How do you initiate a new knife?

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streak

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I have always made a habit of initiating any new knife on a fresh piece of biltong (recipe here). Here's a piece just out of the dryer after hanging for about 5 days. Now where's that ice cold beer?
My medium tan honey badger is now officially initiated!

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Well first I find 7 virgins then I find 2 goats once I have these they are bound and taken to a dark cavern and strung up then sacrificed to the knife gods and their blood blessing the new blade... or I just you know start carrying it and using it until bites me and is officially mine.
 
It goes to work with me and is put through the paces. That entails lots of work on some days and other days just elevator flipping. Both important... I think.
 
streak said:
I have always made a habit of initiating any new knife on a fresh piece of biltong. Here's a piece just out of the dryer after hanging for about 5 days. Now where's that ice cold beer?
My medium tan honey badger is now officially initiated!

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Usually if I really love the knife and it really loves me I will get a little cut from it. Once it cuts me I know we were meant to be.
 
The initiation process for any new knife of mine is to cut something open with it, if it's carbon steel I've gotta cut my chicken dinner with it.
 
I use my new knives for a week straight, for anything I’d use a knife for: dinner, boxes, carving, whittling, fire starting, camp tasks, etc. By the end of the week I feel like I know it pretty well and usually mod how I see fit after that. I only own users.
 
If I told you, nobody would ever buy from me on the exchange again! ;)

Seriously though once I’ve used it a bit and sharpened it I know whether it’s mine or not.
 
Confirm adequate edge(touch up if needed), run it through the weekly gauntlet.
 
It’s not really mine until I put my first edge on it and it gets some nice scratches. Usually within the first day or two.
 
Pomsbz said:
Usually by ceremoniously accidentally cutting myself with it. :)

I'd kill for some biltong though!
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Haha. If you're in SoCal I would be happy to share. It is available online but will not be quite as good as the home made stuff!!
 
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