Being Ridicluous???

jaxxsun

jaxxsun

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My true Grail has only been a Direware Hyper 90. Well after over two years of wanting and waiting it is mine. Just the way the I wanted it. I had planed to EDC it. Retire most everything else and be done.

But to my surprise. After getting it. I am far too uneasy with flipping it or even taking it out of the house. I have yet to cut a single thing with it. It is just too beautiful. The fit and finish is truly Perfact. And the simple fact that you can NOT get these Everyday, makes me fully aware how unique it is. So it sits in the box. In my drawer. And so small sebenza stays as my Edc. With out worry. image.jpg
 
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HAHAHAHhhahahahahahah! we all say that, let's get DI one!!, get rid of the rest , well is not going to happen , your quest started to now officially becoming a knife-nut, you won't use it , you will try but will be afraid the value will go down, decided now what you want to be a user, collector or both, remember to pay the bills first.:D, you sickos know exactly what i'm talking about lol...
 
I've been in that predicament plenty of times. This is the beauty of our hobby, if you are content with safe queening that direware that is totally fine. It's current value is that of admiration, design/fit+finish to you.There's no immediate need to cut anything with it when you have many other folders that are edc.

There's a guy out there right now who thinks his Sebenza 21 is too pretty to be carried. One day in the unforseen future you may find another grail, and you will slowly wear in that direware with occasional usage. The hobby of knife collecting should be a slow burning experience that extends through years of time. Some people burn out because they can afford every knife they see, but it doesn't mean it makes any sense to rush these things. Even if you end up storing that badass knife for months at a time, that's fine! Life goes on, you may come back to it later and decide to put some insignificant scuffs on it.

Now, there will be some guys who will push you to carry it, because they think that's what you want to hear. It's all about what makes you happy. You're lucky to have such a knife, so don't feel pressured to please any invisible group thinking of what your knife collecting habits should be.
 
Some things are meant to be admired. Looks like you have one of those things. That's all.
 
That's one of the reasons I got rid of the customs I owned. The fear of using them eventually became a turnoff for me. There's no right or wrong with this hobby, so do what you want to do. Beauty knife, though.
 
I can relate. :D Some of my knives I will not use. But, this has lead me back to EDCing a knife that I will use, a slip-joint.
On the other hand, my friend is the opposite, every knife he gets, he uses.
rolf
 
I feel your pain like no other. Like someone else stated I can relate to no longer collecting customs for this very reason. I drop $500-1000 on a knife and I know with every scratch, ding or dent that thing is going to lose money. And eventually it gets to condition that isnt going to lose any more money with another mark but by that point its a pretty ugly blade and it will never bring close to what It could have. My real reason for not wanting to use customs is for that very reason. I have other knives that fill the EDC role. And since I know my personal preferences change all the time and that eventually I will get bored of most knives and something else will come along that I will like better. So in that regard it makes sense to keep a knife pristine so as to reduce my loss when its time to release it. I used to buy duplicates. One to keep pristine and one to use. But what is the point? Even if i keep a knife in brand new condition it will STILL lose money. And now instead of taking a hit on one knife it will be two. Im not so much a collector as I am a knife ho.
 
Stupid analogy alert....

I bought a car back in the day that I would only pull out of the garage and from under its cover for special occasions and Sunday morning drives. I took much flak from friends and family for only putting 3000 miles on it in the three years I owned it. No one understood why, but every time I got in it, it felt and smelled like brand new again. I loved that "new" feeling, and did not want to spoil it with door dings and curb rash.

So I can understand your dilemma. A Grail knife should feel special every time you pick it up.
 
RevDevil said:
She will make a lovely paper weight, different strokes I suppose.
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Mmmhmmm....
I just bought a brand new truck. Brand new.
Probably 2 weeks ago.
I've already drove through a foot of snow.
Towed a trailer in the snow.
Pulled a truck out of the snow. Had to yank the chain too.
And revved it pretty high while driving.
I drive it every day and am not scared to get it dirty.

The way I see it, don't buy what you don't use.
What's the sense in having something if you can't use it?
Just think how much more you will enjoy it if you use it.
The scratches become yours. You learn how it acts and what it does and doesn't like to cut.
It becomes an extension of your hand.
 
Another member here reminded me of a quote from Master knife maker, Bob Loveless.

