Sometimes I find myself not carrying a particular knife because I'm afraid I might lose it for some reason. Usually if I think I'm going to have to stay the night somewhere, or go to Seattle, I tend to take a knife that I won't mind losing so much.
The only problem with that is that often times I'll wind up wishing that I had brought the other knife because I like it more. For example, I take my Case Trapper with me to Seattle since I figure there's no way it could be seen as illegal there, and because I sleep on my sister's couch there when visiting. The Trapper is like $30-$40 and I wouldn't mind losing that as much as say, my Benchmade Kulgera that would cost ~$150 for a new one.
Usually I'll carry it around on any "normal" day because I figure what's the point of having it if I'm not going to use it, but I still always worry that I'll sit down in a tight spot and it will become unclipped or something like that. There's always moments just sitting around my own living room where it I see it has fallen out of my pocket and working down the crack of the couch when I go, "Man, that would be easy to lose," and then I wind up carrying a totally different knife for a week despite the fact that I may not like that one as much.
So how do you guys deal with it? I find that I keep much better track of my expensive knives than any others I've owned, but it doesn't seem like enough. I still wind up having moments where I could have easily lost it. In the end I just say to heck with it and carry and hope I don't lose it. After all, I've carried more expensive items in the past without losing them.
The only problem with that is that often times I'll wind up wishing that I had brought the other knife because I like it more. For example, I take my Case Trapper with me to Seattle since I figure there's no way it could be seen as illegal there, and because I sleep on my sister's couch there when visiting. The Trapper is like $30-$40 and I wouldn't mind losing that as much as say, my Benchmade Kulgera that would cost ~$150 for a new one.
Usually I'll carry it around on any "normal" day because I figure what's the point of having it if I'm not going to use it, but I still always worry that I'll sit down in a tight spot and it will become unclipped or something like that. There's always moments just sitting around my own living room where it I see it has fallen out of my pocket and working down the crack of the couch when I go, "Man, that would be easy to lose," and then I wind up carrying a totally different knife for a week despite the fact that I may not like that one as much.
So how do you guys deal with it? I find that I keep much better track of my expensive knives than any others I've owned, but it doesn't seem like enough. I still wind up having moments where I could have easily lost it. In the end I just say to heck with it and carry and hope I don't lose it. After all, I've carried more expensive items in the past without losing them.
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I carry primarily Emersons now, they still arent the cheapest but a $150 loss doesn't hurt near as bad as a $450 loss. 
