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I see a “grail” item as a pinnacle item. In other words, when I achieve a particular grail I see that as the end of the journey. A grail, once achieved, means there is no better option. I have achieved a few EDC grails in my time and once I found that grail item I stopped looking. I was never going to find anything better and I discontinue the search. No point in looking for something when I have the ultimate or perfect (to me) item. It’s always a little bittersweet. I enjoy the search so much. But once grail status is achieved I don’t get to keep looking. If I did, it would imply what I’d found wasn’t the grail.
what were some of those "grails" that you found?
I feel that, I've only hit my grain Hankie.. and I like the material soo much I tracked it down and have been trying to find a maker who will make laptop sleeves n stuff of that nature. A grail is a thing that ends of discussion of an item. like you said, why look for better then you have the best. I dont like to pollute my mind with looking for an even better of the best thing in my mind
I agree to a point. I found my knife version but I still actively look up new stuff. Im more like Jeremy from Secret of NIMH: I like sparklies. And now that I have my own, I can enjoy the new stuff as it comes out. I realized I get more enjoyment from the discovery than I do from the acquisition.
As someone that's unfortunately suffered from some serious mental health issues over recent years, I have decided that, as my health continues to improve, I am aiming to make a trip from the UK to the States, in order to pay a visit to SMKW. I will be able to see (and buy!) some of the knives that I've wanted for a long time, but could never obtain here in England. The planning (and hopefully achieving) of this goal, is giving me a real sense of there being a light at the end of the tunnel. So, for me, the Grail will be the act of buying the knives, rather than the actual knives themselves.
Keep up the good work Taylor.
Cheers!
That place is a lot of fun! The only thing that made me sad is that not all the employees are knife nuts. So if you're the type to want to chat up the clerk at each brands section you'll end up being a little disappointed with that but the store itself is amazing. It's a glorious place for knife people of all walks of life.
Also, Tennessee is a beautiful state with a lot to do. Hope you get to make the trip. It would be a lot of fun.
My grail is my 2021 Toyota Land Cruiser. They discontinued them in the USA. It’s the most iconic rugged reliable durable over built over engineered highest quality vehicle ever built. I enjoy your channel very much. Thank you for all your content
My Grail is a AMG E 63 S Wagon zero to 60 in 3.3 seconds. Gets you to Costco really really fast. Also early retirement 45? 55? unsure this video has stimulated me into Planting a Flag on an age. Ive already hit my EDC gear, I have my sweet simple wallet, my Civivi Odium Dam and wood scales, a We Baculus pen and I dont really need anything else as an acupuncturist.
Two points:
(1). Things disappoint in exact proportion to the amount of money you spend on them: wives, watches, knife, cars, houses etc.
(2). "It's better to want what you have than have what you want." Nine times out of ten your grail is right in front of you: Your wife, your watch, your car, your knife, your house. The trick is to appreciate them. Cheers from England.
PS. That's the whole point about the search for the Holy Grail. You had it the whole time in your home and in your 💓.
I don’t have any grail, I just buy what is available that I can afford and never imagine to own something not available or something I can’t afford
Yeah, that's kind of the problem with "grail" edc's if you are super into watches. Pretty much everything else like wallets, pens, knives, etc are realistically attainable. I believe anyone could get obtain their "grails" with enough time if they truly wanted it, but watches are a whole other rabbit hole. You could work towards a grail Patek or rare Rolex for most of your life but probably never attain it because it just costs an ungodly amount of money for the average person to ever remotely justify buying one, not to mention they will continue to increase in price faster than anything else which only compounds the issue. If you aren't into watches at all (which applies to most people to be fair), consider that a huge blessing in disguise.
Lol so true, I have a Spyderco's Amalgam, an to me this is a grail knife. Yes I can afford something more exspensive. I just got lucky in my thinking, like I have a Timex I got at a yard sale and wouldn't trade it door a million bucks because of the memory of getting it with the very special person I was with. Thanks an good luck on whatever your dreams may be.
@@knifelore1647 Timex definitely took their slogan seriously. I had one that after several years of hard use the band broke. I replaced the watch (I use the new one as a backup for when my Samsung watch needs charged now), and decided to put it to the test. The video is on my channel if you want to check it out, but I will say that it impressed me.
