To use or not to use.

I have my users and I have ones I carry and would only use, if my life depended on it. It's your money do whatever you please. I myself see no need to mess up every single blade I own just to cut something, while having users that are far from worn out in abundance. I will often carry two knives, one to cut with and the other sharp and unused, just because I can!
 
This is one of the many reasons I tend to edc fixed blades. Don't have to worry about getting crud all in it, and if it gets wet you don't have to take it apart for oil. Then if the blade gets ugly from use, simply coat it with bed liner or something. The thing that does get to me though, is when the edge gets chipped on any knife.
 
Some I use, some I don't. I have plenty of knives, so the ones that are rarer or prettier don't have to get used. In fact, I will buy more knives while still not using certain ones.
 
the like-new titanium millie is begging to be used. trouble is, there isn't much work to do it justice. a safe queen is born only if i buy one exactly like it, which i'll definitely use.
 
Usually whenever I get a new knife, I baby it or the first couple weeks. Whether its a $30 knife or $200 knife, I always have an urge to keep it pristine. After a while, the newness of a knife just wears off on me and I stop caring about how the knife looks.
 
I use everything I own. I hate it when I accidentally scratch the finish on my expensive blades, but most of that can be fixed.
I inherited a pearl-gripped swedish carbon steel slip joint from my grandfathers passing many years back.
First I thought that I wouldn't do anything to it, but after having educated myself on the subject of knives I decided to sharpen it up and make it my own.
I will never sell it and I think the best way to honor my inheritance is to carry on using it as my own. If it breaks it breaks. If I lose I lose it, but it has very little value in a drawer.
I've promised myself to never become emotionally bound to inanimate objects, since I've suffered great losses in that department before and nothing lasts forever. It's all about the journey you make and not the album you get from it.
 
I don't think it matters if you use them or not. If you like knives, you can own them and not even use them. If you can't wrap your head around that, maybe you don't like knives as much as you think. ;)
 
I really don't understand collecting/hoarding unless it's one of those "art" knives by some legend maker that I can't hope to ever own anyhow. Hoarding and putting away production knives seems silly. I've been using the hell out of my most expensive knife because that's what it was meant for.
 
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