2 questions: Your edc grail/my edc grail

Charlie Mike said:
I've owned several "grails" and I seldom keep them. The most recent grail to leave my hands is this early Walter Brend #2. I carried it maybe a total of 2 weeks and realized it's too amazing to use.
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I've been collecting knives for a long time and I sometimes think we deserve to actually use some of the amazing knives that we have. I understand how we don't seem to hang onto knives for very long, for various reasons, but I'm getting to the point where I want to pick a few that I am actually going to keep and use, or at least use as if I intend to keep them. I get tired of babying and not using knives because I don't want to damage them and I might want to sell them. I'm picking at least a few of my knives to actually use.
 
Here's a grail (to me)... A TGLB that can actually cut stuff... REK regrind.



I do carry and use it.
 
T.K.C. said:
A Grail is NOT, I repeat, is NOT an easy to find production knife, nor is a Grail EVER a production knife.
A Grail is: the object of an extended to difficult quest.

Mine? A Kit Carson Red, White & Blued.
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I guess it all depends on what you consider a grail. If your grail is something of rarity and exclusivity then yes a production may never be that. But if your grail is something that has useful qualities for actually using a knife there are many production knives that can easily be a grail. So yes a production knife can easily be a grail knife. In fact some of todays production folders have gotten closer to being my grail folder than many customs. And the same goes for fixed blades.
 
T.K.C. said:
A Grail is NOT, I repeat, is NOT an easy to find production knife, nor is a Grail EVER a production knife.
A Grail is: the object of an extended to difficult quest.
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Well difficult quest is correct, but in my case a grail can be defined by price, in which case it could be a production model that happens to be outside of my price range. I've mentioned before interest in the Benchmade 908 in M4/CF. I would buy one except for the price, and I'm afraid that if I did manage to pay the price for it, it would not live up to my difficulty in getting it. So for now I stay content with my old used 913 in D2.
 
bdmicarta said:
Well difficult quest is correct, but in my case a grail can be defined by price, in which case it could be a production model that happens to be outside of my price range. I've mentioned before interest in the Benchmade 908 in M4/CF. I would buy one except for the price, and I'm afraid that if I did manage to pay the price for it, it would not live up to my difficulty in getting it. So for now I stay content with my old used 913 in D2.
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If it helps, I'm considering buying 1 or 2 more of these and one for my dad. For me personally, this is my favorite 3.5" knife I own and I consider my best "high abuse" knife. Very solid. Perfect size and weight. Couldn't be more pleased with it. I would say that D2 isn't even comparable to M4. I normally EDC 940s during the week/at work but if I know Im going to need a bigger beefier blade that I can rely on to get the job done, this is it. This is the largest/heaviest knife I would EDC. A true win for Benchmade. Id advise to jump on it while its available. or dont, more for me :D



sharp too :D

 
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