Hey y'all, so I'm pretty new here!
So I recently got into knife collecting, and god forbid I hate low quality knives so from the get go, I'm already shelling out 550-1000 per knife, and I have 13~ now...in a matter of 4-5 weeks. So a while back I was watching Jim Skelton (we all know and love him) and he broke out a Direware S90 with a recurve blade, I immediately wretched, I hated the shape of the blade, a tanky knife to me should have a simple blade, it was made for field use after all, it only makes sense to have a tanky simple blade. The other thing I hated was that it had no flipper tab, the only knife I've EVER tolerated not having a flipper tab was the Redencion, or it's mid tech cousin the 228, because they were smooth and light and comfy in the hand. So I started furiously researching S90s and came across the S90 variant that had carbon/Ti frame AND the hawk bill shaped blade. Needless to say I splurged on it quick out of fear someone was gonna nab it. A hefty 1145, but I took it like a champ and is expecting it soon. My question for y'all is...is the DireWare S90, specifically the variant I bought worth that money? Should I be expecting a "grail knife", or some just hunk-a-junk that barely flips open?
So I recently got into knife collecting, and god forbid I hate low quality knives so from the get go, I'm already shelling out 550-1000 per knife, and I have 13~ now...in a matter of 4-5 weeks. So a while back I was watching Jim Skelton (we all know and love him) and he broke out a Direware S90 with a recurve blade, I immediately wretched, I hated the shape of the blade, a tanky knife to me should have a simple blade, it was made for field use after all, it only makes sense to have a tanky simple blade. The other thing I hated was that it had no flipper tab, the only knife I've EVER tolerated not having a flipper tab was the Redencion, or it's mid tech cousin the 228, because they were smooth and light and comfy in the hand. So I started furiously researching S90s and came across the S90 variant that had carbon/Ti frame AND the hawk bill shaped blade. Needless to say I splurged on it quick out of fear someone was gonna nab it. A hefty 1145, but I took it like a champ and is expecting it soon. My question for y'all is...is the DireWare S90, specifically the variant I bought worth that money? Should I be expecting a "grail knife", or some just hunk-a-junk that barely flips open?
I've always had a love hate relationship with over built knives. If it's overbuilt and good? I'll love it forever, but if it's bad (cough cough Andre De Villiers Butcher), then I'll hate it for life and can't carry it...
