Thinking of selling all of my knives and starting over.

adluginb

adluginb

Platinum Member
Joined
Nov 12, 2009
Messages
2,541
Recently I have been thinking about selling all of my knives and starting my collection over. The more I get the more I am trending to ordering from up and coming new knife makers. What I mean is I am thinking of selling all my factory produced knives and just buying and keeping custom knives.

Recently I have ordered knives from:

CPE Knives
David Mary
Volunteer Knives
JJ Smith
Brush Creek knives - Eric J.S.
etc...

To me having something that wasn't mass produced is more personal and more of a keep sake. Has anyone else gone through this transition? Do I need help or what?? lol

Even all my folders like Spyderco, Hinderer, CRK, Benchmade and my fixed blades including Busse Combat and Caruthers CPK, TRC, Becker, etc., I am considering factory knives now that they are so popular.

Am I crazy for wanting to sell all these???? I have at least 50 knives that I am looking at selling.

Thanks
 
I've gone from production to custom and back to production and mid-tech. No specific rhyme nor reason...

There's a place for all of them (in my universe). Each person will have their own reasons and justifications.

I like what I like.
 
I did that exact thing I bought a ton of knives and then got to looking one day trying to figure out what the hell I was gonna do/use them all for. So I did a complete collection reset with the exception of a m4 shaman my wife got me as a gift which has been my everyday until this project x jumped in my life and took over, now I’m down to literally two folders, my shaman which desperately needs a regrind or a really good sharpening and clean up and the project x. From here on out I’m only buying knives I’m gonna use, oh and I forgot i have my hori hori for my bonsai. Do what you think is best for you. Oh and definitely buy more knives from David Mary that’s a fine gentleman and craftsman there!!
 
Thanks Swp321 Swp321 . But whatever you do don't send me your Shaman for a regrind, or it might end up looking like this one I did 3 years ago.


img_7133-jpg.1369555
 
adluginb said:
The more I get the more I am trending to ordering from up and coming new knife makers. What I mean is I am thinking of selling all my factory produced knives and just buying and keeping custom knives. To me having something that wasn't mass produced is more personal and more of a keep sake. Has anyone else gone through this transition? Do I need help or what?? lol
Click to expand...

A bit. Then again, many of my production knives have what I consider a personal history, who I bought them from, how I modified them, or when I bought them - for example when Hinderer weren't that popular on the used market; say my Fulltracks .... there was a time when you could buy them on the Exchange for 20% below new price.
 
As a consumer, it is nice to be able to develop a relationship with your service provider, who works to provide you something that is personally appealing and useful to you, the same way as for a maker it is nice to communicate directly with someone to provide that for them and getting to hear about the enjoyment it will give them, rather than making parts for some faceless corporation across the sea. That's why I don't see this as picky.

Andy those are some sweet knives and look very useful. Nice score.
 
I get it, but as others mentioned, you will probably end up regretting at least some of your sold knives. Instead of doing a mass sell off, just sell one or two every so often so that (1) you have more time to consider which ones you'll really want to keep, and (2) you free up funds for new knives to try.

I too am steering more towards buying handmade knives instead of manufactured knives. But, both sources are valid and some models I like are not available from anywhere but a major manufacturer (particularly folders). There's lots of options from various makers and it's fun to try out them all.
 
eveled said:
This./\

Anything you found interesting once, you will be interested in again. I like to go back and try things I might not have used in years. If I didn’t still have it, I’d end up buying it again.
Click to expand...
I can attest to this.

The stuff I sold off to fund other stuff that I just ended up selling to rebuy other stuff or new stuff is the stuff I miss actually.

looking back fiscal discipline and discrimination would have done me better than the thrill of the sale and new buy.

you do you though.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top