The first serious folder I ever bought was a 975SBT and I just treasured the thing. I know you're probably all choked up hearing "first blade" stories so I'll spare you the Kleenex and myself some embarrassment and wonder aloud where I might go if I wanted to lay hands on another one in decent shape. Couple years later I saw a Boguszewski Spike, (can't remember the model, it was the bigger one, uncoated blade and partially serrated, black anodized handles that scuffed easy) sitting in a knife shop for ninety bucks and I knew it was a hell of a deal, and cherished that one, too, crispest action I've ever felt and the little bastard was sharp enough to scare me for the two years I had it. Then on one of the saddest days I've had, a plot was hatched in my trousers for total knife liberation, and it decided to make a run for the hills along with a Kershaw first-run Onion AND an early-sizties USAF-issue auto with a foldout chute cutter* into the brush at a CO state park.
Now as unfortunate as this experience was, I'm positive no one swiped them and I scoured the area for five fruitless hours at daybreak. That's been some time ago now, and I can laugh at it, but I'd really like to replace both the Benchmades. I've seen a few Spikes around but the 975 is elusive. Anyone care to venture a guess as to where I'd look and what I'd spend?
* I can't remember what the mark on the blade was, but this was a really weird knife and probably worth more than me than anyone else. It had a weak mechanism, with a safety, but no retention mechanism, I guess it was an "unlocking assisted-opening". The roughed-up handle material was that fake-stag pattern, and a kind of neon red. The blades were both chromed or really highly-polished, mirror-finish, and it had a lanyard ring on the bottom that for my purposes served as a kind of guard against accidental opening since the safety was busted. Anyone ever seen anything like that?
Now as unfortunate as this experience was, I'm positive no one swiped them and I scoured the area for five fruitless hours at daybreak. That's been some time ago now, and I can laugh at it, but I'd really like to replace both the Benchmades. I've seen a few Spikes around but the 975 is elusive. Anyone care to venture a guess as to where I'd look and what I'd spend?
* I can't remember what the mark on the blade was, but this was a really weird knife and probably worth more than me than anyone else. It had a weak mechanism, with a safety, but no retention mechanism, I guess it was an "unlocking assisted-opening". The roughed-up handle material was that fake-stag pattern, and a kind of neon red. The blades were both chromed or really highly-polished, mirror-finish, and it had a lanyard ring on the bottom that for my purposes served as a kind of guard against accidental opening since the safety was busted. Anyone ever seen anything like that?
