Edc vs edu

timberweasel said:
the little Vic Rambler on my keys gets the most use and it's rarely for the blade...
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This is exactly right. I use my rambler all day everyday but I can't remember one time that I've used the blade. Any time I need a knife I use whatever else I'm carrying that day. Probably because it's quicker and easier than trying to pull the sak off of my key ring and I hate trying to cut something with a handful of keys.
 
All my knives are users. But then again, I don't really have any "expensive" folders (at least by BF standards). If I know in advance I'm going to be doing something more abusive to the knife, I'll grab one of the cheaper ones to beat on. Otherwise, whatever is in my pocket is what I use.
 
I like to get my moneys worth. The more I payed for it the more I'll make use of it..... though that doesn't mean I'm about pry the heads of an engine block with an S90V Millie.

Bo
 
I wanna cheap knife I can use freely. I wanna decent slipjoint with decent steel. They make decent steel knives cheaply like the Mercator and the Svord. The make good slipjoints mechanically in China for 5$-10$.

Why can't someone combine them and have a decent steel slipjoint for $20 or so? Preferably made in carbon steel. The fit and finish doesn't even have to be super, just OK is fine.

It's what most pocket knives used to be. That is the worst thing about China made knives. They make good stuff harder to find and more expensive and "dumb down" most of the customer base to think that their mass produced pap is the standard product.

Boy, slipped in to rant mode there, huh?
 
I have my collectible pieces, which sit in my case and I also have my users, which I use.

I usually carry an SAK or Leatherman on my keychain for most utility tasks. I will carry an quality economy folder like the Tenacious, CRKT M16-13z, SRM, or Byrd Cara Cara for my larger cutting tasks. My high dollar knives stay at home. I won't buy or carry those $10 gun show knives though.
 
Everything I buy I intend to use at some point--in theory anyway and if I live long enough. It helps me take the plunge of using a knife by buying duplicates for stock, which also insures me against future model and price changes (I tend to think knives are a decent investment right now).

In town, I carry an ESEE-3 CP for heavier duty cutting (weak side belt clip), a Victorinox Ranger for typical SAK uses (right behind my ESEE in a holster), and a Kershaw Chill in or clipped to my strong-side pocket for convenient, light-duty, and non-intimidating cutting.

In the woods, I substitute an ESEE-4 for the ESEE-3. I don't need the Kershaw in the woods but, at 2 ounces, I bring it anyway.
 
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To me the hardest part is really using a new knife/tool for the first time. I usually baby my knives until, it happens, they get really dirty or scratched. I kept my leatherman surge wiped down and cleaned for the first 3 weeks I had it, then I gutted a deer with it. It's been a heavy user ever since. :thumbup:
 
I have a John Lloyd Custom slipjoint that I use the heck out of , its been dropped , banged around and used to cut all kinds of steel. Though the blade steel is 52100 so it's not a wonder steel , but that blade obviously wasn't told that because it cuts like crazy.

I bought a few , couldn't see myself using them , so they were soon sold.

After a few years being into knives , I determined I would only buy with the true intent to use. I don't torture my knives , but I sure don't worry about scratches , scuffs , nicks and dings.

I have used my Elishewitz , Striders and Rinaldi's to cut stuff I shouldn't , like drywall , shingles , tar paper and steel banding from server crates , but that is what I had when I needed to get something done. I look at my knives as history , I see the character marks and remember how they got there.
 
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