Ever have your blade stolen?

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MtnMan

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I recently had my car broken into and someone took my wallet, Maglite and my CS Recon Scout. The wallet was empty and the cards maxed out, so not much lost there but the time it takes to replace. But not my knife anything but the knife. It just bugs me to now end to know that some jerk looking for a quick buck got my blade instead. He is not going to love it the way I did and for sure is not ging to put it through its paces on the weekends like its used to. Its propably been sold or being used to commit more crimes. It just makes me sick!

Any way I was sooking to replace the RS with ethe Bush Ranger from CS. The length and steel are the same but I'm loosing some of the weight. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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Improvise, adapt, and overcome. Words to live by.
 
I had given a knife I made to an older man, buddy of mine. It was stolen with a lot of other stuff from the shop where He worked. Bummer
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He was pretty upset over it. But luckily the pud that stole the stuff was real dumb about it and the police went straight to his house and recovered most of it, including the knife. so that was an unexpected joy.
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Yes. Last Sept.26 we arrived home to find that someone had broken into our home. He got about 1/2 of my wife's jewelry(luckily it wasnt all together) and he got 16 knives.
The knives he got were on top of my dresser, fortunately he missed the bulk of my collection. He missed some expensive knives like a couple of Randalls, a real Hibben, a Gaston,etc.
Unfortunately, he got a 710 Axis lock, a stag handled Al Mar, an Easler,a Remington, and a couple of POS. BUT, he also got my favorite carry knife-a stag handled JW Smith model 1 with a 4" blade($550).
So they catch the guy a week later. He's wearing my son's necklace and carrying a few cheap knives. Turns out he knew one of my son's about 5 years ago and since that time had become a crack addict. He had only been out of jail about 6 months before this.
Now, they've given him a plea bargain-4 years in prison because this is his first felony as an adult(he's 19).
He's lucky this isnt 20 years ago cause I'd be waiting when he got out and probably would end up in jail myself. But this is now, so I'll let the system take care of him and for me, I'll just pray for him.
What really hurts are the irreplacable ring my wife had that belonged to my grandmother, and the fact that the knives were probably traded to some crack dealer for $20 worth of drugs.
Anyway, in answer to the post-yes, I've had knives stolen.

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Dave
Wharton,NJ

Many who plan to seek God at 11:00, die at 10:30.
Phil. 4:13
 
Hey Mtnman...

Sorry to hear about your loss..That Blows!!!

If I may make a suggestion,, try the Fallkniven AI or SI...

Great Knives,, Great Reviews and Big Knife Value...

Hopefully,, the guy will trip on it and bury the blade into his chest..
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ttyle Eric...

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Eric E. Noeldechen
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I haven't lost anything of real cash value, but I have had a few nicked. In high school, during football practice, someone rifled the locker room getting my bone-handled Case stockman (I wasn't supposed to have it at school in the first place, so I never reported it). Then I had a Buck Squire stolen out of my locker during a workout - same situation. Also, in college during a party in my dorm room, someone walked off with a SAK Explorer and two-blade Old-Timer. The SAK had a loosened handle scale and the O-T had a re-shaped tip on the big blade, but both had great sentimental value. As I said, I haven't lost a lot of money in the knives that have been stolen from me, but they did mean enough to me that I still think about 'em every now and them and would still like the kick the thieves in the teeth!
 
Some teens broke into our house while we were on vacation when I was a teen. They didn't get into the closet where I had my guns and knives because I had screwed the door shut, wired it, and put a warning sign on it indicating that it was burglar alarmed and booby trapped--"Any attempt to open may cause serious injury". It was just a bluff, but it worked.

Later I learned that they had stolen my trusty machete out of the garage.
 
While setting up at the Southeastern Knife Show last year, an older fellow (forgot his name) at the next table asked me what I thought he should do. While checking into the hotel, all the knives he had made in the past year were stolen out of his truck. He asked me if I thought he should stay at the show or just go home. It was probably the most difficult question I've ever been asked.

He had a couple photos with him, so I told him to stay and see if he could get some orders. He didn't and that made me feel almost as badly as I imagined he felt. My sincere condolences to all with such experiences.

