Do I use it or not?

RABII

RABII

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Personally, I can't bring myself to actually use ANY knife that I pay more than $150-200 for. There are too many other "beater" types out there to put some of these nicer pieces through the ringer. I've tried many times to do it but end up putting them "away" and reverting instead to a cheaper(pricewise)knife. For example, my fixed blade EDC is either;one of a number of RC's, a Becker perhaps, or, more often than not, a CS SRK. I know I'm going to hear that a knife is a tool and is meant to be used, but maybe sometimes it's just a little bit more;)
 
This will most likely change. Up to about two years ago I had a problem using anything that cost me $100 or more. Now I'm carrying and using $400-$500 knives.
 
Buy to use! That price range is perfect for durable, hard use, great metals and great looking knives.
 
The true beauty is in using the tool, better knives usually perform better and is the reason I love using my millie.
 
RABII said:
Personally, I can't bring myself to actually use ANY knife that I pay more than $150-200 for. There are too many other "beater" types out there to put some of these nicer pieces through the ringer. I've tried many times to do it but end up putting them "away" and reverting instead to a cheaper(pricewise)knife. For example, my fixed blade EDC is either;one of a number of RC's, a Becker perhaps, or, more often than not, a CS SRK. I know I'm going to hear that a knife is a tool and is meant to be used, but maybe sometimes it's just a little bit more;)
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I know just what you mean. For the longest time I always carried an expensive folder in one pocket and a cheap one in the other. No need to guess which one got the most use!

But now I carry a umnumzaan and a tenacious-which will be replaced by the benchmade MPR. Both will be used without worry.

Its better to spend on a nice knife or two and learn to use them for years-might slow down the spending on new knives!
 
Knives in that price range are absolutely users (in fact, I don't own anything less expensive than that). Once you get above $500 or so, that's a different story, though.
 
I suspect most of you are right. My reservations stem from my perspective on collectable knives. Some of my knives I will NEVER use as they were part of a collection I inherited from my grandfather. One knife in particular, a Bob Loveless Chute knife with the "Double Nude" logo is extremely rare and approaches five figures to replace(if possible). So with this mindset I tend to stick with the price point knives to get it done.:)
 
We each have to make our own decision, but for me, the real joy of the knife is in using it. I love the feel of a well designed tool in my hand and how easily it does the job it was designed to do. Earlier in my life I did some design of products used in the transportation industry and came to have an appreciation of how much thought and effort went into making a design be just right. That really reinforced my feelings of using things as they were designed to be used. That's really the only way you can truly appreciate it. The problem is, after you've used a really well thought design, lesser examples will be very unsatisfying to you.
Bob
 
I understand the dilemma.

I buy or trade for alot of knives and always want and try to obtain the nicest varieties out there but when I know I'm gonna put one thru it's paces hard...I choose one of lesser value.

But...I find that once a higher end knife gets that first scratch or ding...it's fair game for any usage. :D

And thats good because I want to use them.:thumbup:
 
If I ever get an "expensive" knife, you can bet Ill get my money's worth out of it by using it. It would be a waste not too.
 
I'm not a collector, so I've never really grasped the concept of "too nice to use" or "too expensive to use". My beater knife for work is a Spyderco Military in S90V and carbon fiber and my light use knife (which most folks around here would call EDC duty) is a Ken Coats custom. Those more expensive knives have to be used to be appreciated, unless you are talking about out and out art knives that weren't intended to be used at all.

As Sal Glesser once said, to let one die on the shelf is to waste 90% of what went into making the knife. ;)
 
Use it.

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Guyon, I've seen your extensive collection of Busse's, and it does'nt surprise me that you use some of them. But don't you have at least a few that are off limits?
 
Guyon, did you actually split those logs with that knife? I really like that knife. Is it a Crocodile Dundee Special? :)

I lost my daily carry knife yesterday. It was a 150.00 knife. I have been whining about it all day. I didn't realize how much I used it until it was gone. It was an all black "tactical" Pirahna Bodyguard (the smaller one). I'm going to order another one tomorrow.

Mike
 
Frankly, knives were made to cut things. If I got ahold of the $million+ handmade knives, with gold and what-not in the edge itself, you can bet your ass I'd use it. Call me self-centered :jerkit:

Knives were made to be used. When I first buy an expensive knife, like a Reeve or a William Henry, you can be sure I'm apprehensive, but sooner or later I bend over to my inclinations and start cutting with the thing. It took me a year or so to start really using any of my reeves, but now I swear by them. The same is likely true of other, similar, live-or-die brands like ZT or WH; they make them pretty, but first and foremost they make them to cut.
 
I'm guilty of this. :o

I couldn't bring myself to carry my Benchmade 520, even though it seemed to have all the features I like in a knife (aluminum handles, FFG, drop point, 3.5"ish blade) just because it was so much more expensive than the other knives I have bought to date. It still sits in a box, waiting for me to find someone to sell it to...

Having said that, I've pretty much taken Sambo's advice from then on: I've stopped buying such expensive knives entirely :D
 
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