Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on January 15, 2013 at 22:31

Thanks Steve, I will take a look!

Steve Hanner said:

Rick you might look at this discussion: http://www.iknifecollector.com/group/vintageamericanknives/forum/to...

Rick Hooper said:

I think I speak for many older collectors of Fightin Rooster, and Bulldog brand pocketknives, first generation type, with celluloid handles! We found out two late ,you can not oil the backsprings at all, and allow oil to penetrate between the brass liner and the celluloid scales. After some time this action would case the handles to deterioate , releasing a toxic gas! This would destroy the knife with rust and decay of the brass scales. If the knife was in a display case or roll , the gas would afflect the knives in proximity of the original, rusting and pitting them too. 

• ▶ Reply

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on February 3, 2013 at 15:29

I don't really regret buying any knife.  Some of my knives are cheap and not really very good knives.  Even though I was collecting, until recently I wouldn't consider myself a serious collector.  This site has helped me a lot to increase my knowledge of and interest in knives.  Even most of my "junk" knives have sentimental value to me, especially those given to me by my mother and aunt before they passed away.  Also a lot of my cheap knives are momentos of places I have visited.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on February 5, 2013 at 16:45

While it is true every knife, even a bad one is a lesson learned,  I think I can come up with at least 20-30 knives I wished I'd have never bought.  No doubt, there are others out there that would probably enjoy them but I will admit I've bought too many knives on impulse.  Quite often the price was fair or even a bargain but looking back, I'd rather have the cash, instead. Most often, the knife was something that fell outside my normal collecting habits and I wind up kicking myself for ignoring my own rules.

I've since amended Rule #1.  It is now "Buy what you like, but ask yourself if this an infatuation or will you still like it next month."  If the answer is I don't know is I'll still like it next month, I pass on the purchase.  If the answer is Yes I will still like it next month, then I buy it -- Next Month!

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on February 15, 2013 at 13:23

Bear & Son BR 7445 Scout knife.  Not worth the the asking price.  Bad grinding at the blade pivot.  Poorly polished blades, cheap plastic handles.  Had I seen it in person instead of buying it online, I probably wouldn’t have bought it.

Cabela Gut Hook Skinner.  Not a bad knife but not one I needed.  I should’ve used the gift card on something else.

Colt Alamo Bowie: CT410.  Again, not a bad knife for something made in Pakistan but not something I needed.  Should’ve saved my money for something more in line with what I collect.

Gerber Crevice.  Another knife I didn’t need.

Rite Edge Laguiole – What was I thinking?

Rough Rider Boot Dagger RR626.  It has no edge.  Had I known this before buying it  online, I’d have saved my money.

I could go on. I have plenty of cheap-o knives, I should’ve passed on and I have several good quality knives that I also should’ve passed on as they are not what I normally collect.

I really need to make a “Wall of Knife Regrets” that I can stare at before going off looking for a knife.  So far the only knife that really falls in my “Big Regret” category is the Bear Scout knife. It is a knife pattern I collect and I own other Bear knives that are good knives. But I’ve been warned so many times not to buy a Bear unless you can inspect in person first. This is especially true of the folders.

• ▶ Reply

▶ Reply to Discussion

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• 2
• Next ›
• Page