@@jatbatman will do sir! Thank you
A pen and wallet won't be in my grail wants as I'm just happy with a Bic pen and a leather 3 fold wallet.
Yes, but for me it’s a Parker Jotter and a slim leather bifold. I’m also very happy with my $25 brass MassDrop flashlight.
I was thinking the same thing. I’m happy with my Spyderco Delica, Olight flashlight, Maxpedition wallet & Fisher bullet pen.
The only thing I would pursue as a “grail” is a watch; I’m just too practical with the other stuff. There are a few that I really want: Tudor BB36 & Rolex Explorer 36mm to name a couple. My grail would probably be a 1973 Rolex GMT-Master…honestly, though, I’ll probably never get one.
Great watch choices mate! Both of those are ones I eventually aspire to own. I would not refer to them as grails, however, a great watch none the less
For me it's Rolex Submariner Kermit, beautiful watch, I will never be able to afford it.
Agree that my only grail is a watch - in my case, an A Lange Saxonia Automatic. I fear it will remain just a grail for a very long time!
You're 100% right. Everything else will be potentially damaged and actually used. Even my watch is a simple expedition these days. My most expensive EDC item is my Conceal Carry and even some of the items In this video cost way more, its crazy.
@Clerico Ohana awesome, man, congrats! I retired from the AF reserves last year! I got myself a Squale GMT…I probably should have held out for something better. Maybe when I retire for real…
I'd have to say my grail would be a Omega Seamaster, planning on saving 50 bucks a month so when i turn 40 in 9 years i will be able to buy one 😀
You can get em on interest free credit in the UK.
Owning a load of swiss watches, I always just end up wearing my smart watch or gshock...
My grail item took me over twelve years to get. Me and my wife both struggled for years till we both got better jobs and thanks to her it was possible, I say thanks to her cause I'm very selfless since I have a family. That thing was my dream truck/suv , r/t durango exactly how I wanted it.
You are looking even better than ever man! Hope you’re happier and healthier than ever. Keep up the great content
Grail watch: rolex green submariner
Grail knuck: Burnley baldy in mokume or oil slick zirc
Grail knife: peter rassenti paysan or nirvana
Grail light : (acquired) polished zirc reaver citadel
Grail pen: 🤷🏻♂️
Grail wallet: zirc wallet would be awesome
My grail knife was the Chris reeves large sebenza, I bought one after two years of saving last week!!! Couldn’t be happier!!!
Thanks for the love Taylor! Awesome looking studio!
Much respect for your grail watch. That's a real inside fastball of a selection
My grail flashlight HAS to be the Coolfall Spy 007. Those things start at around $2000 I believe and they go up. Another model of his is upwards of 3 grand. Absolute madness.
My grail knives: a large Sebenza 21 and a S30V PM2. Nothing out of ordinary. But PM2 were nowhere to be found in my area and Sebenza speaks for itself. Got them both after a financial hardship that lasted 3 years. To the point of almost filing for bankruptcy and a almost deadly depression. Both are equally there in my EDC heart tbh.
Any spyderco paramilitary used to be a grail for me. When I first got into knives
I have three grail knives all depending on your definition of it. First up is probably the most likely is a custom Gavko Nurse, secondly is a hard to find Spyderco Payson, and thirdly is an impossible knife but a mini Benchmade Anthem (Yes a knife that doesn't even exist) my two old grails were a Shiro Neon and a Quiet Carry Drift. Which I own both now and love.
This might sound a little silly grail is the perfect pill holder key fob. I have in my mind the perfect one, but no manufacturers make what I want. Basically I want a three chamber fob, but I want one that is more compact that is more compact than anything else on the market. All the ones I've seen are too big for what I'd be willing to actually carry on my key ring.
Have a look see at mecarmy, they have something that might work, think there’s a post here somewhere. Flashlight, pill holder, it’s like U can screw more components. Just had a quick peek, and they do have something. But u might wanna email them and ask about the configuration u want
Pen - Kursac Scrimshaw fountain pen/montblanc 149
Wallet - something shell cordovan
Flashlight -never really got into them but something with timascus i suppose
knife - Black snow custom sabotage or mini sabotage (folder)/Randal Made (fixed)
Watch - Rolex sub w date / Cartier tank
I remember before I had gotten into knives or edc at all my friend told me about Benchmade and I said "No way I'm gonna spend $150+ on a pocket knife" well here I am with a Benchmade Freek, Griptilian, Mini Griptilian, and a a Bugout in M4. Not including the Spyderco's over $150 and ZT's that I own
Obtained grail items : Parker 75 Classic Cisele Sterling ballpoint and Oakley Flak 2.0 XL Sapphire Iridium. Obtainable grail quests are the Casino Royal Omega Seamaster and a Shun Classic 8" (not technically EDC unless tailgating or camping). Unobtainable grail quest : Patek Philippe Nautilus.
