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Some people NEED to stick with $5 knives
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To the OP, I can understand where you were comming from.
Different people have different attitudes toward property and possessions. Some people like to beat their stuff to sh*t, and are proud of it. Some people like nice things, and enjoy taking care of what they work hard to acquire. ...Nothing wrong with either attitude, but it is annoying when people treat others property with disrespect.
Just because they may not care about their own stuff, dosn't mean they should assume that others feel the same way.
For instance: I know of a guy who will go and buy a brand new $50K truck, and before he ever leaves the dealership he looks around for a good sized rock, which he picks up and chucks at his new truck! Just for good luck! He then beats the crap out of it for a couple years before buying another.
I know other guys who will buy a nice truck or car only to spend even more money fixing it up, and baby it more than they do their own children. Talk to some guys at car shows and you will find out that many will flip if you even breath on their ride let alone touch it.
Neither guy is wrong, they are just different perspectives of what makes ones self happy. I try to achieve a little of both attitudes. I have knives and vehichles that I baby the hell out of to the point of ridicule, and I also have beaters that I beat to death and use so hard that it can induce accusations of abuse.
...Variety is the spice of life, right?
Different people have different attitudes toward property and possessions. Some people like to beat their stuff to sh*t, and are proud of it. Some people like nice things, and enjoy taking care of what they work hard to acquire. ...Nothing wrong with either attitude, but it is annoying when people treat others property with disrespect.
Just because they may not care about their own stuff, dosn't mean they should assume that others feel the same way.
For instance: I know of a guy who will go and buy a brand new $50K truck, and before he ever leaves the dealership he looks around for a good sized rock, which he picks up and chucks at his new truck! Just for good luck! He then beats the crap out of it for a couple years before buying another.
I know other guys who will buy a nice truck or car only to spend even more money fixing it up, and baby it more than they do their own children. Talk to some guys at car shows and you will find out that many will flip if you even breath on their ride let alone touch it.
Neither guy is wrong, they are just different perspectives of what makes ones self happy. I try to achieve a little of both attitudes. I have knives and vehichles that I baby the hell out of to the point of ridicule, and I also have beaters that I beat to death and use so hard that it can induce accusations of abuse.
...Variety is the spice of life, right?
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:thumbup::thumbup: I love when the sarcasm is so thick it actually oozes from the monitor..
Tilley Knife
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The op is being a drama queen. I don't abuse my knives, but they are tools. If it's a collector, keep it in the safe. If it's a "user" than use it. Scratches on my blades are like scars and scars are like souvenirs.
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Just slide that Strider across the concrete floor, beat it through some wood and stuff, cut up a bunch of cardboard, drop it 10 times and it will start to look used.
Then carry it for a few years using it all the time and it will really look broken it.
Then carry it for a few years using it all the time and it will really look broken it.
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Hear, hear! I doubt his fingernail scratched it. This is a ridiculous thread.
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This is my Bk2 that I use for camping....
I love the knife to death, and obviously I use it for its intended purposes and nothing more. I don't go do anything to put unnecessary strain or abuse on it.
In regards to my folders, that's a whole different story, the honest truth is I really don't NEED to use them to cut ANYTHING. Originally I bought knives to collect, but I felt like it was a waste just having them sitting on the shelf. So I started carrying them just for novelty's sake (aka pocket jewelry).
I don't see a point in sloshing it around in my pocket with spare change and keys, I don't see the point in throwing the knife down on the table instead of setting it down, I don't see the point in using it to cut things I don't need to cut (aka breaking down a cardboard box just for fun).
If some of you guys are so insistent on enjoying having your nice knives scratched up, I invite you to ship me your strider or sebenza, and let me go to town with it battoning cinder blocks with it and carry it in my pocket with a bunch of spare change and keys, and I'll ship it back to you (For FREE!).
The whole point of my original post was I was pissed off not only at the scratch but at the fact that my friend KNEW how expensive my knife was, but when he was having trouble closing it, instead of handing it back to me he kept going at it on the lockbar with his finger. If I was handling someone else's strider or sebenza, I handle it like it was a fragile piece of crystal because it's NOT MINE. If the scratch was done by me through use, I wouldn't complain one bit, but the fact that it was caused by someone else mishandling it for literally a mere 10 seconds, that hurts.
I love the knife to death, and obviously I use it for its intended purposes and nothing more. I don't go do anything to put unnecessary strain or abuse on it.
In regards to my folders, that's a whole different story, the honest truth is I really don't NEED to use them to cut ANYTHING. Originally I bought knives to collect, but I felt like it was a waste just having them sitting on the shelf. So I started carrying them just for novelty's sake (aka pocket jewelry).
I don't see a point in sloshing it around in my pocket with spare change and keys, I don't see the point in throwing the knife down on the table instead of setting it down, I don't see the point in using it to cut things I don't need to cut (aka breaking down a cardboard box just for fun).
