Convince me to start USING my knives...

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Ok, I have 2 Calypso Jrs and a Centofante III #103, along with a KFF (NIB), cheap little SAK and a LST. The LST gets ALL the use, even though I can't get it too sharp. (the blade squeaks when I pull cut paper)
I refuse to use the Spydies because, they're brand new, they Calypso is a limited run and the Cento is #103. (The part of my mind that thinks everything is a collectible stops me)
 
This might help. Check out this link in "Whine and Cheese" where Ren laments selling all, or most all, of his knives:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=296950&highlight=ren

And then scroll down to post #8 where he adds:

Ren the devils trailboss said:
No kidding!! If anyone thinks that collecting knives is gonna someday earn you a windfall of profit..on thier collectability ..I just gotta say this...dont give up your day job!!

I did make a profit on the Daltons, the Black Jacks, and the Rekats..but the rest I probably sold cheaper than when I bought them..all the numbered Benchmades..waste of time..numberes spydies..same story...the first production run of anything..Big F#*N deal...

So buy em..enjoy em..and use em....thats my advice..
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So, buy 'em and use 'em. If it hurts too much at first, why not start out with one of the Calypsos, and then rotate from there?
 
Learn to sharpen. That's what did it for me. Once you are certain you can restore an edge to working sharpness, if not exceptionally sharp, you will feel very free to use your stuff the way they were meant to be. Doing a search on this forum will turn up all sorts of information as to methods and tools for this purpose. There is also a sharpening FAQ by Joe Talmadge that is very enlightening.
 
dude. use them.

i have the gray Calypso Jr #135... and since it has such a sharp blade... i find it to be amazingly useful for cutting things...

you should try it out, you might find it useful.

haha
 
I wanna dispose of the Geber so I won't have that to lean back on... (Also, I screwed up the edge, tried to repair it) It's also my first real knife, but it's also a tool that wont function as it should...
Eh, I'll get rid of it somehow... My first knife was the rusty Carl Schiffer Eye Brand.
 
There was a painting sold the other day at auction for $30,000,000. Yup, thirty million dollars. It was a Vermeer.

There were a lot of painters painting a lot of paintings at the same time Vermeer painted that one. Most of those paintings ended up in landfills a long time ago.

At the same time Mozart was composing some of the greatest music ever written, there were hundreds of composers all over composing all sorts of drivel. Their names and their music have been long-since forgotten.

The point is that if you want to invest successfully in art... or knives, you have to be able to pick out the next Vermeer or Mozart. But that's really difficult and very risky.

So, buy what you like and use it in whatever way gives you enjoyment because enjoyment is all you can really be sure of getting.
 
It's a bit like buying a brand new car in a way. I remember my first one. Lived in fear of it getting scratched, washed and polished it every weekend, vacuumed out every nook and cranny, bought seat covers and so on. Eventually it got scratched and from there it led to never washing it and couldn't care less how many scratches it had.

Any knife will be the same. I can't bear the thought that one day my brand new Sebbie will get a scratch on the blade or handle but one day it will happen.

A numbered knife is going to be worth exactly what you paid for it until you decide to sell it and then it will be worth a little bit less. Such is life!
 
what Boink said. that's the thing that stopped me in the beginning.

GB, go ahead and use one of the Calypso Jrs. (you can keep the other one). Since you're in the US, if you can't restore it to its original edge, just send it back to Spyderco once a year or something like that.
 
Thanks. I do wanna rid of the Gerber, since it's a love hate relationship.. (WHY didn't I get a Delica first, so I wouldn't have this problem)
 
Keep the Gerber, just put it in a drawer somewhere. Ten years from now you'll look at it with fond memories. And definitely use those Spydercos, that's what they're best for! I'm enjoying my new Paramilitary immensly; not because it's especially beautiful but because it's such a marvellously useful piece of engineering and precision. Comfortable to hold too. :)
 
You can't take 'em with you when you GO! I don't mean to sound depressing, but death is eminent; so you might as well use them and enjoy while you are here because....You can't take 'em with you when you GO!

Jon
 
A knife is a tool. You can't fully appreciate it's design and construction unless you USE IT.

Paul
 
Numbered CF Delica,...who cares, its scratched, resharpened and heavily used. All the signs of true love!

But I do admit that I keep a very sharp EZ-out in my drawer at work, which I lend out when somebody asks me for a knife and when ever I expect to be "cutting" a little more than I intend to. Rip-ties (aka cable ties) on hoses over hose barbs on pressure regulators (gas tanks) is a typical example. The edge is bound to snap into the metal hose barb or right smack into the metal regulator.

Kimberholic: Couldn't agree more!
 
I'm gonna try to get a good edge on the Gerber befoe it's put away , then comes the Centofante to be used (I used it already to open a friend's sharpmaker)
 
"Convince me to start USING my knives".

Ok...Start using your knives, or else I'll tell your mom where you hide 'em!.:D.:D.
 
Make your Gerber your "beater" for abusive stuff, and/or use it to experiment with different edge angles, and finishes. See what kind of laser beam you can make out of it, until it spontaneously combusts (well, 'til you blow a chunk out of the edge, anyway) doing something stupid--intentionally, of course.
Meanwhile, put one of those Calypso Jrs in your pocket. I've tried umpteen small folders from the Kershaw Scallion to the small Sebenza, and the Calypso Jr. is the best knife of it's size, IMO. Not the nicest, prettiest, coolest, strongest, or most well made, but the best all-around light to medium use cutting tool.
 
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