Fortunately everyone taste is slightly different, as many of the grail items you mentioned I personally would never consider. Saying that, your idea as to what makes a grail is spot on!
I enjoy your EDC videos, keep them going and wishing you good luck as how many people can honestly say they are working in an area of an industry that they fully enjoy.... because those that do are NOT working at all but enjoying life.
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"Grail" a true sense of contentment when achieved like my rolex explorer and like Henry Royce said "the quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten". Royce the rolls royce guy. 😂
maybe this falls into your defonition, maybe it falls into when most people think of with the word "grail". but a winkler blue ridge hunter with the maple handle is a personal grail. its the perfect fixed blade IMO. i love it.
You’ve inspired me to start EDC!
Don’t do it lol
This is a great question. I don't think I have any grails for the first several items, though the Micro Arcadian in titanium is pretty cool looking. For my knife, it's definitely a custom by Pena. Pena's custom knives are beautiful works of art and I love the front flipper action of the one x-series I own, so I already know I'd enjoy using it. For watches, honestly, most luxury watch brands don't have a lot that appeals to me. I'm a big fan of microbrands right now, which are mostly pretty affordable. So, I haven't researched the 3k and up range very much. I would like to eventually own a very nice hand-wind mechanical from one of the companies with a long history, but I have yet to find one that appeals to me. I guess that counts as a grail because I'm searching for just the right watch, I just don't know what my grail looks like. lol
Love the RR Slim, I am on a list for the MUT. Now for my grail knife which is not too bad cost wise but just rare, the Shirogorov 111 Halloween SE. Have been hunting for that 1 for a long time.
My grail knife right now would be essentially a custom version of the Civivi Appalachian Drifter 2, with CPM MagnaCut blade and purple/black shredded micarta scales.
Oh and purple anodized titanium hardware.
My grail watch is a Bremont MBIII 10th aniversarry. Everything else kind of comes and goes.
My ultimate grail was a Koenig mini goblin. They are super hard to find in the UK. I save and had the money but I just couldn’t find one. I search for over a year. I finally found one this month and it was everything I wanted it to be.
I finally got a BRS Replicant when they dropped after I finally perfected doing a helix and that was kind of my grail for balisongs. I tried to get one for years and they sell out within an hour or two usually. I'm so happy I got one.
My grail wallet was a Christmas gift couple years ago. It's the titanium Trayvax Contour.
My flashlight... Custom job done by the guy at Orrbott. He and I went back and forth and we did a custom version of the wee as my keychain/edc light and I love it. Paid out the ass but it's so me.
I won't but you with my edc gun till I get custom work done haha
My keychain solution isn't anything special
Damn dude haven’t watched in a while, you look great! Working out does wonders for mental health and physical!
I always wanted a Breitling Emergency. Comes with a rescue beacon the coast guard can find. I'm not even into watches that much but if I won the lottery tomorrow it would be within the first 10 items purchased
I want it, but I don't want to own it. Because there will be that one idiot friend that will pull that antenna out and I'll have to pay the 10k fine.
@@jaskey you can't just afford the watch you gotta add the cost of drunk friends and curious children
Bear Grylls wore one.
I was lucky enough to obtain my grails … A Hinderer Fulltrack … Large Bog Oak Sebenza 31 … Spyderco Slysz Bowie … They are my top 3 and will never leave my collection.
I do not have a specific item for my grail, however my grail item is a watch that fits my wrist with rfid chips and storage. This is a very specific requirement and is an item that will take a long time to complete as a project.
great list of grails. 👌🏽
Knives: not really a grail, just haven’t yet broken $1k barrier, “yet”. Rockstead Higo II (black blade, burgundy wood-Micarta scales). Custom Nirvana also (but I’d settle for the Spyderco), and a Jared Oeser custom front flipper.