If some of you guys are so insistent on enjoying having your nice knives scratched up, I invite you to ship me your strider or sebenza, and let me go to town with it battoning cinder blocks with it and carry it in my pocket with a bunch of spare change and keys, and I'll ship it back to you (For FREE!
). The whole point of my original post was I was pissed off not only at the scratch but at the fact that my friend KNEW how expensive my knife was, but when he was having trouble closing it, instead of handing it back to me he kept going at it on the lockbar with his finger. If I was handling someone else's strider or sebenza, I handle it like it was a fragile piece of crystal because it's NOT MINE. If the scratch was done by me through use, I wouldn't complain one bit, but the fact that it was caused by someone else mishandling it for literally a mere 10 seconds, that hurts.
Well...
I have seen pictures of very scratched Stryders. At the time I thought that people were using them to the extreme, or were abusing them relaying on life-time guarantee from the manufacturer.
After reading this story I have honestly reconsidered. Obviously that has nothing to do with somebody's nails - this is a matter of rubbish coating.
So I think I will rather stick to my $5 knives - they are not a royal pain to unlock and none of them would be scratched by somebody's nail. Honestly!
And I do not see anything funny here. OP is right being upset. But his anger is obviously misdirected. A coating which can be scratched by somebody's nail - that is disgusting! And for $500 presumably heavy use knife - well, I am out of words!
Any coating gets scratched with use. But it does not mean it should be shait from the scratch...
I have seen pictures of very scratched Stryders. At the time I thought that people were using them to the extreme, or were abusing them relaying on life-time guarantee from the manufacturer.
After reading this story I have honestly reconsidered. Obviously that has nothing to do with somebody's nails - this is a matter of rubbish coating.
So I think I will rather stick to my $5 knives - they are not a royal pain to unlock and none of them would be scratched by somebody's nail. Honestly!
And I do not see anything funny here. OP is right being upset. But his anger is obviously misdirected. A coating which can be scratched by somebody's nail - that is disgusting! And for $500 presumably heavy use knife - well, I am out of words!
Any coating gets scratched with use. But it does not mean it should be shait from the scratch...
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I understand where he is coming from. He was pissed that instead of asking for help to close it, he tried on his own. And during that process, somehow, he managed to scratch the lock. I don't know how the man could have scratched titanium, but then again he could be related to this guy-
Also, don't get upset about it. Once you really start to use it, you won't even notice.
Also, don't get upset about it. Once you really start to use it, you won't even notice.
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I dunno. There's nothing wrong with liking pocket jewelry. Lots of folks do. Even I do, though I pretty much limit myself to admiring other folk's fancies. I don't usually put Striders in pocket jewelry category, though.
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This is my Bk2 that I use for camping....
I love the knife to death, and obviously I use it for its intended purposes and nothing more. I don't go do anything to put unnecessary strain or abuse on it.
In regards to my folders, that's a whole different story, the honest truth is I really don't NEED to use them to cut ANYTHING. Originally I bought knives to collect, but I felt like it was a waste just having them sitting on the shelf. So I started carrying them just for novelty's sake (aka pocket jewelry).
I don't see a point in sloshing it around in my pocket with spare change and keys, I don't see the point in throwing the knife down on the table instead of setting it down, I don't see the point in using it to cut things I don't need to cut (aka breaking down a cardboard box just for fun).
If some of you guys are so insistent on enjoying having your nice knives scratched up, I invite you to ship me your strider or sebenza, and let me go to town with it battoning cinder blocks with it and carry it in my pocket with a bunch of spare change and keys, and I'll ship it back to you (For FREE!
The whole point of my original post was I was pissed off not only at the scratch but at the fact that my friend KNEW how expensive my knife was, but when he was having trouble closing it, instead of handing it back to me he kept going at it on the lockbar with his finger. If I was handling someone else's strider or sebenza, I handle it like it was a fragile piece of crystal because it's NOT MINE. If the scratch was done by me through use, I wouldn't complain one bit, but the fact that it was caused by someone else mishandling it for literally a mere 10 seconds, that hurts.
That is more or less how you should have started your thread.
I personally don't like scratches. I use all of my knives and know that they will occur. I don't purposely give my knives scratches because I'm not a complete idiot.
I clean my tools after using them because they are mine and I want them to last a long time as well as not look like crap.
Should have went with a stone washed finish. Factory "character" put on those babies.
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Fingernails DON'T scratch it.
I just tried with one of my Striders, and it just doesn't happen.
It also doesn't scratch my Skirmish, Umnumzaan, ZT 0551, Bengal, etc.
It ain't friggin balsa wood for crying out loud.
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Well, in this fantasy I can also fly, sooo.....
The Logical One
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Ok Ok maybe it wasn't his fingernails, maybe it got scratched in my pocket when I got an erection while looking at this really hot chick during dinner.
Btw I have 0 PM's in my inbox, I thought it was going to get flooded with people taking me up on my offer of helping them put scratches on their striders and sebenzas.
Btw I have 0 PM's in my inbox, I thought it was going to get flooded with people taking me up on my offer of helping them put scratches on their striders and sebenzas.
