What’s your wish list look like?

Shorttime said:
Oh, this thread is still going? Neat!

I'll happily share my current wishlist, which is very much shorter than the list of every knife that has ever tempted me.

Sharpened pry bar (demolitions, chopping, prying)
TOPS Pry Knife


“Hard use” cutting tool (scraping, cutting dirty or abrasive materials)
Ontario Journeyman
TOPS Outpost Command


“Everyday use” fixed blade (emphasis on cutting performance)
Becker BK16
Becker Necker
Bestech Heidi Blacksmith #1
Condor Terrasaur
Fiddleback Forge Duke
Himalayan Imports Seax
James Brand Hell Gap
TOPS Hornero


Tacticool Fixed Blade
LionSteel H1 Fixed Backup Knife
Mercworx Seraphym
Spyderco/R J Martin Kumho
TOPS Grim Ripper
TOPS MAK7
TOPS Ranger Short Stop


Lockback
Andre de Villiers Impi Lockback
Cold Steel Hold Out 3"
Cold Steel Air Lite drop point
Cold Steel Kiridashi
Cold Steel Mackinac Hunter
JEO-TEC Nº16
Cold Steel Tiger Claw


Non-locking
Fox Livri
Kershaw Culpepper
Lionsteel Shuffler
Real Steel Barlow
WE Gentry
Mk III TBS Boar Folding Knife
JE Made Loveless New York Special Slip Joint


Frame/Liner
A G Russell Acies
Alliance/Laconico Jasmine
Arno Bernard Rinkhals
Boker Gust
Boker Plus Evade -very thin lock cutout
Boker Plus Sliplock
Filip de Coene (Ensizen) Explorer
Laconico EDC
Kizer Mini Momo
Sacha Thiel Officer
Condor Tactical PASS (folding)
CRKT Hammond Cruiser
Emerson Mini A-100
Extrema Ratio HF-1
Extrema Ratio Ti Rock
Laconico Blast
Mil-Tac MTF-3
Nemesis Knives MPR-3
SPD X Terrain 365 STS-AT
TOPS Thunder Hawk


Crossbar Lock
Asher Knives Nomad
Asher Knives Spiro Crossbar
Benchmade Redoubt BM430BK02
Oknife Rubato 2
CJRB Maximal J1954
Doug Ritter RSK
We Nightblade


Button Lock
Heretic Knives Wraith M V2
Freeman 451
Boker Strike
Remette Rhino
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Even Santa would raise his merry white eyebrows at that list ! 🎅
 
Black Friday sales are doing some damage to my credit card. I found a great price on a ZT 0562 with micarta, and couldn't resist. If it's something you really want it's not so bad to succumb to the deal. If you really didn't crave it, a price cut probably isn't reason enough to buy it. I just went through that with a knife from a famous designer who is popular around here. It just didn't resonate with me. For someone else, it's an opportunity.
 
DocJD said:
Even Santa would raise his merry white eyebrows at that list ! 🎅
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So would my wife. 💀

I combined the wish list with a list of knives I already have, and found that there were a lot of duplicates among the folders, and a lot of fantasy scenarios among the fixed blades. The idea is to get to a wish list which I can realistically own, and use.

I'm down to 21.....
 
Oh, dear…

Axial Shift
Microtech Dirac Delta
Microtech Hera II Mini
Kizer Original
KB Mosquito
Microtech Socom Bravo Mini
WTG Atayal
Klotzli Swiss Border Guard
Protech CQC-7
WE Zinker Miscreant 3.0
Off Grid Sidekick
CRKT Redemption
Reate Bushido
Rosecraft Blades Elk River Jack
Ferramonster Spectrum C
And whatever Protech Godson version next catches my eye…
 
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Was able to,get two in my wish list a Buck 102 in dymondwood and brass and a Buck 55. I wanted a drop point 110 in s35vn and nickel bolsters but it went fast and I am not ready cause marital problems if I spent thwt much. 😀 There is a clip point version but I remembered I have a 110 in nickel bolsters I gave to my dad years ago, maybe a 1988 25 anniversary knife, so I just find the buried treasure in my boxes.

What I really would like is another Horsewright knife, maybe a Paisano in AEBL and mesquite or a Cowboy Toothpick in same.
 
I have a rotating list of what I am looking for parked on the Big River site. I'll usually bump a few to the top to let my wife know that those have been on my mind recently, so she can pick an choose what she wants to spend. Don't worry, I give her the website of a couple of shops here on the forum to actually buy from. The river site is just easier for me to navigate and for her to see my list.

