New Knife Existential Dread

Bob Denman said:
Did you think this hobby was going be cheap??🤣
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You know I've been here for 14 years longer than you, right? I very much understand the costs associated with knives, or any hobby for that matter. Heck, I spent a ridiculous amount on whisky last year. What I was inferring was buying doubles of everything, which most people do not, is going to get expensive and probably untenable for most.
 
DocJekl said:
I tend to buy multiples of knives that I love, so I still have a perfect one while I use the other. Of course it hurts more when it’s a $550 CRK or Randall Made, or even a $300 Guardian Tactical.
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I'm guilty of the same thing, except the "one to use/one for the cabinet" thing usually only applies to my folders. Lucky for me, I'm not much of a folder snob, so most of my folders aren't real expensive.

My fixies on the other hand? I have several fixie duplicates (*some with multiples), and all of 'em get beaten like red-headed stepchildren. That nonsense gets expen$ive pretty damned quick.
 
I'm on a smartphone right now; so I don't get to see the details...
Buy your post DID sound funny to me! 🤣👍
 
AntDog said:
I have a Greco Companion that’s like your Ranger was. Completely uneven primary grinds, plunge line botched and uneven on both sides, swedge uneven on both sides, the list goes on and on.

The handle is paper micarta and was too slick so I filed some lines in both sides with a needle file. It wasn’t as thick as I wanted either, so I made some orange liners for it out of a Gojo soap jug. I sanded the spine all the way around, sanded the grinds, and left the flats black powder coat. This accentuates the uneven grinds even more.

All that said, it’s truly lived up to its name. It’s been a damned fine Companion. It’s been beat to hell and back, is chock full of patina and character, and holds a nasty edge. It just grins at me like a four toothed cage fighter begging for more.

IIRC, I bought it from Bob Quinlan 1999-2000 ish. He had just gotten home from Blade show that year and had spent too much. Took it off his hands for the princely sum of $50. It’s one of my favorite knives I’ve ever owned and I’d never part with it.

“Wabi sabi is the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete, the antithesis of our classical Western notion of beauty as something perfect, enduring, and monumental.” - Leonard Koen
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Well, the Liberty Bell is great, but come on, if it was in a contest with a bunch of bells without cracks, it would lose!
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unwisefool said:
You know I've been here for 14 years longer than you, right? I very much understand the costs associated with knives, or any hobby for that matter. Heck, I spent a ridiculous amount on whisky last year. What I was inferring was buying doubles of everything, which most people do not, is going to get expensive and probably untenable for most.
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Guns are just as expensive. At one point I had 5 .44 magnum revolvers, 3 of them the same model and one .44 mag Desert Eagle. Kept one and sold the rest.
 
coolbreezy37 said:
Guns are just as expensive. At one point I had 5 .44 magnum revolvers, 3 of them the same model and one .44 mag Desert Eagle. Kept one and sold the rest.
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I'm glad for people like that, though. It can facilitate good trades... Couldn't believe some of the stuff offered for certain exclusives.
 
I’ve been on a prepper kick as of late, so I’ve been buying knives accordingly. 2 indestructible choppers, 2 fighting/combat knives, 2 medium sized fixed blades, 2 hard use folders. I’m buying 2 of everything so the wife has a set up as well.
 
coolbreezy37 said:
I’ve been on a prepper kick as of late, so I’ve been buying knives accordingly. 2 indestructible choppers, 2 fighting/combat knives, 2 medium sized fixed blades, 2 hard use folders. I’m buying 2 of everything so the wife has a set up as well.
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Two of everything? It sounds as if you're all set for when The Ark pulls into port! 👍
 
coolbreezy37 said:
I’ve been on a prepper kick as of late, so I’ve been buying knives accordingly. 2 indestructible choppers, 2 fighting/combat knives, 2 medium sized fixed blades, 2 hard use folders. I’m buying 2 of everything so the wife has a set up as well.
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Would you mind sharing your choices?
 
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