An Odd Knife Conception

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Dr. Thor

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Hello everybody!

I just have to say, I find it incredibly weird that most poeple think that a cheap knife should be able to do anything, and expensive knives should be left in a drawer. Think about it: cheap knives use cheap materials, while expensive knives use higher quality materials. I think that the expensive knives should be able to be able to out-perform a cheap blade. What do you guys think?

Thor
 
good point.....but no matter how good the material it can be damaged.

so I just wreck the cheap ones.....as a jeweller I do a fair bit of prying out diamonds out of old rings....you do the math

plus I like to have a blade that I know I wont mind if I break the tip .....sometimes I heat the blade for certain reasons......I sure aint gonna do that to a good knife.

a nice thin pointy blade can make a good protector if you're hammering a tricky bit.....hard steel will just snap.

I have a knife for every occasion.....except I need a good going out to dinner knife.....I have a nice Medici on its way.
 
"...expensive knives should be left in a drawer." Say what?? :eek: I thought I was supposed to be using my good knives for yard work, painting, and actually cutting stuff. Are there really people who think that?????? :D

I'm gonna go outside and trim some bushes with my 710 M2 just for the feel of it!!
 
I think we should define what means "cheap" and "expensive" first. What's a chippie? A 2$ knife? 10$? or maybe 30$? More expensive knives usually use better materials and they benefit of better manufacturing. I find quite normal that a 100$ knife (say S30V blade, G-10 or Ti handles, cryo treatment and all) should perform better than a Pakistani POS (unknown (untreated) steel, Zytel looking plastic handles, you got the big picture) which you can find in any flea market for a couple bucks.
Now for the expensive part. There are, IMO, (very) expensive knives which are meant to be kept in the drawer. They are fully functional, of course, but I really can't see any of you actually cutting anything (except the tip of a good cigar) with a knife with san-mai damascus blade, timascus bolsters, gold inlays and fossilized dinosaur bone handles. ;) Especially when there are so many knives that perform at least as well, at only a fraction of its price.
 
I guess I am talking about people who expect a CRKT or a Cold Steel folder to out perform a nice benchmade, or something like that. Me, I use every knife I own!

Thor
 
hmmmm dinosaur bones.....food for thought.......

a human finger bone handle would go well with the goth's

maybe I'll ask my grandma to leave me a couple in her will. :eek: :barf:
 
I use my more expensive knives more than my cheaper ones. My EDC is a Mayo TNT, and I have a DDR 3.5" EDC on order that I plan to carry and use. I don't worry about the damagae that occors with normal use, scratches or other blemishes, but wouldn't do anything that could break it. I use my knives for cutting, if I want to pry I use the right tool for the job, or a cheaper knife if needed.

Actually I find myself now selling off most of my cheaper production knives and focusing on a few costums that will become my EDC rotation.

GoldCutter - isn't there some sort of specialized tool for taking diamonds out of a setting? Just curious really as I would think that they make specialized jewlers tools for all of those types of tasks.
 
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