New Knife Existential Dread

"Cheap" carries some baggage. I prefer "budget" or "value" for describing well made but uninspiring knives from certain continents. Truly cheap knives are unpleasant and possibly even dangerous to use.
 

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John_B said:
I just scored a GEC and now I find myself afraid to use the knife. Do any of you guys suffer the same thing? Should I shelve the GEC or throw it in my pocket and use it? It's just so damn pretty!
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I suffer NKED (nekked???) severely. It has drastically curbed my knife buying habit, and also haunts my dreams.
 
abcdef said:
I suffer NKED (nekked???) severely. It has drastically curbed my knife buying habit, and also haunts my dreams.
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Is that when you can't get up enough money for the purchase? I'm sorry, the pill hasn't been created for that one just yet.
 
AntDog said:
Man, I don’t know how you’re able to resist using all of that fine cutlery. I’d have 8-10 out on every table and use em for everything.
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No problem for me because I consider them "objects 'd art" (like a lot of other things that I own) that provide me with great pleasure just looking at and handling them gently. The knives that I use as "tools" are another matter.
 
DocJD said:
For any tool , built for use , IMO you can't really appreciate it fully without using and maybe even pushing its limits somewhat .

Like fast cars and women .
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This post has been forwarded to the National Organization for Women...for their review.

(My advice, don't answer the door. They may have a different opinion on who the tool is. 🤣)
 
pholder said:
Thank God this is not our dilemma when we buy new cars
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Not for normal mortals, but for exotic car collectors, you might be surprised. The CEO of a company I once worked for had a collection of approximately 200 exotic sports cars. He had a multi-level garage built at his home just to store them.

There is nothing cooler than having a genuine EDC knife, that you slowly personalize by carrying it every single day, decade after decade. But, it is plain dumb to have a large collection and to scratch up everything just for the sake of doing so. I am old fashion waste not want not kind of person. Buy and hold them, so you have something when you want it.

I particularly enjoy older knives. If you find something that it still around after 100-200 years, then you have something that dozens of prior owners have gladly purchased and found worthy of maintaining and protecting. Any of them could have easily trashed the thing while they had it and chose not to. Some knives are simply worthy of special care.

N2s
 
Blues said:
Is that when you can't get up enough money for the purchase? I'm sorry, the pill hasn't been created for that one just yet.
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No, it's a disease where you get an erection whenever you get a new knife. If it lasts for more than 4 hours, consult your doctor.
 
K.O.D. said:
No, it's a disease where you get an erection whenever you get a new knife. If it lasts for more than 4 hours, consult your doctor.
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Well, if the doctor is worth his salt, he'd just tell you to rub a little dirt on it and get back in the game. (It's also why I don't visit doctors...except for stitches.)
 
K.O.D. said:
That actually what I just paid for my car. Hmm, knife or car? Tough decision. Maybe I should put my new car in the safe and never drive it.
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I own 4 cars and a truck.

I drive them all but, like my knives, I don't "need" them all and don't drive any of them all that much. Just paid off my 2014 Z51 Corvette but I am planning to sell it to put $40-45k back in my pocket, which was more than I paid for the car.

The car only has 35k miles on it (which is considered high mileage by some) and definitely affects its value but that doesn't stop me from driving it because I have only driven it about 3k miles/yr in the 2 yrs that I've owned it.

Same applies to my 2008 M3 modified BMW 335i , 2002 Toyota MR2 Spyder and 2002 F250 7.3L Diesel. Don't drive any of those more than 2-3k miles/year either. The Vette, BMW and MR2 are always stored in the garage and are covered when not in use because they won't fit in my safe. ;)

My "daily driver" is a 2012 MB ML350 and I don't drive it more than 5-6k miles per year. Altogether I only drive around 15k miles a year, which is about what I would drive in a normal year when I only owned 1 car.
 
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Rockcutter said:
"Cheap" carries some baggage. I prefer "budget" or "value" for describing well made but uninspiring knives from certain continents. Truly cheap knives are unpleasant and possibly even dangerous to use.
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Cheap to me just means that it didn't cost much. Not that it was made of poor quality. I have a lot of "cheap" knives that I use that are extremely durable, don't break (as long as you don't abuse them) and are easily sharpened, which is why I use them.

Some of my "cheap" knives are over 50 years old and are still going strong.
 
Ok, thanks for the help. I own a few firearms and I usually couldn't wait to use them even though new and shinny. The knife is a #94 Liberty, so I'm going to take a few pictures before I pop it's cherry!
 
If you paid stupid secondary market price, I can understand the reluctance. If you didn't, and the reluctance stems from wanting to preserve the option of selling for those aforementioned (stupid secondary market) prices...you should have a serious talk with yourself - out loud, if there's nobody around to judge - about whether you bought to keep or sell. Once you've established that, you can consider the option of using it.
I sold most of my GECs a few years ago, keeping only a handful (or two) of my favorites. The only one that is unused is a Northwoods Hawthorne(?) Jack in camel bone. I may use it one day, if I buy something I find more preciousss...

Which one did you get? (Apologies if you've done the reveal - I haven't yet read past the first page)
 
As the saying goes, better a $100 knife that you own than a $1000 marvel of craftsmanship that owns you.

But hey, if you can own a high dollar piece without worrying about it too much, more power to ya. The hobby is supposed to bring us joy, not suck the joy out of us. Enjoy your purchase man. If not, find out what works for you.
 
If you are worried about using it and asking people to suggest if you should use it or not then that means your instinct, your gut feeling is to not use it.

It is your money and you are the only one who can decide if you want/can afford/need to use it or not.

If you already have enough users then you do not need to use every knife you buy.

You get this with cars; people tell you to modify them or use them hard (your property) and then the same people tell buyers to always buy a stock, low mileage car, so that you know it has not been modified (there are some exceptions, like specialized 4WD cars, naturally).
 
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