The One You Wish You Had?

That’s easy A large CRK Sebenza with red micarta inlay. I’d have to sell my GEC’s to come up with the cash though
 
Sure isn’t an easy question. Been in the GEC game almost 3 years now. When I first started it was the 61 NF stag Congress, I finally landed one last year. But still have 3 patterns I will want. At the top the Northwoods Norfolk 3 blade in purple camel bone. Followed by a 33 whittler in green jigged bone and lastly a 26 NF in cocobolo.

Been then I think how much I’d love a J. Taber custom.

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To me the Lockback Whittler is just perfection. Such a beautiful knife when done correctly. In the past couple years I've managed to get a few of the Case/Bose collaborations. Especially proud of the first release with the clip point main. Managed to acquire a Luke Swenson LW which, IMO, does the best version of the knife anyone is making today. I don't think it'll ever happen but I would love a lockback whittler made by the Old Dog himself, Tony Bose.
 
This....🤤🤤🤤

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I'd really like to find this one at some point...I've never even seen it let alone have a chance to acquire it. I feel like this will be the one I never get but I'll leave a spot for it in my display case just in case :) I've always wondered what the story was with this one...might have been a special knife for a good cause perhaps.

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I don’t have a large knife that’s suitable for like camp work and such. I’ll pick the TRC Apocalypse. The knife just looks right. I don’t care about the steel, but the look. And while I have my druthers, have wood scales applied and have a fancy leather sheath in oxblood red with white stitching.
 
That's easy.

It's this stupid, cheap, 3-inch, combo-edge dagger with a tiny and uncomfortable rubber overnolded handle that I found stuck in the side of a tree one day whilst peddling my Schwinn Predator BMX around the neighborhood. Gnomes must have been having a knife-throwing tourney and forgot that one when they packed up for the day.

It's also the knife I had on me later that same day when one of the older kids in the neighborhood knocked me off said BMX with an expertly aimed basketball to the head.

He thought it was hilarious and was coming over for more... until I popped up on my feet with Mr. Stabby white-knuckle clenched in my right fist -- my young face alight with bloodlust and rage.

Then he tried to say it was just a joke, then an accident, then he told me he'd give me some of his G.I. Joes if I'd put the knife away, and that was an offer I could not refuse.

Disaster averted.

I don't know what happened to that knife but I wish I had it back. The G.I. Joes too.
 
Beyond the 3 or 4 Buck 305 lancer variants I'm missing I would really love a GEC 33 conductor.
That's probably the only folder by GEC that I have really thought about trying to get.

the GEC game doesn't work for me though so that'll probably never happen but I would love to have one.
 
Oh man. This has been on my mind so much. Purely sentimental. A long long time ago I got my uncle a Buck 301 with yellow handles. I think they called it Comfort Craft. Could be wrong on that. Was around 2010-2015 I got it for him. Wasn’t anything special at the time, birthday or Christmas gift, no more expensive than a regular black 301 best I remember. But I got it for him and he sharpened it and carried it. For a real knife nut, he carried that one a lot and put a lot of honest wear on it, not abuse, but just wear from working maintenance at the plant and fixing everything he could get his hands on. Then he died very unexpectedly. I never laid eyes on it after that. I’d give a whole bunch of my high dollar blades just to have that one.

The backstory; picture a kid growing up with grandpaw and uncle instead of a dad. Well. Till my mother remarried when I was in my teens and he’s not my stepdad when I introduce him, but dad. He earned it. So grandpaw was ‘dad’/grandpaw since I lived with him and grandmaw and my uncle was uncle/big brother/dad all in one. Taught me how to fix stuff and hunt and fish, fix stuff, avoid the game wardens. You name it. All the cool things a young boy needs to know. Mentor and hero both, he was.

He never stropped or used a steel. Just stones. He’d put the wear on a knife alright. And he did with that Buck. A lot of it, and scratches too. If his widow called me up on the phone right now and said she’d sell it for $300, I’d ask my daughter to go fetch my checkbook and my truck keys, no questions asked.

Welp. Time for a couple double shots and find my can of Copenhagen. I don’t like getting choked up.
 
When I came across the header on this thread one knife immediately came to mind for me.

I mostly collect and use slip joints but lately I only reach for a few. I don’t really have any “grails” at this point outside of a custom piece but with the prices and pieces I already own I haven’t been very motivated to go that route.

The knife that came to mind for this thread wasn’t a slip joint but a fixed blade. I don’t collect fixed blades but I do own a few users for in the woods. I came across this photo of back in 2017 or 2018 on a different platform, I’m not sure if the owner is a member here or not. I have enjoyed a ton of photos of knives but this one just stuck out more than anything else over the years so I still have it saved.

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I have talked with the owner in the past and got some good info on this build but I have had no luck contacting the maker. Last I heard he was taking a break and I never got a response to any emails or messages unfortunately. Anyways, I imagine this knife would be pretty amazing to be able to hold in the hand.
 
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Bloodloss said:
Without hesitation, Waynorth ebony lambsfoot. There's not a whole lot out there I want for, but this is the one I've come to realize I'll probably never be able to find or afford.
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JJ_Colt45 said:
The one knife I can say I want (and would actually use) but will probably never find available at a price I would pay is a Waynorths 93 Smooth White Bone Lambsfoot.
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AZCoyote said:
A few already beat me to it but I'd also love to get my hands on a Waynorth lambsfoot in smooth white bone. That's pretty much my grail knife but getting that lambsfoot in any cover would instantly become my most coveted knife in the collection.
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Jody744 said:
Well since you asked….in preference left to right. Any of them would be the bees knees.
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Good luck folks 👍👍
 
Pretty easy for me. Like many folks here it would be the 93 Waynorth lambfoot. Any cover would be awesome. I have come to really fall for the pattern and carry one version or another every day. Would love to own a quality American made lambsfoot. Fortunately, I am very content with what I have now in the pattern. One may cross my path one day........hopefully.
 
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