The why did i wait so long discussion...

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I recently picked up an Emerson CQC7 which was something I remember wanting since I got into quality knives. It took me 25 years to pull the trigger on the Emerson. No regrets at all and I'm wondering why it took me so long to finally buy it.

I'm curious if anyone else has had a similar experience and if so what knife has made you say I can't believe I waited so long to buy one.
 
Well I'm hardly even 25 years old myself but I put off buying the Spyderco caly 3.5 for the last 7 years or so purely because I usually don't favor lock-backs.

Received it as a Christmas gift from the fiance and it's quickly become one of my favorite Spyderco models I've ever had.

And just to think of it wasn't gifted to me I would probably still have never bought one!
 
mmyron1 said:
I recently picked up an Emerson CQC7 which was something I remember wanting since I got into quality knives. It took me 25 years to pull the trigger on the Emerson. No regrets at all and I'm wondering why it took me so long to finally buy it.
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Pick up a Zero Tolerance ZT0620, ZT0630 or ZT0640. Emerson design with ZT materials and build quality.
 
Too many knives on the list and not enough money to get them all. On years where I don't see any new interesting offerings I will go back to the old list and grab ones passed on. That's how I got the Benchmade 940-1.

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Even though I had a CRK years ago I went to other offerings from Dpx Benchmade Emerson Hinderer strider etc. I finally came back around to CRK and have to say it was a mistake to let that first one go. Even though most CRK owners are quite pompous it is hard to argue the overall quality exceeds 95% of all others out there.
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Pompous?!
I just spit out my tea and fogged my monocle sir!

I'm new to CRK's and "only" have one.
It's quite nice.
 
Cold Steel came out with the Ti-Lite 6 in 2005. And although the folding stiletto was my favorite type of knife, I refused to buy one. I was only interested in more "traditional" style folding stilettos.

Then in 2015 I watched a Cold Steel Proof video featuring the Ti-Lite 6 that someone posted here on Bladeforums. I was impressed by what I saw, and between that, and just wanting another stiletto, I decided to buy one. Within 5 minutes of taking it out of the box it was my all-time favorite knife.

And it continues to be my all-time favorite knife. I wish I hadn't waited so long. But better late than never.
 
Well, I initially didn't like the Spyderco Southard I initially bought and quickly sold. Then I felt like maybe I should give it another shot. Then it was discontinued. I saw one on the exchange eith a red shredded CF scale and jumped on it. So glad I did. I added Taco bearings and really love it.

I did similar with a Sebenza, and handled one in August, and still don't like it. Can't open it one handed.

The Caly is a nice knife, I briefly owned one in ZDP-189, but it just was too similar to other knives I had, and liked better.

I wish I would have tried Spyderco earlier. 9 years in and I still have my first, a Gayle Bradley 1.
 
I've had a few emersons over the years they were nice but didn't stand out from other knives in the same price range to me.
Not to sounds to pompous but I had a similar experience with CRK and GEC.
 
I placed order for puukko this month. It's our traditional knife and it's sad that it has taken this long to have proper one. I guess it's a thing of getting old when you start to get interested in your roots.
Now I just have to wait one year... o_O
 
Delica 4. I'd handled many older Delicas (usually sharpening them up for friends or coworkers, usually including fixing broken tips) and they always seemed just a wee bit too short. With the Spyderhole hump where it is, my hand didn't have quite enough to space on the handle to comfortably hold it. Even my Tasman Salts (with the Delica 3 handles) fit my hand better than the older Delicas simply because of the slight difference in the thumb hump. The Delica 3 (and earlier) was just too small to use as a work knife rather than just an "in case I need it" knife like most casual knife carriers do.

I finally gave the Delica 4 a try, and that extra little bit of handle length makes all the difference in the world. Still a "small" knife (and not "medium", but not too small to use comfortably. I've purchased them in VG-10/GID, VG-10 GID Zome, 204p, and K390, eventually settling on the 204p for the wetter months, and a bladeswapped K390 with the GID Zome handles for the drier months.
 
My problem isn't why I waited so long to buy a particular knife.

My problem was buying every knife that I wanted, whenever I wanted, sometimes indiscriminately.

Now I wonder why I waited so long to stop buying knives, as I just started to do a month ago, a few days before Xmas..
 
It was a very long time before I finally bought my own Sebenza. Handled one back in college, and, well, the main reason I waited so long was to get to a point in life where I had the money to get one.

It's getting to the point now where the Sebenza (I now carry a 31 micarta inlay) has almost cured me of chasing Spydercos. Almost.
 
The two traps I see people falling into when they really want something that is expensive.

Not honestly looking at the item to make sure they really want it. Then being let down.

Not buying the holy grail they really want. Then spending more money trying to buy a cheaper alternative. Sometimes spending more up front saves you money in the long run.
 
It took me a while to buy a Spyderco Military. But once I finally did , it became an instant favorite. I still yearn for a new iteration of the Ti Military. Maybe one day.
 
Since I have a bunch of other Spydercos...primarily, (but not exclusively), from Golden, including a couple in M4...I didn't think I needed a GB2.

Last night I found out that my assumption was wrong. (Thanks for the good deal zippifish zippifish )



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