Currently I have a few things top of list that I would be totally happy with for Christmas. I've got the Kabar Slabby up there, a CRKT Redemption, a Recon 1 XL, and I have about half a dozen cold steel bowie knives that I would be happy to have.

I've got pretty specific tastes on what I want to spend that is high end, so most of the stuff I purchase for myself is from a LKS if I want something that really makes me beam when I am going to spend over $300. However, it's easier to just turn her loose on some of the regular mass produced stuff. She wants it to be perfect, and if I really gave her a list of what I want, she would feel overwhelmed and fret about getting the "right" thing for the money it would cost.

I'm kind of at the stage in my collection that there isn't much I don't have, and collecting more is just kind of accumulating, but knives still spark joy and they are easy gifts for me :)
 
I mostly have karate sparring gear on my wishlist.

Knofewise a minimal SAK with a blade a saw a magnifying glass and a scissors would be nice
 
No material possessions wish list here but in that category I do wish to continue to realize that I already have way more than I need, be content with what I have, know that adding something else that doesn’t get used is not going to make me happier and finally that I can look at and appreciate something without feeling a need to purchase it.
 
Bigbluefish said:
Oh, dear…

Axial Shift
Microtech Dirac Delta
Microtech Hera II Mini
Kizer Original
KB Mosquito
Microtech Socom Bravo Mini
WTG Atayal
Klotzli Swiss Border Guard
Protech CQC-7
WE Zinker Miscreant 3.0
Off Grid Sidekick
CRKT Redemption
Reate Bushido
Rosecraft Blades Elk River Jack
Ferramonster Spectrum C
And whatever Protech Godson version next catches my eye…
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That's quite the list. I'd never seen the Reate Bushido before. I'm not a big CF fan for scales, but there are certain types of CF grains I like. What a cool front flipper and unlike anything I have right now. I think I'll start watching the secondary for that one.
 
marcus aurelius said:
That's quite the list. I'd never seen the Reate Bushido before. I'm not a big CF fan for scales, but there are certain types of CF grains I like. What a cool front flipper and unlike anything I have right now. I think I'll start watching the secondary for that one.
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Right on the Bushido. I’ve picked up a couple other Reates on the secondary market at good prices.

As for the list, I don’t expect or intend to chase all of them. But they are the ones that have been appealing to me for a while. If I can snag a few, I’m good.
 
"Wish List"?

Depends on how much I could spend.

(1). Just now, I am looking at changing my EDC Leatherman Wave Plus for a Wave Alpha. Still n to sure if the trade-offs in tool selection (pro and con) or the esthetic changes are compelling enough for me to lay out the severe hundred dollars . . . high $100 to mid $200 I am seeing.

(2). If I were to buy a fixed b lade for camping, it would be a Chris Reeve "Backpacker".

(3). Historical knives: I am slowly acquiring WW-II era pocket folders, particularly if issued to the Masrines. I have two that were USMC issued, but not marked ass such. Another is the knife issued to the 10th Mountain Division Ski troops. My wish is to gather a few in good to great condition for every branch of service.

(4). In collectables: I have always regretted not buying any of the Chris Reeves one piece line when they were available at retail . . .before they were discontinued that is. Same goes for a few of the Schrade one piece knives, also now discontinued.

Of course, any Loveless knife would be nice to have in about any condition. I'd love to have a sub hilt Big Bear just to hold and look at.

Other useless eye candy . . .one of the Darrel Ralph Madd Maxx folding daggers in some combination of exotic materials would be one.

So then, that is my wish list.
 
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Have you seen a receipt from the grocery store for all the holiday foods?? Yup…kinda looks like my list. Haha.

But off the top of my head…
1. Prometheus Beta Ti (version 2 that I recently lost)
2. TBDPKCC 88
3. Foursevens xcarryology Preon
4. A John Doyle custom
 
I have a ZT 0562MIC incoming and I wish it would get here. It appears winter weather has made a mess of UPS. Same for a $23 Petrified Fish 818 I ordered today. Beyond that it would be nice if usually warm Houston would return to normal instead of northern cold.

Update, the ZT should arrive 12/5
 
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My wishlist is surprisingly small.
The only thing I can think of, I'm afraid to say as I can't afford it currently.....some day id like to have a Bare Bones Dozier knife.

I'm thinking the numbers made must be pretty low as I Rarely see them.
 
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