When I first got hooked some years ago I began my quest for the perfect knife.
Sure, I went through stages. I carried the wonderful Spyderco Native CF for a while, and then exulted in a custom hybrid Benchmade, crossing a Mini Bone Collector with the blade of a Mini Presidio. I thought I was in heaven: I had a knife that fit so good, and was unique to me. Carried that one for quite a while.
Then I found customs. Ive had a slipjoint so far, made to my specifications. This replaced the BM, and became my new edc, carried everywhere.
A few months ago I bought a Sebenza Insigno. Here, at last, was everything I sought in a knife. It did everything I could ever want a knife to do: the ergos are perfect; I dont like metal handles, but the titanium is warm, grippy, and I love it; the blade is almost pure wharncliffe, which I vastly prefer.
But what Ive found, is that great as the Insigno is, it still isnt the best at everything. I discovered one cutting chore was better handled with a pure wharncliffe. Another was best performed with the slim clippoint blade of a Case medium stockman.
What I have discovered is that there is no perfect knife that does every kind of task better than every other knife. And never will be. There is no be all, do all, perfect knife. Just great knives.
And thank heavens for that. I mean, Ive got two customs on order, and Id look pretty silly if I really had found a knife made out of the meteorite from The Iron Mistress.
In the meantime, the Insigno goes with me everywhere.
There is no perfect knife. The fun is in the looking and the trying.
Sure, I went through stages. I carried the wonderful Spyderco Native CF for a while, and then exulted in a custom hybrid Benchmade, crossing a Mini Bone Collector with the blade of a Mini Presidio. I thought I was in heaven: I had a knife that fit so good, and was unique to me. Carried that one for quite a while.
Then I found customs. Ive had a slipjoint so far, made to my specifications. This replaced the BM, and became my new edc, carried everywhere.
A few months ago I bought a Sebenza Insigno. Here, at last, was everything I sought in a knife. It did everything I could ever want a knife to do: the ergos are perfect; I dont like metal handles, but the titanium is warm, grippy, and I love it; the blade is almost pure wharncliffe, which I vastly prefer.
But what Ive found, is that great as the Insigno is, it still isnt the best at everything. I discovered one cutting chore was better handled with a pure wharncliffe. Another was best performed with the slim clippoint blade of a Case medium stockman.
What I have discovered is that there is no perfect knife that does every kind of task better than every other knife. And never will be. There is no be all, do all, perfect knife. Just great knives.
And thank heavens for that. I mean, Ive got two customs on order, and Id look pretty silly if I really had found a knife made out of the meteorite from The Iron Mistress.
In the meantime, the Insigno goes with me everywhere.
There is no perfect knife. The fun is in the looking and the trying.