Irrational anxiety of "wearing out" Spydies

OP, everyone here has pretty much confirmed what you said yourself, that your fear is irrational. What I'd like to know is what are you going to do about it at this point? Therapy, meds, avoid using your knives, not buying knives you "think" may wear out, something else, or a combination of the these things? I am not judging you. You own your things. They are not supposed to own you, ever. Take reasonable care of what possessions you have, use them as intended, and don't lament wear and tear or worry about them breaking. Trust me when I say "baby steps" and it will get easier in time.

@ T., you've got some great oldies there! :thumbsup:
 
First I always carry two knives, one for hard work and one because I really like to carry it. For instance Para2 Blurple S110V and a Para2 S30V. Second I rotate my knives everyday and 3rd if I need to I send it back, I recently sent back my Southard because I had used it to death as my hard use EDC. They changed the bearings and washers, reprofiled and and resharpened the knife. It's pretty much like new and it cost only $20 plus $5 shipping. If you don't snap the blade in half they will pretty much do what is necessary to bring it back to life.
Enjoy your knives, we only live once.
 
My take is simple. In the pic below you're gonna see a knife that was quite used & abused (the one above).

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I've bought it back in 2006, as a back-up alternative (gym, trail running, beach) but she got upgraded soon to a no-frills everyday companion due to the H1 magic and the extremely flat profile that made for inconspicuous IWB carry.

Fast forward to 2009. Full house refurbish, the Salt doing everything from drywall to cement bags. Sharpening was needed every evening and it got scratched like hell, but otherwise the fugly knife just kept on ticking. I've also needed to resharpen the tip two times, but the horizontal blade play was still insignificant for a pinned knife, the vertical play was more or less the one she started out with, and the lock never failed me. So I’ve decided a radical FFG (more of a zero grind, actually) was the only way to breathe new life into this baby.

My point? Is this the same knife that I started out with? Definitely no. Do I like it less because it veered into a different animal? Not in the least, maybe the opposite is true, I carry it more that the factory brand new version I've bought as a replacement (as you can maybe guess the pic above, the newer Salt sees very little carry).

Just use it, improvise & improve along the way, you'll never guess how much you're gonna like what your "worn out" knife would be transforming into...
 
Yup backups. I've bought 3 slysz bowies because, no lie, I'm gonna die with one in my pocket. But just my absolute top top favorites. There's only a few knives I have duplicates of. I use my bowie for anything, and its nice to know I have a few on the bench, but am I worried about wearing it out? No. More worried that my dumb ass will lose one.
 
I never see a photo of a pristine, mint, safe-queen knife and get moved. Show me a pic of a war horse that's been to hell and back, used but never abused, sharpened countless times, however ...... well, that's a photo that'll stick with me and get me to daydreaming.

Make Sal proud ...... use the knife!
 
Honestly it took me forever to get a chip out the edge of my s35vn Sebenza. I was using the sharpmaker rods freehand. Even though it isn't a Spyderco I would say that judging by how long it took to get that chip out I learned one thing.

Your Spyderco knives with their steels that are often even more abrasion resistant than s35vn are not going wear away into nothing anytime soon.
 
I've seen several knives used up in short order, but it's mostly been with simple steels and excessive sharpening.

My Dad used his simple steel low hrc knife almost every day for something, and he regularly did stuff most here would consider abuse, didn't baby it. I bet he hulled a few tractor trailers full of pecans, that was the light stuff. I think he went through 3 stockmans in 84 years.
 
jpm2 said:
I've seen several knives used up in short order, but it's mostly been with simple steels and excessive sharpening.

My Dad used his simple steel low hrc knife almost every day for something, and he regularly did stuff most here would consider abuse, didn't baby it. I bet he hulled a few tractor trailers full of pecans, that was the light stuff. I think he went through 3 stockmans in 84 years.
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That says it all right there -- 3 knives in a lifetime of 84 years of hard use. As the OP said he/she rotates different knives every couple days and only has light use you can surmise that his/her knives will probably last their life span with this continued pattern of use. How many people on here have three knives? *raises hand* Then you're realistically set for a long time, if not set for your entire lifetime on this Earth.
 
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