Watches: got my first grail, Omega Co-Axial Moonwatch Numbered Edition (limited, automatic, sapphire case-back). Got lucky number 7 at Christie’s auction house a few years ago, for $4.5k (valued $25k). Love that it looks like a regular moon watch (albeit bigger, 45mm vs 42mm). I just wanted an automatic version of the Moonwatch w/ sapphire caseback, but got lucky.
Others aren’t really grails, just next on my list: IWC Portuguese Chronograph ($5k, in steel, white face, rose gold numbers, black leather strap), Sinn EZM 1.1 Mission Timer ($4.8k new, $6k used as it’s rarely produced, SZ01 movement, two pusher chronograph w/ “no subdails” … cleanest chronograph I’ve seen), Tag Heuer Carrera CBG2A50 ($7.4k, skeletonized, mostly black w/ a rose gold accents, not the mostly rose gold one).
The only real grails that I don’t expect to get are the Tag Heuer Carrera CAR5A5U ($18-20k, looks almost the same but is the tourbillion version, I’d get this version instead), and Patek Philippe Nautilus 5726 ($100k+, w/ moon phases and calendar).
Flashlight: Okluma DC1, in aluminum or titanium. It’s only a grail to find it reasonably priced, lol. Not in a rush to spend $200+ on a flashlight. $150 (aluminum), $250 (titanium) is reasonable.
Pens: already have my grails, including Montblanc “M Pen” by Apple Watch designer Marc Newson. But maybe I’ll get a Schon Design faceted “Pocket Six” pen in copper, and then black-antique it (leaving only copper on the facets edges exposed). I’d love a zirc pen, but none spoke to me yet. 🤷🏽♂️
looking LEAN brudduh, good work.
My grail knife is (and has been for a while) the copper Hawk/Panchenko Orbit. Oh and grail watch for me would be a Panerai. That one will never happen but they are just beautiful
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Peña Knives Custom Mula.
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Alternative to Ressence.
The watch company, Sinn (German), offers the Diving Watch UX (EZM 2B), which also has an oil-filled chamber like the Ressence Type 5 for around $2,500 USD. The watch has a version of it used by German Special Forces.
I’ve used the term before but stopped a while ago. I have what I really want and can wait for minor adjustments to it. My watch that I didn’t know I really wanted (my perfect watch) was only $220 on Amazon. My knife is a small sebenza 21 with micarta that I’d only switch out for a Doppler or Wilson Combat. Pen is a fisher space pen and wallet is made right in my hometown for $40.
Even though it's not exactly the definition but to me getting that Grail EDC item means it's the last and the quest or search for better stuff is over. I started with an Opinel, carabineer, a cheap wallet and a gas station wallet. I'm up to a TRM Atom, an Open Sea wallet, and an Olight. My Grail would be all custom everything and then my quest would be over.
My grail is a Hinderer Knife with puppy print scales. They are way too expensive for me but it is something I would eventually like to have. We rescue pups so it would fit me perfectly.
My grail watch is the oyster perpetual date just. Specifically the oystersteel model. Blue face, fluted bezel, oyster bracelet, it’s simply perfect.
My true definition of my "grail" is family. My wife and three kids.
How old is your kids?
This was so wholesome
How self important of you to talk about your family.
@@hardenjeremy846 14,13, & 7
@@Co-je3lf anything under 25 is yours. After 25 (especially boys) will be owned by the long hair monster.
Just landed a Rosie which was my grail knife. Now onto a zaan or AD 20. Watch would be a speedmaster or blackbay 58.
It's possible to get something in the rough ballpark of that watch by getting a quartz watch and filling it with mineral oil yourself. Of course, you'd have to find a watch you like the look of; and if you want it to be analog, you'll probably have to spend some time looking for an oil with an appropriate viscosity. The thicker the oil is, the more the movement's going to struggle and drain power.
Aw, man I absolutely agree with Ressence. That is the real Grail.
I've had my wallet for the last 15+ years. Cost me about $20-30. It's not the prettiest thing in the world, don't need anything more than what it provides for me. I don't care too many bills, I don't use cards, so it's not a "grandfather" wallet. As for pens? If regularly buy packs of Pilot fine tip technical pens, and call it a day. Flashlight? I live in Florida, so I haven't found that light that will survive both an urban emergency and is water resistant. Mag-Lite hasn't really failed me yet though. But it definitely is far from a good Flashlight. As for the knife. I haven't really seen anything that catches my attention enough to want it. I'm about as practical as they come.
