Is there any fixed blade that is a "must have" persay? I was honestly thinking about trying to get my wife out of the house on some weekends and go camping. But I definitely don't want to look like a fool with my little G3!
I agree my friend, every time I open my drawer of knives it bring a little smirk to my face. Like you said it's something that you personally will love for many years to come and it's even a good way to see how your likes/dislikes change over the years.There’s been times where I was happy with my collection; thinking I had enough. But then, like many others here, my interest got triggered again and I quickly bought some more.
The cool thing about collecting is you can create a “style” or a “look” for your collection as a whole. Then once you’re bored with that, you go out and buy something different from what you typically like. That mixes things up and you get interested again because you went outside-the-box a bit.
Sounds like you got a nice little collection though, so well done!
Awesome sounding collection man, would you recommend anything close to the bolo you speak of? im thinking I'd have to lean more towards the 5" maximum mark though, as I use the edge pro system to sharpen my blades. So I can't get anything TOO crazy.Happy with my crew? Yes!
Am I done? Nah, I quit kidding myself about that one
Things are slowing quite a bit though.
Here's my current users and the excuses I made up to buy them.
FOLDERS
Formal gents (small) - Chaparral
Formal gents (large) - 940-1
EDC gents (bright) - Rookie G10,
EDC gents (dark) - 707 Sequel
Barbecues, game day etc. (guys day out) - GB2
EDC (large) - 940
EDC (work) - Manix2 LW
Farm - GB1
FIXED
Skinning - ESEE 3
Camp carry - Spyderco Sprig
Heavy chores/yard work - Kiffe bolo
Truck knife - RAT Cutlery RC6
I'm thinking a Mnandi or something similar next.
And you should definitely consider a med- large fixed.
The bolo has a 10.5" blade.
I might go the custom route for something like that in this case then. Ill check out that part of the forums on my spare time and see if I can strike a deal with someone.
I tried to do the same thing as I'm a big statistics guy, I tried to get different steels with each purchase. It's fun seeing how well they all perform in different applications. The only thing about M4 that I dislike is the maintenance. But I feel as I'm the wrong guy to praise M4 seeing as I'm in Florida so the humidity just eats that knife alive
You know what I've done to cope with the lack of purchasing a new knife for myself? Buy them for relatives or co-workers and vicariously through them! It's helped the "sickness". Only thing is..it's sometimes hard to convince a non-knife enthusiast to drop 100$+ bucks on a knife!
I've moved a few to my wife, son, and friends as well.
I feel the same way my friend, I feel like I'll buy a Shiro and then it'll just sit there as I'm too afraid to "use" it. But..when I was initially looking at a Sebenza21 I had the same thought "Man that knife is beautiful, I'm not going to use that for my edc task" eventually though..the new-ness wears off and you realize that you bought a tool after all and if you're anything like me you liking using your tools! I feel as if this is a hobby where a persons "bottom dollar" is ever expanding
If you don't mind me asking who did you use for your customs?! I haven't experienced that part of this hobby yet.
Charlie that thing is mean looking! Is she just for show or have you ran her through some test?A well rounded collection should have at least one custom bowie/fighter.
Oh this is your work?!