Spending Freeze Year One+1...

IVANKERLEY · Sep 30, 2009

Or How i learned to start carrying the bane of my collection!

It was september 29th of last year when i purchased a knife for myself

(bought one at christmas time for my son) also received 2 case as gifts so not completely dry but something i'm sure some of you will find odd

The knife was a RR spike knife from a forum member (Butches Forge:thumbup

The spending freeze was a necessity and well it has been a really bad year, but its giving me an opportunity to carry and enjoy the ones i already have:thumbup:
The camillus jack below was one of the last knives i purchased on ebay and was a bit (big) of a disappointment at the time, has lots of issues... fast forward a year or so and i decided to carry the darn thing as i had never even bothered with it, and it aint too bad, blade wobbles abit the liners are kinda goofy and the ebony has cracks but it really isnt that bad. Even has some snap
Just thought i'd share an old one since i seem to be going through a bit of a dry spell

thanks
ivan
P.s. what are the notches in the bolster for???

ms3902 · Sep 30, 2009

Looks like it has been well carried through the years. It is always a nice dose of sanity when you can sit back and enjoy the knives that you already have in your possesion and not the ones that you desire. But none the less it is always still nice to look at all the ones of your desires.

cj65 · Sep 30, 2009

I am a little dry myself right now. It has been about a month since I bought a knife. It freed up some of my free time, so I decided to re scale a fixed blade that I had planned to do for quite some time, but kept putting off. Sometimes it is good to count our blessings about what we do have rather than whining about what we do not have. Great post, very motivational.

99f250 · Sep 30, 2009

That's a nice vintage knife I would carry, has lots character, probably has a few story's also. Not to nice that you have to worry about damaging it either.

kidwholaughs · Sep 30, 2009

That's nice a knife. I wonder if knives like that were common for the "working man" or were they for "knifeknuts" of their day.

God Bless

moonwilson · Sep 30, 2009

That knife got me thinking. Some guys on this board have a LOT of knives. But when you really get down to it, almost any one of the knives a lot of us have would be good for a lifetime of service, and then some. Almost seems wasteful, doesn't it?

I like that old Camillus. I have no idea what those cutouts on the bolster are for. It looks like it lines up with the kick of the master blade when it's open, so that it helps form a "finger choil" of sorts. But that's just a guess.

JPD1998 · Oct 1, 2009

I could do very well with a large stockman and nothing else.

Well maybe a fixed blade too....

Many times I find myself carrying a favorite knife over long periods of time while other knives rarely get carried. I've often thought about getting rid of all the excess and just focusing on one type of collectible knife and a few work knives.

IVANKERLEY · Oct 1, 2009

moonwilson said:
That knife got me thinking. Some guys on this board have a LOT of knives. But when you really get down to it, almost any one of the knives a lot of us have would be good for a lifetime of service, and then some. Almost seems wasteful, doesn't it?

I like that old Camillus. I have no idea what those cutouts on the bolster are for. It looks like it lines up with the kick of the master blade when it's open, so that it helps form a "finger choil" of sorts. But that's just a guess.

exactly the freeze got my head right i suppose

when i first got this knife i thought it might have been cobbled together, but now i'm not so sure, perhaps it was just well loved and had been tinkered with by someone who hated the thought of throwing it away when it had some life in it!... probably fantasy but like the choil theory we'll go with it:thumbup:

thanks guys hope things are looking up for ya all!
ivan

*snowflake* · Oct 1, 2009

i assure you we can all survive quite nicely on very few knives as long as they are slippies

and 1 or 2 traditional sheath knives thrown in for good measure.

actually, i only own 7 knives in all and i just happen to be on the hunt for a good quality production slipjoint as i write this, but i completely agree that less is more. at least more times than not.

colt

Knife Crazied · Oct 1, 2009

cj65 said:
Sometimes it is good to count our blessings about what we do have rather than whining about what we do not have. Great post, very motivational.

Man that hit me hard. Thank you for that! That made me stop and think! Thank you so much!