Found my bbq knife

[stdreb27]

Have I ever mentioned I am considering opening up a war museum?

No joke.

 

[M. Sage]

The one that makes me happy is a simple CETME bayonet.

It fits on the end of my FR-8, which makes me happy. It was also made in Toledo (Spain, not Ohio you knuckle-dragger...), which has a history of supplying quality blades back to around 500BC. They supplied Hannibal and later the Romans.

And even those two aside, it's just a big, nasty blade that makes me happy.

Next up, I need a Kukri.

 

[benenglish]

Are there people who would actually buy a knife like that?

Yep. A while back there was a very nice two-page ad in the back of Man At Arms magazine for a fancy gun safe that was nice enough to double as a display case and that wouldn't look out of place as the centerpiece of a man-cave. It was very pretty so I did some research online. The starting price for their line of safes was USD$250K.

Yeah, there are people who buy really expensive stuff.

As the middle class disappears and the number of people with effectively-infinite wealth grows, one of the few ways to stay in the middle class will be to make stuff or provide services that are stupidly expensive, marketed to people who are stupidly rich. $3000 knives, $250K safes, your services as a yacht crewman - these are things you can sell to rich people to make a good living. The demand for them grows each day.

 

[T-FAST]

I see nothing wrong with that price. Very nice knife

 

[Ole Cowboy]

The one that makes me happy is a simple CETME bayonet.

It fits on the end of my FR-8, which makes me happy. It was also made in Toledo (Spain, not Ohio you knuckle-dragger...), which has a history of supplying quality blades back to around 500BC. They supplied Hannibal and later the Romans.

And even those two aside, it's just a big, nasty blade that makes me happy.

Next up, I need a Kukri.

I was in Toledo couple of weeks ago. Its a town full of knives to say the least. I tried to find a factory and did not seem to have any luck doing so. I asked numerous stores where are these made and of course the answer was Toledo, OK, fine I would like to visit the factory to see, then only thing I got then was blank stares. I was really disappointed. I will tell you you prob bought the knife cheaper than had you been in Toledo, mostly stupid money.

 

[Tap]

This is my BBQ knife (the one on the left, blood stained, serrations just about sharpened off, sheath worn almost out), it started its life on my hip in 1967-Vietnam, saw duty in Korea, Germany and a lot of other places in the world. Its cut, opened, pried, gutted, hammered, sawed, sliced and diced a lot of stuff. No its not some fancy $3000 hand made by a virgin, sheath made from the scrotum sacks of Siberian Tigers, scales out of dinosaur tusks and blade from UnObtainium. No, my knife works, still working, Puma White Hunter...now where is the BBQ?


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This is awesome. I have two white hunters myself. One stag and one wood, but can't bring myself to skin deer with either. They are probably two of my favorite knives. I will hack on a deer with a randall, but just can't beat these up.

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[breakingcontact]

This is the nice knife I'd like. It's $2300 less than yours.

 

[Tap]

What benchmade is that?

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[breakingcontact]

162 Bushcrafter Benchmade 162 Bushcrafter Knife - Free Shipping at REI.com

 

[matefrio]

One I had at the capitol building cost me $130.00 plus $2500 in legal fees. Would have been much more but I got help from here and other places. By far my most expensive knife :-)

 

[stdreb27]

This is the nice knife I'd like. It's $2300 less than yours.

These are the ones I'm currently lusting over.
http://www.fiddlebackforge.com/index.cfm/fiddleback-forge-knives/4-inch-blades/camp-nessie/

 

[breakingcontact]

These are the ones I'm currently lusting over.
Camp Nessie

Very nice. Consider them camp knives or choppers?

 

[stdreb27]

Very nice. Consider them camp knives or choppers?

If I had my way. Id use it as a boot knife. Or general purpose outdoor knife.

 

[Jakashh]

You think that's expensive?? Some of Marfione's OTF knives demand $8,000+

http://www.bladehq.com/item--GIANT-Microtech-Marfione-Custom--13267

http://www.bladehq.com/item--GIANT-Microtech-Marfione-Custom--12587

Out the Front (OTF) Automatic Knives - OTF Knives for sale - Knives - Blade HQ

 

[benenglish]

You think that's expensive?? Some of Marfione's OTF knives demand $8,000+

GIANT Microtech Marfione Custom Halo V 3X OTF Knife (13.75" Brend Mirror Polish) - Blade HQ

That knife opens to an overall length exceeding 32 inches. I think that is well inside the zone of silly novelties. Somebody will probably buy it, though.

 

[stdreb27]

That knife opens to an overall length exceeding 32 inches. I think that is well inside the zone of silly novelties. Somebody will probably buy it, though.

Who doesn't need a folding auto open sword?!?

 

[TX69]

Was flipping through blade hq. Saw this knife. Thought I can't live without that. Then I saw the price
Microtech Marfione Custom Lightfoot LCC D/A Automatic Knife Ivory (Damascus) - Blade HQ

Would it retain its value after I sharpened it?

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

I was thinking of getting a very large chopper, but I've been watching Vikings and really want a smaller battle axe now. Of course this would be for chopping wood while camping if the wife asks,lol. I'm pretty sure she'd see right through that though.

What about a BBQ tomahawk?

 

[deemus]

There's a sucker born every minute.

 

[kabob]

You'd use a Damascus blade for BBQ?