Knives of our age

Everyone on this forum will probably die with such a huge collection that our grand-kids will just think us crazy, and I sincerely doubt any knives we use now will see any use beyond the next decade or two.
 
Pocket clips and one hand opening were just starting to become popular when I was growing up. I grew up with the Leatherman PST and Victorinox Tinker being my most carried and used knives. In the scouts I often headed into the woods for a weekend with nothing more than a Leatherman on my belt. It wasn't until I was a teenager that I carried a knife with a pocket clip and one hand opening features. I remember trying a Gerber EZ Out and a Buck Bucklite for quite some time.

These days I am still a more of a multitool guy. If I head into the woods I prefer the simplicity and cutting ability of a Mora no 1 back up by a Vic Farmer or a Leatherman Wave.

I imagine if I had grown up with the Benchmade Contego and Spyderco Paramilitary being the desirable knives of the day that would still be my preference.
 
Interesting thread. I wonder what knuts in 40 years will think of our "overbuilt" framelocks. Hipsters will be the only ones to carry them, and they will do it only to be ironic or "retro". :) Lasers for the rest.
 
Joshua J. said:
Everyone on this forum will probably die with such a huge collection that our grand-kids will just think us crazy, and I sincerely doubt any knives we use now will see any use beyond the next decade or two.
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Challenge accepted. :thumbup:
Prepare to eat your words in 21 years. ;)
 
Never met either of my grandaddies, both gone before I got here... Other then a few hand tools I inherited, the only other thing I had from my american one was an old wwII ronson lighter my ex wife kept after the divorce... Needless to say, as long as you don't die knifeless, classic or new fangled, you must've been doing something right... I mean, at the end of the day they both cut right?

I'm only 35, but in the past few years mortality has set in a bit more then usual as a friend from my days at trade school never woke up the day he was supposed to move, heart attack, 3 years my junior; a friend since kindergarten dropped dead from a heart attack while out jogging one night, left behind a wife and 2 young girls; another friend since kindergarten almost died from a surprise heart attack, 2 clogged arteries, mother of 2 young boys; and her little brother died in a low speed motorcycle accident leaving behind 2 young boys, and they weren't just acqaintances but all were legitimate "friends" in every sense, so while on one side that means my odds actually went up a bit to actually make it to the average, looking at my own son I've been writing little slips to include with each knife; make/model, original msrp, knife steel, asking market value price, and minimum fair $ price, so if anything were to happen to me unexpectedly, the wife would know where to start in offloading the collection.
 
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utahsam said:
Interesting thread. I wonder what knuts in 40 years will think of our "overbuilt" framelocks. Hipsters will be the only ones to carry them, and they will do it only to be ironic or "retro". :) Lasers for the rest.
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In 40 years knives will be obsolete because Apple will be selling a smartphone brain implant. And people will be able to download an app that lets them shoot a laser out of one eye to cut stuff.

As for myself, I don't plan on having any knives on me when I die. I hope to follow my fathers advice- "Die naked, with the biggest smile on your face". :D

As for my "collection" of knives, I might just decide to be buried with them. Seriously. After all, THEY'RE MINE, and they always will be.
 
Carry to use. Use what works for you. Be yourself and your knife will follow suit. I end up with a one hand opening SAK (Trekker/German Army Knife) in my back pocket most of the time these days. It's what is most useful to me. Looks like an SAK ate a Spyderco blade. Don't care, it works and has most of the things I need.

Love all my knives, but they're tools. Use will dictate your carry in the end.

Zieg
 
I am 69 years old, have carried a knife since my 4th birthday, went through high school carrying a medium sized two-bladed trapper.

My current carries are a Lionsteel SR1, a Spyderco Native, and very rarely when I wear a suit a Chris Reeve Mnandi.

I am an old fart who likes the modern knives more, for several reasons: one-handed opening and closing, more durable handle materials, blade design, locking as opposed to slip joint, generally wider blades.
 
The Zieg said:
Carry to use. Use what works for you. Be yourself and your knife will follow suit. I end up with a one hand opening SAK (Trekker/German Army Knife) in my back pocket most of the time these days. It's what is most useful to me. Looks like an SAK ate a Spyderco blade. Don't care, it works and has most of the things I need.

Love all my knives, but they're tools. Use will dictate your carry in the end.

Zieg
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The one hand Trekker is excellent. I have been carrying a Farmer for quite some time, but the Trekker has been getting some time also recently. The one hand opening really comes in handy when fishing and one hand is occupied.
 
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