UPDATE: My Grail Knives - What's Yours?

Benchmade grails? I don't have but one. Make fun of how ridiculous it is if you want, but it won't change how much I want it :)

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kagato82 said:
Like they say...nothing gets you over the last one like the next one.
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Touche, my friend! :D

palonej said:
Hunting for a Spydie Phoenix and a Socom Elite auto with red scales and coated blade.....good friggin luck!!!
Joe
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Haha, good luck! Those are sweet knives though!

Comeuppance said:
Benchmade grails? I don't have but one. Make fun of how ridiculous it is if you want, but it won't change how much I want it :)
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I agree with the fellow poster above me. Nothing ridiculous about that knife. It's beautiful!! ;)
 
Just updated my grail list! Got my Kershaw Leek w/ Damascus blade & black handles signed by the knife designer Ken Onion at The Blade Show this weekend. Was so stoked about that, I had to add it to the list! :D
 
Comeuppance said:
Hah, it's a pipe dream for me - even if I had one, I don't know if I'd be able to bring myself to carry it. It would just be an expensive paperweight in my hands.
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Well if you change your mind, let me know. We can always trade


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Anything from Tony Bose. I had a chance to get a collaboration fixed blade Zulu from one of the dealers here, couldn't cough up the $.

The stag 2010 Case Bose collaboration Tribal Spear.

A set of lg and sm Chris Reeve Sebenzas, regular/annual or classic/21 with Damascus blades and mammoth bark ivory, along with an Mnandi the same way.

A set of lg and sm Chris Reeve classic, 21 or regular/annual Sebenzas with desert ironwood scales.

A set of lg and sm Chris Reeve regular Native graphic Sebenzas.

A flat ground Blind Horse Knives boat tail knife (they're out there).

Gossman Knives Golok (only two were made, Scott says he's not making more, and I believe both are outside the USA now).



All of these are obtainable, but most are not in production anymore. Only 100 of the Tribal Spears were made, the Sebenzas aren't made anymore in that configuration as far as I'm aware, the Golok is done and the Boat Tail is from a company that was dissolved (a Battle Horse or LT Wright boat tail flat ground would be cool too).
 
Definitely a 20CV Socom Elite and I have one on the way!! I was lucky enough to get one just over what a Socom Elite costs new :)
 
My grail knife is the GiantMouse GMP2

Love everything about it: milled titanium scales, bowie blade, anodized pivot ring, m390, liner lock (I like things to look symmetrical). I even like the name of the brand!

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The only problem with a grail knife is I will never use it! This is an expensive hobby!!
 
Nothing too crazy but wanted one of these since i first saw one when i was 14 never had the chance to buy one until recently.
probably my favorite busse kin blade i've owned thus far.

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For me, any 'grail' knife should be something I could actually use on a daily basis, and looks good too. Where live this means a non locking folder as any fixed or locking blade is illegal to carry unless with a very specific reason (rescue or forest worker, hunter with permit... and even then, not allowed in normal urban social environments). So it should be well made, resist the wear and tear of frequent abuse, have no play even after many years, have a carbon steel blade that can be kept sharp without to much effort and will slice a steak like butter (and will let you butter your bread with it as well). And anyone a bit knowledgeable will recognize it for the 'real thing'.
In France, this means a Laguiole from a top brand maker. Forge Laguiole, G. David Arbalete (crossbow) or the like.
When we moved into this place, a small village in rural France, we found ourselves in the village inn, next door to the terrain where we would be building our home, with the mayor who also happened to own the company that had just cleared our field from 6000 square metres of arm-thick broom. And his men. Guys who wield chainsaws like bread knives and then go the bar to down a few glasses of cheap red. We got to talking about knives, the mayor told how as a young man he had made a good impression with his future in laws (in the area where Laguioles are made) when they asked him to cut the bread and he fortunately could produce his Laguiole to do it with. So the mayor, while telling this, showed his trusty knife and then my wife said that I had one too. I am Dutch and did not speak French fluently yet at the time. The guys smirked a bit, probably assuming the Dutchman had bought a fake somewhere. Until I slipped my knife from its sheath on my belt, opened it and put it on the bar. A G. David Arbalete model Extra, with punch and corkscrew. The real deal, horn handle, everything. And well used, too. "Now that is a real knife", said the mayor. And thus I was accepted into this small rural community. That's my grail, and I have had it on me 7 days a week for 25 years. Used it this morning to cut strings on a bale of hay. (Still no play in the mechanism, btw.)
This also answers another post on the knife you learned to love... ;-)
 
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