Knives you've seriously considered buying, but never pulled the trigger on

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Emerson, Hinderer (although I must confess my first xm-18 is on its way now), Strider, Norseman, modern Case (the new era ones just seem lower quality and too mainstream to me). I always seem to gravitate back to CRK and traditionals.
 
late last year I did pull the trigger on a Wilson Combat starbenza 21 large but the sucker got lost in the mail some how, dam it! probably never ment to be, maybe ill find a used one on the exchange one day;)
 
P D said:
  1. Shirogorov NeOn - My folder grail knife. Elegant EDC folder. However out of my budget at this time. Maybe some day !!
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Go for it! just pushed the trigger this week for Shirogorov HatiOn Zero and I'm blown away.
Already sold Paramilitary 2 S110V and selling Strider PT Gen 3 and Small Sebenza 21 as soon as don't just need them anymore.
Shiro Neon Zero is cool and have just as large blade as Large Sebenza 21, but in a more friendly EDC, so I even considering selling Sebenza 21 as well.
 
Benchmade mini crooked river and 940-1. They’ve been on my wishlist forever but I think they’re way overpriced, and the QC worries me - I don’t want to have to send one back.
 
vikianush said:
Go for it! just pushed the trigger this week for Shirogorov HatiOn Zero and I'm blown away.
Already sold Paramilitary 2 S110V and selling Strider PT Gen 3 and Small Sebenza 21 as soon as don't just need them anymore.
Shiro Neon Zero is cool and have just as large blade as Large Sebenza 21, but in a more friendly EDC, so I even considering selling Sebenza 21 as well.
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I just bought a Hation Zero too, just waiting for it to get here. Glad to hear some good feedback, it's been hard to find anyone else's opinion on it that has one. Please let me know what you're using as takedown bits if you aren't using the Shiro pen...I know I can use a cloth with a protected slotted head but looking for anything else that works well..not going to even risk marring this guy.
 
DJ&S said:
I just bought a Hation Zero too, just waiting for it to get here. Glad to hear some good feedback, it's been hard to find anyone else's opinion on it that has one.
Please let me know what you're using as takedown bits if you aren't using the Shiro pen...I know I can use a cloth with a protected slotted head but looking for anything else that works well..not going to even risk marring this guy.
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Last night I pulled the trigger on a custom Laconico EZC. I went from nice production knives to pricey mid-tech pieces to full customs in less than two years in this place.
 
vikianush said:
Go for it! just pushed the trigger this week for Shirogorov HatiOn Zero and I'm blown away.
Already sold Paramilitary 2 S110V and selling Strider PT Gen 3 and Small Sebenza 21 as soon as don't just need them anymore.
Shiro Neon Zero is cool and have just as large blade as Large Sebenza 21, but in a more friendly EDC, so I even considering selling Sebenza 21 as well.
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  • Buck Vanguard in rosewood. So beautiful and feels great in the hand, but would I ever actually USE it, when I have a Mora standing by? Aside from that, I only ever find myself using a fixed blade in the kitchen or the very occasional squirrel hunting trip.
  • Spyderco Techno 2 - I just can't see why such a small expensive knife needs such thick blade stock.
  • Cold Steel Medium Voyager, clip. It was my dream knife, back in high school. Now, they're discontinued and kind of spendy for a lock-back with AUS8A...
  • Benchmade balisong. I've always want one, but they've always been much more than I wanted to pay . More serious competition is coming out. I have a Bradley that's great, and I see Kershaw has one as well, for 1/3 the price of a Benchmade
  • OTF auto - just too dear for a reliable one...
 
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Had a Kershaw Junkyard Dog in the basket, then talked myself out of it.
A few weeks later they were OOP and nowhere to be found.
 
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What about knives you thought about for a long time and weren't sure about but gave them a try - how did those work out for you?
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For me this was the SOG SEAL Team. I initially listened to the people who said it was a LARPing knife. Now that I have one, I know it is a seriously capable and well designed knife.
Very happy with it. It looks large, but compare it side by side to a Ka Bar 1217 and they're fairly similarly matched.
 
