Ode To The 07

[Papa Bones]

Picked this one up yesterday at an Indoor Farmers Market / Tradeday / Fleamarket! A 2010 Mini-T with Delrin handles in Navy Blue UF. That's what is printed on the box. No idea what the UF stands for. Ultra Flat I already had one in this patter & color that is in my carry rotation. Just decided to get another to stick back, since it was at a good price.

[jmh58]

John

[jerryd6818]

Just came in today's mail.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Picked this one up.....

Very good looking knife Smitty. I bet it looks better in person.

[TPK]

Just came in today's mail.

Hey Jerry, also a Great Popping color!

(Add to my list.)

[jerryd6818]

Just came in today's mail.

Hey Jerry, also a Great Popping color!

(Add to my list.)

Tom, have you considered collecting pictures of the knives you would like to get?

[TPK]

Just came in today's mail.

Hey Jerry, also a Great Popping color!

(Add to my list.)

Tom, have you considered collecting pictures of the knives you would like to get?

Your a pretty smart Cat!

I'll see that & raise you to collecting pictures of knives I want, making a callender of them, then buying the one pictured each month. Just BSing of course. The idea is great, but over my budget.

Collecting pictures of the knives I want sounds like a good idea but it might also be Gas on a Fire.

[TPK]

Just came in today's mail.

Hey Jerry, also a Great Popping color!

(Add to my list.)

Tom, have you considered collecting pictures of the knives you would like to get?

You make great pictures by the way! With the writing over it and all that! Looks good Jerry!

[TPK]

Hey Jerry, also a Great Popping color!

(Add to my list.)

Tom, have you considered collecting pictures of the knives you would like to get?

Your a pretty smart Cat!

I'll see that & raise you to collecting pictures of knives I want, making a callender of them, then buying the one pictured each month. Just BSing of course. The idea is great, but over my budget.

Collecting pictures of the knives I want sounds like a good idea but it might also be Gas on a Fire.

And I could sing...,

"I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher,
And it burns, burns, burns,
The ring of fire, the ring of fire."

LOL!

[jerryd6818]

Gas on a fire? Yep. Sounds about right. Maybe better not to do that.

[QTCut5]

Tom, have you considered collecting pictures of the knives you would like to get?

Your a pretty smart Cat!
Collecting pictures of the knives I want sounds like a good idea but it might also be Gas on a Fire.

Tom: "Gas on a fire" = GOALS!!!

Here's a little secret about my personal knife collecting parameters: As a collector, I tend to look at the pictures of the knives I have collected more than I look at the actual knives themselves. Please don't misunderstand what I'm saying here...I really really love all of my knives; but, the reason I love them is as much because of their aesthetic beauty as it is for their function. All the knives in my collection are essentially functional pieces of art, the vast majority will never be used. It's a difficult distinction to define since a significant reason for my adoration is their inherent function as a cutting tool. My esteem is based on an indefinable metric of both form & function. In other words, a knife appeals to me because I like how it looks as well as how it performs the basic functions of a knife cutting whatever I need it to cut.

Owning all the knives you like would be great (wish I could). Looking at pictures of all the knives you'd like to own is wonderful (dreams are what keeps us alive). Having pictures of all the knives in your collection is priceless because it doesn't cost a cent to look at knives you already own (or used to own, as the case may be!!!)

[jerryd6818]

I tend to look at the pictures of the knives I have collected more than I look at the actual knives themselves.

Owning all the knives you like is great (wish I could), but just looking at all the knives you like is wonderful...and having pictures of all the knives you own is priceless (doesn't cost a cent because you already own them!!!)

That same thought popped up in my mind today. For me, looking at the pictures is just as satisfying as handling the knife it represents (and so much easier). But that's just me.

[QTCut5]

looking at the pictures is just as satisfying as handling the knife it represents (and so much easier). But that's just me.

You and me both, buddy. But, you gotta admit that there's something supremely satisfying about knowing that you also own that knife in the photo (or is that just me?)

[jerryd6818]

looking at the pictures is just as satisfying as handling the knife it represents (and so much easier). But that's just me.

You and me both, buddy. But, you gotta admit that there's something supremely satisfying about knowing that you also own that knife in the photo (or is that just me?)

Not just you at all. If we didn't get any satisfaction out of owning them, what would be the purpose of purchasing them? It would be a lot cheaper to sit around and look at pictures.

[QTCut5]

Visual = enjoyable
Tactile = sensual
Possession = sublime

Nice 2005 Lime Green 6207W, BTW, jerryd. The 07Ws from that year seem to be getting rarer and commanding higher prices when they do appear for sale on eBay. Congrats for snagging one while you still can (and a very nice one at that).

[TPK]

Tom, have you considered collecting pictures of the knives you would like to get?

Your a pretty smart Cat!
Collecting pictures of the knives I want sounds like a good idea but it might also be Gas on a Fire.

Tom: "Gas on a fire" = GOALS!!!

Here's a little secret about my personal knife collecting parameters: As a collector, I tend to look at the pictures of the knives I have collected more than I look at the actual knives themselves. Please don't misunderstand what I'm saying here...I really really love all of my knives; but, the reason I love them is as much because of their aesthetic beauty as it is for their function. All the knives in my collection are essentially functional pieces of art, the vast majority will never be used. It's a difficult distinction to define since a significant reason for my adoration is their inherent function as a cutting tool. My esteem is based on an indefinable metric of both form & function. In other words, a knife appeals to me because I like how it looks as well as how it performs the basic functions of a knife cutting whatever I need it to cut.

Owning all the knives you like would be great (wish I could). Looking at pictures of all the knives you'd like to own is wonderful (dreams are what keeps us alive). Having pictures of all the knives in your collection is priceless because it doesn't cost a cent to look at knives you already own (or used to own, as the case may be!!!)

Thanks for the insight Q & Jerry! I am always open for ideas & advise. I appreciate it!

[jerryd6818]

Thanks ~Q~. There's another on it's way to my mailbox. Arrival expected sometime this week. Have you seen an 07W from that year that isn't smooth bone?

[QTCut5]

Have you seen an 07W from that year that isn't smooth bone?

I have not. (Doesn't mean they don't exist...but if they did, I believe I probably would've seen one by now.)

[jerryd6818]

Well here's another one. Have you seen this?

[QTCut5]

Oh Baby, that is very nice Smooth Ultraviolet Bone on that 07W, jerryd! I really like the variegated look.

Here're a couple-o-mine...one if which is a Lansky1-customized Trapp2Cliffes mod.

[jerryd6818]

~Q~ that blue bone is so much lighter than mine. Were there two different shades of blue made? Do I need to be searching for a different blue bone?

[QTCut5]

Both of those are actually Ultraviolet...for some reason one looks more blue than violet in the photo (in real life it doesn't look as blue...must have something to do with the lighting).

Here are my Smooth Indigo Blue Bone 07Ws. Once again, one is lighter in color than the other.

[jerryd6818]

And this is why I never get seriously involved and become a collector. The minutia of it gives me a headache.

[QTCut5]

And just to totally complicate things even more...

There is also a jigged bone Ultraviolet 07W (different year, though)

(as well as a jigged bone Ultraviolet 07 with spey blade and bomb shield)

The fun of collecting never ends!

[jerryd6818]

Mercy sakes.