"If we do not treat our tools with a familiar contempt, we will loose perspective."

It's only an inanimate object. Use it like it was intended to be used.
 
jackknife said:
Another member here reminded me of a quote from Master knife maker, Bob Loveless.

"If we do not treat our tools with a familiar contempt, we will loose perspective."

It's only an inanimate object. Use it like it was intended to be used.
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Bob was the man. It is ironic, however, that he ended up selling knives to folks that were almost exclusively collectors. If you believe all of his words - he actually viewed his customers with a jaundiced eye. In fact, he even said that people that own things to increase their stature amongst friends makes him (Bob) puke.

I guess that just shows how complicated this situation is!

Eric
 
Yup, it takes a lot of guts trying out a brand new expensive something.
And especially doing so with all the greatest of care
trying very hard not to mess up the pristine finish.
But that's why the luckier ones can afford to have two or more of the same thing.
Unfortunately,.we have but one life at present in the here and now
And if we don't carry out our original intentions immediately
We may never know or experience the joys of making use of the best in everything we were so lucky to have in life.
But i completely understand this need to forsake these simple pleasures of life in expressing self denial in order to heighten the pleasure of ownership...
 
jaxxsun said:
My true Grail has only been a Direware Hyper 90. Well after over two years of wanting and waiting it is mine. Just the way the I wanted it. I had planed to EDC it. Retire most everything else and be done.

But to my surprise. After getting it. I am far too uneasy with flipping it or even taking it out of the house. I have yet to cut a single thing with it. It is just too beautiful. The fit and finish is truly Perfect. And the simple fact that you can NOT get these Everyday, makes me fully aware how unique it is. So it sits in the box. In my drawer. And now my small sebenza is my Edc. With out worry. View attachment 512088
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indeed, that is one good looking knife... I was originally going to laugh and say of course you should use it, but then I saw the prices for it and ... yeah, you're not being totally ridiculous. I use my most expensive knife, but it's a quarter of the price of the Direware. but maybe it would still hold true - part of what I enjoy about my most expensive knives (again, just mid-techs) is to be able to pull them out in a user situation and have people admire it simultaneously as a piece of art and as an amazingly functional tool.
 
It's not the price or the value that has me freaked out.
It's the work that goes in to making such a beautiful knife.

I love CRKs because. When you need anything tweaked. Just send her in and BOOM. She's like new.
But Diewares are not made buy a nation of elves. It's one guy. Who is far from bored.
 
I thought that was an 'overbuilt' knife; you should be able to wail on it with hard use and still have it function fine.
 
The Nomadic Hermit said:
Stupid analogy alert....

I bought a car back in the day that I would only pull out of the garage and from under its cover for special occasions and Sunday morning drives. I took much flak from friends and family for only putting 3000 miles on it in the three years I owned it. No one understood why, but every time I got in it, it felt and smelled like brand new again. I loved that "new" feeling, and did not want to spoil it with door dings and curb rash.

So I can understand your dilemma. A Grail knife should feel special every time you pick it up.
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I completely understand brother, I had a Ford Pinto too !!!!!! :D
 
The Nomadic Hermit said:
Stupid analogy alert....

I bought a car back in the day that I would only pull out of the garage and from under its cover for special occasions and Sunday morning drives. I took much flak from friends and family for only putting 3000 miles on it in the three years I owned it. No one understood why, but every time I got in it, it felt and smelled like brand new again. I loved that "new" feeling, and did not want to spoil it with door dings and curb rash.

So I can understand your dilemma. A Grail knife should feel special every time you pick it up.
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This analogy is perfect and so true. When I was a kid my dad bought his "Mid-life crisis" car, a 1987 Porche 944 Super Turbo. Beautiful car. He rarely took it out of the garage. What ended up happening was the engine went bad, the tires rotted and the timing belt was a mess, from sitting undriven for long periods of time. A high performance machine wants...no NEEDS...to be driven. Same with a high end blade, they are designed to be cutting performers (most of them anyway) or usable jewlery, so my recommendation is, don't insult the blade or the maker by letting it languish in hiding, it ain't made of crystal. Steel and titanium. designed to be used, use it. carry it and show it off. when it gets scuffed...so friggin what!

Now go cut something with it.
 
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