Random Thought Thread

Box_Opener said:
I’m not stirring the pot here, honest question, but $1,100+ for a boot dagger… I’m not the only one whose eyebrows went up at that, right?
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So How much should he sell it for? $500? $700?
Murphjd25 said:
I’d like a boot dagger, but not a $1100 one 🤣
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How about a $500 one? A $700 one? Where is the line?
 
I don't think that there is a "should". It's worth what someone is willing to pay for it...which is a personal choice.

Each person is free to assign an ethical boundary to those limits if they choose to. But in the end, the market decides in most cases.

I've sold for more, sold for less, and given away more than my fair share, including customs.

In the end it's probably a wash, but I don't dwell on it one way or the other.
 
Blues said:
Since I hate dealing with gas, I get by on my small 1+ wooded acres with one of these. If I have downed trees, and a big job, my neighbors come by with their gas saws to lend a hand.


It's a pretty amazing saw, got it at a great price a while back on amazon, and have extra batteries from my 80v Blower. So, I always have batteries charged.

Lots of good reviews on youtube.

10" is no problem with my 14" and 18" Corona saws...unless I need to be there all day. I like manual saws.
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2x18V, 2x6A
 
Man, but you can get out of shape in four weeks, even with some walking hills during the time off.

On the plus side, I was able to do a light workout with dumbbells, kettlebells and sandbags by wearing a pair of leather palmed Mechanix gloves to keep the pressure and abrasion from the deadened and hypersensitive areas of my two damaged fingers.

So, I'm thankful for the little things today. Very thankful.
 
Box_Opener said:
Hey, he can sell it for whatever he can get. I just think $1100 is so far ahead of the curve it makes you wonder about the seller’s thought processes…
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That's true. He seems to be thinking backwards about insurance. I always believed that insuring a package was protection for the seller. And I would insure the package and reflect that cost into the price if I were selling it. He sounds weird to me.
 
000Robert said:
That's true. He seems to be thinking backwards about insurance. I always believed that insuring a package was protection for the seller. And I would insure the package and reflect that cost into the price if I were selling it. He sounds weird to me.
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Exactly right. The buyer has no recourse insofar as making a claim...unless they were the ones that provided the seller with a prepaid / insured shipping label.
 
bluemax_1 said:
Posted on the forum before, but I got used to using bigger knives for everything and appreciate the added reach and power when delimbing, chopping, splitting etc.

If raw fire building/wood processing is going to be needed, my regular backwoods combo for a while, has been a folding Silky saw (the Ultra Accel lately. I like the curved blades. They're a little more efficient) and a large camp knife (over the years, the Junglas was a consideration, but I never bought one. I've used everything from a Cold Steel Trailmaster, to a kukri).

Ever since getting a CPK MC, that's become my go-to. I can do just about any/everything knife/blade related that I need to with it. If I REALLY need a smaller blade for some reason, I also always have a folder (the ZT0562. Well built and strong, but still cuts/slices well).

If I'm on groomed trails etc., I just have the FK2 and leave the Silky and MC at home.
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Some combination of these in colder weather:
Mini Duku or the Bushcraft Parang,
PocketBoy/GomBoy/Zubat,
Gunny/Bravo/Tundra/Aurora 2.
A stainless Opinel 9 for food prep.

In the summer, the Mini Tundra or the UL Bushcrafter alone should be enough. But I also have both Opinel saws, they are really light.
 
The Amazing Virginian said:
So How much should he sell it for? $500? $700?

How about a $500 one? A $700 one? Where is the line?
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I'm personally fine with whatever he wants to ask for it. It's hard to price things that don't sell often and that you know you won't be able to replace. If someone wants it $1,100 bad, well, that's up to them. Heck I might consider selling mine if someone wanted to throw that much at me, and I'd include the Pirtle sheath and insurance! Just a bit surprising, but I mean... I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen one sold.

The problem of course is that most of the time the knives we could sell for the most money are the ones we had the most difficulty getting and love the most, so they're hard to let go of! That's why I never made a side gig out of flipping knives, the Post Office clerks would start wondering who the guy was who was shipping stuff with $500+ insurance all the time and crying when he got to the counter.

EDIT: Not gonna lie though, a lot of the knives in my cabinet got there because I told myself I could always sell it and make a little profit! And most of them are still there!
 
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The boot dagger IS nice... it's actually what finally got me to confess to being a knife collector. It was the second knife I purchased with no intention of using. I ALMOST sold it but Grenock Grenock pretty much talked me out of it (at least that's how I saw it) and I am so glad that he did. Even with how much I love the thing, I couldn't fathom paying $1,100 for it at this point in my life--even if money was no object.
 
StoneAndSteel said:
The boot dagger IS nice... it's actually what finally got me to confess to being a knife collector. It was the second knife I purchased with no intention of using. I ALMOST sold it but Grenock Grenock pretty much talked me out of it (at least that's how I saw it) and I am so glad that he did. Even with how much I love the thing, I couldn't fathom paying $1,100 for it at this point in my life--even if money was no object.
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I mean.....

if money wasnt an issue...... I'd probably have no want list to be honest
 
Someone mentioned this above but I do find it a little odd to have knives that I'm not using, especially Carothers. They show so much of their character through use that it's strange not to use them. That said, I'm not sad I haven't stabbed anyone with my boot dagger. Yet.
 
TRfromMT said:
Hey 000Robert 000Robert your post out in the exchange commenting about DEK1 scales, but not actually selling anything (that I can tell) is cornfuuzin'. May wanna get that looked at.


This one:

DEK1 3V

The scales look like double black canvas.
www.bladeforums.com www.bladeforums.com
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I think those are the ones made from invisibilium

Rare as hen's teeth, I hear.
 
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