How long does it take you

SilverFoxKnows

SilverFoxKnows

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to figure out if you're got a keeper or not? Do you carry it for a couple of weeks? A couple of months? Just curious.

Frank
 
I think it's not about time, but tasks performed.
Sometimes I can spend one week without having to use a knife and sometimes I have to use several times a day...

And performed tasks will let me know if the knife's a keeper or not.

Just my opinion.

Regards,

Andre Tiba
 
usually within the first day. carrying and drawing, fondling, and actually cutting stuff to see edge and tip control(food and paper).

been a few cases were I knew as soon as I picked it up and hadn't even cut anything yet(like the spydie fb05 temp, like a glove).
 
I pretty much know before I buy, but if I'm not completely convinced one way or another, I know within the first couple of days.

As a mechanic/millwright/machinist/fabricator/electronics tech,(I wish there was one word for what I do) I usually am pretty hard on user knives, and in most cases they are all users.

My criteria usually involves:

Edge holding ability

Ease of sharpening

Carry comfort

Pocket retention

Variable grip comfort

Price

Customer service

Reputation

Actual hands on use.
 
Originally posted by almtiba
I think it's not about time, but tasks performed.
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Likewise for me.

I've had knives that I liked right out of the box, but had problems with after using them. I've also had knives that I didn't especially like at first, but really grew on me as I used them for more tasks.

On the other hand, time is important because it is a sure fire way to find durability problems. Long-term use will also show whether something that seems like a minor quirk at first will turn into a major annoyance.
 
About ten seconds. There're enough knives that I like right off the bat that I don't bother holding onto any knives that I'd have to "grow to like."
 
At least a week of solid every day use from the kitchen to the steel factory where I work.
 
As some have already said, it varies. Some I like right out the box and then after as little as a few hours find something that I can't stand about the knife. Some that at first don't really appeal to me grow on me, the Griptilliam was like that. I will say price has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not I like the knife. Fit, finish, ergonomics, blade shape, steel, comfort in the hand, how it feels in the pocket are just a few things that make or break a knife for me.
 
It usually takes me a couple of weeks of carrying a knife to really decide whether it is the one for me.
 
Originally posted by yobbos1
The glacier knocks in the cupboard,
The desert sighs in the bed,
And the crack in the teacup opens,
A lane to the land of the dead.
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Where is that quote from?


:cool:
 
Probably the first two days. However, problems with pocket carry turn up afterwards, though. The Griptilian, for example, was an exceptional knife and worked well for everything, but after a couple of months, the discomfort of it in the pocket turned me off of it.
 
My policy is very simple. I will think long and hard about it before dishing out the cash. Once I have bought it, I will keep it. I don't look back.
 
Sometimes it takes until I need money for another knife to know if I have a keeper or not. Other times I will know immediately. There are some non-collector knives that I don't use and they just sit in a drawer. I am kind of a pack rat.
 
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