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Heavy

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First Topic:

Sheaths. I know what I want.

I love leather sheaths for their look and feel.

I love Kydex Sheaths for their multiple carry options and for the quick on and off's of said options.

I want a leather sheath that I can quickly take on and off and position in whatever way suits my purpose.....Without..having to take my belt off...

Discuss.


Topic Two:

Too much of a good thing?

Looking at my collection......I feel sort of sad that the days of..."I've carried this knife for 20 years".....is kind of gone for me.

I have my grandpa's knife. He carried it for more years than I been alive.

I switch knives like a loon...... I love....LOVE....whatever Busse I am holding at the time....:o

So Question Is: More rewarding to collect? or More rewarding to pick one and live....

Discuss.


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I think the dangler's from many leather stichers are quick on off. Look of leather, ease of on and off, and you can add piggy back stuff too.

I don't have any of my grandpa's knifes. The closest thing I have is a knife made by my deceased uncle, a custom knife maker. I have never used it, and have had it for almost 20 years. I am afraid I will loose it, and I want to pass it on to the kid. I say use what makes you happy. If you want to carry and use a different knife every day, great.
 
Sorry no meaningful help on topic one.

Topic 2

I have knives that I collect and knives that I use.

I only have 2 or 3 knives in my EDC list and will choose one depending on what I am doing or where I am going. Since I always have a knife on me I have to consider local laws and peoples perceptions, otherwise I would only have one knife for EDC.

Knives in my collection are there because I simply like them for what ever reason. I can understand that any reasonable person would probably question why we spend so much on knives, but I don't care. I do it because I can and because I appreciate good knives.

For me the rewards are both in collecting and having my favourite user or two
 
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On topic 2....you guys are not feeling me.


Try this. Is it better to get a great tool and use it for years and years and years till you die? Or to obsess over a type of tool to the point where you will never be satisfied. No mater what the infi. :D



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Heavy said:
On topic 2....you guys are not feeling me.


Try this. Is it better to get a great tool and use it for years and years and years till you die? Or to obsess over a type of tool to the point where you will never be satisfied. No mater what the infi. :D



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In that context, I would have say that I'm the type to use a tool for years and years because IMO it is great and works for me. That's why I only have one or two users.

I'm not obssesive enough to keep looking the supposed best of the best or whatever. There will always be something better if you keep looking hard enough.
 
topic 1: leather all the way for me. i've tried various kydex sheaths, and i love my okuden for the ak, which is set up to attach to a pack. but i've never found a way to carry kydex so it is comfortable over long periods of time, this includes handgun holsters.

they just dont sit right for me, and i have come to despise the teklok, except as an attachment for a pack.

topic 2: part of the fun for me is having a rotation of knives that i carry. since i dont carry for sd (i have a gun for that) for the most part, i rotate my folders and edc fixed blades. my camp knife tends to be a daba, but i normally take several to play with.

the only real staple has been an emerson combat kerambit while on duty for weapon retention, support side. my "utility" folder ranges from various emersons, spydercos, and a strider.
 
Heavy said:
On topic 2....you guys are not feeling me.


Try this. Is it better to get a great tool and use it for years and years and years till you die? Or to obsess over a type of tool to the point where you will never be satisfied. No mater what the infi. :D



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I don't wanna feel ya. No offense, you are too Heavy and I don't wanna strain my back. :p

In general it is never healthy to obsess over material items too much. Once it becomes a job, or overwhelms your life and you quit having fun then you need to rethink your priorities.

Can't speak specificially of your Granddad, but I'm sure in general if that generation could afford to get lots of tools they would have. I thank them for their hard work in elevating our society to the point that we can sit on the internet and drool over da infi. :)
 
2) This reminds me of "the one" threads. I suppose I wouldn't mind fondling other forms of infi but but I have two now I always pick up daily and a third growing on me. It was instant with both of them. With different models and variations coming out I imagine I might try, keep, and often use a small few. Others I'll check out for a limited time and then trade or sell eventually but thus far the two aren't going anywhere and the third is really growing on me. As for the initial inquiry there's no shame in having variety if you can afford it or trimming the fat once you find what works for you but collecting and using can be very different things for different people. Not everyone that collects uses every piece in their collection. Heck if I could afford it I'd have had an AK collection like Dave Brown. That being said I have no problem handing an AK and ruck to my grand kid (over my cold dead body of course) instead of just one or the other and letting him or her choose which to use and for what. Hopefully they won't just sit in the garage rusting or be used for lawn darts.

1) Use your noodle. Ask a leather or kydex maker to make something to your specs or just research it and try it yourself. I'm working on the same thing.
 
Q1. Snaps.

Q2. Sentimental items stay home. Lost is lost. My lesson came when I lost dad's pocket knife hunting 3 years after he died.
 
