What do you do first after buying a knife?

RedLynx said:
Out of curiosity, how many knives are in your safe(s)? What kind of safe do you keep them in? I currently keep my collection in a lockbox although I've been thinking about something more sturdy and fireproof like a safe, ...
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I keep mine on old cigar boxes.
 
If you don't press a new knife up to your nose and take a deep, long, glorious snifffffff, then something is wrong with you. Whether its a new car, a new woman, a new chicken biscuit or a new knife, you gotta get into the smell and get the smell into you. It equips and edifies you for what is next to come.
 
powernoodle said:
If you don't press a new knife up to your nose and take a deep, long, glorious snifffffff, then something is wrong with you. Whether its a new car, a new woman, a new chicken biscuit or a new knife, you gotta get into the smell and get the smell into you. It equips and edifies you for what is next to come.
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Protip: To add to powernoodle's method, pick and choose which parts of your new woman you take a deep long whiff of. Sometimes they get the wrong idea.
 
Inspect, clean, lubricate, sharpen, shave hairs off of my arm, open and close it many, many times while watching TV, use it to cut up meat on dinner plate, wash it, dry it, lightly lubricate it, put it in my pajama pocket, go to sleep, have happy dreams about my new knife.
 
1- Check the knife for any visible flaws (I buy most of my knives at a brick and mortar store nowadays).
2- Polish the edge if necessary.
3- Carry it for a couple of days until the new knife smell wears off a bit, usually taking advantage of any excuse to use it.
4- Show it off to my buddies.
 
Pose with it in front of the mirror.
Have to make sure I look cool and it matches my shoes.
 
If its a Case knife the first thing I do is remove the burr on the blade. Every new case I've bought had a burr on one side. On an episode of "how it's made" featuring Case knives they show them "sharpening" them on a grinder.
 
Look for imperfections!

Then, I decide whether I want to use and keep it, or just trade it on. I don't beat on my knives, but I don't do safe queens either, nor do I like to have knives I never carry.
 
Open it, check for normal operation (assuming I didn't get to do this in person). Clean it if it needs it. Lube the joint if it needs it. Check the edge for sharpness/burr. Sharpen or strop if needed. Put it in pocket for use.
 
Most of what I buy are used so:::

Log it in my records as being received
Clean off any grunge
De-rust and/or de-verdigris, if and where necessary
Apply a light coating oil to the blade
Apply leather treatment to the sheath, if it has one or make a sheath for it if it doesn't have one

If it's a "collection" knife above X $, it goes into one of the safes.
If it's a "collection" knife below x $, it goes into the locking storage cabinets.
If it's a working knife, it goes into its ready storage position - hanging on the wall in the shop/equipment shed/barn/gardening shed/tool shed/garage.
If it's a throwing knife or ax, it goes into the "throwing object storage locker".
 
I play with it. Id like to call them tests, but I just cut things for the hell of it. Then when I get all that out of my system, into the pocket it goes.
 
I slice my tongue with it making it mine forever. Then I plot how I can use it to dismantle the powers that be. After that I fondle it until my fingers are sore and then go to sleep.

But usually just make sure it's functioning properly, no flaws and then I use it or store it or sell it or nothing.

WHAT DO YOU DO AFTER BUYING A KNIFE> kill things.
 
coinbuysell said:
How do you like that 095? I am trying to keep from buying one but I love the TOPS fixed blades (buy them fairly cheap from a wholesaler that I have "made friends with") so I usually pay about 60% of list so they are not that overpriced (as most here typically say) as I buy them and I like the fact that I will never be worried about using one, when needed!
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I'm very happy with my CSAR-T folder. It's my second, having returned the first after finding a hairline crack in the blade, from the thumbstuds to the top of the blade. No issues returning it, and my new one is incredible! Thick, heavy, and sharp. The sheath is ok too, but I'm more likely to drop the knife into a 9mm mag pouch on my vest at work. Overall, my favorite knife.
 
Every new knife I get usually underwhelms me. I need time to get to know it before I can decide if its a keeper, and that usually takes days/weeks/months. The ones I really like, but could sell, I usually just admire. The ones I really really like I put to good use. The ones that are 'meh' go back to the ABF exchange.
 
Flip it open, cut my arm hair to the check sharpness, look at the blade centering, look at the bevel height, and get a feel for its rigidity / construction
 
loosen the pivot a little
polish the edge if needed
oil pivot/blade
carry for about a week
 
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