Seeing Double

[beanbag]

I consider myself a knife user and not really a collector. But lately a bunch of my favorite blades have been popping up for sale and I've been considering buying some extras.

How many of you have multiples in your arsenal, and why?

 

[Cold Kill]

I have two little S&W hunting knives. I bought them both thinking I would break one, but those little things have proven tough. I also bought 2 Coleman camp knives, because I had one and it worked awesomely as a thrower, so I bought another in case the first broke. THEY WILL NOT BREAK! Wound up giving a Coleman away because I was feeling generous.

 

[Cold Kill]

Another good reason to get doubles: modifications. If you get two, you can use it as a test knife. Just in case something goes wrong, you still have the other.

 

[CrimsonTideShooter]

I buy two of each knife I love, 3 if possible.

It's not for some people, but for me it's the only way. Hell, I just bought three kershaw TILTs. Why? Because they are extremely rare, and I plan on using them.

 

[powernoodle]

I get doubles or multiples because I like knives.

In some cases, as with the Endura or Delica, I get several just to hoard and play with. Others, like the orange or brown Military, I get one to use and another to keep virginous and hoard.

Really, there is no excuse for buying doubles or multiples. The good news, however, is that we don't need no dang excuse.

 

[CrimsonTideShooter]

I get doubles or multiples because I like knives.

In some cases, as with the Endura or Delica, I get several just to hoard and play with. Others, like the orange or brown Military, I get one to use and another to keep virginous and hoard.

Really, there is no excuse for buying doubles or multiples. The good news, however, is that we don't need no dang excuse.

Amen and God bless America.

 

[sheepdog229]

No doubles for me. Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against it. However, with my limited budget there are too many knives I want to buy that I couldn't if I was buying two of all of them.

 

[CWL]

With folders that I carry, I typically will buy a second for the collection.

 

[Cold Kill]

All of my users are also collectors. Cutting paper and the occasional clam package doesn't wear a knife, especially with nearly daily stropping.

 

[hiwa]

I have doubles and a few triples even. That way I'm never going to miss a favorite knife if it gets lost, stolen or no longer is available. Plus the prices usually go up yearly.

I guess a couple might never get used by me but when I hand them down to my son , he'll have a brand new version of it. I know I am not the only knife-nut to do this , so it's perfectly normal

 

[Liquidm1980]

i am that way with guns. for knives i have 2 delicas. i started out with a 3 which i lost and replaced with another 3. i recently picked up a 4 to see how it compares.

 

[Tsujigiri]

No, there are too many interesting knives out there to keep buying the same few over and over. My collection would have to be huge for me to resort to repeat purchases.

 

[Phil Elmore]

All of my users are also collectors. Cutting paper and the occasional clam package doesn't wear a knife, especially with nearly daily stropping.

Of course cutting paper will dull a knife over time. Cardboard dulls knives quickly for the same reasons. I can't imagine a working edge so fine that it would be effectively maintained by "daily stropping."

 

[RevDevil]

All of my users are also collectors. Cutting paper and the occasional clam package doesn't wear a knife, especially with nearly daily stropping.

You don't really believe that do you? That is 100% false. If you strop a knife, it is no longer new, it turns into Like New. Pocket lint, worn G10, tool marks on the screws, and scratched pocket clips are not the characteristics of new knives. You're making that claim to a community of people, many of which have a few decades more experiene than you. Your users are only collectors to you, to everyone else, they are used knives.

 

[beanbag]

Thanks for all your replies.

Below are the posts that ring true with me:

No doubles for me. Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against it. However, with my limited budget there are too many knives I want to buy that I couldn't if I was buying two of all of them.

Of course cutting paper will dull a knife over time. Cardboard dulls knives quickly for the same reasons. I can't imagine a working edge so fine that it would be effectively maintained by "daily stropping."

You don't really believe that do you? That is 100% false. If you strop a knife, it is no longer new, it turns into Like New. Pocket lint, worn G10, tool marks on the screws, and scratched pocket clips are not the characteristics of new knives. You're making that claim to a community of people, many of which have a few decades more experiene than you. Your users are only collectors to you, to everyone else, they are used knives.

 

[Mountain Mike]

I don't have any duplicates of my knives, but I have been considering buying some less expensive beater/ back-up blades that closely match my most used in blade length, form and function.

 

[RandomAyes]

There is no such thing as too many knives. Not enough $ for sure, but never too many knives.

On some of the annual Cold Steel discontiuned model liquidations I buy 4 at a time. Good way to stock up on gifts for bros.

 

[Cold Kill]

You don't really believe that do you? That is 100% false. If you strop a knife, it is no longer new, it turns into Like New. Pocket lint, worn G10, tool marks on the screws, and scratched pocket clips are not the characteristics of new knives. You're making that claim to a community of people, many of which have a few decades more experiene than you. Your users are only collectors to you, to everyone else, they are used knives.

I have no need to collect my knives for the purpose of selling them later. I save that for gold/silver or coins, got tons of money worth of those. I said my users are collectors implying collected for my personal collection. A knife is a tool, so why buy it just to resell it? Would you buy a socket wrench to resell it?

 

[Phil Elmore]

I have no need to collect my knives for the purpose of selling them later. I save that for gold/silver or coins, got tons of money worth of those. I said my users are collectors implying collected for my personal collection. A knife is a tool, so why buy it just to resell it? Would you buy a socket wrench to resell it?

So you're just going to ignore the idea, subsequently raised in this thread, that you believe certain abrasive materials like paper don't "wear" a knife?

 

[sheepdog229]

All of my users are also collectors. Cutting paper and the occasional clam package doesn't wear a knife, especially with nearly daily stropping.

So you're just going to ignore the idea, subsequently raised in this thread, that you believe certain abrasive materials like paper don't "wear" a knife?

I don't think Cold Kill literally meant that cutting paper will never dull a knife... it will just take a very long time if he properly maintains his edge. Sharp Phil, no offense meant at all, but I think you are taking what he said a little too personally. (BTW, the idea was raised previously in this thread, not subsequently).