Your holy grails

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Out of all the knives you own does have to big dollar can be anything which of them fit you so well you consider them grail material and why you enjoy that particular knife/knives so much
You can also list some dream knife you plan on getting 1 day
 
1983 or 1987 (even the manufacturing date is in question) MSI "MK2" "kabar" - Only 5500 were made by MSI (Manufacturing Specialties Inc) in the Dallas area for some unknown reason and then apparently sent to Okinawa. Figured I'd never score one. The finish quality is not anywhere near Kabar/Camillus (or any of the others ever made by anyone else for that matter), but I wanted one for the rarity / oddity of it, not the view.

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My new grail is a Western V44. Not many V44s of any make available at a reasonable price, much less the Westerns.
 
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My grail the knife I think is perfect would be my plain Jane small insingo, not the most expensive but I couldn't ask for anything more. A dream knife I want to own one day would be a Todd Begg Bodega.
 
I don't throw around the word Grail lightly.
With that said, The last knife that will got in my collection is my Jeremy Horton Tac-4.
Here are a few pics.

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And as far as the grail outside of my collection.
It would have to be this Horton Folder…

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Mine would have to be my Skyline. I don't know why, but I absolutely love this thing.

Some of my other grails would be:
ZT 0454
Rockstead SHIN
 
In my collection now I think the Benchmade 913 is one of my best EDC's. It's a tough choice because I also have a Benchmade 581, Benchmade 760, Benchmade 890 and Spyderco Paramilitary 2 M390.

As for knives that I don't have, right now my grails are a green Paramilitary 2, Cruwear Military and S90V Manix 2 XL. None of these are available right now which makes it very frustrating.
 
I was after a 940D2CF for a long long time. Getting a proto version was an added bonus. The first knife of any quality I ever bought was a 940 and it's treated me well for going on 12 years now. Going after the 940D2CF just seemed like a good way to recapture that feeling I had when I first bought a 940.





The chopper was pretty big for me too, I never thought I'd have one. It's hard to hold and not smile. Makes you want to destroy some stuff.



Currently I think I'm chasing a ZT 0777, they're just beautiful.
 
JBB Knives Surge is at the top of my list right now. Curtiss F3 is up there too
 
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Phantom Steelworks Pf-1, it is the perfect knife for me, the only wrong I can see is that they come a little small.
 
Im pretty proud of my J Robertson el patron. Full custom. Sports a convex blade of 3v steel that coasts through whatever gets in its way. Also looks and feels like it may outlast many generations.
 
Grail I own: Damascus Skyline. It took me 3 months to hunt one down. I missed the production a few months back because I was too far down on the list, but found one about a month ago.

Grails I don't own: Too many to count. Pretty much all the mid-techs and many customs
 
BM 750 Pinnacle.
Ever since I saw this knife, I knew it was perfect, the look of it just stood out to me.
I knew I had to have it.
It took me forever to find one and track it down, I could never find one, especially plain edge.
Well, the one I was offered(finally someone had one) wasn't plain edge, but I knew I would likely never find one so I jumped on it.
I loved it even more once I got it in hand, the look, the feel, the quality. Well, I didn't like the serrations... so I got them ground off and the knife has an awesome plain edge recurve blade now. It's off center, but I don't even care, it's solid, smooth, beautiful, ergonomic, and a great user. Looks better with every mark.

I just plain love this knife, and it was a grail I started to think I'd never have, now, having it in hand, just shows me why it was one I was always after.
Perfect for me I do believe. =]
 
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