Whats your latest knife purchase?

[shortround1]

I'm really excited about the Para 3 lightweight so I placed a pre-order for one. I think it will make an ideal edc knife for me. Pic is from knifecenter:

[FatCity67]

Those are some beautiful knives cruffers.

[crufflers]

Those are some beautiful knives cruffers.

Thanks. There's something about traditionals that makes them fun to collect. I love the materials and colors, but also GEC because they make relatively small runs of patterns and then they are gone similar to Busse. It is fun to hunt them down and easy to sell them if you want to.

[Desertdoc]

I had a friend make me a hand forged tomahaw. This thin is very sharp, light as a feather. This thing is made for one thing.

[AreWeFree]

I had a friend make me a hand forged tomahaw. This thin is very sharp, light as a feather. This thing is made for one thing.

That's pretty badass, you gonna test it out on some materials? bamboo, car doors, hammer a brick, anything?

[checkenbach]

A Spyderco Endura 4. It’s a beast compared to my Delica...

[jeffrice6]

A couple more GEC 43's came in - Natural Canvas Micarta and Red Jigged Bone... man, these are nice

Very pretty, congrats!

[crufflers]

It's getting to the point now that I'm only looking for "new releases"

New stuff will keep you buying knives forever, hahah.

[crufflers]

Interesting traditional... 2007 Great Eastern made Schrade... (GEC #23 Pioneer Trapper in Brown pick bone) GEC 2018 #43 for scale
From the early days of GEC

[Excitable Boy]

New stuff will keep you buying knives forever, hahah.

That's funny. I was in the hunt with both high end production knives and customs for years. These days, I'm starting to feel like I just have too many knives and am thinking of parting with some to just reduce the amount of stuff I own overall. I know folks with hundreds of knives and I'm not there, but even having dozens of high end production and customs adds up.

[crufflers]

That's funny. I was in the hunt with both high end production knives and customs for years. These days, I'm starting to feel like I just have too many knives and am thinking of parting with some to just reduce the amount of stuff I own overall. I know folks with hundreds of knives and I'm not there, but even having dozens of high end production and customs adds up.

Yeah, for me it was fun because I figured out what I really like, what is just OK, and what I don't like. I got over the mental roadblock of NEVER SELL ANYTHING (still there for firearms, I admit). If I get something I don't like I might sell it right away. Painless when you make money on it or just break even considering EBAY's 10%.

When I sold some on EBAY my monthly totals were crazy. $400 knives that appreciate fast are not hard to let go of (any Team Gemini's hahah) if I am not using them and can't see a use for them besides piling them up. I still have too many users to take camping all at once or whatever. Folders I pretty much figured out two knives I absolutely love and still switch it up once in a while. No need to have dozens on the shelf, but I still do. It is a fun hobby even when you sell stuff IMHO. I keep on buying new stuff too, just change up what I like sometimes.

[tcd511]

So after watching some videos from this years Shot Show, I was impressed by the new Gerber Fastball. I was a little worried about purchasing this given Gerber's past and poor quality control and the price but had high hopes Gerber was finally serious about their knives again. Well, the knife arrived and all my worries were confirmed. The knife I received had the blade so off center it was rubbing the frame and the left to right blade play was just too much. Pretty unhappy with my purchase I asked for an rma to return. it.

So fast forward to now. I am getting it ready to ship back and taking a look at it for a second time. I decided rather than returning it I would attempt to recenter the blade and remove the blade play. This took all of about 15 minutes and came out perfectly. So what did I learn? Gerber is still hit or miss with their QC.

The knife itself though is a good knife, now after fixing it. Is it worth the $100 price tag? No. Size wise, it is the same size as a Kershaw Dividend or Leek. Features wise it is more like the Dividend in construction. The main difference is the blade material. Where Kershaw uses 420C Gerber is using S30V. The Fastball is a flipper that acts like it has assisted opening but it doesn't. It deploys fast and locks up quick and tight. If your considering this knife I would suggest finding something else. There are more knives in this price range that you can get a better bang for your buck.

[MongooseV8]

Looks a lot like a Leek and Skyline baby

[shooter1975]

Scored some good deals on the bay.

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ZT 0055

[crufflers]

Nice ones. How do you like the 0055?