My local sporting goods shop has the SS SE Harpy for $79.95 in stock, and i'm seriously tempted, thanks to the "pseudo-hawkbill" design of the Cricket, i'm finding hawkbill style knives more useful for daily use
here's my dillema, i really havent been using my Jester all that much, and i *hate* AUS-6 steel, too fussy, and for most purposes, my Endura is too big, it just sits in the car, waiting to be used....
i can return the Jester and get back what i paid, as i'm still within the return period, and besides, my SAK is doing most of the little jobs the Jester was doing anyway..., and i can trade the Endura back and get almost what i paid for it, i'd be getting rid of my two least-used blades (nothing wrong with them, they just don't fit my needs)
the only problems i can see with the Harpy are;
it's serrated, and i'm not a huge fan of serrated knives
the clip is oriented for tip-down carry, and i prefer tip-up
so, the real question is this, do I;
a; return the Jester and Endura and get the Harpy
b; realize there'll *always* be a better knife than what i have out there, enjoy the Endura and Jester, as they *ARE* nice knives, and stop obsessing about that one *perfect* knife
c; keep the Endura and Jester and eventually pick up a Byrd Crossbill to satisfy my Hawkbill needs.....
options B and C seem to be the most practical, after all, you never know, i may actually *need* the Endura's blade length at some point....
however, i'd like to actually trim down my collection to actual *users*, not ones i got just to have, trading back two knives to get one better one will reduce the collection by one knife....
here's my dillema, i really havent been using my Jester all that much, and i *hate* AUS-6 steel, too fussy, and for most purposes, my Endura is too big, it just sits in the car, waiting to be used....
i can return the Jester and get back what i paid, as i'm still within the return period, and besides, my SAK is doing most of the little jobs the Jester was doing anyway..., and i can trade the Endura back and get almost what i paid for it, i'd be getting rid of my two least-used blades (nothing wrong with them, they just don't fit my needs)
the only problems i can see with the Harpy are;
it's serrated, and i'm not a huge fan of serrated knives
the clip is oriented for tip-down carry, and i prefer tip-up
so, the real question is this, do I;
a; return the Jester and Endura and get the Harpy
b; realize there'll *always* be a better knife than what i have out there, enjoy the Endura and Jester, as they *ARE* nice knives, and stop obsessing about that one *perfect* knife
c; keep the Endura and Jester and eventually pick up a Byrd Crossbill to satisfy my Hawkbill needs.....
options B and C seem to be the most practical, after all, you never know, i may actually *need* the Endura's blade length at some point....
however, i'd like to actually trim down my collection to actual *users*, not ones i got just to have, trading back two knives to get one better one will reduce the collection by one knife....