I have, IMO, a lot of sharp pointy things. I'm a student, and these days don't get out into much of any kind of wilderness, but there is some inexplicable "need" I feel for yet another knife.
What I have:
- Buck 119
- StG.57 bayo with the lock removed
- Cold Steel Kukri Machete
- Leatherman Original
- Leatherman Fuse
- S&W SWAT (de-springed auto)
- MTech boot knife (surprisingly well-made)
- Swiss-Army copy with my initials (groomsman's gift)
- 3 cheap Swiss-Army knockoffs that were $0.27 each
- X-ACTO knife
- Cheap combination hatchet/hammer/prybar
- No-name cheap multitool
- Cheap Pakistani-made short sword I bought at a RenFaire
Considering I tend to buy only what I actually need, I see a lot of frivolousness with the above list. The kukri has saved my "bacon" before, and the Leatherman Fuse gets carried and used every day, but I see no practical use for any of the others.
But there are more that I see every day, that I have no use for, but almost obsessively want (click each for more info):
- The Laguiole Knife
- The Real Swiss Army Knife
- Classic Mora knife
- A real, Camillus M3 Trench Knife
- H.I. Chiruwa Ang Khola Kukri
- SnowPeak Titanium Spork
- Cold Steel Chinese War Sword
- Cold Steel Spetznaz Shovel
I admit to having no need for any of the above. But how, then, do I explain this nagging feeling that I "should" have them?
What I have:
- Buck 119
- StG.57 bayo with the lock removed
- Cold Steel Kukri Machete
- Leatherman Original
- Leatherman Fuse
- S&W SWAT (de-springed auto)
- MTech boot knife (surprisingly well-made)
- Swiss-Army copy with my initials (groomsman's gift)
- 3 cheap Swiss-Army knockoffs that were $0.27 each
- X-ACTO knife
- Cheap combination hatchet/hammer/prybar
- No-name cheap multitool
- Cheap Pakistani-made short sword I bought at a RenFaire
Considering I tend to buy only what I actually need, I see a lot of frivolousness with the above list. The kukri has saved my "bacon" before, and the Leatherman Fuse gets carried and used every day, but I see no practical use for any of the others.
But there are more that I see every day, that I have no use for, but almost obsessively want (click each for more info):
- The Laguiole Knife
- The Real Swiss Army Knife
- Classic Mora knife
- A real, Camillus M3 Trench Knife
- H.I. Chiruwa Ang Khola Kukri
- SnowPeak Titanium Spork
- Cold Steel Chinese War Sword
- Cold Steel Spetznaz Shovel
I admit to having no need for any of the above. But how, then, do I explain this nagging feeling that I "should" have them?