biglmbass wrote:Eric,
What is your criteria to make a knife a user or put it into the collection?
First I buy all the ones for the collection. When they are out for a while, I think what I would like to carry, usually bone. I then look for at what is still available and sitting around, that may or may not be as collectible. Then I look for a Store knife, or unserialized, or one that has a slight flaw that I can fix (sometimes the blades are not quite tight enough, or the of the handle is not as good as I like, so I alter it, etc.) . Failing that I will get one that I like, maybe sn 13 or some other serial number that is not as loved. If I get a stag, I look for stag that I would like, but not necessarily the best, but I get the best I can find that appeals to me.
That said, some of the above are potential users. Some have not been carried, but I have no qualms about taking them out of the tube and putting them in a pocket, or just futzing around with em.
In that stag picture, especially, the 23, 53s, 54, 36 57 48s, 61s, 25s I would consider real users, the others are potential users, that may move to the collect camp if I find another that is more user friendly. The 79, 85, 68, 72, 89 and 33 look a little to good sometimes and I may not "use" them if I can find something more usable.
On the other hand, I sometimes wish I had not made that first stag 53 (2007) a user, it is one of the best stag I have seen from that time. The other 53 has been rehandled by someone, so no qualms about that one.
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You carry the 45/6's in sheaths?
In my case, I figured having duplicates of the same knife would help, but thus far it has not. 
