Rarest knife in your collection?

[jlauffer]

I have a few knives from batches of 500, 1000, etc, and a few old knives from Cold Steel's very beginnings that I don't know how many were made (Urban Shiv, all metal Urban Pal), but I believe my rarest knife is a CS Tanto in AUS10A...only 40 were made, and mine is #24. Even have the flyer that it was ordered from by PO.

I also have 2 Ek daggers that were made from leftover Blackjack AF dagger parts...one has a buffalo horn handle, and the other has a cocobolo handle. My understanding is that they made a couple hundred of the buffalo version, and then switched to cocobolo when the buffalo horn ran out...only supposed to be about 50 of the cocobolo version. It is 3rd from the left, on top:

So what's your rarest knife, aside from one-offs, customs, etc? Thinking more along the lines of "regular" knife companies, but if they offer specials through their own custom shop (like Buck and Bark River), then that's ok.

 

[The Zieg]

Not terribly rare, but unusual: Tapio Wirkkala puukko in a "Newsprint" stamped sheath. Never used, never carried, and untouched factory edge.

Zieg

 

[Alberta Ed]

Probably my original Blackjack Campanion.

 

[Rykjeklut]

The one I made myself in ~fifth grade. Only one like it.

 

[RBid]

Probably my Lionsteel TiSpine. I’m not sure how big the production runs were, but I rarely see them show up.

 

[eisman]

I own one of the 12 knives made as the 2012 BF Custom knife of the year, and it's still not the hardest to replace. Way too many one offs to list...

 

[bikerector]

 

[jlauffer]

Way too many one offs to list...

Yeah, guess I should have said aside from one-offs, customs...

 

[Nautique]

 

[brownshoe]

Benchmade 31 balisong. Worth about 3-4x what I paid for it and very hard to get. Only knife anyone here offered to buy.

 

[Fatih]

Spyderco Nirvana... The Real Nirvana

 

[Kreyzhorse]

Orange Dodo I suppose...

 

[microbe]

I have a couple of xx/50 Alox knives, like this black Sailor with NAVY print:

The below one, made in a run of 2010 pieces is probably the most sought after rare one I own.

 

[Cvrobinson]

This one
Great knife
Great gift
From a great BF friend

 

[Tommy-Chi]

BUCK KNIVES
- (ONE) 119 Red Lucite, 75th Anniversary, Limited Ed. 1 of 250
- (ONE) 119 Red Widow, 75th Anniversary, Limited Ed. 1 of 250

EMERSON
- (ONE) Emerson Signature Barracuda folding knife, Blade Finish: Stone Washed. 1 of ???

KA-BAR
- (TWO) Ek Commando Knife Co. - Jarosz, Boot Knife, EK102. The Ek/Jarosz Boot Knife is made from S35VN. Only 375 Ek/Jarosz Boot Knives were produced. 2 out of 375.

NEILL SCHUTTE
- (ONE) Dagger, 8 inch Special Order for M390 blade with black micarta handle. 1 of 1.

SPYDERCO
- (ONE) Spyderco Bob Lum Darn Dao Fixed, Limited Edition. 1 of 1200.

ZERO TOLERANCE
- (ONE) Zero Tolerance Factory Custom 0450FCZDP Flipper Knife Ti PVD. 1 of ???
- (TWO) Zero Tolerance 0095 Sprint Run with Titanium Handles and Tan Coated CMP S90V Steel Blade Model 0095TANBLK. 2 of ???

 

[marcinek]

You do realize that 1 of 1200 doesn't necessarily mean it's the first one made in the run, right?

 

[tony281sc2]

Nothing too crazy, probly my ZT 0452g10m390.
I have all 3 0095 sprint runs, (blk, TS, tan) not sure how rare those are tho....still love the 0095 series.
Just sold my 0350CFm390, that would’ve been on the list too

 

[SpySmasher]

The one I made myself in ~fifth grade. Only one like it.

I think we can assume the OP is talking about production knives -- otherwise we'd just be re-doing the "One-of-a-Kind Knives" thread.

 

[SpySmasher]

Yeah, guess I should have said aside from one-offs, customs...

Why don't you add that to the first post?

 

[McFeeli]

Now I don’t have any numbers to go off of, but I do believe this is my rarest. It’s an old picture, she’s got a decent little patina going on now.

GEC 73 STL in Cocobolo that I actually won in a giveaway by @lambertiana . I love it. It royally kicked off my affection for traditionals.

That said, I sold all my sprint run Spyderco’s and all I have left is an exclusive(CruWear/Carbon Fiber Manix) that I don’t think is that rare, but it could be close for all I know.