At the Age of 50, I Realize...

redsquid2

redsquid2

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...I was always a knife snob. That is my shocking realization. :eek:

I wish I still had my original Webelos pocket knife. I can't remember if I paid for it myself, or if it was a gift. It was probably the "cheapest" I ever had, but priceless in sentimental value.

Since the Webelos knife, I have inherited and found some cheap crap, but I never spent my own money on anything that I considered cheesy. Seriously.

After the Webelos, I always had a folding knife of some kind. The ones I bought were: Sears Craftsman pocketknife, ca 1976. Then a Buck 112, ca 1980. Then a Seki made Air SOG, a small SAK, and a Spyderco, all purchased in the mid 1990's. About two years ago, I got a Buck Vantage Avid. You know, the Buck with the more expensive steel, but not the MOST expensive steel.

I'm a knife snob, but not as bad as some of you people. ;)
 
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I remember about 10 years ago as a boy scout at camp everyone bad mouthing coast knives as trash and gerber not being as good as leathermen.
 
I like to get the best quality I can afford. If I had more money, I might have bought a Benchmade this time, instead of the Buck, but there are other things in life besides knives.

I still lust for the nicer factory production knives, but as I make more of my own, that lust subsides.
 
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Then you can call me a BM snob for they are the only knife maker that has pleased me - regarding materials, steels, designs, and last but not least, the axis lock :)

I've carried only BM for 12+ years
 
Most of us here are knife snobs to some degree. I wish I wasn't, but I definitely am. My buddy knows how much I love knives. He was really excited to show me a bunch of folders he bought. They were all super cheap frost cutlery crap. He was actually offended at the lack of interest I showed in his new knifes. He thinks they are awesome, I think they are crap. I didn't t mean to offend him, but I'm a knife snob. I didn't tell him his knives were crappy, but he knew I thought they were by my reaction to them. Oh well.
 
redsquid2 said:
...but there are other things in life besides knives...
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Does a knife snob mean that you think your knife is better than someone's knife? There must be a blur between good, sufficient and best. I see people using cheap folders the likes of maxam and meyerco...I've never heard one of them complain that the knives did not function properly for the chore at hand. Imagine what they would do if they could feel the sweet slice of a razor keen spyderco military! Then again, would they even care?
 
redsquid2 said:
there are other things in life besides knives.
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I am certain that you are quite correct. And I've heard that before. But, I haven't figure out what it is...


darn it, Saintly beat me...again.
Sonnydaze
 
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We're all knife snobs here :p I find myself spotting pocket clips when walking around campus or town and automatically thinking about how the knife that's in my pocket is better, even though I should be glad there are other people exercising their right and carrying daily as well.
 
In 1985, I owned a Case slipjoint and a big Schrade. The first addition after that was a Vic SAK Tinker which I used and used until I I got a soldier. I don't want to admit how many I have now.
 
I am definitely a knife snob. But I believe that is my constitutional right!:p
 
Haha crappy boyscout knives I remember at summer camp their was a line a mile long at the camp store of people waiting to buy one of those cheap knives but I knew better
 
Snobbery goes both ways. The "my knife is the best" attitude is balanced by "I'm smarter than you because I spent $30 on a great knife, & you spent $230."
 
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