How Many Knives Do You Buy in a "Normal" Year; How about this Year?

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Permalink Reply by DENNIS SINK on October 12, 2011 at 7:11

I DON'T KNOW.  IHAVE STARTED A NEW HABIT OF GOING TO THRIFT STORES AND RUMMAGING THRU THEIR KITCHEN KNIVES FOR SPECIAL KNIVES.  I CONSENTRATE ON USA, GERMANY, ENGLAND,(NO CHINESE)  WITH FULL TANGS. THESE KNIVES USUALLY GO FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR.   I HAVE ALSO P[CKED UP SOME BARGAINS  (I THINK) AT GARAGE/ESTATE SALES:                               

                                        ontario pilots survival knife

                                          marine corp pocket knife(can opener says pat pending)

                                            Russian fixed blade (maybe)

 

ONE OF THE KITCHEN KNIVES I GOT WAS A CRAFTSMAN BREAD KNIFE, ANOTHER WAS A STEAK KNIFE FROM RUTH'S CRISP STEAK HOUSE. I STILL KEEP LOOKING.

 

I ALSO PICKED UP A COUPLE OF MULTI TOOLS AT LEATHERMAN'S STORE IN PORTLAND.  ONE OF THEIR

EMPOYEES SAID THEY ARE GOING CHINESE(OR HAVE ALREADY GONE).  WHAT A BUMMER!!

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Permalink Reply by Steve"Hog"Hanner on October 12, 2011 at 12:16

Thank you Dennis, I absolutely love to search out bargains in a variety of place including auctions. Interesting point on kitchen knives,as I have to say I don't know much about them. Wonder what best brands are there?

DENNIS SINK said:

I DON'T KNOW.  IHAVE STARTED A NEW HABIT OF GOING TO THRIFT STORES AND RUMMAGING THRU THEIR KITCHEN KNIVES FOR SPECIAL KNIVES.  I CONSENTRATE ON USA, GERMANY, ENGLAND,(NO CHINESE)  WITH FULL TANGS. THESE KNIVES USUALLY GO FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR.   I HAVE ALSO P[CKED UP SOME BARGAINS  (I THINK) AT GARAGE/ESTATE SALES:                               

                                        ontario pilots survival knife

                                          marine corp pocket knife(can opener says pat pending)

                                            Russian fixed blade (maybe)

 

ONE OF THE KITCHEN KNIVES I GOT WAS A CRAFTSMAN BREAD KNIFE, ANOTHER WAS A STEAK KNIFE FROM RUTH'S CRISP STEAK HOUSE. I STILL KEEP LOOKING.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Rusty R Halsey on November 5, 2011 at 8:13

You got me curious, so I went through my list and counted 17 knives so far this year.  That makes 1.7 knives per month.  Five came from Ebay, and the rest from other internet sources.   However, I really should be saving more for retirement, so I might slow down on collecting now.  I like the idea of the thrift stores though.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Henry on November 5, 2011 at 15:37

Since I got back into collecting, Oh, let's see.....I'm averaging about five knives a month.

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on November 5, 2011 at 16:12

I dont think I want to know.  Some months 2 some months 6

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Permalink Reply by Billy Oneale on November 5, 2011 at 16:35

I would say between 50 to 100 this year. I'm not going to be buying much the rest of the year. Probably just some club knifes that I'm a member of.

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Permalink Reply by Ron"TUNA"Dumeah on November 25, 2011 at 18:39

I really like these

Shlomo ben Maved said:

Grohmann is a Canadian company located in Pictou, Nova Scotia, that builds the D.H. Russell Belt Knife, a Nessmuk variant that was awarded a permanent display in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) New York City just after it was released in 1957 and it's still on display...You'll have seen the design copied by many makers--Cold Steel and Bark River come to mind.

 

The Nbr. 1 is a 4" blade $91.25, the Nbr. 2 is a Trout & Bird 3½" blade $85.25, Nbr. 3 is the 4" Boat knife and the Canadian Army issue knife $92.95, Nbr. 4 is the 5½" Survival $119.00 and with guthook $139.00.

 

The Nbrs. 100 5" $105.50, 101 4" $92.00, 103 3½" $115.75 and 104F 2½" $88.75 are various shaped and sized Skinning Knives--the Nbr. 101 Upswept Standard Skinner is one of the best balanced knives I've ever held in my hands and the blade pattern was carried over to the 105S 3½" Deep Woods Hunter, a more deluxe version that retails for $173.50/$125 Street and is a delight to the hand and eye...Their newer is the Nbr. 108S 5½" Deer & Moose $119.00 with an oversized handle and blade heavy design that is a sheer brute of a knife...

 

They have four folders, 260S Slimline (nail) $73.75, Z390S & Z390SW $45.75 & $49.95 featherlight lockbacks, R380S Drop point lockback (like the Buck 110 in style) $176.00 and they also have a belt sheath lockback folder version of their Nbr. 1 for the same price.

 

I wore a Nbr. 2 on my belt for probably 20 years and was never really hassled about it as it sits high up and tight to the body so is very unobtrusive and yet still is a lovely little knife for EDC…The handle, being upswept from the blade, prevents you from riding the blade with your palm and gets your knuckles off the cutting surface.

 

They have now introduced a flat grind blade for their models for less weight and ease of sharpening… They also have the Rosewood handled only fillet knives

RF800S  8"  $81.00, RF700S  7"  $79.00, RF600S  6"  $77.00, RF500S  5"  $74.75,

 

*All the blades are available with straight or partially serrated edge, in stainless (Euro 4110) or carbon (Euro C70 type) steels… European steels, somewhat comparable to AUS-6 are used in the pocket and lock knives. 

*Handle materials include all available: classic rosewood, resinwood, natural water buffalo horn, water buffalo jigged bone, Micarta or staghorn and with sturdy brass rivets.

*They have, which is especially nice, a number of sheath choices for any blade--pouch, snap, fold over that you can add pouches for a stone or loops for a firesteel to as well.

 

At present I have them all in regular and flat grind with rosewood and also the regulars with the stag handles and need three more (101, 103, 100) in buffalo to complete that line and am toying with the idea of completing a set in Micarta as well but not really pushing the matter too, too hard.

 

I also have a set of their kitchen knives in a block—actually two sets—a full tang set that came with my wife from her place—she’s knife crazy as well and a forged set that was given to us for a wedding present…My four daughters that have gotten married all had their bridal registries at Grohmann’s as well so they all have complete block sets in their homes.

 

Suggested retail prices shown (MSRP) are in Canadian dollars (CAD)

Nbr. 1 Original

Nbr. 1 Original flat grind

 

Additional pictures on My Page in folder labelled Grohmann

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