I have several reproduction blades from the Lord Of The Rings collection, but they're just wall hangers - not the "museum grade" functional blades. I have a Paul Chen practical Basket Hilt Broadsword that I will eventually use for fencing once my skill level gets good enough. ( I'm a member of the Bailey Academy which is affiliated with the Association for Historic Fencing) I can't imagine being silly enough to bringing a knife to a gun-fight, but I feel ill prepared if I don't have a knife on my person as a utilitarian tool.

My daily carry blades include a couple of Ken Onion assisted openers from Kershaw, Cold Steel Mini Culloden, a Damascus gentlemans hunter from Russell, a couple of sheath knives from Schrade and Buck, and a good old Buck 110. No, I don't carry them all at the same time! :smile: I have several other knives that I thought were pretty cool when I got them but now that I've learned more about knives they're almost embarassingly crude.

Jamie