I have Randall 8" Big Bear Bowie coming next month. Only took 4 & 1/2 years.
I am waiting on:
Tom Mayo fixed blade tanto with 50 yr old rag micarta & S35V steel
Ernest Emerson Custom CQC6 w/ Wave like feature and black micarta
Luc Burnley extra long Kwaiken with stingray under wrap and epoxy soaked gutted 550 over that.
Well, I've got a Spyderco CPM-M4 Tan G-10 Manix 2 on pre-order. As for the other 2, who knows, I'm a impulse buyer.
Now your speaking my language . Many years ago (over 30), I started collecting Case knives.....it was the thing to collect back then, the old traditional companies that made slip joint knives (Case, Remington, Winchester, Cattaraugus...ect). Just a fair warning...it can become an addition.....at last count (that was several years ago) I had over 300 Case knives in my personal collection.
Things have changed alot in the knife collecting world since I started collecting...almost all of the "younger" crowd collects the new tactical, assisted opening, high tech steel knives and most of them couldn't tell you the difference between an Case XX (1940-1964) and a Case 1970's dotted knife.
you my friend have exquisite taste and a huge wallet very nice pics
I've heard that a time or two!
+1 rep'd!