Dropping your Traditional knife or scuffing it up, does it bother you?

Once the honeymoon stage wears off for my folders I dont care about it too much. Any fixed blade I buy is going to be an outdoors user so they get worn in pretty quick. I dont care too much about appearance with them.
 
I don't really fret over normal dings and wear. A deep gouge such as a drop on the pavement would be a bit upsetting yes. I'd try to sand or buff some of it out the best i could. Scuffs and normal wear are just part of what happens to a tool that's a daily companion like the pocket knife is. Over time these add to the character of it, they make it your's.
 
short answer; no.
longer answer; if i ding the edge somehow then i tend to want to fix it; cant cut with a dull knife. dont really worry about messing up the handles too much but i try to be careful and not, you know, run over a knife with a truck or something like that. and i do have knives, like with wood handles for example, that i try not to carry if i suspect it may be an especially wet day at work.
 
Found a couple good scratches on the bolsters of my Case lannys clip .

I was mad until I realized I have an excuse to carry it now.
 
By the time a knife is in my pocket I have probably introduced a few new scratches in the blade sharpening it, so a drop doesn't bug me. Even a $500 custom is still a knife, and I don't plan on getting rid of my collection until after I am burned to ashes, so a ding is not a big deal.
 
Old Hunter said:
Yep, it bothers me when I do it, then I move on. OH
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This is me.
However
It prompts the question
"were one of those kids that broke your toys or one of those kids that still has them?"
I would like to say I fall into the latter group but as was pointed out to me at work the other day _
If any one is going to break something or get hurt it will be you meako.
waddevva! I still have the first book my dad got me and many other things-Ok they're not in virgin condition but neither am I.
 
Normal "wear and tear" gives its true character to a knife. A good knife will only get better. If normal use (and an occasional drop to the floor, because it just happens...) really damages a knife, then it probably isn't a good knife. Have some of that kind and THAT hurts.
 
I have a harder time breaking in a stainless stainless blade than I do a CV. I think the fact that a patina forms and I enjoy watching it change gets me past the pocket jewelry stage, and before I know it I have a nice user. Stainless stays bright and shows scratches more easily so I tend to try and keep it nice for a much longer period of time. I have dropped knives before and it is not a good feeling, but it is even worse when you are going through your collection with your four year old son (no open blades of course), and he drops one on the hardwood floor and starts to cry because he thought he scratched it. I had to explain to him that I too had dropped it and the scratch was from me. little guy loves traditional knives.
 
Simply put, no.
At first, its shocking, so.....yes. For the first five minutes or so.
And then I realize that it looks better with my "customizations".
 
jakemex said:
When it happens it just marks the moment when the knife transforms from being pocket jewelry to being what it is... A tool, which it has been from the beginning. It's a great day in the life of a knife!
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Yep. That is exactly how I feel. I also feel that way about my car. :)
 
Interesting answers all.

For me, I like used knives, and user knives. I like the patina, the scuffs, the wear, the dings each of which has its history of some fumblefingered moment in time on some trip.

If you use your tool a lot and/or carry it every day chances increase that you're going to lose it, or break it for good. Things come and go. Nothing lasts forever, not our lifespans, not our possession of small sharp objects. (Didn't stop me from searching a ridiculous number of hours until I recovered a lost SAK given me by a friend). Just sayin'.
 
It always bothers me a little, but then I realize it's just a knife and I either forget about it, or I end up selling it or giving it away. :saturn: :triumphant:

Sometimes it adds character to the knife, and then I like it even more. It all depends on the knife and the situation.
 
Provided no bones are broken....

Tidioute 73 in White Bone, it fell out of its tube as I was opening the parcel seconds after getting it. Whack on the doorstep outside and big crack around centre-pin, some bolster damage too! That'll learn me to be impatient in the freezing cold :eek::mad:
 
I'm not a collector. I can understand why a collector would be upset by any kind of imperfections. As a user the main thing I care about is the blade edge.
 
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