1) Never eat anything bigger than my head.
2) Never sell a bass guitar.
3) Never sell a Spyderco knife.
This is my philosophy. I have been forced to liquidate assets in the past for exorbitant and unexpected bills that arose around my 4 legged family members, however I don't sell because they don't speak to me anymore. I have had some Spydies that sadly decided to crawl away, or that someone else liked better than I did, and many more than that were gifted to a knife AFI to open their eyes to real cutting performance.
I can imagine losing one is a similar feeling of loss to what you are experiencing having to part with them
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sal wrote: .... even today, we design a knife from the edge out!
I’m generally not Sentiment-Al when it comes to knives (one of my lesser known pseudonyms), as if I’m not using it much then I like to gift them to friends.
As for ordering online, that is literally the only way I can get Spyderco knives here in Singapore. I would likely have never bought some (PM2, PM3, Centofante 3 and Delica jump to mind) and bought others straight away if I could have handled them first (Jumpmaster 2, Manix XL and Chaparral), but such is the life of the internet shopper They’re all excellent bits of engineering, but for what I use them for I really do wish I could get them in hand before parting with cash.
- Al
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I’m generally not Sentiment-Al when it comes to knives (one of my lesser known pseudonyms), as if I’m not using it much then I like to gift them to friends.
As for ordering online, that is literally the only way I can get Spyderco knives here in Singapore. I would likely have never bought some (PM2, PM3, Centofante 3 and Delica jump to mind) and bought others straight away if I could have handled them first (Jumpmaster 2, Manix XL and Chaparral), but such is the life of the internet shopper They’re all excellent bits of engineering, but for what I use them for I really do wish I could get them in hand before parting with cash.
I agree wholeheartedly. When there is a thread on the Forum I always suggest to check out a shop or a show if possible . Since a lefty I already know that some models would be a waste of time for my tastes . I have rarely felt pain moving a knife to someone to enjoy except my C44 Dyad which a friend had a spare and gave it to me out of his stash of doubles . Dan
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I've sold a lot of knives over the years, usually to help pay for something else I thought I wanted. I typically don't regret selling them, especially if it's something I can buy again if I end up missing it.
I do have a 'core' group of two UKPKs and a Native 5 LW (all in S110V) that likely won't ever be going anywhere. They just work so well for me and I'm very fond of S110V for EDC. I'd regret getting rid of any of those.
There are several aspects to this. I have had some knives that I sold and replaced with newer models, I don't worry so much about the ones that are gone. Spyderco continues to bring out variations in new steels so I don't mind selling the older steel in order to try the newer steel.
I have also sold other knives that I became less interested in, some of those I don't miss but others I really do miss and wish I had them back. So I've learned not to sell knives lightly, I want to consider for a long time before I sell something to hopefully make sure I won't regret it later.
I’ve never had much luck selling knives, tried a time or two and barely got half what I paid or offered half and chose not to. I’d rather give one away to my son or a friend than sell for a lowball offer. I have a few that mean a lot that I couldn’t part with and anything else is just a tool to me.
I have been a prolific collector for a long time, or Spyderholic. My collection was 466 Spyderco's at one time. But as they say life happens. Age, retirement, change in perspective. I took a step back to examine what I originally looked for in knives. My likes were larger combat style knives, G-10, 3-4 inch blade. My first Spyderco was a Military CPM 440V, and still have almost all of the Military variations produced after that one. So I took a hard look at the collection and sold off many that didn't meet the original criteria. Trying to move away from collecting. For instance when Military switched to Military 2 that stopped the Military collection. I tend to sell of entire series, reluctantly sold all of my Sage series just recently, then all of the Para3's.
In total I have sold 180 Spyderco's in the last 4 years. Downsizing I guess, love the brand, carry one everyday. In the same vein I sold off all of my Colt's keeping Glock's and Sig's. The good news is I've never lost any money selling a Spyderco.
1) Never eat anything bigger than my head. 2) Never sell a bass guitar.
3) Never sell a Spyderco knife.
When I was a wee lad of only 19 years old I was an aspiring bass player and had just saved up and bought a very nice woodgrain 5 string Ibanez and was learning to play it, then got scared one month that I was going to miss rent (first apartment on my own) so I pawned it along with a small Fender amp/speaker combo. I was under the impression that I was getting a loan and could buy it back, ended up having the money the next day and went back to be told "oh we sold that the same day you brought it in". I got $300 for a $1300 bass. I was so sick I never played again.
1) Never eat anything bigger than my head.
2) Never sell a bass guitar.
3) Never sell a Spyderco knife.
