knives I love but don't use

sabre cat said:
You sound like me.

I don't think I've spent $200 on a knife. If it's priced close to two bills, I try to find it used for less.

My problem is that I have way too many 'just in case' knives. That includes doubles of my favorites.
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My problem is the doubles of my favorites. As soon as I start really liking a new knife, I start thinking about buying the backup.
 
I keep buying $200++ knives thinking "this will be the one to rule them all" and I can sell most of my other 100 or so and recoup, but I just can't help myself, especially around this joint.
Just last week I was delivered 3.:rolleyes:
So I have users and grails that I love but for some reason or another I don't or rarely use, mostly for some peevish reason or another, or are too nice.
So most days there's a Manix 4V, Super Freek, or Socom Elite jammed in my pocket while the others I love never get out of the Spydiepaks.
Shame.:(
 
Jason Puckett said:
I've been struggling with the decision of whether or not I want to get into the safe queen world. I'm really tempted to tell the wife that I want a CRK for my birthday, I never ask for anything like that, so I know she'd do it, but I'd feel bad carrying a $3-400 knife. What if I lost it? So if I got one, it would almost definitely be a safe queen that I might carry on really special occasions or something. I was raised that knives and guns were tools, and should be used as such. My papaw would probably roll over in his grave if he knew I paid that much for a pocket knife when any one of the other, MUCH cheaper knives I have laying around would everything I need a knife to do.
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Dude you only live once.

Buy the CRK and carry it.

If you ever lose it then first cry and then buy another one.
 
I feel best when I possess the things I need, rather than let the want of things I don't need possess me. But I own too many knives. I should sell most of them and use the money to feed some hungry persons.
 
My Hebrew name used to be אהרון. But I've since changed it to יותר מדי סכינים. :D

Zieg
 
slicecream said:
I feel best when I possess the things I need, rather than let the want of things I don't need possess me. But I own too many knives. I should sell most of them and use the money to feed some hungry persons.
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I sometimes get that guilty feeling as well. But with knives, you have a tangible object that you can sell, if needed.

I look at it this way....I don't drink or smoke or chase women...so I save thousands on those vices. And in most cases (for me) the money I spend is helping another human being. Like the independent guys. They don't eat unless we buy their knives.
 
I think a knife would make a good user, then I get it and I do not use it, then another comes up and I say that could be a good utility knife too,.....you know the tune.........so now I have many knives and not enough chores or things that need "utility" to use them for. :D
 
I have knives for different purposes, I wear my Fancier knives on nice nights with my wife and work knives at work. To each his own, I use my nicer knives however I use them a bit more gently.
 
MJ713 said:
My problem is the doubles of my favorites. As soon as I start really liking a new knife, I start thinking about buying the backup.
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Buying a second knife as a backup should not be a problem. I've found that having a backup is the best insurance against losing your first knife. I have never lost any knife when I own a backup. Yet, when I sell/trade the second knife, I will quickly lose the other one.
 
Basp2005 said:
What, you mean 90% of my knife collection.
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Mine too, but then I would actually have to "do" the utility stuff.....think of it like a honey do list that gets longer. But if if I ever get to it, I have at least three knives for each job.
 
sabre cat said:
Buying a second knife as a backup should not be a problem. I've found that having a backup is the best insurance against losing your first knife. I have never lost any knife when I own a backup. Yet, when I sell/trade the second knife, I will quickly lose the other one.
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You are right. Probably only an issue when I start buying backups for my backups.
 
The more I love a knife, the more I enjoy using it. Two exceptions are my Reate Future w/ Damasteel — I don’t see the point of using such a fancy blade when I have so many that can constitute as an EDC — and my Maxamet PM2 — my first PM2; I now carry a Cruwear version.

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I'm slowly selling off the knives I haven't been using and don't think I will use, and I'm having some of my existing knives modified rather than seeking out new ones. It's taken me a while to distinguish between great knives and those that I want to remain in my collection. Partly that meant getting rid of knives that just didn't work well enough ergonomically in my hand. That isn't always obvious the first time I hold a knife, and it's not something I can tell from photos and videos.

I guess I'm in the "no safe queen" camp, although some of my favorite knives have yet to see a lot of use.
 
JimMD said:
... It's taken me a while to distinguish between great knives and those that I want to remain in my collection. Partly that meant getting rid of knives that just didn't work well enough ergonomically in my hand. That isn't always obvious the first time I hold a knife, and it's not something I can tell from photos and videos.
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Give it time. After a while, you'll be able to look at the style of a knife and tell if it works or not. The finer ergonomics, of course, you have to try in person. I am at the point that, many times, I can just look at a knife and tell if it will work for me or not.

It sucks when you find a knife that the blade is perfect but, the handle is all wrong. The story of my life. Then you have just the opposite, great handles and a blade that falls short. Spyderco's PM2 is a perfect example; great knife, perfect scales but the blade does work for me. I wish it did.
 
sabre cat said:
Give it time. After a while, you'll be able to look at the style of a knife and tell if it works or not. The finer ergonomics, of course, you have to try in person. I am at the point that, many times, I can just look at a knife and tell if it will work for me or not.

It sucks when you find a knife that the blade is perfect but, the handle is all wrong. The story of my life. Then you have just the opposite, great handles and a blade that falls short. Spyderco's PM2 is a perfect example; great knife, perfect scales but the blade does work for me. I wish it did.
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I hope you're right. I was sure, for instance, the Jason Guthrie Scout would feel great in hand. Unfortunately the clip screws dug into my hand just enough for me not to like it.

I'm with you on the PM2. I sold mine, in part because it was the M390 DLT exclusive that I felt compelled to keep pristine; in part because that blade tip made me nervous. Plus the blade hump made it kind of ungainly in my pocket. With a tip that fine I wanted a slicier blade, like my Sage 5 or SpydieChef. But the handle was great, apart from the blade hump making my thumb position a little awkward.
 
I used to be the same way, but these days I don't own any safe queens. If I find myself not using it, it gets sold for funds to purchase something I will use.
 
HCrum87hc said:
I used to be the same way, but these days I don't own any safe queens. If I find myself not using it, it gets sold for funds to purchase something I will use.
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I think my problem is that this solution would just create the same problem. I have a half dozen knives I use, and that is more than enough. If I sold the knives I don't use to buy ones I would use, those wouldn't get used either, because I already have 6 I use, and thats enough.

I guess I could just go down to those 6, but who am I kidding, that's preposterous!
 
jceckrosh said:
I guess I could just go down to those 6, but who am I kidding, that's preposterous!
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That's just crazy talk! If I buy one and determine I like it enough to carry regularly, whichever one I start carrying the least or not at all will then be on the chopping block, no pun intended. Or, I may find myself carrying them all a little less to accommodate the new one and not getting rid of any of them.
 
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