Well, the vote seems to be swaying to using rather than locking it up ...My thought is you can do both ! I will put a few away, and hotrod the rest!!!!!!! Buckholic, watch out using that horn tho.....Is the bufflo chip the newest one?? in the sept newsletter??? I cant do a auto <as planed> because of the finger grooves ,but I am planning to pickel?,darken ? ,the front bolster and I might bribe 334 bro to scratch on that horn, HMMMMMM.....
I have a 110 auto that has FG, nickle silver, regular wood handles.
PM or email me and I'll give you a name.
As you have seen, collectables are very subjective. I guess for me, finding an old knife that is in near excellent condition, makes it a collectable for me. I have the series 1 Klinkhammer 100's and those are highly collectable. But I bought two each of the 110/112 BCCI knives couple years ago so one could be a collectable and one could be a user.
The 4 or 5 auto's from a couple years ago are investment knives. Others I have picked up here and there can be a combination of collectable, investor, or user. Would I use an unused 106 micarta hatchet, certainly not. Or an NRA 119 where there were only 100 made and CJ stood there and signed them for me, and I grabbed three. Would I use one? Again, No.
Now the three 805 Signature Series fixed blades in S30V, that I managed to accumulate, yes, I may use one of those, since there are 1,000 of them and since that particular knive is one of the few premium steel fixed blades with the tip and length that I like. in that style fixed blade. (Buck is missing out on not making that one a production model)
So,,,I still will agree to disagree on whether to use a collectable or not. I just ask myself, is there some similar non collectable I can use instead.
So thats my story and I reserve the right to change my mind as this old age crapola kicks in..
