No collection is complete without a...

[woodybushman]

money for more knives!!!

 

[Larry S.]

Have to say a SAK of some species.

 

[SIFU1A]

for me it was a double action out the front auto, a microtech makora in my case.

 

[joeallan]

What is the one knife every collector must have?

The one that your wife finds out how much you are spending.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

What is the one knife every collector must have?

Buck 110 without a doubt.

 

[Doug C]

First or next Custom.

 

[Trout Tamer]

Hmmm... good question. I s'pose if limited to ONE single knife for the must-have, I'd go with the Buck 110. Reason being - it's probably had the single biggest effect on today's knife market. Why do I say that? Well, I think it's safe to say that the folding knife market has exploded over the last several years. This market is not devoid of slip-joints, but it IS largely consumed by locking folders. The Buck 110 was before its time, in a sense - it's a sizeable, locking folding knife that gets many jobs done. That very thing is what so many of us look for in an EDC. The buck 110's been doing that for several decades; indeed, before many of today's top-flight companies even existed! So, I'd definitely have to go with the 110 as the single must-have knife.

 

[cattleking]

A knife made out of the best steel and the only steel for knifemaking--1095.

 

[STR]

No collection is complete without a wife to ask "why do you need so many knives?"

 

[GarageBoy]

Something with military history, like the KaBar, Ek, Randall

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

Oh geez, what is the name of that knife?? I know it starts with an M.

MTech?

 

[Danzz]

BALISONG!

of course.

what he said.

 

[trane fan]

MTech?

Heretic! Blasphemer!! Infidel!!!Pervert!!!!








OK, maybe not a pervert but you are definitely the first three.

 

[kl101]

A genyuuaaawine Russell Barlow. Just like Huck and Tom.

 

[bama_lou]

something your Father owned AND used...

 

[accumulator3]

Two more and another one, then more and more and more.
No such thing as enough knives if you get good quality pieces

 

[Dijos]

Opinel, sak, Buck 110. You can get all 3 for less than one higher-end benchmade or spyderco. Oh, and endura. ooh, ooh, probably one case. Also, a stockman of some kind.

 

[scfishr]

How about a slip joint

 

[AirLand&Sea]

Polkowski Fixed Blade
JW Smith Folder
Bowie

 

[Walking Man]

Opinel, sak, Buck 110. You can get all 3 for less than one higher-end benchmade or spyderco. Oh, and endura. ooh, ooh, probably one case. Also, a stockman of some kind.

Yeah, but then you can't open and close it one handed.
I still say an axis lock is required.