Stolen Knife Alert!

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On the off chance that the thief will try to pass them on to knowledgeable knife folks, I had the following knives burgled from my home yesterday evening:

1) Chris Reeve Large Sebenza- Serial #126 - Engraved CALVIN CHUE on the lock side.
2) Zero Tolerance ZT301 - Serial# 0162
3) Buck Strider 889 OD - modified with tiger stripes
4) Buck Strider Tarani SBTG - ATS-34 Bos treated blade
5) Benchmade AFCK 800S - ATS-34 Fully serrated

If anyone sees this particular combination or the uniquely serial numbered knives come up somewhere, please call the Baltimore City Police Department or send me an e-mail at calvin.chue at gmail.com. Thank you!
 
Thanks guys! I'm just glad that those knives were the only things the thief got. Since all of our doors are double locked, they couldn't get anything sizeable. Still the knives have sentimental value. That Sebenza had been with me for well over a decade now and on every mission I undertook when I worked for the DoD. The only reason it was sitting out (instead of in my pocket) was because I had to go to DC where knives are not allowed in most buildings.
 
I hate to say it but if the knives were the only thing taken, it sounds like someone who knows you and where you keep your knives was involved.
 
Micky said:
I hate to say it but if the knives were the only thing taken, it sounds like someone who knows you and where you keep your knives was involved.
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If there were other small valuable things in the house that weren't taken, I would tend to agree that the thief is someone that knew what he wanted.
 
Pure BS dude! I hope they cut a finger off and die a slow horrible death of blood poisoning:mad: Will watch for them!
 
No, it was my own laxity in security. All of our valuable were locked in safes, so they could not get to those. Most of my knives are locked in the safe, but I'd only recently acquired the Buck Strider 889 and SBTG so they were sitting in their boxes. The AFCK recently came back from Benchmade for repair and was also sitting in its box. Normally the Sebenza and ZT301 would have been in my pockets, but I had to go to DC where knives are not allowed in most government buildings, so instead of locking them in the safe, I left them in the bin where I keep my keys. The thief also took all of our car keys, but could not get to the cars since the garage is separately locked. The cars are passcode protected anyways, so without the code they couldn't drive them away even with the keys. We may have caught a break as a retired neighbor may have seen the perp and gotten his license plate number. Hopefully the Baltimore City Police will catch him before he tries to sell my stuff! Getting the keys back would save a lot of hassle in ordering new keys.
 
keep an eye out on e-bay. That is the biggest fencing operation on earth. Somebody should sue E-bay for aiding criminals.
 
You have a very good chance of recovering the first two if taken to a pawn shop. All the records are auto searched by computer routinely for a hit match. Inquire as to who has been assigned the followup investigation and speak to that person. Not to nag but just to acknowledge your appreciation for his/her efforts. It can work wonders sometimes. Good Luck.
 
cleaner145 said:
You have a very good chance of recovering the first two if taken to a pawn shop. All the records are auto searched by computer routinely for a hit match. Inquire as to who has been assigned the followup investigation and speak to that person. Not to nag but just to acknowledge your appreciation for his/her efforts. It can work wonders sometimes. Good Luck.
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Thanks! That is excellent advice; I will follow up with the officer who took the initial report. I think it is passed on to a detective from there, but he should know which person that is.
 
kgriggs8 said:
keep an eye out on e-bay. That is the biggest fencing operation on earth. Somebody should sue E-bay for aiding criminals.
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I've been checking, but the thief may not even know what they are specifically. I've been searching under "folding knife", but so far they haven't come up. You are right that Ebay probably does help move a lot of stolen items, but they can't know which are or aren't.

The real criminal enterprise is the pawn shops in Baltimore City: They got the City Council to pass a law a few years ago that victims have to pay a fee to get their property back! They absolutely know that the majority of stuff they get is stolen, yet they are still in business. I will absolutely sue a pawnshop if they try to make me pay to get a knife back with my name engraved on it!
 
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