Substance over style 👍
I tend to look at a grail as the piece to end the search, you get it and you have, or think you have, reached the summit. I got a marathon msar and I've practically never worn any of my other watches after that.
a hansen metals solo would probably be my grail, i just abseloutely love the handle design and blade shape and the coulour OOO The COLOURS!!! They are SO NICE.
My grail, that I worked and searched for ages for is the Emerson Persian (P-TAC).
This is the first time I’ve heard of "grail" in reference to EDC. In my head, I’d think of a grail item that only exists in the form of a wishlist of features that mold perfectly with your lifestyle. Something that may not actually exist in the real world. Maybe it hasn’t been invented or produced yet. Maybe it is not physically possible to exist. Maybe it exists but has terrible marketing. Maybe it is a 1-star item not worth talking about because for 99.9% of the world it is useless, but for you specifically, it would be perfect.
Going back to the origin with "The Holy Grail," the core of it's value can't be monetary... The pauper's cup. It has to have a spiritual provenance... That held Jesus' blood.
It isn't about how much you spend on it, or even the quest or rarity. It has to have an inherent value that comes from its history.
For me it would have to be something like Peter Green's Les Paul or B.B. King's actual Lucille. I can see something like a watch that belonged to Churchill or was on the Titanic. Maybe a knife that was carried by Crockett or the pen Twain used to write Huck Finn... It's the spirit imbued unto the item by where it was or who possessed it previously.
Yeah agree with this 100%. It doesn't have to be expensive.. or cost anything at all.. it's something you work toward just like King Arthur worked and quested to find the original grail. Love the channel... but when all these "grail" picks are being equated to monetary value, it just seems wrong.
I dont smoke or drink but i almost see myself smoking the most expensive cigar and sipping the highest dollar cognac while reading your comment😂
I have trouble with "Grails" For the mostpart... I struggle with anything of those kinds of crazy prices... Probably closest I have to one... would prob be a knife... and unless making a 110% custom piece (Definitely impossible shy of winning lottery) Prob closest I have to a "Grail" Would be the Spyderco Valloton SubHilt. Or a Protech Malibu. (Button Lock flipper... auto are illegal here.)
I have a shoestring budget... so anything more insane kind of scares me... cos it'd be nigh impossible to ever get again.
My current grail watches:
*Diver* : Rolex Submariner 14060 (not yet acquired)
*Flieger* : IWC Mark XVIII 327009 (not yet acquired)
*Field* : Hamilton Khaki Field Auto 38mm (acquired; the _OG_ field watch)
*Chrono* : Zenith El Primero white dial (not yet acquired)
*Dress* : Rolex Datejust black dial 36mm (not yet acquired)
*Active* : Casio G Shock (acquired)
Nice collection
So, a grail knife would be a Spyderco Nirvana or Paysan. The video you posted originally when you got the Nirvana got me hooked lol
Great EDC!
A Wehr custom was my grail and I got it! I slowed my knife purchases way down after that.
My grail list:
Watch: Vacheron Constantin Patrimony
Knife: Ryworx Konohishi
Flashlight: Hanko V10
Current EDC:
Watch: Omega Seamaster 300M
Knife: Tactile Knife Co. Rockwall
Flashlight: Oveready BOSS 70
My Grail in terms of the long quest definition is my Black Belt in karate, after 3.5 years I am almost there. Now my EDC grail is the Zero Tolerance ZT 350 TS, if you know NCIS, you know why
Grail knife: Buyers choice full custom Rotten Design Evo.
Grail watch: Rolex Explorer 2 whith white dial.
Grail flashlight: Haven't found one yet/does not exist.
Grail car: Koenigsegg one: one
Grail second home: Somewhere off the coast of Italy 😉
Grail gun: Select fire Galil
My grail is not EDC but a Smith and Wesson 500 revolver. Goal is to lose 30Kg and get my lungs back in shape as I had only had 30% lung capacity for over 6 months 2 years ago as I had many pulmonary embolisms all at once... lungs are now at 65% capacity. I stopped feeling sorry for myself and getting better.
