Recommendation? Knife for Graduate

Steely_Gunz said:
How's the employment situation? I'm all for treating one's self within budget. If you can afford a $600 knife and be OK financially, fantastic! If a ZT 640 is more in your price range but a nice knife, that's great as well.

Education is an important thing to reward. I left college at 22. At nearly 38 I'll be finishing up next term. For me it's a "want to" not a "have to" degree, but it's still a regret in life I can retroactively scratch off. Not many of those you can. I'm not a guy of great means. I have a family and a mortgage and all that goes along with it.

However, I'm going to reward myself with something. I thought about a new gun, but I rotate guns all the time. I never get rid of knives unless I gift them. I think I've settled on a large Sebbie. Something classic if a bit dated in terms of what is in style...like myself;)

Congrats!
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Thank you!

Financially I could afford a rockstead at the moment—I start a full time job on January 2nd and I’m extremely fortunate to have no college debt.

It’s really more of a mental block that stops me from buying a $600+ knife (or even a $200+ knife). I have lots of other hobbies to spend that money on, or save the money for a house.
 
M. Johnwell said:
Thank you!

Financially I could afford a rockstead at the moment—I start a full time job on January 2nd and I’m extremely fortunate to have no college debt.

It’s really more of a mental block that stops me from buying a $600+ knife (or even a $200+ knife). I have lots of other hobbies to spend that money on, or save the money for a house.
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You sound practical! Get a practical knife in your budget that can handle the tasks you intend to do. There's always going to be a latest and greatest. And today's super steel in 5 years will be old news as there will be something better. Getting ahead means owning assets. (Stocks real estate gold etc) not expensive pocket knives. Not knocking them but I could never see the need to spend more than $100 for a pocket knife. Usually less. Good luck in your search.
 
Well I ended up getting my knife yesterday. I decided to go with an Enzo Birk 75; I just couldn’t justify spending sebenza-level money right now. Thanks everyone for the suggestions even though I didn’t end up getting any of them.

Here are some gratuitous, low quality pictures of it. It’s green(ish) micarta and a ffg s30v blade.

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Congratulations on your new knife
the small micarta Sebenza is a fantastic knife, so maybe revisit the idea down the road
 
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