My Knives – Autobiography.

Today is NKD for me. Fun fact, I dont consider myself a knife collector. But when I stopped and thought about it, maybe I am?!?!? Below is my assortment that I recently rounded up from the various places around the house. Few stories behind this mess: my first love affair was with the brass butterfly knife when I was about 6 years old. My father was a sheriff and this was something confiscated that ended up in the garage. I got a toy butterfly knife from pick-n-save crica 1986/87 and taught myself the basics of handling it. Scared my parents half to death when they first saw me demonstrate on the real knife when I was in 2nd grade. The Buck 110 was my father's, he carried it on duty since the late 70s. The Kershaw Scallion purchased when I went off to college in 2001 and used to cut twigs/leaves/branches in my forestry and dendrology courses for plant identification. The plane blade Spyderco Delica I bought on eBay in 2004 but the guy send me the wrong model and refunded my entire cost ($20), thus a free knife and exposing me to truly sharp blades. Spyderco replaced the clip during a sharpening some years ago. The two serrated Delicas are Gen 1 models with plastic molded clips TSA confiscated I purchased on eBay. One had the tip chipped off but Spyderco reprofiled it and sharpened it for a small fee. The OTFs and Boker autos are what I'd buy myself, wife, and son for stocking stuffers over the years. Most recently I bought the Bel Air new and Elementum used. I have a Kershaw Mini Iridium arriving today, so NKD when the mail comes today. Been fun to walk down memory lane via my knife collection. I could go on but I digress.