Keep doing your good word! Love the channel. From South Africa
Grail EDC for me would be stuff that works and I'm not precious about: Zebra 701 with space pen cartridge, Slim Leather Wallet/Bag (preferably done by a craftsman/not production), Spyderco Para3, Tudor BB58
As far as grail knives go, I have them, but I want custom work done at some point in life. Kershaw 2420ST and the smaller variant 2410ST are rare and honestly I’ll be surprised if anyone knows what I’m talking about. I want the grips in both changed. Father of Pearl for the 2420ST and Mother of Pearl for the 2410ST. The tip of the 2420ST was broken some years ago by my siblings (still no one has confessed their sin. Lol) and I did send it in to Kershaw and they shortened and sharpened it. That’s cool, but now I want to get a carbon steel blade made specifically to fit it perfectly. Last customization is changing the good ole thumb studs to glowing studs
I remember just not that long ago I recommended an Omega Speedy to you and you said “No”. I guess you’ve changed your stance, nice video👍🏻
I’ll use the knife just to phrase it, but it applies to everything else. To me, there are “want knives”, “dream knives” and “grail knives”. The want knives are those that require the leaset amount of effort and money to obtain, in my case, coole be a Civiv, a We, Benchmade and so on. The dream knives are those that will have you searching for them, and saving up a solid amount, like a Reate, Chris Reeve, Hinderer, etc. And the grails, are those that are almost or completely impossible to obtain, due to scarcity and price, like a Ron Best or an RJ Martin.
Kershaw Tilt black, an older Rolex Explorer. The Tilt I've been hunting since it came out
I got my grail watch and instantly stopped looking, it was a Tudor fxd and i think it will be my watch forever.
My grails have changed over the past few years. Mainly due to budget. At one point I thought I would never buy a pm2 or shaman due to price. Now I order knives more expensive atleast once a month. I'm so far in my career that my old grails is so easy to obtain now. My grail is the Tudor blackbay or rolex explorer 2. One day I will have my rolex
a grail to me is a piece of kit that meets my needs so perfectly i can stop looking further if i wanted to, that every subsequent similar kit is a nice-to-have, not this-is-my-soulmate. like, if i found and got my grail knife, every other knife i subsequently add to my collection is 'oh this is a nice addition to the collection', but it is not The Knife. it is not the knife that makes you feel like something is OFF if you hold a different knife in your hand.
and then there's the grail tool, the grail wallet/organizer, grail light... you get the idea
So, I'm only about two years into the EDC community, so I'm actually acquiring some things that were previously grails for me. My grail wallet (having previously never spent more than $20 on a wallet) is on its way as we speak, OS leather Hubei 2.0. I just recently purchased what had been my grail knife, a Large Sebenza 31 with black Micarta inlay. I think now my grail knife would be a Jared Oeser custom. Watches, on the other hand, I've been collecting for a long time and my grail is an A. Lange & Sohne Grand Lange 1. I'm not sure the reference number, but the specific one that's my grail goes for roughly $80k. Nowhere near my price range, but always been my dream to own one.
Hey Taylor, what do you think is the best starter prybar? I was thinking a ZF-P1, but you guys don't make them any more . . .
Great video! When will you restock the Little Nukes on your website?
Really the only "grail" piece I've acquired is my Northwest Bladeworks full-size Pry/Cleaver fixed blade. It was a 400$ knife, and it's perfect. I'm pretty well terrified to carry it, cause I'm afraid it'll get stolen/lost. But I agree, now that I've ripped off the buying an insane, custom, expensive knife, I'm more than ready to drop another few hundred on another one of his blades. I need another!
Uboat makes the capsoil watch which is similar and cool as heck but it's a quartz which is a bummer.
I recently bought a spyderco Kapara as a reward for walking unassisted. Im disabled and had gained so much weight I needed two canes all the time . I’ve gone from 236 pounds to 175 pounds and can walk on my own most days now . Next goal is to run and the reward is a new flashlight
For me, a Spyderco Szabofly would be a grail knife. It's not excessively expensive necessarily but is discontinued which leads to a certain level of rarity and demand. I think it is one of the meanest yet beautiful blade shapes but am not able to justify the purchase due to its blown-out price due to rarity and what your actually getting. I'm not a huge flipper but I would love to own one someday and that extended pursuit makes it my ultimate grail knife.
Switch my japanese SERE for a Rockstead. My Solar Tuna for a 300m, Exotic leather belt and wallet. my copper zippo for a gold one. Keep the Parker, Bic, sharpie, Malkoff, sterling Keychain and pocketknife.
