Guilty Pleasures? Knife related only, please and thanks.

My guilty pleasure used to be cheap fixed-blades.

Back when I had lots of disposable income I would buy cheap fixed-blades, try them out, using and abusing them, and occasionally find one of good quality that I really liked. I could afford more expensive knives, my daily-carry FB cost $300, but I got an odd thrill out of buying the cheaper knives and sometimes being surprised.

Below are four keepers. Two cost $40, one cost $30, the one in the bottom pick cost $8 (closeout sale) and I liked it so much it became a daily-carry/work-knife. Some that I bought got sent back without testing, and some ended up in the garbage.

I never judge a knife by the price, or the steel type. I judge it by how it performs my needed tasks, and how much I like it.

I still feel drawn to cheap fixed-blades, and will occasionally see ones that spark my desire to buy. I was looking at a few just yesterday. If I still carried a FB (and still had money to burn) I might buy them, but I don't, I don't need all the fixed-blades I already own.

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Hmm. I'm not a super huge fan of liner locks -- partly because I had one (the Benchmade) close on my fingers, but I have these (in fact, I have two Tenaciouses because I wore the liner lock out on one...). Oh, and I really like the Utilitac II.

 
I own a ye who shall not be named G. FH922 and it see's much abuse in my weekly in my rotation.

My guilty pleasure is that I genuinely think it's one of the most practical designs I've seen in the last couple of years.
 
Insipid Moniker said:
I never feel particularly guilty about it (probably because I'm shameless 😉), but there are a lot of (for me) impractical knives that I get just because they're cool. Picked up a Reate Exo-K recently that DEFINITELY falls into that category!
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The count for me is three Rough Ryders, so far. I'm not that hung up on country of origin or steel flavors, I like that RR is offering modern traditional versions of classic pocket knife patterns at prices that aren't obscene (looking at you, GEC).

I have a couple "inspired by" knives from the overseas website. That's all I'm going to admit.
 
Yeahhhhhhhh - So many things I hate. Bricklike handle, thick blade, half serrated, saber ground, fuller, D2….

And yet, I LOVE this damn knife. It just works. I beat the crap out of it and it continues to GSD. Here’s a pic of when it was new:

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This is the OG model. I handled one at a Bass Pro Shop a long while back and laughed at it. Said I’d never own one. Brick of a handle with a D2 turd of a blade was my impression.

When I got the opportunity to buy this one I went into it with an open mind. I let the knife show me what it can do. I didn’t dwell on all the stuff I thought I would dislike - I just used it. I’ve eaten a lot of crow over this one. Absolutely love it, and trust it. Puts a big smile on my face every time I carry it.
 
Spyderco knives look like dead birds. They are ugly. For some reason they keep flapping their way into my daily carry rotation. I love them. I abuse them. I love abusing them. When they stare back up at me with that sad, swollen eye, all dull and defeated, I am satisfied. I smite the Spyderco! Remorseful, I sharpen. It's a cycle.
 
Spydercos are my guilty pleasure too. All those variations and steels.

I once asked my wife why women have so many shoes, and it turns out it's a combinatorial problem. You can have a lot of shoes, but that doesn't mean you have a lot of shoes that match the color and formality level of each of your outfits.

Can't really criticize, after saying things to myself like "yes, I have an Endura 4, but do I have one in K390?"
 
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