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Im a big fan of custom knives. I think theyre better made and a better product due to the craftsmans pride and skill. I also like the idea of owning something that isnt exactly like the cookie-cutter production knives.
Prior to my getting on the custom knives thing, I had never bothered to actually count the number of each brand I owned. I had a rough idea, but the thought of actually taking an inventory of my knives just hadnt occurred to me.
I like all the knives I currently own. Being human, I do have my favorites and I have knives that I cherish that would probably be absolutely worthless to anybody else.
In taking inventory of my knives currently owned, specific trends jumped out at me; some a little surprising and others not so much.
1. Generally speaking, the more knives I have of a brand, the better I like that brands knives. This certainly isnt a hard and fast rule though, as I prefer every single custom knife to all of the production knives. And in the case of the junk knives brand, theyre 8 knives of unknown make or knives that Ive found and not yet cleaned up. Some of the junk knives will be given a new home. Id also add the fact that I plan to buy more from each custom maker listed as time and money allows.
2. I really like the Canadian Belt knife style. I currently own 8 that are in that style (or reasonably close versions).
3. I really like some of the cheap knives. Some of this could certainly be attributed to the fact that I owned them prior to buying any custom knives. But in truth, I still value them greatly (or theyd be gone).
4. Im not much of a big blade fan. Almost all of my knives have a blade that is 5 inches or less (usually less).
5. I only have a few knives that I wont use. These fall under the category of being sentimental (1 from a friend of mine who is no longer alive, two from my father, and one that I purchased as a substitute for the knife given to me by my grandfather) (I lost that knife when I was a kid) None of the sentimental knives hold any value (other than being sentimental).
6. I like knives that are slicers. Almost all of my knives are 1/8 inch thick or less.
7. I like spear points a lot better than I thought.
8. Slightly less than half of my (fixed blade) knives have wood handles. This one really surprised me because I thought I had a good bias toward wood handles.
9. I much prefer leather sheaths. Only two of my knives have kydex sheaths.
10. Exactly one half of my (fixed blade) knives are scandi grinds. Most of the other half is a convex grind. This one surprised me a little bit.
11. I have too many knives and Im out of control.
12. Number 11 wont stop me from pursuing more knives
Anyway .
Today I took delivery of 3 more JK knives making JK knives the #1 brand in my collection (fixed or pocket)
Someday Ill have to get some pictures of my collection, but for now heres the list:
Fixed Blades
12 JK
11 Mora
8 Junk
6 Gray Wolf
4 Helle
3 Ahti
3 Bark River
3 Breeden
3 Jarvenpaa
2 Kellam
2 Lapin Puuko
2 Lon Humphries
1 AA Forge
1 AG Russell
1 BG Parang
1 EKA
1 Enzo
1 French Trapper
1 GL Drew
1 Grohmann
1 Hargis
1 KA-BAR
1 Koyote
1 Luke Smith
1 PAL
1 R. Murphy
1 Roselli
1 Wohlwend
1 Wood Jewel
Pocket Knives
8 AG Russell
8 Buck
7 Boker
5 Kissing Crane
5 Opinel
5 Victorinox
4 Steel Warrior
4 Winchester
2 Bear & Bull
2 Beaver Creek
2 Old Timer
1 Camco
1 Klass
1 Mercator
1 Okapi
1 Queen
1 Shatt & Morgan
1 Silver Eagle
1 Smith & Wesson
1 Trophy Hunter
1 Utica
1 Wenger
1 Western
So whats your #1 brand of knives?
Prior to my getting on the custom knives thing, I had never bothered to actually count the number of each brand I owned. I had a rough idea, but the thought of actually taking an inventory of my knives just hadnt occurred to me.
I like all the knives I currently own. Being human, I do have my favorites and I have knives that I cherish that would probably be absolutely worthless to anybody else.
In taking inventory of my knives currently owned, specific trends jumped out at me; some a little surprising and others not so much.
1. Generally speaking, the more knives I have of a brand, the better I like that brands knives. This certainly isnt a hard and fast rule though, as I prefer every single custom knife to all of the production knives. And in the case of the junk knives brand, theyre 8 knives of unknown make or knives that Ive found and not yet cleaned up. Some of the junk knives will be given a new home. Id also add the fact that I plan to buy more from each custom maker listed as time and money allows.
2. I really like the Canadian Belt knife style. I currently own 8 that are in that style (or reasonably close versions).
3. I really like some of the cheap knives. Some of this could certainly be attributed to the fact that I owned them prior to buying any custom knives. But in truth, I still value them greatly (or theyd be gone).
4. Im not much of a big blade fan. Almost all of my knives have a blade that is 5 inches or less (usually less).
5. I only have a few knives that I wont use. These fall under the category of being sentimental (1 from a friend of mine who is no longer alive, two from my father, and one that I purchased as a substitute for the knife given to me by my grandfather) (I lost that knife when I was a kid) None of the sentimental knives hold any value (other than being sentimental).
6. I like knives that are slicers. Almost all of my knives are 1/8 inch thick or less.
7. I like spear points a lot better than I thought.
8. Slightly less than half of my (fixed blade) knives have wood handles. This one really surprised me because I thought I had a good bias toward wood handles.
9. I much prefer leather sheaths. Only two of my knives have kydex sheaths.
10. Exactly one half of my (fixed blade) knives are scandi grinds. Most of the other half is a convex grind. This one surprised me a little bit.
11. I have too many knives and Im out of control.
12. Number 11 wont stop me from pursuing more knives
Anyway .
Today I took delivery of 3 more JK knives making JK knives the #1 brand in my collection (fixed or pocket)
Someday Ill have to get some pictures of my collection, but for now heres the list:
Fixed Blades
12 JK
11 Mora
8 Junk
6 Gray Wolf
4 Helle
3 Ahti
3 Bark River
3 Breeden
3 Jarvenpaa
2 Kellam
2 Lapin Puuko
2 Lon Humphries
1 AA Forge
1 AG Russell
1 BG Parang
1 EKA
1 Enzo
1 French Trapper
1 GL Drew
1 Grohmann
1 Hargis
1 KA-BAR
1 Koyote
1 Luke Smith
1 PAL
1 R. Murphy
1 Roselli
1 Wohlwend
1 Wood Jewel
Pocket Knives
8 AG Russell
8 Buck
7 Boker
5 Kissing Crane
5 Opinel
5 Victorinox
4 Steel Warrior
4 Winchester
2 Bear & Bull
2 Beaver Creek
2 Old Timer
1 Camco
1 Klass
1 Mercator
1 Okapi
1 Queen
1 Shatt & Morgan
1 Silver Eagle
1 Smith & Wesson
1 Trophy Hunter
1 Utica
1 Wenger
1 Western
So whats your #1 brand of knives?
