I couldn’t help going for the Street Bowie…but hey, I thought about dropping over $400 on a Darn Dao, so at least I am somewhat capable of restraint.
On the fixed blade front, I do have some Survive GSMs ordered…no idea when they’ll ship though.
I couldn’t help going for the Street Bowie…but hey, I thought about dropping over $400 on a Darn Dao, so at least I am somewhat capable of restraint.
It’s a Jimbo…but I was close to going for the big one.Ramonade wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 7:23 pmI don't think one can delete is own posts.
Everything was all fun and play, the OP did show a picture of like almost 10 knives he bought since he bought his first Para 3 LW recently !
It was his first Spyderco and then a Subver, Yojimbo or Yojumbo, Manbug, Ladybug Hawkbill Salt, Shaman and other seemed to have followed very, very fast ^^
The Chaparral is really nice. It does a whole lot with very little. The real winning feature on that one is the thinness of the blade. It tears through cardboard. I tend to prefer a little more blade, so I do not own one anymore.Boss Hogg wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:43 pmI’m sure that that’s Sage advice (knife reference intended). I barely have had time to get to know the knives yet. I think once I have the Chief, Street Bowie, and Native 5 Manga (whenever that comes out) it’ll be time to stop and spend a year or so getting much more acquainted with the collection.JSumm wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:20 pmOh wowy wow. You do really dive in. It looks like you have your bases covered. I would suggest slowdown and use them a bit. I found my tastes changed trying to hunt the "Perfect Folder " for me. My tastes now are not what they were when I started. Needed to use some models for different situations to discover my preferences. I may have fewer or different models if I really knew what I preferred.
That said, I’ve mostly gone after larger knives, and I would like to get something smaller from Taiwan. The Kapara feels the best to me out of everything, but I don’t know if I just got an excellent example. The Subvert is also really nice, but it’s obviously a more specialty knife, and I doubt it’s going to be in my pocket a whole lot. The Golden knives all seem
slightly nicer than the Seki-City, but there’s something about the Kapara that is above and beyond. I suppose it’s also a price thing.
I am leaning toward a Chaparral, but I’ve heard so much good about the Sage 5, I just can’t decide. And of course, there’s the Dragonfly for getting into a truly smaller design; albeit, that one is Japanese.
But there I go again…I should probably just stop now and enjoy what I have.
Thanks for the continued advice. I just made another (moderated) post resigning myself to the inevitability that I will continue buying everting I can, but I do appreciate you being the voice of reason. I’ll do my best to hold off buying anything until I’ve handled the Chief.JSumm wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:24 pmThe Chaparral is really nice. It does a whole lot with very little. The real winning feature on that one is the thinness of the blade. It tears through cardboard. I tend to prefer a little more blade, so I do not own one anymore.Boss Hogg wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:43 pmI’m sure that that’s Sage advice (knife reference intended). I barely have had time to get to know the knives yet. I think once I have the Chief, Street Bowie, and Native 5 Manga (whenever that comes out) it’ll be time to stop and spend a year or so getting much more acquainted with the collection.JSumm wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:20 pmOh wowy wow. You do really dive in. It looks like you have your bases covered. I would suggest slowdown and use them a bit. I found my tastes changed trying to hunt the "Perfect Folder " for me. My tastes now are not what they were when I started. Needed to use some models for different situations to discover my preferences. I may have fewer or different models if I really knew what I preferred.
That said, I’ve mostly gone after larger knives, and I would like to get something smaller from Taiwan. The Kapara feels the best to me out of everything, but I don’t know if I just got an excellent example. The Subvert is also really nice, but it’s obviously a more specialty knife, and I doubt it’s going to be in my pocket a whole lot. The Golden knives all seem
slightly nicer than the Seki-City, but there’s something about the Kapara that is above and beyond. I suppose it’s also a price thing.
I am leaning toward a Chaparral, but I’ve heard so much good about the Sage 5, I just can’t decide. And of course, there’s the Dragonfly for getting into a truly smaller design; albeit, that one is Japanese.
But there I go again…I should probably just stop now and enjoy what I have.
I do have the Kapara. Overall, it is my favorite design. The blade length for the relatively small footprint is amazing. I really prefer the profile of the blade. Especially the edge where you only have a slight belly towards the tip. The scales look amazing. My old/new Caly 3.5 is giving the Kapara a run for its money.
Maybe hold out buying until you get the Native Chief. Get that in hand and see what you think. I do not have one and have only handled one. The eventual Lightweight Native Chief is probably my most anticipated new model.
Yes it is ! MG2
I'm dying laughing at this. Poor Kevin.Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 7:15 pmMy post is missing too . I didn’t cuss , polite , and didn’t make fun of Kevin . MG2
Boss Hogg wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:48 pm.....
I’m probably going to get a Sage 5 or Chaparral as well, but I cannot decide between the two…maybe I need both.
It’s hard to pick a favorite so far, but I’m really digging the Kapara and the Shaman. I’ve used the Para 3 LW and Shaman the most, depending on what I’m doing, and both have performed admirably.
Any advice on what else I might want to add to the collection is appreciated. Or, if you think I’m an idiot for buying so many knives without knowing what I’m doing, feel free to lay into me.
Okay, one more “blind” post.
Very true.