After parting (lost in snowy winter night) with GB1 I set the same (3) for me, regretting selling:
Millie in CTS-XHP, Para 2 in 20CP, brown Matriarch and Chokwe. Ultimately (3) leads to less knives bought: you already have everything. Now I have three GB1's and four Air's as they was on clearance sale. All sharpened and carried for no more "NIB" condition for (no more) sale.
I was digging around my old photos and found this picture of my collection from 2012. There’s lots here I wouldn’t carry these days on account of having wrong-handed locks for me, but there’s a lot here too that I wish I still had.
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You and I have similar tastes, I feel like I have 75% of what you have in that picture with the exception of a few models.
-Brian A distinguished lurker.
Waiting on a Squeak and Pingo with a Split Spring!
1) Never eat anything bigger than my head. 2) Never sell a bass guitar.
3) Never sell a Spyderco knife.
When I was a wee lad of only 19 years old I was an aspiring bass player and had just saved up and bought a very nice woodgrain 5 string Ibanez and was learning to play it, then got scared one month that I was going to miss rent (first apartment on my own) so I pawned it along with a small Fender amp/speaker combo. I was under the impression that I was getting a loan and could buy it back, ended up having the money the next day and went back to be told "oh we sold that the same day you brought it in". I got $300 for a $1300 bass. I was so sick I never played again.
You should sell a couple of knives and start playing again. :P
-Brian A distinguished lurker.
Waiting on a Squeak and Pingo with a Split Spring!
1) Never eat anything bigger than my head. 2) Never sell a bass guitar.
3) Never sell a Spyderco knife.
When I was a wee lad of only 19 years old I was an aspiring bass player and had just saved up and bought a very nice woodgrain 5 string Ibanez and was learning to play it, then got scared one month that I was going to miss rent (first apartment on my own) so I pawned it along with a small Fender amp/speaker combo. I was under the impression that I was getting a loan and could buy it back, ended up having the money the next day and went back to be told "oh we sold that the same day you brought it in". I got $300 for a $1300 bass. I was so sick I never played again.
You should sell a couple of knives and start playing again. :P
Eh I wasn't very good and now I've had some pretty bad hand injuries, probably don't have the dexterity for it anymore. I'm cursed to know enough about music to understand what's being played more so than the average person but not enough to be good at playing it. I played piano a little as a kid but that didn't really stick either but I can keep a 4:4 time pretty well lol.
Never sold a knife I bought. But…….. my wife liked the Rockjumper I got so much that I gave it to her. My daughter claimed the Lil’ Native CRUWEAR by saying cute and literally walked out of the room with it. And the Dragonfly PD1 just didn’t work for me so I gifted it to my daughter because of her small hands. Only knife I miss is the Rockjumper.
I know I should but I don't sell many either. I've sold maybe a dozen and given away a few more and I don't miss them at all. There's others I should probably sell but I have too much going on &/or I'm too lazy to deal with it. If/when I do part with them I'll still have an unhealthy amount of knives to work with. Some wonderful models too
Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most!
1) Never eat anything bigger than my head. 2) Never sell a bass guitar.
3) Never sell a Spyderco knife.
When I was a wee lad of only 19 years old I was an aspiring bass player and had just saved up and bought a very nice woodgrain 5 string Ibanez and was learning to play it, then got scared one month that I was going to miss rent (first apartment on my own) so I pawned it along with a small Fender amp/speaker combo. I was under the impression that I was getting a loan and could buy it back, ended up having the money the next day and went back to be told "oh we sold that the same day you brought it in". I got $300 for a $1300 bass. I was so sick I never played again.
You should sell a couple of knives and start playing again. :P
Eh I wasn't very good and now I've had some pretty bad hand injuries, probably don't have the dexterity for it anymore. I'm cursed to know enough about music to understand what's being played more so than the average person but not enough to be good at playing it. I played piano a little as a kid but that didn't really stick either but I can keep a 4:4 time pretty well lol.
That's a shame. Some musicians keep playing when they are very old. Maybe it's not as mystical as it seems and you probably don't need to be the best in the world.
-Brian A distinguished lurker.
Waiting on a Squeak and Pingo with a Split Spring!
Don’t want to sound too harsh, but when you start losing your loved ones the knives or anything material for that matter are not worth worrying about. Everything is relative. It’s good to remember that. That’s how I deal with those situations anyway.
Don’t want to sound too harsh, but when you start losing your loved ones the knives or anything material for that matter are not worth worrying about. Everything is relative. It’s good to remember that. That’s how I deal with those situations anyway.
Some people have "started" that at a young age. It isn't a set in stone phase of life that everyone gets to plan for unfortunately.
They’re all excellent bits of engineering, but for what I use them for I really do wish I could get them in hand before parting with cash.
