regret: ever sold off a blade just to buy it back later?

allyourblood

allyourblood

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i bought a CUDA Maxx in 2003. at the time, it was the most expensive knife in my collection. i babied it, and for all the fondling i did, i rarely carried it outside the house. i put a hairline scratch on the handle and just about died. since it seemed so expensive at the time, i stopped carrying it all together and just took it out of the case now and then to admire it.

some months past, and i decided that it would be better to sell the knife and put the money toward something i would use, be it another blade or otherwise. i did exactly that, and sold her for about $35 less than i paid -- fair enough.

then it happened. right about the time i was sliding the Priority Mail box across the counter to the kind USPS employee, i felt it... real, true regret. i asked myself "what have i done?". i missed that knife immediately.

ever since then, i've made other purchases and the Maxx-lust had fallen by the wayside. now it's back in full effect, and as a result, i have purchased a new-to-me CUDA Maxx from right here on BFC (thanks Ross!). it will be in my filthy rookers soon enough, and finally my D2-thirst has been slaked. life is good and knives are big. truth be told though, i feel silly sometimes that i just didn't keep the first Maxx and save myself all of the heartache and longing. ;)

anyone else experience something similar? i wanna hear all about it!

abe
 
The only knife I've ever sold was a Woodard Fer De Lance. Bought it for $190. Sold it to a friend of mine for $150 (it was used, carried, lightly sharpened). It's not that I didn't like the knife, I "needed" the money. To buy a Microtech Scarab. I always regretted it, since the Woodard is such a fantastic knife.

Several months later I found a "buy it now" ebay auction for FDL at a mere $130. Needless to say, I have a replacement for the one I sold.
 
Yes, and I mean the Exact Same Knife. I'm also on the look-out for a large original Sebenza with a new style BG-42 blade fitted on it that I traded to Pontiacer who sold it to the late, great James Mattis. Miss that one...
 
Not once but twice!!! It was a Microtech Socom D/A tactical. I sold it, bought it back, sold it and then bought another.

I sold that one also and regret doing so, again!!
 
I had 6 of the Socom D/A's(in different blade styles) when they first came out, and over time either sold/traded them off, and later regretted it plus my wife really liked them, and just about shot me when I traded the last one off. I kept my favorite one of the bunch the longest as wanted to keep at least one for the collection but a trade deal came along I could not resist, and then it was gone. I was in real trouble on that one with the wife. I kicked myself many times for that but last fall a MT dealer I have bought MT's from here at a local gun, and knife show brought one, and the wife said jump on it, and I did which got me out of the doghouse some, and then at the next gun, and knife show a couple of months later he had another, and I got that too so now am no longer in trouble with the wife :D They are both in the safe, and will NEVER leave no matter what the trade offer is or amount of money is offered, not if I want to stay alive anyway :)
Something about those Socom D/A's that are addicting over all the other MT's, and customs I own...........maybe the cool factor :cool:

Larry
 
wolfmann601 said:
Not once but twice!!! It was a Microtech Socom D/A tactical. I sold it, bought it back, sold it and then bought another.

I sold that one also and regret doing so, again!!
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what?! that's wild! i hope i don't ever go down this road. at some point you just have to stop and think -- "do i really want this knife or not?!" :D;)... just kidding. i completely understand your mania.

abe
 
Those Socom D/A's!!!! Right now I have 5 or 6 but they are commons. The plain D/A's are not great trade fodder but those rare and limited production Socom D/a's are awesome deal makers and very, very quick sellers.

So when another 'hot knife' [oh what a sickness :D] pops up on the radar and money is tight, all you do is sell/trade a limited production D/A.

Then, within 6 hours the regret and remorse begins..........................................Damn!!
 
I'm thinking of buying back a Practical Plus Katana I sold last year. I was going to just buy another, but the stock they use now is just so much thinner.
Where's the beef?
 
