and no big deal. Now pick that knife up, feel the weight, the balance, admire the grind and finish of these knives. Put it to use and relish the extreme edge on these knives and the wonderful edge holding capability.
Mr Dozier's work is just the tip of the iceberg, there are many out there I am eager to get my hands on. I look forward to sampling other works of art and function.
Just wanted to share the joy I feel as my tastes expand and mature.

Roy

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[TitaniumKnutt]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"> Originally posted by Roy ............... When I first got started my tastes were towards the tactical; the knives with all the bells and whistles. The bigger and thicker the better. ............... One thing that really sticks out is that I have moved towards more simple and plain looking knives, and I now enjoy the strength, edge holding and function of carbon steels. Not to say there is not beauty in these, in fact I would say I find them more appealing. ............ Just wanted to share the joy I feel as my tastes expand and mature.
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Does this mean that I'm not mature because I like Darrel Ralph's XL Apogee mostly

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[Keith Montgomery]

Over the years my tastes have changed as well, but I still like knives of all kinds. I have grown to love custom knives. The style of the knife is not that important, the quality is.
I still want many of the factory knives that I see, and will probably buy many of them, but my main interest is custom knives.

 

[Roy]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TitaniumKnutt:
Does this mean that I'm not mature because I like Darrel Ralph's XL Apogee mostly

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Not at all.

 

[PhilL]

Yeah it's funny how tastes and priorities change. I'vw always had and carried knives, but it wasn't until 1998 that I found out that people actually collected knives. Before that I couldn't have named more than three knife companies, and didn't know that there was such a thing as a custom knife maker. Now that's mostly what I buy. I've become friends with some great makers and some manufacturers it's been quite a trip.

Thanks in most part to this place that MikeT and Spark built for us.

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[Old Knife Guy]

Phil's right. A few years ago, I would have carried any pocketknife because it was available, and well, it cut. With my two best friends, Tom and Doug, there are now well over 250 knives in our possession, slathered with oil and sharpened for bragging rights. After church, we eat (a lot) and put some serious mileage on the Edge-Pro. Each blade has to get a perfect '10' as judged by the three of us, or it's back for a polish! What happened to us? We've become snobs!--Chico

 

[Boriqua]

Ive experienced the same thing. My whole collection has gone from Basic black grips, stainless blades to beutiful high carbon knives with wonderful wood handles. I still enjoy a variety of knives but as I age and mellow it seems my collection has as well. Sure if I were going to be wading through a swamp with my seal team I imagine G10 and Stainless is the way to go but ..... um .... Ive only seen swamps on TV and not only arent I a seal Im not a manatee or any other ocean going mammal.

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