Do you use your over $1000 folder daily?

I think if you are buying $1000+ knives, you are buying them for their collector value and not for their ability to cut up boxes. If you use them, their collector value is quickly depreciated. Why would you want to do that?
 
michaelmcgo said:
They are still just knives, buy them for their intended purpose: to cut stuff. Buy art to hang on the walls!
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My feeling is that people can purchase knives for whatever reason they want. If it is as a user, that is fine. If it is for a collection, and not to be used, that is fine as well.

If a person wants to pay a huge some for a user, that is up to them. It doesn't matter if the knife will cut better than a $100.00 knife. All that matters is that the person that owns the knife is comfortable using it. I know people that purchased knives made by Ed Fowler that cost way more than a thousand dollars, and they happily use them.

The only knives that I have that cost over $1000.00 are fixed blades, and I don't use them. They are for my collection only. I do have a couple of $400.00 to $600.00 knives that I do use, but once they get any higher than that I just can't bring myself to use them.
 
Price is no gauge of cutting ability. Some expensive knives cut far better than a $100 beater. Some are just for show and can't spread butter without ruining the finish.

Comparing the late Ford Mk IV to a Rolls Royce, each has it's own strengths. We just don't have test parameters and 0-60 times to sort out knives as easily. It's no wonder there is a certain amount of disbelief in the marketplace because of it.
 
rebeltf said:
I do use them both , very lightly. Meaning I would not baton thru stands of Fir with them or attempt to pry open coffin lids , things of that nature.

My biggest fear is this (and odd as this may sound) I'm am more afraid of losing them than messing them up cosmetically or mechanically , I'm afraid I will lose it and some schmuck will find it and use it for a throwing knife or try to sharpen it on a sidewalk curb or some silliness.
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Rebeltf,

LOL! That was funny, really! Good comment! :thumbup:
 
My break point on price for use is generally around $200 in current dollars. There is no way I would use a $1000 knife. Brother in law has a Moran, he actually cuts things with it...... Too many other places to spend $1K than a knife; I would prefer to have a good Kimber or Cooper 22 rifle as one example.
 
My user price range will be heavily dependent on where I am financially. Right now, all of my knives get used and as far as I can see in the near future. But as my finances grow, I can see myself using an expensive knife, since at that point it won't be expensive to me. I can also se myself buying safe queens also.
 
My philosophy is this, if you paid that kind of money for a knife, and decide not to use it because of it's cost, then it's money wasted. Now, that doesn't apply if you bought it solely to put on display, but if you bought it because you wanted to carry it, and don't carry it, what's the point? If you aren't going to carry it, or use it as house art, then you should probably sell it.
 
FoldersForever said:
I think if you are buying $1000+ knives, you are buying them for their collector value and not for their ability to cut up boxes. If you use them, their collector value is quickly depreciated. Why would you want to do that?
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i wouldn't mind having the opportunity
 
talonturbo said:
Didn't buy mine for boxes, but I did buy it for use. It is a SnG, so right off the bat I'm not afraid to use (and mark) the hell out of it.

The 6k is light and corrosion-proof, making it an ideal summer EDC, if not full-time EDC. The grind is nightmare recurve, giving me a great EDC compromise in terms of cutting characteristics VS tip strength VS etc.
Fulfilling my wants/needs while being gorgeous (even to non-knife people it looks like a grand) prompted me to buy it.

Using it for EDC has led me to like it even more than anticipated for one unexpected reason: food prep. I wash it, and fold it up without drying it and without worries. Because of the 6k I would have to say this knife (my most expensive) gets pampered even less than my others. Great fun.
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Just wanted to say that opening boxes all day is usage. I'm not in the wilderness, but only occassionally, but I'm in a building and using supplies all day, that require me to open boxes to resupply myself.

Cardboard is actually quite dulling on a knife. It is made of wood pulp and glue. The dulls knives very quickly, because you are cutting through pieces of wood held together by an adhesive.
 
ERdept said:
Just wanted to say that opening boxes all day is usage.
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I never said it isn't and I agree with you one hundred percent. I've had jobs that included breaking down countless industrial boxes. Not easy knife work after the first few. Especially when you hit those massive staples LOL.

I was just saying I bought it for all kinds of EDC uses (including the unexpected), but box slicing is not currently one of my main uses. It was in reference to the quote (by folders forever) in my post.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
My feeling is that people can purchase knives for whatever reason they want. If it is as a user, that is fine. If it is for a collection, and not to be used, that is fine as well.
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This boys and girls, is the simple truth on this whole issue. Simply put, both reasons for purchasing are fine. Whatever your position may be, don't look down your nose at those who take the other position.
Some of my more expensive knives may see some use but they get the baby treatment. Some see no use at all. My less expensive and more easily replaced knives see the the harder use.
 
I just recently got past the 100$ mark when I bought a katana and now have bought the scrapper infi 4. I even had a hard time carrying my CRKT First Strike when I first got it. It makes sence to spend some $ on a knife you have with you every day and expresses something about your personality but I don't see the point in carrying a 600$ knife that is not any better than a 150-$ one.
I do intend to be buried with one of Anders Hogstroms masterpieces though.
 
punisher_nbi45 said:
Rebeltf,

LOL! That was funny, really! Good comment! :thumbup:
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Thanks ! :D It was meant sort of tongue in cheek as I get a gentle chuckle out of what some folks use (or will try to) use thier knives for.

It's a big world though and , to each thier own ! :D :D :cool: :)
 
It's a good question. I've never payed anywhere near a thousand bucks for a knife of any kind, and I doubt that I ever will. I do know that the most expensive folder I own is my Buck Strider 880SP and I use that every day. I carry it at work and use it a dozen times a day for all sorts of jobs. First thing I ever did with it was to completely reprofile the edge and make it into a "cutter" rather than a wedge, so I'm not exactly doing all I can to keep it pristine.
As others have said, I buy knives to cut stuff with, not to lock away and treat as a financial investment.

BTW... Got to tell you that a work colleague (who knows that I check out the various knife forums and who knows a little about knives )looked over my shoulder while I had MSutherlands picture "blown up" and fullscreen.... His comment.. "Oops! Is that guy posting that to see if it can be mended? He's bust the point off that a good'un hasn't he!?" *LOLOL*

Bless him. I feel a little education may be in order! :D ;)
 
FoldersForever said:
I think if you are buying $1000+ knives, you are buying them for their collector value and not for their ability to cut up boxes. If you use them, their collector value is quickly depreciated. Why would you want to do that?
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Nope.

I own one knife that I paid over >$1k for and another that would probably go for >$1k on the secondary market. Collector value was never an issue. Both were purchased because I wanted them and both are users.
 
I'm in the process of purchasing a Koji Hara custom that I want to EDC. It will be about $US 800. It may not work much better than a $150 knife but the beauty is well worth the extra.
Greg
 
I wouldn't be trying to pop bailing wire with a thousand dollar knife but I would sure use it for cutting and slicing normal materials.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
My feeling is that people can purchase knives for whatever reason they want. If it is as a user, that is fine. If it is for a collection, and not to be used, that is fine as well....
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As is usually the case, I agree with Keith. I once bought a used Testarossa for $169,000 and drove the hell out of it; but I can't bring myself to use two or three knives that I own which cost between $2k and $3k. As I have said dozens of times here, I own many little pieces of art that just happen to be in the shape of knives! ;)
 
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