I’ve given some of my current knives away to justify buying a different knife.I've got about 30 knives which is way more than I'll ever need. Anymore something has to be really cool to get me to want or buy. Most of my knife buying lately is for gifts. Which is just as much or more fun. I know right. Weird.
I've got about 30 knives
I know. Normal people think I'm nuts for having that many knives. Knife guys think I'm nuts for living so knife deprived. I just cannot win.
Ummm, just on display in my office. And that's just the switchblades and butterflys...in my office.
I've had the bad fortune to have discovered "bladeforums." I've seen stuff there that I just drool over, knives that make a Civivi seem very, very reasonably priced. I just can't justify one.The trouble with modern knives is that they are durable goods and as soon as you buy one, a better one is released! I have a cigar box full of nice folders that I figured out at $25 per knife represented more than $400, but I still lust after stuff like the button lock Civivi Elementum. I would not need a new knife for at least 20 years, but I still have to check out the websites periodically. Oh well, at least I am not hooked on Case or Queen City knives. Yet.
Sad.
I have a Native 5, just not Fluted CF and in S30V. It's a little too tactical-looking for office carry for me, but I still like it. It handles well and I carry it a lot on the weekends.
I didn't have any real trouble sharpening my S30V. Interestingly, when I looked at it under magnification, the very tip-end of the edge looked like it hadn't been sharpened. Like someone had run sharpened it from the handle end of the blade to the tip, but had pulled it off the grinder a split-second too soon. Even for me, that was a relatively easy fix. Good luck with the S90V and let me know how it is.
Never had a bowie knife but always wanted one. Picked up this Mossy Oak brand stainless steel 13.75" overall length, sharp as a razor.
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The sheath could be much better, maybe make or find a Kydex sheath for it.
If the Ka-Bar is considered a Bowie knife (didn't know that) then I already have two, the standard Marine version and the shorty. So far though my favorites are the karambits, tanto point blades and double edged.Welcome to the Bowie club... I love a good Bowie. Just a great overall style of knife. They can run the gamit from an old school KaBar,
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to big choppers,
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and everything in between. A Bowie was the first knife I ever got with my own money. (lawn mowing money at a garage sale) It's all beat to hell after 50 years, but I still have it. Had a new sheath made for it last year.
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1907 Bayonets have gone up in value over the last few years. Back in 2007 you could find them all day for around $35. Today, depending on manufacturer and condition, they sell from $79 to $300.Last "knife" I bought was really a bit more than just a knife.
It was a sword/bayonet.
British 1907 pattern one with a 17" blade to be exact.
I Don't have a rifle for it. Just thought it would make a cool little short sword with a better handle.
It does.
It's much faster than my Wakizashi, and very stabby.
Thanks to my knife guy, it's sharp as all get-out now too, so it slices pretty well.
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If the Ka-Bar is considered a Bowie knife (didn't know that)