Young knife collectors/users - deux

Is 23 too old???:D

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Speaking of young users, whatever happened to spydercobenchmadekai, anyone remember him? Dude was always talking about visiting Spyderco's facility because he lived right there in Golden, CO? The guy just up and vanished one day.
 
Well I guess I will contribute.

I am 17 and have used and had knives since I was about 6. However, I did not really start collecting until about 6 months ago. So here is my
collection so far (excluding lots of cheaper knives):
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From left to right top to bottom:
- Kershaw Blur s30v
- Spyderco tenacious
- Spyderco delica 4
- Benchmade griptilian
- CRKT carson design
- Zero Tolerance 0350 blem.
- Kershaw leek
- Ontario rat model 2
- Buck 110 hunter 50th anniversary edition
- Kershaw damascus skyline.

Now a quick pic of my multi tools:
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Thanks so much bladeforums for your support and great info!
 

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Quiet said:
Speaking of young users, whatever happened to spydercobenchmadekai, anyone remember him? Dude was always talking about visiting Spyderco's facility because he lived right there in Golden, CO? The guy just up and vanished one day.
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I'll send you a PM ;)
 
Armenate said:
Well I guess I will contribute.

I am 17 and have used and had knives since I was about 6. However, I did not really start collecting until about 6 months ago. So here is my
collection so far (excluding lots of cheaper knives):
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From left to right top to bottom:
- Kershaw Blur s30v
- Spyderco tenacious
- Spyderco delica 4
- Benchmade griptilian
- CRKT carson design
- Zero Tolerance 0350 blem.
- Kershaw leek
- Ontario rat model 2
- Buck 110 hunter 50th anniversary edition
- Kershaw damascus skyline.

Now a quick pic of my multi tools:
View attachment 507692

Thanks so much bladeforums for your support and great info!
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Nice collection!

I need more folders.
 
I have a question, and i think it has a lot of relevance to this topic so i'm hoping people won't mind if i'm asking here.

I'm in the early 20's and recently got into knives through work. Last year around november i had an itch, i need at least one "serious" blade. Itches need scratching, so i looked around and decided to go for a ZT0801CF. Had a fun hunt for about 3 weeks and was able to acquire one. But now my budget is blown for a while, this puppy cost me about $500 (I'm from europe, so that includes import duties (21%)). Because it's such an expensive knife it's a safe queen under my care, but i would like to pick up another blade with some weight to it and i'm not sure that i want safe queens. It's a very pretty knife, but it's not doing anything for anyone at the moment. Then again if i do sell the blade, and i become more serious about collecting, i'd very much regret selling it. In a few years time i'm sure there will be cool blades as well, but the 0801cf is the first love.

Can anyone relate to my predicament, and/or what are your thoughts on the subject. I basically jumped from SRM knives to the ZT0801CF in terms of my collection.
 
I am 19 and started off with cheaper knives such as CKRT's and a couple cheap Gerbers and such. 2 years ago i picked up a Benchmade 580 Barrage and have carried that a lot. My girlfriend recently got me a Kershaw Knockout which i really like and then i got myself a Benchmade 940 which come this summer will have either G10 or Micarta scales. i haven't decided which yet. Someday after college I will splurge even more but these work for me for now.
 
cbking said:
I am 19 and started off with cheaper knives such as CKRT's and a couple cheap Gerbers and such. 2 years ago i picked up a Benchmade 580 Barrage and have carried that a lot. My girlfriend recently got me a Kershaw Knockout which i really like and then i got myself a Benchmade 940 which come this summer will have either G10 or Micarta scales. i haven't decided which yet. Someday after college I will splurge even more but these work for me for now.
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I've been looking at the Knockout. How does it feel in hand and does the blade:handle ratio work well? I like how deep the belly looks on it.
 
Noswad0208 said:
I've been looking at the Knockout. How does it feel in hand and does the blade:handle ratio work well? I like how deep the belly looks on it.
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I really like it. It rides nice in the pocket and the blade is a nice length to the handle. Only complaint I have is that its assisted opening but I have my 940 to flip around so it's alright. The 940 is kinda my edc the knockout is more of my hard use folder for when I'm in the shop.
 
cbking said:
I really like it. It rides nice in the pocket and the blade is a nice length to the handle. Only complaint I have is that its assisted opening but I have my 940 to flip around so it's alright. The 940 is kinda my edc the knockout is more of my hard use folder for when I'm in the shop.
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Thanks. I don't mind assisted opening as long as it fires out nice. I'll have to get me one :D
 
I'm 13 and I don't have the best collection but my two best knives are my Chris reeve sebenza 21 insingo with carbon fiber inlay and my Jason Brous silent soldier flipper with acid stone wash
 
stonproject said:
How do you kids come up with the cash for these knives? I work full time and bring home 5 figures a year and I still struggle getting nice production knives
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I work a lot in the summer and save up for my schooling but also put some aside for toys. I am every lucky that my grandparents and parents made good decisions in saving and investing for my schooling so I don't have pay the full amount each semester even though I still need to put a few grand down each semester. Over the summer I frequently work 40-50 hour weeks many times it does get upward of 60 hours a week. This being said I am very fortunate but I also work for my things and schooling. It also helps that I still live at home and don't have rent to worry about.
 
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cbking said:
I work a lot in the summer and save up for my schooling but also put some aside for toys. I am every lucky that my grandparents and parents made good decisions in saving and investing for my schooling so I don't have pay the full amount each semester even though I still need to put a few grand down each semester. Over the summer I frequently work 40-50 hour weeks many times it does get upward of 60 hours a week. This being said I am very fortunate but I also work for my things and schooling. It also helps that I still live at home and don't have rent to worry about.
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You could have just said this. LOL
 
Haha yea that's a big part of it. Me and my girlfriend are looking at getting a place soon so that's going to cut into the toys budget.
 
21 here. Grew up on a farm, carried a SAK constantly throughout my childhood. Started looking in to other knives my junior year of college, got hooked on Kershaw's leek series. I have a few "necessary" knives that fulfill specific roles, but by and large my collection is stuff that I want to try out- always looking for that one "perfect" knife- attached is a picture of my current collection. In order to finance the hobby, I rarely buy new, trade quite a bit, do odd IT jobs, work the occasional convention, and occasionally dabble in buying and selling materials related to my various hobbies. I also don't own a car (although that will have to change soon), which helps keep expenses down, plus I don't eat out or drink that much. College largely pays for itself via scholarships and financial aid, and my loans will be minimal upon graduation.

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