You only have so much affection available for your edged toys/tools. If you have thirty blades, you can only really love a few of them. Loving them all isn’t love anymore, its avarice. If you own one or two, you can treat them with all your available affection. Affection which would be scattered to the winds if you tried to apply it to all your safe queens.
 
Topic 1: A sheath version of the Alessi CQC-S or any of the similar holsters (e.g., Sparks Axiom) would be ideal. Maybe Dwayne can make that his next model.

Topic 2: I agree with Mike about leaving the items with sentimental value at home. That being said, my users will have acquired sentimental value for my children when I finally stop using them. Until then, the only value they have for me is functional.
 
Dwaynes Multi-Carry in Kydex Fusion would be my ultimate choice if it came with some sort of quick /safe change options for the belt and a clip.

On the second stream of thought, I have a lot of opinions, but they would not fit well with some of my HOG brethren. Honestly, I can't seem to hold on to anything blade related unless it is of the less expensive variety. As much as I love INFI and some of Jerry's designs, I wish I would find "The One" for me (Mini-Muk and/or another BA III). Nothing has hit me as irreplaceable yet, but I use multi-tools and SAKs all the time and would be lost without them. I do subscribe to the user side of things, and like to think I'll find a fixed blade that will stay with me till the end. As far as sentimental knives that are handed down, I agree with what has been said about leaving them home. I have lost a skinning knife that came across the Oregon Trail with one of my relatives, a pocket knife that was my Grandfathers and diving knife from 1912 (one of the very few things my father gave to me) all by taking them out to use.
 
On 1. I think that a leather sheath that could be attached to a tec lock like kydex would be great. You could also attach a leather belt loop if you wanted to carry it traditional.

The reason I need a quick on and off option is because of where I live. I carry fixed in my house and yard...and in the car and to the hardware store...In my shop and on a job site...but if I have to go into a building downtown that thing has got to come off.


on 2: I suppose if I did carry one knife for the next twenty years I wouldn't be on these boards...I'd be over on some gun board talking about what rifle to buy next....


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thatmguy said:
Q1. Snaps.

Q2. Sentimental items stay home. Lost is lost. My lesson came when I lost dad's pocket knife hunting 3 years after he died.
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Which is more sentimental, a safe queen or a user? The items that I hold more sentiment in are those that my family had used. My dad's baseball glove. My mom's Nebraska Cornhusker corn-head hat. :confused: Their collections hold no emotion for me.

My tendency is to find the best then use them. Hope this helps.

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Thee's a lot of wisdom already in this thread... I'd HATE to lose some things that are dear to me, handed down from those I have loved.

I agree with Troy about the sentimental value of things.

I recently lost a friend who was like a Father to me. Take for example 2 guns in his safe. One was a .32 caliber levergun, old and well used -- dented, scraped and a tad bit of rust. This gun bagged more game than you or I could imagine over the years -- it was his primary east Texas woods gun for years and years.

The other was a 7mag bolt action in pristine condition. I know he fired it because it was sighted in, but that's probably the extent of it.

Obviously, the one that holds sentimental value to me is the old .32 lever, even though on the books it's not as valuable as the 7mag (actually about half.) AND the 7mag would be WAY more functional for the way I hunt today. But in my mind they are not even close in value --- the .32 is "precious".

So, the only thing that will be precious to those 27 children of your (LOL) is the stuff you actually used and had "adventures" with -- the stuff that stories are connected to.

So here's the deal, if you have 5 knives that you use like crazy over time, 2 or 3 of them will "make it" or "outlive you." Those are the ones that will be valuable or precious to your family. The ones in the safe just represent dollars, IMO.


As far as the obsessive quest for the "perfect" blade... I just got spanked yesterday at the range by a friend with a VERY inferior handgun, bummer. I've been trading, buying and selling -- looking for the "perfect" gun for me. He's been actually shooting his "inferior" gun. I learned a good lesson. (of course in guns and knives, reliability is paramount, but I'm negating that in the case of Busses since they are bombproof.) I think there comes a time when we just start learning to really use what we have and learn to love it. At least that's what I'm trying to tell my OCD-proned self, lol.
 
OK here goes. I love collecting knives, but seem to carry the same ones day in and day out. The ones I rotate are a NO-E, Game Warden, Victorinox Soldier, and a Buck 110.I want to pass on these knives that I actually used to my grandson the way my grampa passed his on to me 45 years ago. I still have them, have not carried them since I was a kid (many, many years ago :eek:), but would not part with them for anything. That said, my collection is not going anywhere.

John
 
Heavy said:
Is it better to get a great tool and use it for years and years and years till you die? Or to obsess over a type of tool to the point where you will never be satisfied. No mater what the infi. :D
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Yes, it is.:thumbup:
 
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