How many knives do you own?

I'm better off than most of you !! I'm just always 1 away from completing my collection...

around 200 different knives.. Of course, I also inherited my father's collection after he passed, so I didn't do it alone..

This got me to try a round them up. I think 27 at present. It fluctuates with selling and trading, another Randall again in just three years, lol. If my Dad in Law would give me his big pickle jar full, I'd be alot better off..

18 here. Though I'm fairly sure I have more. Just need to figure out where they are.

Close-ups of the markings on the Kershaw. The photo of the whole knife wouldn't upload.

How many knives do I own?

I have no idea!

Lots.
I hope to have a close estimate soon as I've been meaning to take photos for flickr and the THR knife photos thread.

Every time I think I got them all together, a couple days later I'll find another one that I forgot about in some random nook or cranny. No kids in my apartment, and I've been here a while but still haven't ever finished unpacking from last move as I hope to move again soon.

Ummm... several dozen at least. I have not bothred to count recently.

I gave away or sold a lot of my knives. I do still have at least twenty fixed blades, and around 10 slipjoints, and around ten or more tactical folders. Of course this will build back up to the proportions it was before in all honesty! Oh, and at least six or so multitools so there are knife blades on all of them as well.

I have 40 case stags which are my favorite.20 case bones,10 benchmades and 4 randalls.I have been collecting for 40 years and had alot more at one time but downsized a few years ago.

I probably have 30 or so. But the one I have carried in my pocket for the past 17 years is a cheap Gerber with a plastic handle.

I honestly dunno, and frankly,the question is giving me a headache. :banghead: Somewhat more than 1, quite a few less than I'd have in an ideal world. That's what I tell the missus when she asks how many guns, books, or whatever I have.

On a completely unrelated topic, a wise man equips his dog's house to the degree of comfort that should he need to spend a night there, he is not inconvenienced!

Somewhere between two digits and four digits. Ages range between 6,000 years and last week. Materials include (but are not limited to) flint, chert, obsidian, copper, bronze, iron, silver, damascus and other steels, and ceramic.

I dunno. Never counted or thought about it. 25 or so???

My count is 6.

Probably 20 or so. Usually carry two large folders clipped one in each front pocket, a small folder in right front and a multitool or two in r hip. Pus several fixed blades scattered around and in my ram pick up.

Too many, and I still find myself being tempted when I look at others. That said, I honestly find no use in having a bunch a knives sitting in drawers and shelves. Pick a couple or three good users, and use them, seems to be much more enjoyable.

3, my kershaw folder in my pocket right now, my swiss Frost Mora I carry hunting and a Cutco knife my sister got me for Christmas one year. I am not a fan of knives for defense, I think a jury would be more apt to believe I used a gun in defense than if I stabbed or seriously slashed someone.

Over a hundred. Well over. Probably less than 500. If we're counting ones I've given away, throw that 500 figure out. Then it's more likely going to be in four digit territory.

Only about 30.

Too many, but not nearly enough.

Object Lesson

I recently did a short two-hour class for a prepper group on the care and feeding of knives, selection of knives, different kinds of knives, etc.

Ran out of time.

I rustled together some props for the class by digging around in some five different boxes and a few drawers. Several drawers, actually.

Gawd. I need to get those things organized. My filing system is indexed by the "where did I put that one?" system.

You know, when you try to deliver a short summary on the meager knowledge you've managed to harvest over a five year period (or eight), you discover that there are all kinds of things worth knowing, and there's just no way to shoehorn that stuff into a single session.

I've gotta rethink my approach.

So, on review, I think the count is "too many," but that runs counter to my foundation thesis of "there's no such thing as too many."

How about, "more than I could adequately describe and explain in a two hour period."

Is that an answer?

MY total is 17 most are Bucks.

Way more than I need. Everytime I get one, it's lost and I have to get another. They're hidden around here somewhere.

Only four. A fold out CRKT for everyday carry. A "minimalist" crkt if I want to conceal a small fixed blade. A Ka-Bar with leather sheath, mostly used for trimming out deer, and a utility knife in the tool box.
For everything else, there's the 1911.

Other than kitchen knives, three.

* Spyderco Manix 2 (EDC)
* SOG Seal Pup Elite (main wilderness camping tool)
* Kabar with 7" blade (for the upper end)

Seeking a sword with an 18" total length to complete the kit,
knowing that when teotwawki hits, I can't/don't want to carry more than that.