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Jerry Hossom
www.hossom.com
 
We, my brother Phillip and I, were at a gun show last year and had a knife stolen. What made it even worse was the fact that the knife was a gift for a close friend.We delivered the knife to our friend, and were standing around talking. Our friend sat the knife down on the table and turned to talk to
another person. While we were talking, someone walked off with the blade.
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Jerry,
I was there at the Southeastern show last September. That made me madder than you can imagine. It was hard knowing that the man had put so much effort and time into his knives to have them taken from him. I hope whoever stole them gets what's coming to him.

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Barry
Jones Knives

Do you hear that?
That is the sound of inevitability.
 
Lost almost my whole collection to burglers last April.When I entered my home and realized what had taken place I sat down and cried like a baby.60 year old ex boxer,ex cop,ex Marine.
If they ever put those fingerprints to people their problems are going to start after they get out of jail.

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have a"knife"day
 
I'm 17, so i really can't afford that many knives. About 4 months ago, some punk broke into our house, stole a whole lot of jewlery (My mothers), All my CD's, CD players (2), and ALL MY KNIVES. Every single one. They went through my whole room, found the POS hidden safe, broke it open, and took all of em. Total value, up around the $800 mark. I know some of you spend this on one knife (i would if i could), but that is a whole years income for me...... it was pretty bad. I'm still waiting for the insurance to pay up.

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People who say knives are innefective weapons have never been stabbed
 
nifrand
Man...That's gotta be tough. I see it mind's-eye. I can empathize with your mind set. I read somewhere that a 70 year old man has 75-80% of the strength he had when he was 20? You are just 60 ? Yes, "real" incarceration can often begin when the cell doors open.
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James - EVERYONE actually...
When I was about your age (quite awhile ago) I was broken into also. The 2 junkies - who were caught later - got my 1st deer rifle, the shotgun my Grampa gave me, and a Buck folding hunter. Never got anything back. Losing the shotgun really hurt. The thing that REALLY shook me was that someone violated my space, my own bedroom ! That's anger, man. Time heals all, up to a point.
 
Yes, I have had a few of my blades stolen and in 1995, had them all burn up except what I had in my pocket and my neck knife. Last year an ex- or her uncle got a few more. I keep most hid now from company unless I know them real well. I make more and look forward. The excuses given for theft are designed to lessen the punishment when caught. In My Opinion, there are no excuses, period.

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Ray Kirk
http://www.tah-usa.net/raker
 
About 4 years ago our house was burglarized during the day while we were at work. The scary part about the whole thing was that we didn't even know it right away. Came home after work about 3 in the afternoon as usual. Around 8pm my wife was looking for my son's school backpack because his first day of kindergarten was the next day and she couldn't find it. Well of course being the sensitive person I am I made the remark of who'd want to steal a $6 packpack. Anyway she kept looking for it and then asked me where my gold necklace was. Well I knew it was on my dresser but when I looked it was gone! I had a gun safe right next to my dresser and I opened the door because it wasn't locked and guess what, 2 pistols missing. We then started looking all around and found other items missing. They had taken another gun out of a zippered gun rug on my file cabinet and the zipped the case back up and left it there. Drawers had been gone through but put exactly back the way they were found. Items were taken in amongs other valuable items off of my desk and book cases. I had been a cop for 10 years and had never seen anything like this! The only thing we could figure out was that the person(s) responsible were going to come back. The worse part was that the items taken were apparently put into my son's backpack to be carried out and the backpack had his name on it. I suddenly had a new outlook on what it felt like to be a victim and knowing that someone had been though your home and new everthing you had. What worried me most was that with the person having my son's backpack and name was that they would use that to get to him at school or sometime when he wasn't with us. I've always been a little paranoid about things like that anyway since he was adopted. Everything that was taken was replaceable except for my reserve duty revolver that I purchased from the dept. when we went to semi-auto Berretas. It had the dept. patch engraved on the side. Several knives were taken also from different places. We reported it that night tot the sheriff's dept for all the good that did. The next day my wife called me at work and said her garage door opener was missing from her car. I had her go straight home and unplug the opener. She started back to town and for some reason thought she'd better go back and when she did the gate to the backyard was standing open which it hadn't been when she left because he had a dog back there. Sure enough they had came back to clean us out but didn't get in. To this day nothing has been recovered and even with a good suspect which I developed and was 80% sure he had done it our illustrious sheriff's dept couldn't solve the crime. I now know how it feels when someone calls reporting that their home was broken into. It's impossible to know the feeling until it happens to you! On a side note I installed burglar alarms off duty but never got around to putting one in our home until this happened.
 
