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Skar said:
Welcome. I suggest a Spyderco then you will know addiction:p

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So true, started with a Yojumbo Black, and here I am three months later with 2 PM2s, a Yojimbo 2, Ichigo, Velotten, Canis, Caribbean, Manix 2 lightweight Maxamet, and still looking at more
 
GAGL said:
Word of advice, take your time and actually use your knives before you buy more... Before you know it, you'll have a bunch of knives you don't really use.

The Demko is a great knife, so is the the Bugout. Both have good edge geometry.

Get a good fixed blade. They're solid and much easier to keep clean.
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Im so guilty of this.
 
GAGL said:
Word of advice, take your time and actually use your knives before you buy more... Before you know it, you'll have a bunch of knives you don't really use.

Get a good fixed blade. They're solid and much easier to keep clean.
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gentleman_edc said:
Stop, take a breath. Live with what you have for 6 weeks.

Then buy a $500 sharpener and sharpen your old Kershaw and carry that.
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Read above. It’s the best advice you’ll find on the forum.
Many have learned these lessons the hard way (myself included).

While you’re slowing down and pacing yourself, browse the Show off your knife collection thread to see how far you have to fall. 😁

Welcome.
 
Buy a knife for every day of the week, plus one. Enjoy the ones you get, try to be patient and curb the impulse buy. It’s easier said than done. I’m just as guilty as anyone else and have more knives than I can use in several lifetimes. Learn how to maintain the ones you have before you move on to the next one. That will give you an understanding of which type of knife will be suited for your needs.
Read through the different forums here, you’ll learn everything you will ever need to know. There’s enough knife porn here to look at that you’ll have to have a towel to keep from drooling all over your compute.
 
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FTRrider said:
But a few days after that I watched a video on Knife Center's YouTube page about the Demco AD 20.5 Shark-Lock with S35VN so I "had" to order one of those.
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Ooof, so how is it? I kinda want one! Shark foot blade and shark lock are interesting to me, S35vn is a good steel. Just bought some decent stuff though, so it might have to wait until I can find one used. There you go, maybe look for some used stuff to slow you down and save some money.

I have the bug right now too (my second post...)

I find this addiction comes in waves. I was super happy when I got my PM2 tanto, but I beleive it was recently stolen by contractors. (I had just gotten back from camping and rolling my vehicle and left it in the bathroom). But once it sunk in that it was never coming back, that was an excuse to find something else, and boom, 5 new knifes....

My favorite new thing is probably my Shaman in 15v, but, testing out a crucata PM2, which is probably a better daily driver. Best value knife is probably a civivi s35vn conspirator knife center exclusive, it's a classy knife for the money for sure, haven't figured out where it fits into my carry yet as I also have the regular version in micarta, and it's a great knife I'm not afraid to use and re-sharpen, but the S35vn version for just over $100 was too good to pass up. Also grabbed Spyderco Mule in 15v too have around the house for opening stuff to save my previous pocket knifes on wear, what a deal $75 for 15V steel.... No wait, pretend I never mentioned the mule. Thats a rabbit hole you might not be ready for.

Maybe try carrying each one for a week to figure out where what you have fits in your collection. Assuming your more of a user than a collector, but want to justify adding more knifes.
Cheap steel is great for starting out, because it gives you more sharpening practice, so you can go to town on that civivi. Most cheaper steel is softer and easier to sharpen, and less expensive to make mistakes on. Invest in a good sharpening system instead of more fancy knives. I'm using a KME and have not mastered it yet, but it can still make a hell of an edge.
At this point I'm looking for the perfect knife for me. The demco looks pretty good, but thumb studs look cheap to me so I am holding off (they remind me off swapmeet knifes from my childhood), but thats just me, it's perfectly fine for a knife to have them, I just prefer the flipper tab, or some other figity way of opening them. Thats the one thing preventing me from buying a demco. I feel like I'm paying a real premium for that lock and only getting basic thumb studs, but I mean, ya a flipper tab might be weird on that one, so I can almost justify it once I pay off the $1000 in knifes I just ordered lol.
 
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My honest advice:
Get small fixed blade like ESEE Izula and big fixed blade like ESEE6.

You already have more than enough folders. Use them, sell those you dislike, keep the main user and 1 for back-up.
 
Kettleman said:
Welcome. I’m afraid you have come to the wrong place for help! This group of enablers are already itching to help you spend your money!!!



I’ll just leave these here….

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Thanks for the welcome. If my wife finds out how much I've already spent on knives I'm in deep trouble, lol.
 
catspa said:
Heh. Most guys here have done the same thing, only a little slower. You got the rest of your life to find the perfect knife, so unless you’re in your 80s, no need to rush. Welcome aboard.

Parker
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Thanks for the suggestion. I've already forced myself to calm down a little bit, lol.
 
Planterz said:
The cheap knives are good for learning how to sharpen your tools. You'll definitely need to invest on some sharpening equipment and the time to learn to use it. You can spend hundreds of dollars on a single knife, but it'll be useless if you don't know how to keep it sharp. Places like Ace Hardware have knife sharpening services, but they'll use some machine that hogs away metal and if you keep going there, your expensive knife will turn into a toothpick before long. Ditto some machine that you can buy and use at home. Learn to touch up your edge with ceramics or a fine diamond or a leather strop rather than honing away a new bevel each time, and you'll have a tool that lasts a lifetime.
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I've purchased the Sharpall diamond sharpening stone w/strop and am practicing on that Kershaw and two other Dewalt knives I bought at Home Depot on special for $10. I'm still not all that good but am getting better.
 
dialton said:
There is no (1) perfect knife so you can discard any thoughts you might have of finding that. There is always something new, interesting and different around the corner. Most of the folks here have lots of knives so we’re in somewhat of the same situation but possibly at a more advanced stage, though it sounds like you have a pretty good head of steam up already. I have knives that sit in a toolbox drawer (oh yeah, just for knives and manly stuff) and no longer see any use whatsoever, ones that reside in bags and vehicles, tackleboxes, etc: and a handful that are my current carry users. I would suggest that you get familiar with the exchange here so that at least you can pass on the ones that you acquire along the way that don’t or no longer really fit the “keeper” list as you go. If you do much surfing here, you will see some pretty cool tools and everything that ranges from user to premier safe queen, reasonably priced to totally off the hook (although that is a matter of individual interpretation and changes with time).
If you fit what “I believe” is the norm around here (if that exists), choose to run away now or hold onto your credit card/wallet and get ready for the ride.
Enjoy!
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Thanks for the tip about the exchange. I was going to ask about where would be a good place to purchase good quality used knives so again, thank you. I can't run now. I've already dove head-first into the deep end and there's no going back :)
 
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