What is the most recent knife you bought?
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I've got about 30 knives which is way more than I'll ever need. Anymore something has to be really cool to get me to want or buy. Most of my knife buying lately is for gifts. Which is just as much or more fun. I know right. Weird.
SteadyD
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I’ve given some of my current knives away to justify buying a different knife.
Ummm, just on display in my office. And that's just the switchblades and butterflys...in my office.
I know. Normal people think I'm nuts for having that many knives. Knife guys think I'm nuts for living so knife deprived. I just cannot win.
Ummm, just on display in my office. And that's just the switchblades and butterflys...in my office.
Was thinking about this last night as I was going to sleep. Did an actual count in my head. The best number I can come up with is 48. Almost evenly divided between fixed 23 and folders 25. Fixed goes from SEARK for smallest to USMC Combat for largest. Folders run from an old Irish Imperial Peanut to Large Inkosi. Sad.
dh1633pm
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I have a bunch. Not many that I would consider collectables. I often give one away just because I have enough that I can. Semper Fi Boattale. All displayed in a nice cabinet in my office with my other collectables from military service and afterward. I do think that visiting HSO's house would be like visiting a knife museum. Mine, not so much or even a little.
I've had the bad fortune to have discovered "bladeforums." I've seen stuff there that I just drool over, knives that make a Civivi seem very, very reasonably priced. I just can't justify one.
Nahhh, sounds about right for a knife nut. Blade addicts like me are the real crazies (and my collection is easily rivaled by dozens of collectors I know).
Coyote3855
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I picked up a NIB Benchmade Autocrat OTF in a gun trade. My first automatic. I like it.
I have a Native 5, just not Fluted CF and in S30V. It's a little too tactical-looking for office carry for me, but I still like it. It handles well and I carry it a lot on the weekends.
I didn't have any real trouble sharpening my S30V. Interestingly, when I looked at it under magnification, the very tip-end of the edge looked like it hadn't been sharpened. Like someone had run sharpened it from the handle end of the blade to the tip, but had pulled it off the grinder a split-second too soon. Even for me, that was a relatively easy fix. Good luck with the S90V and let me know how it is.
greyling22
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sold a few and bought a kizer feist. my first front flipper.
First impressions: a little small. pocketed wonderfully, flipped poorly. I was watching some youtube videos about them, and noticed that most of them dropped a lot easier than mine did. So I took some tension off the lockbar (twice) and now it flips better.
current impressions: I rather like it. It is very fidgety, different than my other knives. amazing to carry in the pocket. the small form factor is growing on me. I find that some of my bulkier knives (I'm looking directly at you spyderco sage 5) may be finding new homes soon. while I like the look of the natural micarta, I don't like the feel as much as the micarta on the cjrb feldspar I (probably foolishly) sold.
First impressions: a little small. pocketed wonderfully, flipped poorly. I was watching some youtube videos about them, and noticed that most of them dropped a lot easier than mine did. So I took some tension off the lockbar (twice) and now it flips better.
current impressions: I rather like it. It is very fidgety, different than my other knives. amazing to carry in the pocket. the small form factor is growing on me. I find that some of my bulkier knives (I'm looking directly at you spyderco sage 5) may be finding new homes soon. while I like the look of the natural micarta, I don't like the feel as much as the micarta on the cjrb feldspar I (probably foolishly) sold.
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Just finished up the first sharpening of my Native 5 S90V using my KME so I could even the bevel all the way to the plunge grind/ricasso. My progression was 100/140/300/600/1500 diamond stones then 4 micron CBN/1 micron diamond/.5 micron diamond strops. Came up very sharp with a keen edge.
It required the same patience and technique for S110V but I ended up with a keener edge. The biggest thing for me on these two steels is lots of edge-leading strokes to make sure the burr gets removed. From 100 through 300 the burr would either straighten or roll over instead of coming off but after enough strokes it was finally gone and I stayed on the 300 long enough to make a good apex. I’m getting better with these ridiculously wear resistant steels but I wouldn’t dare try one freehand yet.
On the next sharpening I will use my Wicked Edge which always gives an even keener edge for me.
Space Ghost
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Last "knife" I bought was really a bit more than just a knife.
It was a sword/bayonet.
British 1907 pattern one with a 17" blade to be exact.
I Don't have a rifle for it. Just thought it would make a cool little short sword with a better handle.
It does.
It's much faster than my Wakizashi, and very stabby.
Thanks to my knife guy, it's sharp as all get-out now too, so it slices pretty well.
It was a sword/bayonet.
British 1907 pattern one with a 17" blade to be exact.
I Don't have a rifle for it. Just thought it would make a cool little short sword with a better handle.
It does.
It's much faster than my Wakizashi, and very stabby.
Thanks to my knife guy, it's sharp as all get-out now too, so it slices pretty well.
Space Ghost
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Welcome to the Bowie club... I love a good Bowie. Just a great overall style of knife. They can run the gamit from an old school KaBar,
to big choppers,
and everything in between. A Bowie was the first knife I ever got with my own money. (lawn mowing money at a garage sale) It's all beat to hell after 50 years, but I still have it. Had a new sheath made for it last year.
If the Ka-Bar is considered a Bowie knife (didn't know that) then I already have two, the standard Marine version and the shorty. So far though my favorites are the karambits, tanto point blades and double edged.
GunnyUSMC
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1907 Bayonets have gone up in value over the last few years. Back in 2007 you could find them all day for around $35. Today, depending on manufacturer and condition, they sell from $79 to $300.
JFrame
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Spyderco Canis...
I have a few other Spydercos from their Taichung, Taiwan facility (Sage 1, Perrin PPT, and Techno 1). I like them all, but this Canis definitely feels like the most finely-crafted of the bunch.
I have a few other Spydercos from their Taichung, Taiwan facility (Sage 1, Perrin PPT, and Techno 1). I like them all, but this Canis definitely feels like the most finely-crafted of the bunch.
Atavar
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I bought this cheap Harbor Freight Bowie today as a car defense knife. It appears to be basically a Buck 120 clone.
the blade is 7Cr17MoV stainless steel, which I am guessing is not the greatest choice but it should be eminently serviceable for its intended purpose.
I am wondering if the Bowie should have two edges. The back edge on this is squared and blunt.
Also, what edge should I sharpen to , like 15° or 20° Bevel?
the blade is 7Cr17MoV stainless steel, which I am guessing is not the greatest choice but it should be eminently serviceable for its intended purpose.
I am wondering if the Bowie should have two edges. The back edge on this is squared and blunt.
Also, what edge should I sharpen to , like 15° or 20° Bevel?
It isn't. Just because a sheath knife has a clip point a lot of people mistakenly call them a bowie. The problem is there's more mythology about the "bowie" knife than fact and there were so many different knives called "bowies" as to make the term all but meaningless marketing.
