Phew! Thank goodness for that.!
It kinda creeps up on you doesn't it?
I didn't realise I had so many. Just realised I also have a mini opinel on my keyring so that makes 14. .... uh oh!
Really need to stop buying knives
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Phew! Thank goodness for that.!
It kinda creeps up on you doesn't it?
I didn't realise I had so many. Just realised I also have a mini opinel on my keyring so that makes 14. .... uh oh!
I thought I was done buying and building crooked knives for wood carving.
Then a handful of 6 of them was a bargain that I couldn't pass up.
Then my D1 gifted me a blade that I'd always wanted.
At about the same time, 2 other finished knives arrived from a new bladesmith.
I never take inventory of what's in the kitchen. Do 5 cleavers count as knives?
There's a bunch of them scattered in my outdoors equipment, too.
Then a handful of 6 of them was a bargain that I couldn't pass up.
Then my D1 gifted me a blade that I'd always wanted.
At about the same time, 2 other finished knives arrived from a new bladesmith.
I never take inventory of what's in the kitchen. Do 5 cleavers count as knives?
There's a bunch of them scattered in my outdoors equipment, too.
My entire knife collection fits nicely into one x 18 litre plastic box. I have a total of four of theses boxes and they stack solidly on top of one another - my aim is to fill them all with knives! 
Once I do fill them all, they will still take up significantly less space than the mrs shoe, coat, bag and TK Maxx bargain collection.
Once I do fill them all, they will still take up significantly less space than the mrs shoe, coat, bag and TK Maxx bargain collection.
I think I tamed the knife buying beastie inside me, but it took a while and cost a lot. I do own a lot of nice ones though. I still want some things but, luckily, they are cheap. I'd like a Higonokami, I'd like a Mercator Cat and a Douk Douk ... and a Moore Maker stag Trapper (but that is another, more expensive issue). Also a Case Texas Jack of the right size and vintage; again, not a cheap one. 
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This could quite easily turn into a knife porn enablers thread. 
Those LionSteel Barlows and BestMans are still a’calling me...
Those LionSteel Barlows and BestMans are still a’calling me...
Thanks a lot! I was doing pretty well but now you’ve got me thinking about a Barlow!This could quite easily turn into a knife porn enablers thread.
Those LionSteel Barlows and BestMans are still a’calling me...
If you have a session cleaning and honing the whole collection at the same time, and struggle to find the correct sheaths , then you know you have a beginning of a problem!
I don't have a collection but just various knives, like a folder from Sardinia, Hungary, Transilvania, a date cutting knife from Tunisia, just 6 puukkos, the absolute minimum one needs. No problem, hakuna matata!
Can we share some raw numbers? number of fixed, number of folders? I was tallying up the knives I have and I would like to feel better about having too many...I am sure I am a rank amateur in this company, not least that some folk have had an extra decade or two on me!
24 folders
22 of my home made fixed blades
19 commercial fixed blades (inc only 2 in the kitchen)
4 parangs, 5 axes
0 hand made by others.
14 blades awaiting finishing/handles
24 folders
22 of my home made fixed blades
19 commercial fixed blades (inc only 2 in the kitchen)
4 parangs, 5 axes
0 hand made by others.
14 blades awaiting finishing/handles
I love axes or ax' if you're anal about it.
At least when they are delivered I can say I ordered it by axident
Not...feeling....better... 
except about axes...thanks Direwulf!!
except about axes...thanks Direwulf!!
Unfortunately my last 3 gb purchases have been poor.Not...feeling....better...
except about axes...thanks Direwulf!!
Workmanship has took a nosedive since the wetterlings lot was absorbed....cant be a coincidence,maybe a topic for a later thread
I have manged to stop buying axes by turning to knives. Seems to help. Here are some of my axes. Still room in the shed for a few more.
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1 issued machete
4 sheath knives
Lots of folders
Couple of multitools.
The folders are used to show the scouts the different sorts of knives you can get.
Plus a climbing knife and a kayaking one.
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1 issued machete
4 sheath knives
Lots of folders
Couple of multitools.
The folders are used to show the scouts the different sorts of knives you can get.
Plus a climbing knife and a kayaking one.
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4 Axes
1 Parang
7 fixed blade knives
11 folding knives
4 multitools
+ 3 Chefs knives and a Nakiri in the kitchen...
Not too many (relatively speaking), but my wife has a different opinion!
1 Parang
7 fixed blade knives
11 folding knives
4 multitools
+ 3 Chefs knives and a Nakiri in the kitchen...
Not too many (relatively speaking), but my wife has a different opinion!
I might post you over a knife I made to put a number in that section....let me know if interested...like the idea of sharing
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