Like many around these parts, I have and had multiple knives that I use in my "rotation". I have had many of the recommended production knives from spyderco, ZT, etc. As a matter of fact, there are some that I have traded away only to replace later. I started to think, why? Why do I get rid of a knife only to replace it later? I think the reason is because I like to keep myself on somewhat of a budget. Over the past couple of years, I have gotten by with trying a lot of good knives by trading.
I have a rule, if I don't want to carry it, I won't keep it. My only mainstay knife over the last seven or so months has been my sebenza 25. I have also had a military, para2, some fixed blades, a zt0550 and zt0561 and a couple others. They have all come and gone. I suppose that I hold on to the sebenza because it is everything I want/need in a knife. I think the main thing that sets the sebenza apart from the other production knives is the tolerances but mainly, the hardware. In trying figuring out what makes me want to carry a certain knife, I realized that those tolerances and high quality hardware is what keeps me interested. Example, The sebenza doesn't cut any better than say.. a para 2, but the other attributes keep me admiring and wanting to use and carry the sebenza. To test this, I decided to do a little experiment. I have pared down my rotation to two knives.
1. CRK Sebenza 25.
2. Hinderer XM18 3.5 inch slicer flipper.
I had a hinderer in the past and loved it. I ended up trading it away to get the sebenza 25 (and a healthy wad of cash. I recently got a ZT0561 and instead of satisfying my need for a hinderer, it made me want one again even more. Now, these are the only two that I own and I want to see if they will keep me from accumulating any more.
Has anyone else pared down their collection to a few that you keep and carry? How did you decide which knives you were going to keep? How long did it last?
Here are a couple pics of the two that I am going to try this experiment with. Wish me luck
I have a rule, if I don't want to carry it, I won't keep it. My only mainstay knife over the last seven or so months has been my sebenza 25. I have also had a military, para2, some fixed blades, a zt0550 and zt0561 and a couple others. They have all come and gone. I suppose that I hold on to the sebenza because it is everything I want/need in a knife. I think the main thing that sets the sebenza apart from the other production knives is the tolerances but mainly, the hardware. In trying figuring out what makes me want to carry a certain knife, I realized that those tolerances and high quality hardware is what keeps me interested. Example, The sebenza doesn't cut any better than say.. a para 2, but the other attributes keep me admiring and wanting to use and carry the sebenza. To test this, I decided to do a little experiment. I have pared down my rotation to two knives.
1. CRK Sebenza 25.
2. Hinderer XM18 3.5 inch slicer flipper.
I had a hinderer in the past and loved it. I ended up trading it away to get the sebenza 25 (and a healthy wad of cash. I recently got a ZT0561 and instead of satisfying my need for a hinderer, it made me want one again even more. Now, these are the only two that I own and I want to see if they will keep me from accumulating any more.
Has anyone else pared down their collection to a few that you keep and carry? How did you decide which knives you were going to keep? How long did it last?
Here are a couple pics of the two that I am going to try this experiment with. Wish me luck



