SALTY
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This applies to the Busse Knives I have, both the users and the keepers. It also applies to just about every other knife I have. It probably applies to most of you here as well. The cost per scratch can get very high if you spread it around your collection, but is nominal, even non-existant, if concentrated on only a couple of users.
Consider this, you have 5 Busse knives at an average value of $250 each assuming they are all in n.i.b. condition. It's probably fair to say that if you put a couple of character marks, but no real damage on a particular knife it will be worth, say, ten-percent less. In other words, depending on the exact knife, those few scratches detracted $25 from the value of the knife. If the next scratch generating task were to be performed with another n.i.b. knife, that's another $25.00. If you spread the tasks around all ten knives, it would have cost you $250.00 in reduced value.
Now, If you had one user and nine safe queens. All that use may reduce the value of that one knife further, but not 20%, but perhaps further than 10%. For the sake of argument let's say that the one poor user got so beat that the value did drop by 20% or $50.00; that is still better than one or two tiny little scratches spread around the full set of ten.
Then again, everything in life cannot be analyzed in dollars and cents. I like taking my NO with me on jaunts and do not hesitate to use it for anything. Surprisingly, it shows no wear to speak of. I also have a Basic #7 that was purchased to be a user and when I am in the Basic #7 mood, I use that one. Likewise with a Basic #5 and others.
Beware of the man with but one knife for he probably knows how to use it.
Beware of the man with many knives, for he probably knows how to buy them.
Consider this, you have 5 Busse knives at an average value of $250 each assuming they are all in n.i.b. condition. It's probably fair to say that if you put a couple of character marks, but no real damage on a particular knife it will be worth, say, ten-percent less. In other words, depending on the exact knife, those few scratches detracted $25 from the value of the knife. If the next scratch generating task were to be performed with another n.i.b. knife, that's another $25.00. If you spread the tasks around all ten knives, it would have cost you $250.00 in reduced value.
Now, If you had one user and nine safe queens. All that use may reduce the value of that one knife further, but not 20%, but perhaps further than 10%. For the sake of argument let's say that the one poor user got so beat that the value did drop by 20% or $50.00; that is still better than one or two tiny little scratches spread around the full set of ten.
Then again, everything in life cannot be analyzed in dollars and cents. I like taking my NO with me on jaunts and do not hesitate to use it for anything. Surprisingly, it shows no wear to speak of. I also have a Basic #7 that was purchased to be a user and when I am in the Basic #7 mood, I use that one. Likewise with a Basic #5 and others.
Beware of the man with but one knife for he probably knows how to use it.
Beware of the man with many knives, for he probably knows how to buy them.