SOG Tigershark (satin version with no serrations). Wish I had bought one way back when I first got into knives...hard to find now and crazy money.

On the flip side, hadn't even heard of CRK before joining here, and just bought a small Sebby off the Exchange...should be here in a couple days.
 
Olamic I feel it would be a beautiful paperweight because I wouldn't want to skank it up.

One lately I've been on the fence about is the Vallotton it's beautiful but I'm not a huge spydie guy + I just bought an old Hungarian so that will probably be off the table.
 
Well, I was gonna necro this thread on it's anniversary to post this list again. Close enough.

A G Russell Medium Barlow
A G Russell Sunfish
American Buffalo Knife & Tool Grunt
Artisan Cutlery Wren
Bark River City Knife
Bark River Pocket Bravo
Bark River Bravo Squad Leader (4.6”)
Becker BK2
Becker BK16
Benchmade Adamas
Benchmade Bugout (Mini)
Boker Gust
Boker Strike
Boker Urbanovsky CFM-A1
Buck Selkirk
Buck Compadre
Busse Ergo Badger
Busse Game Warden
Carothers EDC
Civilware Pointer II
Civivi Elementum
CJRB Feldspar
Cold Steel 4Max
Cold Steel AD-10
Cold Steel Immortal
Cold Steel Tiger Claw
Cold Steel Ultimate Hunter
Condor Compact Kephart
Condor Huron
Condor Knulujulu
Condor Krakatoa
Condor Otzi Knife
Condor Solobolo
Dough Ritter RSK
ESEE Folding Izula
Extrema Ratio HF-1
Extrema Ratio RAO
Extrema Ratio Ti Rock
Fallkniven GP
Ferrum Forge/Massdop Mordax
Fiddleback Forge Duke
Fiddleback Forge Camp
Filip de Coene (Ensizen) Voyager
Fox Core
Freeman 451
Gerber 06 S30V
Grayman Ground Pounder
Great Eastern Huckleberry Boys Knife
Great Eastern Oil Field Jack
Great Eastern (Tidioute) Barlow
Great Eastern (Tidioute) Oregon Trapper
HEST Urban
Himalayan Imports Seax
Hinderer Flashpoint
James Brand Carter
James Brand Folsom
James Brand Hell Gap
KA-BAR Wrench Knife
Keffeler K-18
Khukrui House Mukti
Khukuri House Himalayan Bear Claw Knife
Killimanjaro Gear Winkler Folder
Kizer Hennicke Task II
Krudo Discipline
Laconico Blast
Laconico EDC
Les George/Protech SBR
Liong Mah Field Duty
LionSteel Best Man
Lionsteel Shuffler
L.T. Wright Small Northern Hunter
Mercworx Seraphym
Miller Bros T1
Mil-Tac MTF-3
Myerchin Generation 2 Folding Knife (rigging knife)
Nemesis Knives MPR-3
Ontario TAK-1
Pena Zulu front flipper
PMP Beast
Rassenti Satori
Real Steel folding bushcraft
Real Steel Phasma
Real Steel Terra
Schrade SCHF56L Frontier (small)
Southern Grind Spider Monkey
Spartan/Harsey T3
SPD X Terrain 365 - STS-AT
Spyderco Lum Chinese
Szabo Express
Terrain 365 Otter Slip Joint Titanium
TOPS Baghdad Boxcutter
TOPS Grim Ripper
TOPS MAK7
TOPS Mini-Pry
TOPS Mini-Scandi Folder
TOPS Outpost Command
TOPS Pry Knife
TOPS Ranger Short Stop
TOPS Small BOB
TOPS Smoke Jumper
Treeman TASS
Viper DAN Wharncliffe -BLADE LENGTH
WE Gentry
WE Lundquist Black Void Opus
Wild Steer WS
ZT 0302
 
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