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Pocket Knives

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQbC3Uq7oMupeFOVLvQazLL5sp6JoiwQmk9Cl041Z-2jaZs0Jclh6SacKJOh7Kmj_x9dJ11iZcKXBkJUjiLe6VwMeAQ-UgpIUwqHmUn_2g9ULMUI1QyD9o5cb-o2ErEXglG2wkJB4Ip4/s1600/IMG_6265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQbC3Uq7oMupeFOVLvQazLL5sp6JoiwQmk9Cl041Z-2jaZs0Jclh6SacKJOh7Kmj_x9dJ11iZcKXBkJUjiLe6VwMeAQ-UgpIUwqHmUn_2g9ULMUI1QyD9o5cb-o2ErEXglG2wkJB4Ip4/s200/IMG_6265.JPG" width="200" /></a>My recent bout of KAD (Knife Acquisition Disorder) is somewhat under control now. I have accumulated an acceptable collection of knives, and I'm not really itching to make another purchase just yet. Of course, I'd love me one of those <a href="http://www.chrisreeve.com/" target="_blank">Chris Reeve Sebenza</a> knives, but the price tag keeps my fiscally responsible side well-grounded in reality. I don't think that last sentence makes sense, so let me rephrase it: I can't afford it.<br /><br />When I was a wee lad I carried a pocket knife to be cool, carve my initials into wooden objects, and play mumblety-peg with the neighborhood degenerates. I recall having a cheap single blade folder and a medium sized Swiss Army Knife way back when. However, I stopped carrying pocket knives after getting out of high school (yeah, back then pocket knives were allowed in school), and never really missed them or gave them much thought until a few years ago.<br /><br />So what happened a few years ago? I was on a weekend hike with another family, and my friend broke out an absolutely enormous Swiss Army Knife that I immediately ridiculed and scoffed at. No, it wasn't <a href="http://www.wengerna.com/giant-knife-16999" target="_blank">THIS</a> monstrous, but still. After getting my friend on the defensive, he explained all about the practical utility of having an EDC pocket knife: sawing logs for a lean-to; spontaneous tooth picking; and blah blah emergencies blah blah. He was very convincing. So, I dug my old Swiss Army Classic out of my drawer and started to carry it on the regular. I soon decided to get something different, and that led to the acquisition of a Buck Scholar knife.<br /><br />KAD took over in 2012, and I really went haywire that year. My knife purchases went like this: Spyderco Dragonfly2 in May; Spyderco Manix2 Blue Lightweight in June; Benchmade Mini-Griptilian in July; <a href="http://dailyacquisition.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-pocket-knife-cold-steel-tuff-lite.html" target="_blank">Coldsteel Tuff Lite</a> in August; <a href="http://dailyacquisition.blogspot.com/2012/11/my-two-cents-on-gerber-dime.html" target="_blank">Gerber Dime</a> in November (returned to Amazon in November); <a href="http://dailyacquisition.blogspot.com/2013/04/leatherman-juice-s2.html" target="_blank">Leatherman Juice S2</a> in early December; and <a href="http://dailyacquisition.blogspot.com/2013/02/spyderco-native5-knife.html" target="_blank">Spyderco Native5</a> ordered on December 31, 2012. Wow, that's a little overboard, but the lineup looks great:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLA_Iz1trP4WoKhgNwrYBLuP7D-u7V2UgiSiKj4sMUonX2kzRYpF-geq6qs7XW5P73cSIw8hDHefCjd5W_nwKtGtN_8Ggsmm95sHv7dZWnKD3NkJwlgxYs_7jM6eST-bEaseN1rFrDeY/s1600/IMG_6264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLA_Iz1trP4WoKhgNwrYBLuP7D-u7V2UgiSiKj4sMUonX2kzRYpF-geq6qs7XW5P73cSIw8hDHefCjd5W_nwKtGtN_8Ggsmm95sHv7dZWnKD3NkJwlgxYs_7jM6eST-bEaseN1rFrDeY/s200/IMG_6264.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />The knives are shown in chronological order according to when I got them: top row left to right, then bottom row left to right. So my oldest knife is the SAK Classic, and my newest is the Native5. I don't really carry the Classic or the Scholar these days, simply because I prefer the other knives as EDC items. I rarely carry the Manix2 because I don't want to scare or intimidate any sheeple in the neighborhood. Seriously, the Manix2 is only a "pocket" knife in theory or if you're rockin' giant baggy MC Hammer pants.<br /><br />I guess that I can do some retroactive posts related to the Dragonfly2, Manix2, and Mini-Griptilian knives. So be on the lookout for those posts. Unless, of course, KAD kicks in again and/or a Sebenza magically appears in my mailbox. If that happens, I'll write about it immediately.