Over the years I have lost 2 Benchmade Osbourne’s, a Sog Seal Pup, and 2 Victorinox Tinker models.

Funny, must be something about Osborne’s. I have also lost two of them. Fortunately, I found one of them in the woods about 8 months after loosing it. I retraced my route multiple times and finally located it. Also lost a Buck Zipper and a Benchmade rescue hook. Two separate occasions but the same cause - after cleaning deer in poor lighting I laid them on the tailgate of my truck and drove off causing them to fall off at some point.

Spyderco Q



I forgot to take it out of my car at a full-service car wash station, and I'm pretty sure one of the attendants stole it.

Benchmade Griptillian and a Buck Stockman.

Years ago I lent my Son my Al Mar Buzzard folder for a scout project where they were learning about knife use. It slipped my mind that he had it.
weeks later It dawned on me that I never got it back.
I always hope that someday I will find it.

My first ever knife as a kid, a cheap Barlow, is rusting away in a woods somewhere in Ohio.

My first Swiss Army Knife, a Victorinox Spartan with blue scales, is lying somewhere in the Krkonose Mountains near Pec Pod Snezkou in northern Czech Republic.

My Zero Tolerance ZT0350 is somewhere in Bodega Bay, CA...unless somebody found it in the in-law's Air BNB and took it. I might have lost it there, or it could have been down on the beach. The last I remember using it was cutting up some food in the kitchen.

My first green mini CQC7. I lost it while mountain biking at East Fork Lake.

Amazingly, I was able to find another, whose serial number was within 50 of the one I lost.

I carried a green mimi CQC7 or (painted scales) mini A-100 for over 20 years.

Over my 72 years on this earth I’ve lost my share…mostly were various Case knives (mostly 3 blade Stockman) mixed in with a Schrade or two thrown into the mix …however, the lost knife that still grieves the most was a Rigid Black Feather folder purchased in the 70s…I actually lost it twice…first time it went MIA for 6 years after mounting a Hunter ceiling fan (I actually don’t remember using it…I used my wire strippers to wire the the fan up)…I found it on top of the fan body when I removed the fan after I sold the house in Georgia (RR job transfer from Atlanta to Chattanooga)…to take it down and re-install it at our new house in Tennessee (Hunter ceiling fans were pretty spendy back then…its still going strong after 40+ or so years )…however the Rigid folder was again lost sometime during the building of my back porch and deck…I searched the area but it was not to be found …

I also lost and thankfully found another Rigid knife…it was a Rigid Caribou sheath knife that I dropped next to my truck after returning from my deer stand…I actually didn’t miss it till I got home and unpacked everything…the next Saturday was the last day of the season so headed back to hunt that last day …I always parked my truck in the same spot when I camped (leased land)…after I got there…a little quick search of the area turned it up about two feet away from where I parked and camped the week before…thankfully I still have this knife and it’s dressed quite a few deer over it’s career…back in the day Rigid knives were my favorites.

Back in about 2000 or so, I lost a near new Spyderco after tying some 2x4’s onto the roof of my 88 Jeep Wagoneer ltd (think Cherokee with wood stickers and 4 headlights instead of 2) at Home Depot. I left it on the roof, drove off, and realized my mistake within a minute or two. Wherever it fell off, I’m sure someone scored it immediately… probably watched it fall off

I've lost more of these than I can count. Good thing is they're still being made. If I have pants on, there's one in my pocket and has been for over 50 years. I keep 2 spares just in case I lose a second one before a replacement gets here.

Lost a Spyderco police model while scuba diving. Gotta be rusted to dust by now.

Lost a Mora one time while fishing. I left it laying on the bench on the dock, and somehow hit it. I heard the splash and knew immediately what it was.
The other one that sticks out was a Case XX Sodbuster with a bright orange grip, bought specifically so I wouldn't lose it. Well, that didn't turn out like I planned. Lost it in a rental house in Destin and never got it back.

I have lost 2 Cold Steel Voyagers.

They are my go to knife.

Billy