Kraid
Enlightened
For years I wanted (LUSTED after)a BM 940 (especially the unobtainable 940DM). When I was younger (high school) I had not the means to aquire one (monetary or otherwise). Then when I did finally have the spare cash floating around, it seemed like all I could find were the green handled ones, which didn't strike me as being very sexy.
So a couple months ago, when I saw a fellow CPFer selling a couple on the market place, one Red SBT and one Blue Plain I knew I had to have the blue one! With Blue and Silver being my favorite colors, its a choice I've never regretted. And I hooked my shipmate up with the red one.
Now, around the same time that I first started learning about quality knives and metallurgy and started lusting after the 940, I also read up on D2 steel and decided that I highly desired a knife made from this, though I never aquired one.
Recently, on a much hated, well known auction site, I spotted what could be considered my Personal Holy Grail. A 940 made with D2 and grey handles! Number 009 of 020. This blade consumed my thoughts day and night for a week. Inciting me to contact several of my closest friends to bid for me, incase I had watch when the 940 ended. Fortunately I have second watch (in an hour). So I sniped ( a dispicable practice, I know) this knife on the bay, and won it!
I've been pondering to myself, and now to my quality knife minded associates, would it be unethical for me to place the D2 blade on the blue handles? Effectively creating a one of a kind, but *******izing two rare knives. A knife of the Month (Oct 01) and an even more rare 1 of 20. But giving me my perfect knife consisting of my favorite colors, blade material and knife design.
Even if I don't do that, I still worry that if I use the 1 of 20, that I'll be removing from the world something quite unique, at least in its current mint condition. Which is what makes this 940D2 an even better knife for me than the 940DM, because I know I could never bring myself to use the 940DM no matter how much I would want to. I love to use my toys, not put them in a safe or on a shelf.
So, to summerize is it wrong of me to:
1. Dissassemble these rare knives?
2. To use, cut and sharpen these rare knives?
I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
So a couple months ago, when I saw a fellow CPFer selling a couple on the market place, one Red SBT and one Blue Plain I knew I had to have the blue one! With Blue and Silver being my favorite colors, its a choice I've never regretted. And I hooked my shipmate up with the red one.
Now, around the same time that I first started learning about quality knives and metallurgy and started lusting after the 940, I also read up on D2 steel and decided that I highly desired a knife made from this, though I never aquired one.
Recently, on a much hated, well known auction site, I spotted what could be considered my Personal Holy Grail. A 940 made with D2 and grey handles! Number 009 of 020. This blade consumed my thoughts day and night for a week. Inciting me to contact several of my closest friends to bid for me, incase I had watch when the 940 ended. Fortunately I have second watch (in an hour). So I sniped ( a dispicable practice, I know) this knife on the bay, and won it!
I've been pondering to myself, and now to my quality knife minded associates, would it be unethical for me to place the D2 blade on the blue handles? Effectively creating a one of a kind, but *******izing two rare knives. A knife of the Month (Oct 01) and an even more rare 1 of 20. But giving me my perfect knife consisting of my favorite colors, blade material and knife design.
Even if I don't do that, I still worry that if I use the 1 of 20, that I'll be removing from the world something quite unique, at least in its current mint condition. Which is what makes this 940D2 an even better knife for me than the 940DM, because I know I could never bring myself to use the 940DM no matter how much I would want to. I love to use my toys, not put them in a safe or on a shelf.
So, to summerize is it wrong of me to:
1. Dissassemble these rare knives?
2. To use, cut and sharpen these rare knives?
I look forward to hearing your thoughts!