I've had 2 knives stolen from me that really meant a lot. The first one was a beautiful stag handled italian stiletto auto that I had had since I was about 13. One of my "friends" disappeared with that when I was, like 19. I also had a british commando dagger stolen about the same time. In both cases, the monetary loss wasn't that great, but I really treasured those knives and the thought that some POS who I considered to be a friend could coldly steal them from me kills me.

Kris

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About 30 years ago when I was away in college, someone that was a "friend" of my brother, stole my only two switchblade stilettos.
Two years ago, while my daughter was having a party in my home and I was away, someone stole my James Brothers auto, an AFO, and a Buck 110 auto from atop my computer desk.
About a week later I discovered my Colt .45 Peacemaker revolver was missing.
Very personal losses. And they still piss me off.
Nobody "broke-in". Just "guests" of my home.
Bill
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I had a Spyderco serrated police model stainless handles come up missing from my car a few years back.I figured it was one of my three "friends" that I frequently taxied around.
 
About 30 years ago, while hitchhiking in Illinois, a state trooper stopped and searched my backpack. He found my Buck General (7"+ which he paid no attention to) and in my pocket a Barlow style Case folder my Dad gave me when I was a little boy in the late 50's.....I loved that knife. The trooper oohed and aahed over it and asked if I wanted to sell it. I said no and repacked my stuff. He then kindly gave me ride to the edge of Rock Island, where I was headed. After arriving at my destination, I realized I didn't have my folder. Draw your own conclusions. I did.

10 years ago my (then 10 year old) son told me he'd seen a knife laying by the side of the road from his school bus window. We went looking and found a Marbles knife in original leather sheath laying in the berm. 5 years ago someone broke into our home and stole that knife along with a my first 22 rifle (from my Dad), my wife's pistol and other things.

It stinks doesn't it.
 
On Alert and had my 3 day ruck in the passenger front floor board of my truck. Of course, this is the backpack that I need the most - has all of my survival stuff in it! 1 Mad Dog ATAK 2, Mad Dog Mini-Shrike, 1 large plain Sebenza, 3 sets of gloves, custom made camo GORTEX pants and jacket (with snow and desert over slips), Sure-Fire, Lightwave 2000 flashlight, D. Clark heads-sets, NVG compatable lip light, 3 NVG compatable finger lights, camo paint, several fire starters, wick type socks and long johns, extra underwear, t-shirts, GORTEX/fleece blanket, sleeping bag, 1 man tent, hammock, Danner/GORTEX boots, Camelback, etc..... I think that you get the pic......

End of April (this year) my truck was parked in front of the abode. One of our upstanding citizens used a "push stick" to pop the drivers side window of my truck........shortly after 2 PM.
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POS Took it all....... 5X
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Nothing has been recovered to date and probably won't!

Pain will be intense!



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GigOne
"Livin' Life - Full Throttle"

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"I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it."
 
Last year I had to spend 7 months in Brazil in the Amazon, a small town, Mt. Dourado. I took my favorite knives with me to keep me company. A Vallotton Chameleon, a MT Socom DA, a Benchmade 3000, a Wave, and a few more. Well, we used to pay the local kids to shine our shoes and run errands and such and they got used to it, we probably shouldn't have done it, but they didn't have anything and it made them and us happy. One night I came home and the door was busted and all my knives were gone along with everything else that was any good or shiny. I called the Police Federal, a nasty bunch, and they came over the next day and said they had the culprits and all the loot and to meet them at the jail. The town was so small that when the kids went to selling the stuff it wasn't an hour until they were caught. I went to the jail and there were the kids in a dungeon all beat up and their clothes were ripped, the Police Federal had beat them badly. I felt so bad for the kids that I told the Police that I didn't want to press charges and to let them go. The Police said if I didn't press charges I wouldn't get my stuff back, so I had to buy my stuff back from the Police Federal, they make our cops seem like saints. Well I got my blades back in good shape except for my Socom. They used it to cut up a steel belted radial tire until it would not cut anymore, I cried. I got the kids out of the jail and took them home and cleaned them up and fed them, they were street kids, no home, their foray with the Police scared them badly. I guess I should of let them get beat on but I just couldn't.
 
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