losing knives

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G.Moll

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Lost my beloved BM mini Grip and I came here for sincere condolences and empathy haha. It's weird because I have one spot I put my knives, and if they aren't there, they are in my pocket. This guy is nowhere to be found. What all have yall lost? Misery loves company I guess
 
I've somehow managed to never, ever, ever lose a knife and not find it again within 24hrs.

Now that I've said this, I know I'll lose three this week >.<
 
I lost a turquoise ring, found it a year later digging snow in front of my house.
 
I always wonder how happy some random person must be when they find the knives I lose.
 
I've lost a knife or two over the years, including a mini grip. I never did find the mini grip after three years, so I bought another. The other knife that I lost was a sak. For some reason or another it ended up in a freezer and was found a year later while cleaning it out.
 
When I was a teenager at my lawnmowing job I lost a knife and found it a few weeks later. I literally noticed it just as the lawnmower went over it but it didn't get sucked up. I've also lost a few knives that were clipped to my pocket. Now I don't use clips. I attach a cord to neck carry or have lanyard to pull out my knife while pocket carrying. The cord stays tucked in while out in the woods.
I have a suspicion that some of the knives that were lost were stolen, things fall to obscurity and remain only in foggy memory.
 
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I've lost several in my lifetime. Mostly cheapos earlier in life. The two most upsetting were a Spyderco Delica spyderedge about 6 years ago, and a BM Presidio about a month ago.
The delica I remember having when I went to Dallas for my brother's wedding, but couldn't find it when I got home. Looked everywhere... two or three times. I suspect it was left there.
The presidio I'm pretty sure I left under the hood of a car. It was my work knife. Contacted the customer who's vehicle I suspect it was left in, but they said it wasn't there. Either it fell out driving, or they have a presidio.
 
Did you check under your car seat? Found mine there before, down on the side where the seatbelt clicky thing is.

Other common spot is down behind the sofa cushions...

Sure sucks to lose them, but sure feels awesome to find them when you thought they were gone!
 
I've only lost one knife. It was a Gerber, the first knife I bought. This was way back when I only had the one knife. It was lost for maybe three months, ended up finding it in between the couch cushions. Check there.
 
Late summer 1985, 9:00 PM, Ocracoke Harbor, North Carolina, looking out over the water, looking at the other boats, looking up at the stars, enjoying the lapping of the water against the aluminum hull of the fifty-foot sloop Photon, enjoying the salt air and the movement of the vessel. I sit down on the deck and bring my knees up and cross my legs at my ankles. The Woodsman SAK, bought for me by my dad in 1978, slides out of my pocket, thunks off the deck, and plops into the water. Comrade deckhand looks over, asks what that was. I calmly, resignedly tell him. He shakes his head and says, "You're never gonna see that knife again." He was right. I still haven't. But at least I know exactly where it is.

Zieg
 
I lost a BM940 for over a month before cleaning out the crevices of my recliner and finding it just chillin' on one of the wooden frame. I must've dozed off while watching a movie late at night and the knife fell out of my pocket. Boy, did I miss it. I was so happy when I found it. So my suggestion is to start cleaning around. You just might get lucky.
 
I lost the first good knife I bought myself , a Benchmade 970sbt . I had that knife for about 15 years or more . I volunteered to work in a Saturday. I wanted to pick up some extra OT to buy a new knife . While I was at work I lost my knife . I spent 2 hours looking for it . Never did find it .
 
I lost a knife while out hunting. Found it a few minutes later when my pops set his bare hand down on the blade :(
 
Dcaggie06 said:
I lost a knife while out hunting. Found it a few minutes later when my pops set his bare hand down on the blade :(
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You can now officially enter that into your list of things that you have typed that have made someone else's butt clench involuntarily. Palm cuts are the WORSTTTTTT.
 
The last knife I lost made me dump my St. Christopher medallion for a St. Ricasso. Haven't lost a knife since but I did have a car wreck.

So sorry about your loss. For some reason I have a feeling it will return to you. Keep the faith. :)
 
Comeuppance said:
You can now officially enter that into your list of things that you have typed that have made someone else's butt clench involuntarily. Palm cuts are the WORSTTTTTT.
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Yup. He's a mans man though. Cleaned it with some whiskey he had on him, packed it with dirt, slapped a glove on and bagged a buck 20 min later. Nary a scar but he still reminds me of it every time I see him.
 
I accidentally packed my Strider SNG into a box with some network equipment I was returning to a guy back East. I looked everywhere for it for 5 days and finally decided that maybe I had stuck it in the box. I E-mailed the guy and said "there might be a knife in there in the open position so be careful. Turns out is WAS in there and he ended up shipping it back to me. I got lucky. It sure sucked for a few days. At the time that was the most expensive knife I ever owned.
 
The last one I lost was in a rental VW in Mexico. Slipped out of the pocket in my shorts while driving.
 
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