My current grail which has saved me some dough as I turn other stuff down until I get it is the SPD Wave Insoki...
I have 3 grails, that ill probably will never be able to afford.
First is Demko AD20 Ti textured, Chris Reeve Sebenza Large 31/Umnunzan cant rly decide. But in all honesty, i have to work really hard to afford any knives. Even "cheap" ones. My collection is small currently, but hey im dreaming big!
For me the watch would be an Omega dive watch. I know kinda heavy and big, but for me just cool. And I realize the looks of a ROLEX is just so very classy, and exudes quality.
My dream folding knife would be the lion steel rok with gold titanium handle and Damascus blade. Worked be a big life event treat.
Grail watch would be an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Grey Dial 41mm (£20k+), knife would be a custom titanium slip joint with N690 steel, wallet I'm not picky, torch ummm...don't know to much about them, and pen I'm getting in September which is a BID Mini Click (yes I know it's not very expensive but I love these pens).
I have gotten one of my two Grail knives, I have my Boker Mermaid, now I just need to acquire the Boker Dessert Warrior and I will achieve the ultimate EDC blades. (:
Knife grail, for sure. My means lends itself to much less than many of my knife TH-camrs, of course. Previously, it was a Malibu (maybe a lot to do with its unavailability, but it's a great, solid knife). I stumbled upon one, love it, it's my current edc since I got it. Pena/Shirogorov? 🤷🏻♂️
imo a grail isnt just about cost or availability but justification. i currently only have one grail. the titanium tiscribe bolt action. i could easily afford it now but i cant justify owning it due to it spending its entire life in a box for fear of ruining it.
Been waiting to get a Custom Demko since the AD-10 and 4 max now it's the AD-20 in Ti maybe some day
I feel ya on this. I have my grail watch, a rolex explorer ii that I get shit from friends for putting a cheap barton band on, just like the rest of my watches, and beat the shit out of it. My grain knife was a sebenza 21 small and I love it, though oddly rarely carry. flashlight and pen, $100 is my max, no emotional piece there. Wallet, similar, can't find one I love. I have a tumi I bought in an airport. super slim, fits great in front pocket.
by the definition you've stated, it'd be investment properties across the country and the world. Million of acres across of world, that's something truly unobtainable but damn it would be nice.
My giantmouse ace biblio and titanium ace riv with my bellroy card sleeve are my grail lol
My grail knife going by scarcity rather than price would be the f5.5 in micarta from Urban EDC Supply. Missed the last two drops but that knife is just so sweet to me and I wanna try it out.
Watch would be a Speedmaster. You still trying to get one?
I can't decide between the DCO and CWF clicky. I am leaning towards CWF because the higher lumens.... But the size on the DC0 just looks nice.
I believe the closest anyone can get to a TRUE grail knife is a custom. In the movies "Kill Bill" the blade was a Hanzo Blade. I would consider things like your 100k purchase a marker aka benchmark, landmark, trophy, etc. Put another way, Grail is the ultimate destination, not the journey there or the stops along the way
My grail: Tabernacle of the Pendrell Vale. Not EDC but if you know, you know!
Most of mine are more practical. Pro trek watch that is 200 meter water resistant, solar powered(never have to buy batteries), and atomic time keeping, so always accurate to the second, altimeter, barometer, compass, thermostat, tough as a g-shock, etc. Bark River Bravo One in 3V, just a beast of a knife that will last forever. My folder is a Spiderco para2. Fenix PD36R, 1200 lumen max, several settings and ridiculously long run times. Leatherman Surge. My brown leather Columbia wallet. A stainless steel bolt action pen I bought off amazon for $20 and put fisher refills in it. Its heavy duty with a tungsten carbide tip. couldn't break it if I tried. My line of thinking is more like, what would I want with me in a SHTF zombie apocalypse? All that is about $1300 and I have no plan on replacing it anytime soon.
Lol that spyderco nirvana you can buy new in my country because it's too expensive here so they didn't sell
my grail EDC knife would be a maxamet Para 3 :D unfortunately i realised late how much i like that knife, it was out of stock everywhere, and since i'm in the uk, i cannot even buy it on ebay because of the restrictions. I have to wait until a proper retailer starts shipping it again :)