That "ah ha!" moment

I sincerely hope I never reach 500 knives....

Imagine what folks will think of me when I die and they find "500" knives.... most people would just shake their heads and say something like "I didn't know he was so eccentric." He seemed so normal.

 

I am not normal and never have been

 

There is no normal life. It’s just life. Get on with it.

 

Mine would have to have been when I got a mini griptillion in M4. I'm still sad that I lost that little thing. Some day, I'm gonna pull the trigger and replace it

 

I used to carry a Buck 110
Then I discovered thin blades like this (less than 2mm thick at the spine for a four inch blade).
"Ah ha!" that cuts through stuff with much less effort and more control.

Oh I have had lots of "Ah ha !" moments.

ESPECIALLY AFTER JOINING THIS FORUM !​

. . . next one came when I discovered this handle shape

. . . in this length. See how it fits my hand. "Ah ha!"


. . . another when I discovered this handle material and handle sculpting
DOUBLE FREEKIN' "Ah ha!"


So the material wears or breaks down. I made it replaceable (see photo below) so . . . duh.

Then I discovered this blade shape "Ah ha!"
The Thinned Ti Lite spear blade was good; this is better especially when it angles down from the handle like the top knife (Case Trapper).


Oh no . . . don't go away . . . there's more :
This was a big one . . . M4 steel and not just any M4 but Spyderco's M4. "Ah ha!"
I mean I suppose maybe someone, some where, is doing it better but DangDigidy Spyderco's acts, for me, like a steel alloy formed in Heaven so I don't need or want anything "better". Easy to sharpen and cuts for ever in really challenging materials.
Oh yes and I may as well add the "Ah ha!" of the blade that is thin behind the edge i.e. the Gayle Bradley . . . one of the three below (still BETTER than just a knife with a thin spine).

now if I could just get these few small things in one knife . . .
. . . ah . . . but this isn't heaven is it.

 

just like the others my recent ah ha was when I recieved my new Lionsteel PM4 3 weeks ago and has not left my pocket yet.

 

No . . . I'm perfectly normal and I lead a perfectly normal life. It is just that everyone else is so freekin odd and weird. It kind of scares me.

 

That's called the "Oh " moment !

 

neither.
You asked what was my "Ah ha!" EDC moment.
and as I said I've had many and probably will have one or two more (or ten) heck I don't know.
Chill dude; you started a great thread.

 

I was only 4 in 1985, so I guess my ah ha moments came from toys instead of knives at that time.

 

that's a very normal well adjusted thing to say.

 

I don't think he is talking about toys or knives . . .

 

The ultimate "man toy" ?

 

Gotcha!!!!! I just read it again and I think your right.

 

As it should my friend...as it should.

 

You need a Delica in ZDP-189

 

Not a big "a ha" moment but: when I finally used a quality small knife.
I had only returned to the EDC world a couple years ago. My previous knives were 2002 and before - a Benchmade, CRKT, cheap lockback, and a Pat Crawford. Which certainly filled my needs.
Life, etc. FF and I'm in the world of J-knives. But while waiting for what I want to come in, I glance at the world of EDC knives, as they are now called. Wasn't sure about what size and such to start with. I do like to get my hand on handle - more grip means more control and J-knives can be made insanely sharp. Very adverse to sharp things hitting my skin.
So I started with some lower cost knives first, including a Gerber Airfoil for the sub 3" blade. I knew their quality had gone down, but thought it would serve it's purpose. Well that turned me off to smaller blades, so 3.25" and above is where I dove in.
Finally something made me try a well made <3" blade. It was fine and that is probably the largest part of my EDC collection.
Lesson - cheap doesn't give you good info.

 

The first time I laid my eyes on the Buck 501 I knew that would be my first of many EDC. That knife would be on hanging off my belt for over thirty years. I've since retired it but I always remembered my first EDC knife.

 

Initially...

And then it happened