Why am I drawn to this?

[Hickory n steel]

Are there any knives you find yourself drawn to for reasons you're not too sure of ?
Maybe knives you know are less practical but you like them anyway?

lately I've really been drawn to the classic office knife, theres even a nice German clip point + spey example I've been eyeing.
I do not know why this version of the classic pen pattern appeals to me so much, but theres a simple elegance that just draws me in.


Another big one for me is sabre ground clip blades, especially early New York single blade folding hunters.
Larger than I prefer in a pocket knife these days, and the sabre grind doesn't cut that well but they're so nice looking.

 

[solphilos]

Thats my relationship with Trappers. Highly impractical for my needs but I love them anyway. Large, heavy in pocket, Spey blade which sees no use. Doesn’t matter, I like them for reasons I can’t ascertain and I finally got around to buying one, no justification needed.

I typically won’t buy a knife unless it fits a certain criteria making it practical for me to carry, but I’m done with that. If I like it, I get it.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

I immediately thought of the large folding hunters as well. I've bought several of them through the years from Case, Schrade (& Schrade-Walden) and Queen, knowing full well they're too big for me to find practical for my uses. But I've always liked the aesthetics of them, and the feel in-hand. I'm similarly drawn to the Buck 110 Folding Hunter, also being fully aware they're a little too big & bulky for my needs. But I have quite a few of those as well.

I've also liked the classic looks of the large toothpick-style patterns, but again they're not practical for what I actually need.

 

[Prester John]

I am drawn to traditional Spanish navajas like this:

Hard to tote, though, without freaking people out.

I also like the long Sardinian knives.

 

[meako]

Its evolution at work...

 

[Will Power]

Fixed blades

I have a LOT of them but barely use any except one basic Puukko and a Grohmann flat ground Bird & Trout.

Pointless... They take up a good deal of room too but at least I haven't bought any new ones for years

 

[hornetguy]

I'm sort of that way, too.... right now it's the Case folding hunter. I like the looks of them, and would like to have one, but I'm not sure if or when I'd actually carry one. I already have a few large knives, like the 23, the Queen Mountain Man, and a very nice Buck 110 in S30V... still.....

 

[Old Engineer]

I will carry these , because I have liked them the minute that I saw them , but I will never use them and never expected to .


Harry

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

The mention of fixed blades got me to thinking.

I think the very first knife I bought purely for the aesthetics was a stag-handled Puma Original Bowie, model 6396 in PUMASTER steel. Bought that one back in the early '80s (it's an '81 model) at a cutlery shop in the mall, simply because I thought it was stunningly beautiful. Had no earthly use for it, but had to have it. I still have it now and I take it out to admire it once in a while. My impression of the classic perfection of that knife has never changed, even after almost 40 years.

I also have a Master Series Buck 119 in BG-42 steel that I bought essentially for the same reasons. The styling of the 119 is iconic and these knives also feel perfect in-hand. Even more so, with the green checkered grip on the Master Series version. I used to have one of the standard 119s with the smooth black phenolic handle. That one was stolen in a burglary of my home, years ago. I miss that one too. I replaced it with that Master Series knife, finding a good deal on the 'Bay and pouncing on it.

 

[glennbad]

Yeah, I got a pile of fixed blades that I will probably never use. I just don't have the opportunity to carry them. I have a nice collection of JK (John Kiedaisch) fixed blade knives. They are about indestructible. Again, I don't carry them, but I can't stop acquiring them.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Very interesting.
I do have some belt knives like the 119 or Ontario 498 that are larger than practical for my carry needs , but the smaller more modest bird and trout's are favored EDC knives.
Some of the larger ones sure do have more appeal though.

 

[JohnDF]

knives you know are less practical but you like them anyway?

I think that sums up traditional knives pretty well.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I think that sums up traditional knives pretty well.

I suppose this may be the case for some people.

 

[Just Tom.]

Are there any knives you find yourself drawn to for reasons you're not too sure of ?
Maybe knives you know are less practical but you like them anyway?

Are you implying that sensibleness and practicality are factors that some people actually consider when purchasing a knife, or choosing one to carry? That has never been the case with me, and I am frankly offended that you think it could be.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

One arm blades, I have two arms. I do carry the ones I have however and occasionally do use the one hand opening feature. I think it first intrigued me with the Case barlow I picked up,shown here with a little Boker one arm

Although the Boker needed the blade modded to actually function as a one arm
Most of you probably know of my infatuation with this workhorse

And of course I've added this one recently

 

[veitsi_poika]

How about fruit knives?

 

[Hickory n steel]

Well I just couldn't pass this one up, I don't even know who made it but I just had to have it. ( apparently the seller acquired a whole case of them, but that had no manufacturer on it either )


They're very practical so that's not the issue, but I just don't know what it is about them that appeals to me.

 

[sitflyer]

I'm sort of that way, too.... right now it's the Case folding hunter. I like the looks of them, and would like to have one, but I'm not sure if or when I'd actually carry one. I already have a few large knives, like the 23, the Queen Mountain Man, and a very nice Buck 110 in S30V... still.....

like this one? It's a really nice CV model. I have a thing for large folding hunters, got a couple two blade models by Schrade and Camillus, picked this one up on a whim from the exchange. Never will carry any of them and have had my fun with this one handling and admiring it. It's your now, instant GAW

 

[Henry Beige]

Anza knives. You don’t hear much about them. They have a few adherents, but not a lot of overt fans. When I bought my first one forty years ago, I knew nothing about knives. Maybe that is what allowed me to like them.

I bought a few of the smaller ones, because I could afford them. The ergonomics really appealed to me, and I found them quite comfortable in hand. A couple of the bigger ones appealed to me, but 200 bucks was way beyond what I was willing to pay for a knife.

Within the last couple of years, I found one of the bigger ones, the Dune Field, at a price that seemed too good to be true. With my eyes wide open, I took a chance. The seller proved to be slow and uncommunicative. A complaint to Paypal finally jarred the knife loose. It felt so good in hand that I went looking for its larger cousin, and found it in the hands of another dodgy-sounding operator in Israel. He took my lowball offer, and sent me a knife with a weirdly uneven grind.

I have absolutely no use for these knives, I just like them.

 

[hornetguy]

like this one? It's a really nice CV model. I have a thing for large folding hunters, got a couple two blade models by Schrade and Camillus, picked this one up on a whim from the exchange. Never will carry any of them and have had my fun with this one handling and admiring it. It's your now, instant GAW

I just found out I've been gifted this knife.... I've always been amazed at the sense of "family" among porch members, and now this? What a great place the porch is...