The knife your most embarrassed to admit you own.

T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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We all have knives we're proud to own and more than willing to brag about,"I got a Sebenza", "I got 6 Sebenzas", "I got a Strider", "I got two Morseths, a couple of Warenskis", you know the drill.

What I wanna know is what knife do you own that your embarrassed to admit you own.

I'm willing to bet most of 'em were gifts from well meaning relatives, but some of you guys out there bought have skeletons in your closet.

Maybe it's an old $5 Flea market Rambo Knife, or a knock off auto, what is it folks?

Mine is a Masters Almar Hawk lookalike, with the real big bolsters, ya know which one I mean.

So what's hidin' in your dresser drawers? :(
 
heheh, it's a $8 POS knock-off balisong i bought at my local hardware store, because i was waiting for the 'real deal', my BM31, to arrive by mail.

i just needed a quick fix to get me through those days. i hide the knife in my toolbox :)

denn
 
A Franklin Mint .45 Colt knife someone gave me for Christmas many years ago. He knew I did alot of shooting so he had a misguided intention. I keep it on display so's not to hurt his feelings.
 
A family member who meant well bought me one of those cheap "confederate comemorative" folders made in China, because it had Stonewall Jackson on the handle, unfortunately it also has the nut-case Nathan Bedford Forrest on it also, so It's buried away in a drawer!
 
All of my knives have been displayed without any discomfort at all. I tend to not buy crap if for no other reason just so I can say I don't buy any crap!!

My family would not buy me a knife simply because they have seen what I have and know what I paid for them. Not that all my knives are expensive but to the none knife type I paid to much.
 
A cheap POS butterfly. It isn't so bad though, I ground off the edge and made it a trainer!
 
A present , once again a well meaning person hehe. It's a Iwo Jima commemerative knife , richly embossed in faux gold and something that might be granite.... :rolleyes:
 
Over the years I've been on the receiving end of many knives I never would have chosen. And I've made some unfortunate shopping choices myself. Here's a few:

- Fury, Frost, Made in Pakistan, Made in China, etc. Some gifts, some self-inflicted.
- pair of Chinese knives with horribly printed western-themed pictures, and in a display case! A gift.
- Spyderco Ladybug. Requested gift - I had hoped for an Endura. Enough said.
- An accumulation of Imperial Tradesman knives. What was I thinking? At least they were priced right...
- Franklin mint, complete with the pleather zip case. A gift because the dog in the pictures vaguely resembles my Lab.

I have almost every junker, found in road-ditch, rusted-shut folder I've ever owned. I'm a little embarassed at not throwing them away.

Enough of the torture!
-Bob
 
I have a few stinkers in the knife box- most were gifts from well-intentioned friends. Some were just 'had-to-haves'- like bringing home the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree...
 
Steven Roos said:
A cheap POS butterfly. It isn't so bad though, I ground off the edge and made it a trainer!
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HAHA...I did the same thing with one many years ago that just had the brand name "ninja" on it.

Guess those cheapies are good for something!
 
Other than a huge antique cleaver, the only knife I won't display anywhere someone might see it is a "Playboy" edition folder I received as a gift. :(

It comes from that reknown manufacturer of collectible knives "Knightstone Collections".

It has two blades of identical shape which both fold out of the same end of the handle. It would be good for making parallel cuts 1/8 inch apart, except that it came dull as a rock and I don't feel it's worth the time to try to sharpen it. The blades are made of that exotic steel "Stainless - China"

It has steel liners inside the plastic scales, a full steel divider between the two blades and two steel backspacers - the thing weighs a ton! It would make a great weapon if thrown at your opponent.

The best feature is the tiny Stanhope lens in the butt end of the handle. If you look closely you see the picture of Miss July 1964 :eek:

David
 
4 s ter said:
Other than a huge antique cleaver, the only knife I won't display anywhere someone might see it is a "Playboy" edition folder I received as a gift. :(

It comes from that reknown manufacturer of collectible knives "Knightstone Collections".

It has two blades of identical shape which both fold out of the same end of the handle. It would be good for making parallel cuts 1/8 inch apart, except that it came dull as a rock and I don't feel it's worth the time to try to sharpen it. The blades are made of that exotic steel "Stainless - China"

It has steel liners inside the plastic scales, a full steel divider between the two blades and two steel backspacers - the thing weighs a ton! It would make a great weapon if thrown at your opponent.

The best feature is the tiny fresnel lens in the butt end of the handle. If you look closely you see the picture of Miss July 1964 :eek:

David
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Sweet a stanhope Playboy knife.
 
A large TNT, but only because I buggered up the tip a bit while sharpening. It is sharp, and still has a nice pointy tip but looks worse than when I got it from Tom. It is a great working knife, and that is why I bought it, but it is just embarassing to admit I did that to sch an expensive custom knife.

Other than that just the usual cheapies, a balisong that I bought just to play around with, and a Franklin Mint knife I got as a gift.
 
I have a cheap chinese lockback my wife's uncle gave me, it has clear plastic scales with chinese dragons under 'em. The blade is coated black to cover up the fact that it was probably stamped out of pot metal and had no finishing work done whatsoever. Also my Dad gave me a cheapo American Eagle chinese lockback that looks just like Franklin Mint stuff. He got it for free when he ordered some gunsmithing supplies. I still keep 'em because it's the thought that counts!

BTW I did a search on Knightstone Collectibles and found these "knives" featuring the artwork of Boris Vallejo. Look at the blades. Can these really be called knives anymore?

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My Wife bought me one of those Pakastini art knives in the red felt box ,so she hands it to me with a smile and says See you dont have to spend alot on knives , It was like $15 dollars which was $10 to much but then she wanted to see it in my display case so I put it right next to my Hossom and MOFO'S ,I cant wait to find some sucker to give it to lol. :barf:
 
Some Pakistan bowies from before I knew better. The pisser is that if they had good steel, I'd love em. They have great profiles that I don't see being done anywhere else.
 
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