Has this ever happen to you...

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Everytime when u get a nice, decent knife, u've vowed to make it a hard user... till one day u managed to dent it a bit, here or there. Even if it's just a minor "damage", even if it is not an expensive knife, but, it IS some knife that u REALLY like, u would feel your heart is broken for an hour or two. Hahaha is it just me? :D Dropped my deployed Delica on my aluminum work desk earlier and blunted the tip for a tad bit... like 0.00001 mm, maybe? and I still can't help to examine it with the sad feeling... darn... :p
 
i scratched up my nice shiny new pacific salt with my lansky earlier tonight, i'm a little heartbroken but i'm trying to convince myself i like the worn in look. i really need to save for that sharpmaker.
 
my trident has hit the deck at least 4 times and each time i just tell myself, what the heck, i'll remove that eventually when i get rid of the serrations
works for me :D
 
when ever i get a blade that i intend to be a hard user, i loan it to a non-knife friend for awhile.

i recently did this with my Becker Necker, and let me tell you, it came back with the edge all but ruined.

it's alot easier for me to break in after that. heh.
 
I recently took a microscopic part of the tip off my Delica too. Does it affect performance? Not for my purposes. Still, I'd be ashamed to show it to a fellow knife knut, especially one who's into Spydercos. :(
 
It takes quite a while, but I think those first few scars are the worst! Yes, it does almost seem like a cry-worthy experience, especially if the knife cost over a couple hundred dollars. I've found a way to avoid the pain. I tend to trade for used knives. That way, someone else has already dealt with it, and I can just enjoy the knife. I like Blinded's way of doing things. I may have to consider that in the future.

I have no safe queens, and all my knives get used, so it is just going to be a part of life for me. I guess without the experience of the intense emotional lows, and especially the highs, our knife collecting hobby wouldn't be as interesting. That's what passion is all about.

DD
 
Have been saying "Scar adds character..." to myself for 10 times while looking at the knife now and the pain seems to be going away a little by little. Guess this method really works for me. Haha.
 
When I get a fixed blade that I dedicate for hard use, I like to throw it a few times. It get's those first few scuffs and scratches out of the way. Plus, it feels REALLY good to see a brand new knife stick on its first throw. Just... chokes me up a little bit. ::snif::
 
that is why I usually buy a factory second from cold steel to make my beater that goes in the tool box or sees the heavy use kind of chores. something about it being a second makes it easier for me to go ahead and use it and scar it up without worry.
 
I have a Spyderco Kiwi that was intended for office carry and very light use, I was so glad with its performance that I began to use it to strip wires, cut insulating tape and other tasks that usually are jobs for the blade in my Leatherman Wave.

After the first week the steel handle and the blade showed a lot of little scratches, I felt the Kiwi didn't deserved that, so I had to put some sandpaper in action in order to restore (as much as possible) its clean finish. Now my Kiwi has returned to its original role as gent folder.


Jaime Orozco.
 
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