Do your Expensive EDC’s stay at home? Or do you carry less expensive EDC’s?

[Bike Doc]

Hi all. Bike Doc here.
I was wondering who leaves their expensive knives home and carry alternatives? I am impressed with some $60 well made knives I’m not afraid to use.

 

[Chuck_Nunface]

If get something and I find myself not willing to carry/use it, even lightly, it gets sold.

 

[Bike Doc]

Oh so LUEDC
LIGHT USE EDC? I agree. I tend to grab my nicer knives when I am actually not at work. It’s like a dress watch to me.

 

[gooeytek]

They all get carried and used

 

[Bob Denman]

They all get carried and used

Agree 249%!
Knives are built to cut stuff: why hold them out of the game?

 

[Wild Willie]

Nope... About the only time I opt for something a bit easier to replace is when working on an off road job and it's really brushy.

 

[Bike Doc]

Nice! Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Kryme]

I only buy knives that were intended to be used by the manufacturer and I personally intend to use. i.e. Hinderers, CRKs, and especially Microtechs are all fair game. I'm generally not interested in "art" knives, for me a well built functional knife is the art itself, and using it is enjoying it. Life is too short for safe queens.

 

[jfk1110]

If I bought it I'm certainly playing with it..

 

[XJ-linux]

I EDC what I like, regardless of cost, rarity, etc... I get to use a great knife, and some day another person will get 5-50% on a used but well cared for premium knife. Win-win.

 

[Bike Doc]

Some high end OTF’s will stop working from pocket lint. This statement was made by a tech while working on a repair. Kinda goes against the whole EDC thing if lint can fowl a mechanical system. A $500 knife/tool should be tough and maintainable. Glad to see the changes happening.

 

[Kettleman]

If I wont carry it I wont own it.

In my pocket at work today is a 2004 Sebenza Classic. It took 7 months to find and I paid almost 500% of what it sold for when it left CRK. I took it out of the box in mint condition after it spent 20 years in a safe.

Great knife.
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[Bike Doc]

“ That’s a Beaut Clark” NLV In all seriousness that’s nice!

 

[Skar]

Use them all, this depends on what you consider expensive… my most expensive was 400,
Not the one one pictured .

 

[ebidis]

Just depends on the knife. I have some expensive ($200+) that I carry, and some that I don’t.

 

[Ikhnaton]

Nah, I use all my knives I want to use, regardless of their price

 

[Quiet]

I have plenty of knives I don't carry because I just like owning them, and honestly, I have hundreds more knives than I'll ever need for the rest of my life so it's no big deal. I am not a minimalist. Also, as a member of the Laptop Class, my cutting needs on a daily basis tend to be few. Hell, many of my knives were bought simply because I liked them and wanted to own them, not because I necessarily needed a new cutting tool.

That said, if I have a dirty cutting job, no, no I'm not using an expensive knife when a cheaper Cold Steel or Opinel will break down those boxes, and my nice stuff doesn't get scratched up.

 

[norcalAF]

Almost all of them get carried!

 

[Spillproof]

If you don't ever carry a knife how on Earth is it an "EDC"?

 

[iacchus]

They all get carried. I bought the expensive knives because they work so hard. It'd be a shame to not use them for what they are designed to do.