Dont ya hate that first scratch?

akadave2

akadave2

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Its inevitable in a using knife. They get scratched and dinged and sullied. But I do hate that first good scratch on a new blade......I know...character.
 
Well nothing stays new forever of course unless you don't use it.
If ya don't use it you can't share experiences ... so get out and beat the crap outta it! :D:D:D
 
akadave2 said:
Its inevitable in a using knife. They get scratched and dinged and sullied. But I do hate that first good scratch on a new blade......I know...character.
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I hear yah :grumpy: It is gonna hurt to get that first scratch on my new Sebbie, but I can't wait at the same time :D
 
I love that first scratch. One, it tells me this thing is mine now. Two, there is no longer any point in trying to avoid it, so I can use it freely.
 
ah...well...its a love hate relationship. i hate getting that first scratch...but once i get it...i can pretty much use the knife to its fullest.
peace.
tvg.
 
ya, once that first painful scratch is over with, then you can actually use your knife they way you like.
 
yablanowitz said:
I love that first scratch. One, it tells me this thing is mine now. Two, there is no longer any point in trying to avoid it, so I can use it freely.
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I have a friend, trapper, who treats guns that way. He gets a new one, he goes out and drops it on a stone fence so he can say "There, now I can use it like a tool and not treat it like a baby." :D :eek:
 
akadave2 said:
Its inevitable in a using knife. They get scratched and dinged and sullied. But I do hate that first good scratch on a new blade......I know...character.
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The FIRST scratch is painful.:eek:
But a BUNCH of scratches looks cool.:thumbup:
Soooo, either use it a bunch once the first scratch appears, so it looks used and possesses "character", or do as I have done in the past and sand the scratches out if you prefer the unblemished look on a particular knife.
 
True bali snobs know it's not the first scratch that makes a knife yours, but the first bite.


(or does that make you it's?! oh shit.)
 
Once I realized that scratches can almost always be polished out, I decided not to worry about dinging anything up. I enjoy using my knives and getting them scratched up. It gives me an excuse to break out my sandpaper and give 'em a little TLC. :)

I recently found a place where I can buy sandpaper all the way up to 2500 grit, so I'm mirror-polishing everything in sight! Look out!

Life's too short for safe queens!
 
moonwilson said:
Once I realized that scratches can almost always be polished out, I decided not to worry about dinging anything up. I enjoy using my knives and getting them scratched up. It gives me an excuse to break out my sandpaper and give 'em a little TLC. :)

I recently found a place where I can buy sandpaper all the way up to 2500 grit, so I'm mirror-polishing everything in sight! Look out!

Life's too short for safe queens!
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Sounds like me when I first learned how to polish out scratces on a blade. I mirror polished everything in sight as well.... Then I figured out I liked the hand rubbed look better and went back and put a scotch brite finish on everything.:D:D
 
I don't understand the question.

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I have scratched up my Emerson Mini Commander pretty well and I love it even more because I have used it and it has been the best knife I own.
 
I don't think I've ever given it a second thought. I buy it. It goes in the pocket. It gets used. OTOH, I might hesitate if I bought nice knives. I just buy users.
 
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