What knives have you had over the course of your life and are there any you have fond memories of to retain or hope to re-purchase and are there any that you had poor experiences of to hope to never see again?
After various I have settled on Victorinox for myself to have a few of them in various different places, thus far the diminutive classic hanging off my key bunch that gets used pretty much every day, a camper modified into a chip carver, a Huntsman in glorious gleaming green of which came as gift , and a Handyman that doesn't really get used much certainly not as much as the Handyman that it replaced
My history with folding knives started with the British army two piece clasp knife that died due to a broken back spring followed by various single blade lock knives that didn't last long and then circa age 10 my dad brought me back my first Victorinox, the pre plier Handyman of which saw me through my scouting and military career, to very nearly get nabbed by my ex wife, so I had to buy her her own, in fact that was her first wedding anniversary gift from me - it didn't go down well but she saw the value eventually and especially when in trying to ridicule my lack of romanticism other women admitted to being envious as all their hubbies bought them fancy underwear or household products
In the time of having the increasingly battered and broken Handyman of which lasted me 46 years before I retired it due to the purchase of a modern Handyman with pliers, I had had others. I'd been awarded a William Rogers Stag lock knife of which though pretty I found rather useless to eventually consider it hazardous to use due to what I considered a weak locking mechanism also soft blade steel and I have had two Leathermans, the original PST from the late 80's and a later Juice XE6 to be unimpressed with the longevity of both, the PST: soft blade steel and the Juice just fell apart in storage- the back sping problem. I have also had a monstrous great rubber handled dive knife I used more as a chopper than anything else.
And have not finished as am after a Victorinox Farmer X next and I might send my old Handyman back to Victorinox to see if they will rebuild it as in ways it's better than the new Handyman, it's certainly thinner and less 'spacious.'
What about you ?
After various I have settled on Victorinox for myself to have a few of them in various different places, thus far the diminutive classic hanging off my key bunch that gets used pretty much every day, a camper modified into a chip carver, a Huntsman in glorious gleaming green of which came as gift , and a Handyman that doesn't really get used much certainly not as much as the Handyman that it replaced
My history with folding knives started with the British army two piece clasp knife that died due to a broken back spring followed by various single blade lock knives that didn't last long and then circa age 10 my dad brought me back my first Victorinox, the pre plier Handyman of which saw me through my scouting and military career, to very nearly get nabbed by my ex wife, so I had to buy her her own, in fact that was her first wedding anniversary gift from me - it didn't go down well but she saw the value eventually and especially when in trying to ridicule my lack of romanticism other women admitted to being envious as all their hubbies bought them fancy underwear or household products
In the time of having the increasingly battered and broken Handyman of which lasted me 46 years before I retired it due to the purchase of a modern Handyman with pliers, I had had others. I'd been awarded a William Rogers Stag lock knife of which though pretty I found rather useless to eventually consider it hazardous to use due to what I considered a weak locking mechanism also soft blade steel and I have had two Leathermans, the original PST from the late 80's and a later Juice XE6 to be unimpressed with the longevity of both, the PST: soft blade steel and the Juice just fell apart in storage- the back sping problem. I have also had a monstrous great rubber handled dive knife I used more as a chopper than anything else.
And have not finished as am after a Victorinox Farmer X next and I might send my old Handyman back to Victorinox to see if they will rebuild it as in ways it's better than the new Handyman, it's certainly thinner and less 'spacious.'
What about you ?
