Do Leathermans (men?) count? Sweated the details on this belt-going package and should I ever actually leave the office - it might be handy in the big outside world...

 

A few knives

 

Gave my Japanese pocket knife to a good friend for his birthday. There was 25% off knives in a nearby store, so I have an Alox now:



I can see myself having a vintage red one in the near future, the Alox scales are so pretty.

 

Here's my (pre Benchmade) Lone Wolf Lobo. It's a hidden automatic which is good in those less than tolerant states It doesnt get carried much these days since I switched to the Rexford R.U.T. There's something about having a fresh blade without having to sharpen anything that's just too convenient.

 

Sharp Tools

 

Not a collector but I own a few. Here's my grizzly ridge. I'd like a paramilitary 2 also and an higonokami as above. I try to avoid to look too much at knifes, watches are expensive enough already...



And a Kizer I pretty much regret buying.

 

Bought whilst in Japan

Japanese boning knife, 27 layers of sharp

 

Chris Reeve “professional soldier “



( had to pick one up whilst In Hawaii as It was $86 US for shipping from the US to Australia from knives ship free )

 

I like a good kitchen knife. A couple German knives (Wusthof), Japanese (Mac), the little red one is a Victornox, and couple surprisingly good knives made in Taiwan with German Steel (Mercer). My pocket knife is a Gerber Ultralight LST (cheap, solid, and easy to carry).

 

That's a nice one you have there.

 

Love some Chris Reeve:
Also have an Umnamzahnn and a small sebenza.

 

Have a Mnandi.

Sold all my other Chris Reeve knives when I bought a Spyderco Gayle Bradley1 in M4

 

Don’t know why but I’m suddenly interested in knives, even though I absolutely have no real use for them. Scissors would do what I needed just as well and probably more safely

That being said, the CRK Sebenza, Inkosi, and Mnandis are beautiful. Talk me out of buying one please? Or into it?

Also, any other Mnandi type knives I should look at?

 

Buy a Mnandi



Bought a few before and wish I had of went straight to them. ( would have saved me a lot of $$ )

Spyderco if you want to spend half the price.
Happy to give some advice on a Spyderco that would suit you. Send me a PM if you have any questions knife related.

 

Gorgeous inlay - what’s that one called?

A new Mnandi is $400-500 US, what’s a fair value for good condition pre-owned?

If I buy, I hope to jump into the higher end category rather than slowly climb up there and then have to prune. (I already have a perfectly functional $10 KA-bar)

Any Mnandi-similar knives that aren’t CRK?

What do you use your Mnandi for? I honestly would probably do nearly nothing with it and just use my $10 knife to open packages/etc.

I really feel irrational at the moment

 

Mine is actually in Bocote inlay which I don’t think is used anymore.

Use it a bit at work as it’s more a non scary knife than a few others I have that are larger.

 

Mayby off topic... but there is a knife involved.

Did some small tinkering in the hobby workshop.

Have some leftovers from Leatherman tools I have destroyed over the years.



Took some small parts from them and modified my Leatherman Micra.



Big? No.

EDC? Yes.

This was a test run and I used a set of keys that are totally wasted from over use. Will copy my good set and they will be finished better.





The lanyard ring is from a bigger tool and can be folded in completely if not used.





Does it work?

Perfectly!



Contemplating adding the garage door key.



That is what we country rednecks do on a friday night after some moonshine.

 

Doesn’t your Friday night last a few months in winter

 

So, there's no women types around on a Friday night where you are?

I'd move, and maybe do your tinkering on Wednesday nights.

 

Not a model that is sold often due to how nice they are.....

Nothing that compares in my book.

These are a outstanding knife you just need one in hand to see the true allure and quality.

To get better you have to go custom which would double the price point.
$400-500 buys a lot of knife but none as sweet.