how do you feel about knife usage?

none of my knives are for display i use them all but for appropriate tasks i dont use any of them for everything
 
fujita yuji said:
No difference will be there between $40 and $400.
Properly heat-treated and sharpened thing always has special meaning to me, which
requires careful handling and proper use.
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I agree. I don't abuse any of my knives (aside from disposable knives), regardless of cost. I also don't baby my nicer knives.

My nicest knife, (outside of the kitchen), is probably my 4.5" CPM D2 fixed blade with cocuswood handles and Paul Bos heat treat. It's also the one I use the hardest. Why? Because I know it can take it. I intentionally left a less-refined finish on the blade and handle so I wouldn't feel bad about a scratch or two.
 
Thats why I dont by $400 dollar knives. All mine will be used so there's no point in paying more than $100-$150 for them. Especially when your fixed blade company of choice is RAT Cutlery. I'll pay $100 for it and if I ever break it somehow, it will be replaced no questions asked for free.
 
I have no problem using my custom knives!! That is where the pleasure coms, from actually using it!! I know I can send it back to the maker for a refurb.
 
Jake Bauer said:
Thats why I dont by $400 dollar knives. All mine will be used so there's no point in paying more than $100-$150 for them. Especially when your fixed blade company of choice is RAT Cutlery. I'll pay $100 for it and if I ever break it somehow, it will be replaced no questions asked for free.
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Thats fine if you like factory offerings.

I can't call Rowen and ask them to leave off the choil, not coat the blade, give me green canvass micarta, add black liners, cut in some thumb serrations, ohhh...and while their at it convex the edge. And maybe make it from O1 instead of 1095? Plus I want it to only cost about $50 bucks more than the standard model.

I'll match my customs up to the same hard use as I would a RAT. Both will take it, but my customs are made for me, the way I want them.

Just for fun...and cause I knew the knife would take it..

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And now I know I can make a watering can in a survival situation.:thumbup:

But I did scratch it.
 
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I wouldn't dream of spending $400.00 for a using knife, sine there are so many adequate knives available for a fraction of that amount. However, For a beautiful classic custom that cost that much, I doubt if I would use it much, if at all.

Different strokes for different folks, though.
 
If I had a knife that cost $400 because it had mother of pearl and gold inlays and precious gemstones, etc, then it might get used more gently than a cheaper knife, if at all. That said, I don't have any fancy art knives like that ... the $400+ knives I have are Busse Combat blades, and they cost that much because they are indestructible. Those get mercilessly abused without hesitation.
 
I use them all, I just cry more when I mess up my more expensive ones! :p

but seriously my Busse's get as much use and care as my Mora's, but for me the better the workmanship and quality and materials (more expensive) the better they feel and work when I'm using them, but a Mora will do most jobs but it doesn't feel as good in my hand.

Like stated they are a tool for me so I use them all. The pretty "look" of the blade is nice but not the reason I have it. I've seen some of T.K.C.'s collection and if she can use hers! :eek: :thumbup:

Often your paying for a good warranty and they stand behind their product because it can do the job which gives me more assurance and confidence in my tool/blade.

Any blade can have a micro defect in it (that I can't see) and I have to test it (work it) to know how much it can take, from regular use or heavy use and the only way to really know is use it.

I would never say; "you should do this or that with your stuff" that's just me, we all have our ways but I will tease you! :D
 
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I see nothing wrong with using an expensive knife. Some folks have more money to burn than others. I would not to use one though, when a lesser blade would do the same job.
I have always felt that carrying a $400 pocket knife is an affectation. Thats not meant in a judgmental way, but just how I feel about for me.
 
I must admit if I am carrying something like my Randall Model 5 I am more careful with it and also find myself checking the sheath more often. Just for that warm and fuzzy feeling if nothing else.

Bill
 
I don't buy knives as collectibles, I buy them as tools to use. It just so happens that I've amassed a collection accidentally. ;)
All my knives are users, except for the ones that are impractical for daily work (double-edged daggers, big Italian stilettos, huge Spanish navajas, etc.); those are novelty items.
 
if anything I'm more likely to use one of my more expensive knives. there's generally a reason why they're more expensive.
 
I originally was going to agree with someone who earlier mentioned William Henry's. I love the Spearpoint model. I mean...just adore it. Right there next to a Mnandi. I was gonna say that if i got one of the more expensive models of Spearpoint with little stones on the handle and in the thumbstud, then I would be alot more careful than normal. And no mistake, I will eventually get just such a one, as it is the only way to get one of my favorite versions of this knife. But if i am really honest, and if i know myself at all, this just won't be the case for too terribly long. I know I will eventually, probably have the bolsters dinged up and scratchy looking. One slightly irritating day, I will finally knock off one of the gems, and I will sigh heavily and move on. I know this for fact. But it's not gonna stop me from getting said knife, which costs well over the $400 proposed here, and using it, eventually, in much the same way that I use my $40 SOG Twitch II.
 
I have no interest in collecting knives. I enjoy the pride and confidence that a fine knife brings me when I use it. And by fine, I mean well designed, well made, and well used. Price is not always a good indicator of quality. Sometimes it only buys you frills. I have taken one-of-a-kind customs into Canada and Sierra Nevada wilderness and enjoyed every moment of using them. Abuse a knife? Never! That would show disrespect to the artist who crafted that miracle of steel and wood. But scratched up? Of course. A few dings? Definitely! And each scratch and ding brings back a happy memory of time spent out doors living by my wits, my hands, and a good knife. I don't want to be lowered into my grave without a few scars (and the stories that go with them) and I feel the same way about the knives that will become my son's when I am lowered into that grave.
 
I would put the cheaper knife at more risk of loss or theft than the expensive one. But not so much in the use category. For example, I leave my cheap ontario bowie in my truck all the time. Wouldn't do that with my Busse. But I use them both equally hard. I'm just not going to be financially ruined if someone steels my cheap knife outta my truck so it get to stay in there. My Busse comes out for use, and then goes right back into my safe after cleaning. I have a few knives that are collectables that I just look at and slobber over. But the ones I buy to use... I use'em.
 
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