Knives that look better with scratches

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My fave Spydie. Not known as a hard use knife, but it is!! Turns out this sexy bitch will handle almost anything thrown at it! Amazing slicer and M4 is the deal!!
Can’t figure out what that black shit is on the blade, but I kinda like it!
Joe
 
Great thread! Love seeing those well used blades! Here's a few folders (besides the Grohmann) that see fairly regular use. However there are many more. Hard to capture all the scratches on camera though, especially in the second one. Will have to add another pic of more fixed blades and machetes!



 
Not such a fan of gnarly scratches, but love the look of regular wear especially on fixed blades. Patina on steels like M4 and rub/scuff marks from wood processing add beauty to a knife.
 
They all look better used. I have knives in the cost range of $3 to just north of $600, from customs to mid tech folders. Now I know that's nothin' for some but for me it involve a decent chunk of my disposable income most of which until recently was in my motorcycle. Seems my EDC collection is worth more than my bike and truck combined. With that kinda commitment you'd think my more expensive blades would look like museum pieces but they don't I use nearly everything that I own with a sharpened edge at one time or another. Here's a few examples.

Custom Bud Nealy Aikuchi, makes knives for workin' men, his blades are meant for use by a certain group of individuals made for a particular type of person. I bought it as a SD backup and for when and where I can't legally carry a firearm. Turns out it's quite an adequate EDC blade, even as a outdoor camp knife

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EK model 5 Combat Bowie, if Jim Bowie were alive today, this is the knife he'd carry. I bought this for around $30 and later was told what it was and of it's inherent value. Didn't sway me in the least, I had a150 y/o 140 oak tree fall across my creek and miss my hous by less than 10 yards. I needed a knife to delimb the trunk with as I cut it up with a chainsaw. The model 5 was pushed into service. Holy crap what a great knife to be stuck in the woods with, What a great blade for a prepper, zombie slayer or someone like me. Just an average knife enthusiast who likes quality blades and using them.

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Some knives just beg for it you know? Some knives you just hafta beat up, some knives you wanna beat up! Most can't take the abuse and fail, somehow they let us down but every once in awhile you come across a worthy contender and the Becker B2 is it. Hands down a knife that screams " beat me! I can take it" and boy can it. This knife will take anything you throw at it and shrug it off like a gnat. When Ethan came up with this series he certainly wasn't plannin' on retirin' off sellin' replacements, they never fail.

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