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marvintheapostle
IMO:
Warranty = keep
No warranty = toss
Grand-wazoo
If you plan to ever sell them, keep the boxes. Knife folks are fucking anal about it and will try to convince you it’s worth half without it.Â
Keep, especially Microtech and other American IT higher end brands.
Anything cheap gets tossed. I have three kitchen cabinets full…they take up a lot of space but worth keeping.
grumpimechanik
I agree with Grand-wazoo about the resale value. If you don’t care about that or warranty then ok. The CRK box, I wouldn’t toss no matter what.
Charming-Fig-2544
If it’s a high-end knife that actually has some resale value, I’d keep the box. If it’s like a Civivi or similar, toss it. Keep any warranty papers.
HELLOMYNAMEISBRAVO
Man i used to keep all that stuff. Now i find i dont want to miss out on space for storage with boxes that never get used so i tossed them all. I have sent knives in for warranty without the box and had no issues. So i vote toss em. But remember big time knife guys want all box and goodies inside too.
actuallyjacobo
I keep my Microtech boxes (3) just in case I ever need to send them in
Summonabotch
Keep for shelf queens only
Final-Counter1601
Toss them the moment your return window is up.
Clay194
How’re the microtechs treating you? I have the Ultratech III switchblade, it seems the spring loaded mechanism doesn’t lock out the knife completely every time. I don’t know if this is just because I use it so much or if it’s a known problem.
Bingo1dog
Keep until I know if the knife is a keeper or not then toss. If I think I might want to sell the knife later on I keep it until I realize I have a pile of boxes then I go through them all (this is something I need to do soon) If its a budget knife the box isn’t kept at all.
ff_lineman
I keep them until I know I will always carry that knife. Otherwise I’ll sell as users with box people will buy them with a box more often than no box. That and warranty.
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IMO:
Warranty = keep
No warranty = toss
If you plan to ever sell them, keep the boxes. Knife folks are fucking anal about it and will try to convince you it’s worth half without it.Â
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Keep, especially Microtech and other American IT higher end brands.
Anything cheap gets tossed. I have three kitchen cabinets full…they take up a lot of space but worth keeping.
I agree with Grand-wazoo about the resale value. If you don’t care about that or warranty then ok. The CRK box, I wouldn’t toss no matter what.
If it’s a high-end knife that actually has some resale value, I’d keep the box. If it’s like a Civivi or similar, toss it. Keep any warranty papers.
Man i used to keep all that stuff. Now i find i dont want to miss out on space for storage with boxes that never get used so i tossed them all. I have sent knives in for warranty without the box and had no issues. So i vote toss em. But remember big time knife guys want all box and goodies inside too.
I keep my Microtech boxes (3) just in case I ever need to send them in
Keep for shelf queens only
Toss them the moment your return window is up.
How’re the microtechs treating you? I have the Ultratech III switchblade, it seems the spring loaded mechanism doesn’t lock out the knife completely every time. I don’t know if this is just because I use it so much or if it’s a known problem.
Keep until I know if the knife is a keeper or not then toss. If I think I might want to sell the knife later on I keep it until I realize I have a pile of boxes then I go through them all (this is something I need to do soon) If its a budget knife the box isn’t kept at all.
I keep them until I know I will always carry that knife. Otherwise I’ll sell as users with box people will buy them with a box more often than no box. That and warranty.