Selling your once grail knife

[Sjucaveman]

So the slysz bowie used to be my grail, but as the title states I find myself getting rid of it. Anyone else get their grail just to catch and release?

[gull wing]

:D Don't sell it, mod it. This is perfect (for me) 3" blade, a slicing machine.

[ZrowsN1s]

that looks good gull wing

[bearfacedkiller]

I have never owned a grail. I don’t think that for me personally that such a thing exists.

The are different knives for different uses/applications and maybe even just different knives for different moods but there is no one superior knife for me.

[5-by-5]

:D Don't sell it, mod it. This is perfect (for me) 3" blade, a slicing machine.

The horror, the horror.....

[vivi]

Yup.

Former "grails" I ended up parting with (Only after using them mind you, never catch and release)

1. Tip up wire clip Para 1. Sanded the pinky hook so I could manage a 4 finger grip behind the choil. Too small. Went back to the Millie.

2. Tip up BG42/CF Military. Didn't like how BG42 sharpened, switched to the CPMD2 Millie.

3. Lil Temp. Awesome handle, too small of a knife though. Went back to the Millie.

4. C95 Manix. Decided I liked the more narrow blade profile and lighter weight of my new Police 3 better.

5. Hossom Forester. Thought it'd be the best chopper. Compared it to a RAT9 and Scrapyard Dogfather. Preferred the Dogfather, still own it, sold the other two a decade ago.

6. Para 2 DLC. Better ergos than the 1, longer blade, factory tip up, and very corrosion resistant. Went back to the Police / Millie after having lock issues and deciding it was kind of small.

7. CTS204P Millie. This looked like the ultimate Millie from the currently available options when I bought it. Went back to the Police. After years of being indecisive about whether I prefer the Police or Millie, the Police won out.

[Halfneck]

The Jot Singh Khalsa.

I love quirky stuff and when the Jot Singh Khalsa came out it ticked all those boxes for me. Only thing I did not like was tip-down carry & it takes up some room in your pocket. Started carrying it less & less till it was mostly a safe queen. In-between jobs & money was tight so I sold it. Really like the look of the recent Sprint Run, but money was tight. With 2 teen boys I expect money to be tight for a while lol.

[RobDigi]

I’ve done it with a old nail nick Mnandi my grail I eventually sold it with regret ...
And an Olamic Busker It took me a year to get it I sold it in a week no regret.
But I replaced those with the Chaparral 3step ti blue and the Native sunburst Ti ...both the Spyderco’s cost about as much as the Busker total and both were about 1/2 of what the Mnandi cost that made it easier.
Those two spydercos I love and never see me selling!

[GarageBoy]

Don't believe in the Grail, there will always be others

[Sumdumguy]

Lum Tanto Folder.

Bought and sold two seperate versions, wasn't ideal for my knife tasks. Still beautiful though.

[cabfrank]

Vivi, I notice a trend with the Police and Millie.

[murphjd25]

The Slysz Bowie was my grail until I sold it and got a CRK.

[knivesandbooks]

The Slysz Bowie was my grail until I sold it and got a CRK.

Funny becuase I thought about selling my CRK after I got a Slysz Bowie. Still have both though. :p

[5-by-5]

The Slysz Bowie was my grail until I sold it and got a CRK.

Funny becuase I thought about selling my CRK after I got a Slysz Bowie. Still have both though. :p

*Edited in the spirit of Shiny Footprints - TazKristi*

[jabba359]

My long time grail was the 25th anniversary Delica. Finally got it and...I'm not releasing that thing unless some sort of catastrophe strikes. :D Same thing goes for my 9/11 D'Allara.

[Tucson Tom]

As others have said, I am just not a believer in the Grail knife or the "one knife to rule them all". I have a lot of knives I enjoy on different occasions and for different reasons. I suppose I could rephrase the question as "have I ever sold (or gotten rid of) a knife then decided to get it again. If so, that would be my Benchmade Griptillian. I favor the hollow ground model of that knife with 154CM steel and a round hole (big surprise about the hole, eh?). I lost my first one (in the Grand Canyon), bought a replacement and ended up giving it to a friend. At this point I don't have one, but could feel good about picking one up again. It is far and away my favorite Benchmade. Spyderco has had a way of siphoning off all of my knife budget though for quite some time. The 154 steel might be the biggest reason -- I don't think that is used in any production Spydercos at this point, and a guy really should have a knife with 154.

[5-by-5]

The Slysz Bowie was my grail until I sold it and got a CRK.

Funny becuase I thought about selling my CRK after I got a Slysz Bowie. Still have both though. :p

*Edited in the spirit of Shiny Footprints - TazKristi*

I love you Kristi

[5-by-5]

I love my puppers

[5-by-5]

I bought my first Spyderco in 1988. I had no idea I'd become obsessed

[Daveho]

Cmon really?
Don’t carry on, the rules of the forum are pretty straight forward.