My knives are way too cool to use!

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Dano1987

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Anyone else feel like that? I have quite a lot of spydercos and they're way to nice to use and they get a good rub down after being handled. The ones I do use and work with I have doubles.
 
No, your knives are not too cool to use. They're mass produced tools. Your hammer, screwdriver, and pliers aren't too cool to use either.
The vast majority of one-of-a-kind custom knives are not too cool to use either.
These are not Faberge eggs that will crack into tiny pieces if you fart near them the wrong way. They're quality tools designed to give years and years of use.
Rubbing them down, like other forms of knifesturbating, might make you feel good, but is in no way necessary.
Feel free to idolize them and fetishize them all you like; no one here will tell you it's silly to do so.
 
Are you trying to bore them to death? Your knives will never feel fulfilled, & may run away from home.
 
Knives are made to be used. I myself love a knife that shows wear, but I want it to be my wear so I usually buy new. Like this GEC #92, just love how this is taking on a nice patina.
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As long as you enjoy them, I don't think it matters. For most of us this is a hobby and a want more than a need.
 
I think of them as tools and any tool likes to be used. Take care of your tools and your tools will take care of you.
 
medusaoblongata said:
No, your knives are not too cool to use. They're mass produced tools. Your hammer, screwdriver, and pliers aren't too cool to use either.
The vast majority of one-of-a-kind custom knives are not too cool to use either.
These are not Faberge eggs that will crack into tiny pieces if you fart near them the wrong way. They're quality tools designed to give years and years of use.
Rubbing them down, like other forms of knifesturbating, might make you feel good, but is in no way necessary.
Feel free to idolize them and fetishize them all you like; no one here will tell you it's silly to do so.
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LMAO :thumbup::D
 
medusaoblongata said:
These are not Faberge eggs that will crack into tiny pieces if you fart near them the wrong way.
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Ha! You never met my cousin Herman! Him aside, totally agree--I find that the joy comes from use, then sharpening/cleaning, and more serious use...
 
Yep - you gotta use 'em. It is still ok to obsess over them and fondle and flirt with them. But good lord - the deepest satisfaction that one can get from a knife is making that nice, clean, powerful thrust, stab, and slice.
 
They are your knives. Do with them as you please. I'm sure there are others that feel the exact same way about their knives.
 
Your spyderco knives are too cool to NOT use.

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One of these normally goes for $400+ on the secondary market easily, dipped into the $500s from time to time, too. And that doesn't change a thing about me using it.
 
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Here's two of mine in my edc rotation. Obviously I've done some modding and put a little work into them. They were of course, pristine at one point but using them and others seeing them, opens up many enjoyable discussions about knives and everyone here enjoys furthering our passion. I haven't had many conversations about knives that sit in the safe.
The best part of owning them and many other blades is the joy in having them as a tool when needed and using them.
The most memorable outdoor outings and sitting around the camp fire talking about the day in the field, started with pulling out a knife and getting the tinder and kindling cut to start the fire.
The first bite of a good steak or prepping a good meal, begins with using a knife to cut all the ingredients.

I have quite a few traditionals that ride with me daily. As they age, get used, and patina, they are my history and my life. The day will come when I pass them on to my sons and grandchildren. They will hold my adventures in their hands and every scratch and sign of use will be part of my life.

I have a few knives just like that from my dad and great uncles and they speak to me each time I use them.
You get the idea.............
 
I must confess I don't really use my Spydies either. Not only are they 'too cool' they are also damn expensive here in South Africa. A new Delica 4 costs the equivalent of 87 US dollars. I like keeping them in mint condition.

Kinda sad, I know.
 
I, too, used to be guilty of "knifesturbation" :D but I grew out of it.
 
Doug C said:
Everybody finds their own way in this passion of ours. :thumbup: :)

Doug
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Exactly. Nobody can tell you what your knives mean to you, so nobody can tell you whether or not you should use them. All they can tell you is whether or not THEY use them. Anything else they say you should do is nothing more than a projection of their own dream.

As for me, I carry knives. But I rarely use them because I rarely have to. I work in an office and I get by for the most part with my Leatherman Micra and a pair of ordinary office shears. So does that make me a collector or a user or both? I don't know and I don't care. And I definitely don't care what anybody thinks.
 
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I just bought my first nice knife, and I specifically bought it because I knew I'd be more apt to carry and use it if it was something I really liked.

I buy a lot nice things, but they all get used, and never abused. Abuse is usually ignorance or laziness in disguise. Now if I destroyed a nice knife out of necessity, I wouldn't consider it abuse (think LE/military/emergency).
 
Thanks for this thread, all who replied. I've often wondered about the knives people post in the picture threads, the "what's your EDC today," and the "what trad are you totin'." They look so pristine! I have only one knife I don't use much, a Hackmann puukko designed by Tapio Wirkkala. I reserve it for trout fishing and I don't get to go much these days, but I bought another one just for admiring so I could use my original (so I do get the OP's point). My others can get all crapped up, though not abused, because I'm out and about opening boxes and hay bales and cutting up food and the like. And my Opinels and Mora? Jeez, they look like they've been dug out of the manure pile! Nothing better than a carbon blade with a patina. And I actually like the dings and gouges in the brass bolsters of my Buck 112 and 110. Those have been hard-earned and in the case of the 110 passed on from my brother, whose initials are engraved there. A "mature" Buck folder that's been cleaned and polished is a great thing. My Dawsons were also passed on from my brother, looking brand new, but a couple of hunting trips and they look like real tools, now, too.

I say USE 'EM!

Zieg
 
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