Things that are no longer important to you in a purchase

Ian Kitagawa said:
Price.

I used to hum and haw about spending $100 on a knife, then have major buyers remorse afterwards.

Nowadays I look at a $3,000 Knife and think, “I guess I’ll have to sell another one to scientific experimentation.”

Bonus points for getting the reference.
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You really seem to know the meaning of life is knives
 
Initially, I was a lot into super steel flippers with deep carry clips and blade length between 3.25" and 3.5"

flipper, blade length and deep carry are definitively no questions any more.

I still care about steels, not that they need to be super premium but their are some steels I don't like and I avoid them...
But a good steel and a good heat treat work good for me.
 
PirateSeulb said:
You really seem to know the meaning of life is knives
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Point Scored!

Oh and my favorite part of that movie is when John Cleese hits the button and the bed falls out of the wall.

To keep the discussion on point: I used to want all my knives to be able to wedge a door open. Now I just carry a wedge.
 
Locks, clips, studs, size, and speed.

As a teenager the thought of carrying a folder that didn't lock wasn't something I did.
Pocket clips and studs were important if I was going to carry a it, any folder with a sub 3" blade was not a primary folder at all, and I looked for knives I could flick open.

These things were so important to me that I cut an easy open notch and attached a pocket clip to my Buck 425 allowing me to spidy flick it.

Now I have no problem with a 2" bladed slipjoint in my pocket, I've realized I don't have to have a lock on a folder, and am no longer consider clips and speed an utmost requirement.
 
Folding! They don’t have to fold in order to carry a knife. It took me almost 20 years of having a knife in my pocket to realize this.
 
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