Trial and error has led me to aquire more sheath knives than I ever thought I would own and since I recently rounded them up heres a photo of them. Luckily I have three sons to pass the also rans onto when they come of the right age.
1, 2 and 19 I carry by far the most especially 2 in the neck sheath, 19 I have as a backup when out for more than a day.
3, 4 and 5 I got around the same time as 1 and 2 and so became redundent before I got to use them much. 4 had the point dropped for me.
6 I used a lot for fine work back in the days I was using 8 but now is just used for wood carving at home.
9 through 12 are purely for carving as well. I can get them sharper than 1 or 2 but personally I find the erganomics of the Grohmanns far superior.
13 was bought as a lender as they were practically giving them away.
7 only gets used for carving the Sunday joint.
8 was used a hell of a lot for splitting logs back when I was a student, it slowly mutated. into its current form but hasn't been used for years.
14 was picked up on a car boot, the blades very thin and whippy, good for kitchen work but little else.
15 is a copy of a 18th C English trade knife, I've since got a more correct sheath for it that one being more "mountain man" than I like.
16 was my back up until I got the smaller and much lighter 19.
17 was bought for a single job when I'd not had a fixed blade available and hasn't been used since so has been a bit of a waste of money.
18 I had as a kid from a car boot for a few pence, cleaned it up, fashioned a shearth of sorts and bobs your uncle.
20 I got as a unfinished blade and to be quite honest I'm frightened of it, it's that sharp, even with my poor sharpening skills.
21 and 22 I've found to be bigger than I curently need so now languish in a draw, a saw doing a better job in most cases and easier to explain! I've never been enamoured of axes and after using 8 a lot back in my youth was happier with 22 for heavy chopping when I needed to do it.
I've a Grohmann Small Camper (flat ground Bird and Trout) on its way to try as a lighter alternative to 2 as a neck knife but short of being able to afford a custom version of 2 I don't think I'll be aquiring another knife now. It's only taken me nigh on 30 years.