*regretted and bought again later:

-spyderco military
-spyderco police

*regretted, but didn't buy a new one:

-al mar sere 2000 vallotton d/a
-microtech mini socom elite auto camo
 
Edmund Davidson 8" Battle Zone 2 Bowie.
Over 1/4" thick, BG-42 blade.
Bought it for $300, and sold it for $460.
I really miss that knife, but still have pics of it to look at occasionally. :)

Another one would be the 12 1/4" Mineral Mountain IGF.
1/4" blade of 5160.
I won the knife on Ebay from a lady in California that did not even put the name in the title or discription of her auction.
It just said "Big knife with sheath".
No one would bid because her picture sucked also.
I took a chance.
I won the auction for $40 :eek: .
I later sold that knife for $160.
Damn, I wish I had both back! :grumpy:
 
A MT Socom that I customized and then sold. I've customized a ton of knives and this is the only one I wish I had back.

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Some others:

Obenauf Prototype Model 3

Obenauf Prototype Mini Model 2 that Mike made for me on request, he liked it so much he added it to his line.

Blackwood Mini Neck Ninja, same as above. Neil made it to my specs and he liked the design so much he ended up adding it to his lineup.
 
I bought a Spyderco police and military which I kept for several years, I then sold then to raise fund for something else. I didn't think I missed them but I did, so later I replaced them.

THEN a couple of months later I realized they where too big for my EDC needs, so I sold them again. Since the second selling I haven't regretted that descision.

I think I have twice bough a plain sebenza that was priced to well to ignore, then sold them later when I wanted a fancier sebenza. I didn't quite regret the descision, but I missed them.
 
Sold then bought agan, no. But I did trade off a BM 806SD2 a while back and just recently completed a trade for a BM 806D2. The longer I was without an AFCK the more I missed it.

Chris
 
CRK small plain Sebenza. Got one in my pocket, now.
I sold my large some time ago, but haven't replaced it yet.
If I had any sense, I'd have gotten rid of all my other folders and just kept the Sebenzas.
 
I didn't sell, but gave away the following...

1) Gerber Fairbane Covert "First Production Run" Big time regret but went to a good recruit that I helped trained,
2) Cold Steel Tanto, gave it to a great partner that I would take a bullet for,
3) Spyderco Ronin, gave it to a Sgt. That I would take a bullet for,
4) Spyderco Karambit to a great partner that I would take a bullet for,
5) Spyderco Spyderfly to yet another close friend,
6) Gerber knives; forget model numbers, to some really good recruits that I have trained and didn't have knives yet.

Of the knives that I have parted ways with, I will most likely re-purchase the Ronin and the Karambit.
 
Dysentery Bob said:
I didn't sell, but gave away the following...

1) Gerber Fairbane Covert "First Production Run" Big time regret but went to a good recruit that I helped trained,
2) Cold Steel Tanto, gave it to a great partner that I would take a bullet for,
3) Spyderco Ronin, gave it to a Sgt. That I would take a bullet for,
4) Spyderco Karambit to a great partner that I would take a bullet for,
5) Spyderco Spyderfly to yet another close friend,
6) Gerber knives; forget model numbers, to some really good recruits that I have trained and didn't have knives yet.

Of the knives that I have parted ways with, I will most likely re-purchase the Ronin and the Karambit.
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Just make sure not to be careless and lose another knife.
There are thieves everywhere just waiting for people to drop knives.
Luckily we have bob here to arrest people for finding stuff. :rolleyes:
Keep on abusing that power bob
 
If I had any sense, I'd have gotten rid of all my other folders and just kept the Sebenzas.
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That's what I did, well almost. I still have a Ritter mini grip, dodo, kiwi, dragonfly. I probably won't get rid of those.
 
I haven't yet, but I just sold a Dodo for grinder money and I know in a few months I'll be searching for one for myself again. Sometimes you just gotta let 'em go!
 
In a relatively short period I went through (buying & then selling) 5 different Sebenzas and an Umfaan. :grumpy:
Was away from knives for 3 or 4 years, then got back in and in a short time aquired a large and small inlay :D , among others. I plan to keep the Sebe's till the end. :eek:
 
Yep I have. In fact my last two purchases have been for a RJ Martin Devastator and a Bob Dozier Workhorse. Had both these knives before and in a fit of insanity sold both only to later realize that these were both folders I "needed" to have and have since replaced both. The other one is one I made a deal for just today. This is the exact same one I had earlier sold and now have a chance to get back at the price I sold it!! It is a Rick Hinderer Firetac Extreme. Should be coming home to poppa soon............... :D :D :D
 
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