What is the most recent knife you bought?

Case Finn 2, picture is not of mine

I just went nuts, a small knife purveyer went out of business and had everything, customs and high-end production, on 50% clearance. You guys will not believe what I got! Just wait till the end of the week!

Just picked up a Gerber Paraframe for $10 today.

Well here's my recent scores.

Chuck Gedraitis Mini Yakuza - Vegas Forge Razor Wire-pattern stainless damascus (440C and CPM154), patinated copper bolsters, blacklip mother-of-pearl scales.

Chuck Gedraitis Toucan - hand-rubbed CPM154, black timascus bolsters and pocket clip, black carbon fiber scales.

Michael Zieba MS3, Odin's Eye-pattern Damasteel (12C27 and RWL34).

Zieba MS3, Odinheim-pattern Damasteel

CKF Snafu 3.0 Type A

Reate Epoch

These two came in today. They will be Christmas gifts for my godchild and nephew ages 11 and 14
KOA trekker pronghorn

Apocalypse Now said:

These two came in today. They will be Christmas gifts for my godchild and nephew ages 11 and 14
KOA trekker pronghorn
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Man do I wish my family was more open minded. I asked my brother how long before I could give my nephew a nice pocket knife, but said if desired I could leave that first knife to his father (my brother) to figure out. You know, sort of a respect the father and son relationship and that perhaps the first knife should come from the kid's dad. He told me a few more years.............. If this is how the kid is raised I have literally no one to leave my guns to, so I will either find cool younger people to gift them to, or just sell them all some day and keep a few.

The kid is 14 for crying out loud. there's a fundamental difference between people who see a knife as a cutting tool that can be pressed into defensive service if needed, and people like my brother, who see all knives as weapons. I wonder if my brother is scared at dinner all the time.

Ok, I'm off topic.............. sorry. Frustration. He just had a birthday and I really want to give him a decent knife. I don't see him often and I'd like him to have something from his uncle to carry around and use. I'd kind of like it to be a thing between us. I'm already thinking about a high school graduation present.

Madcap_Magician said:

Well here's my recent scores.

Chuck Gedraitis Mini Yakuza - Vegas Forge Razor Wire-pattern stainless damascus (440C and CPM154), patinated copper bolsters, blacklip mother-of-pearl scales.
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Chuck Gedraitis Toucan - hand-rubbed CPM154, black timascus bolsters and pocket clip, black carbon fiber scales.
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Michael Zieba MS3, Odin's Eye-pattern Damasteel (12C27 and RWL34).
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Zieba MS3, Odinheim-pattern Damasteel
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CKF Snafu 3.0 Type A
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Reate Epoch
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Those are all gorgeous knives, but the Toucan and the Snafu............................ man those are hitting on all 8 cylinders. Wonderful knives.

460Shooter said:

I have literally no one to leave my guns to, so I will either find cool younger people to gift them to.....

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Sad, please let me know if I'm younger than you, I'm only 74. lol

Seriously, it is sad if he feels he can't trust his 14 year old with a knife.

I find that as time goes by, I like the Victorinox Classic Swiss Army Knife more and more. I have the Spyderco Bug on one set of keys and I'm less and less impressed with it as time goes by. I went to cut the plastic bands on a box of copy paper and the bug wouldn't cut it. So I thought "OK, time to sharpen the Bug." But in the meantime I switched to my little Gerber 200 and I cut the straps easily. I can't remember ever even sharpening the Gerber. I may replace the Spyderco with this new SAK I purchased today:




https://www.knifecenter.com/item/VN54213/victorinox-swiss-army-classic-sd-multi-tool

I received two of these last week. I have bought Tojiro VG10 knives in the past and love them. After I touched up the blades on my Wicked Edge Go they cut through anything like a hot knife through butter.
They are hard to sharpen and hard to dull.

https://www.amazon.com/Tojiro-DP-3-...ocphy=9059006&hvtargid=pla-395198199582&psc=1

I found a Gerber Guardian Backup to replace the one that I lost back in the mid 80's.
It just arrived tonight.

Shanghai

Good for you! Nearly 40 years is too long to go without another Gerber Guardian!

Good lord I've been bad.

I have 4 knives incoming. Two are gifts. Two are gifts for me LOL! Stupid Cyber Sale week.

I'll post pics when they arrive.

A couple of very nice Randall's came in yesterday.

The first is a Randall Model 11 Alaskan stainless:




And, as nice as the Alaskan looked, I thought I would be a little disappointed with the 26-4 Pathfinder stainless with a 25 handle. Well, that is not the case, this is one SWEET little knife:

Browning Buckmark Hunter...


Sorry for the stock photo, wifey wrapped it up and under the tree, my punishment for having it delivered in December...
Bought it to go with my Browning Buckmark I put on layaway last week...