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Probably about 90%. I like Benchmade gold class knives and those are my main collection items.I'm curious......
What percentage of the knives do you own that are safe queens?
Are the knives safe queens because they are antique, limited edition or special in craftsmanship?
I know some collectors that will buy say......... a Chris Reeve knife.
CRK knives are very good quality, expensive. For them it is a grail knife. Too expensive to use.
All thoughts and opinions welcome!
I was curious.....in the most basic sense.One issue I see with this question is that there are multiple definitions of "safe queen". I probably actually use and/or carry about 30 or 40 knives each year, on average. Which means that I have more knives that I don't carry or use in a given year, than those that I do carry or use - again, in a year's time.
But I am not "saving" 95% of those "other" knives - I just didn't get around to using them, recently. My plan is to use and/or carry approximately 95% of my knives, over time. So by my definition, only about 5% of my knives are "safe queens". But if the definition of "safe queen" is what percentage of knives that you own have you not used or carried in the past 6 to 12 months - then it becomes probably 60-75%.
Difference being......one you poke....0.00000% I use them all. To me, knives are like concubines. What's the point in having them if you aren't going to use them?