Too special to carry or too special to not carry?

Incredible story, man. Enjoy that knife and the thoughts of that baby girl when you touch it
 
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I received this knife for Father's Day almost five years ago. At first it didn't see much use, but one day I decided to make a deliberate effort to carry it. It's been in my pocket ever since. There is the risk of loss of course, but I enjoy making memories with it and the fact that my daughter now considers this "Daddy's knife."
 
She has some great perspective! I can't argue with that logic, I say it needs to be carried more often now:)
 
Love to read stories like that! You have a very special knife and a very special daughter!
 
With two daughters myself I can relate to this very closely - nice reading and a beautiful knife with Stunning Stag.
 
I'm in a similar pickle. My girlfriend bought me a Vic Classic for our first Christmas. I can be hard on knives, and back then it was doubly so. I was so scared to lose or break it that it's spent the past 7 years on my "keepsake" shelf just above my computer with all the other cute stuff she's made me in all this time.

Last month we went to Yosemite, and I couldn't find my Leatherman! I know it's around here somewhere... I think... I'm not ready to break down and buy a new one, but I needed something to take with me. Not counting the cheapo stuff, the only other multitools I own are two SAKs: the aforementioned Vic and a Wegner Backpacker that I got when I was probably 9 or 10 and had been victim to my earliest attempts at "sharpening". Luckily the main blade is fully serrated and was spared but the pen blade is practically foil at this point.

So I gave her the Wenger and carried the Vic myself, but also my Case Texas Jack and a little mini nessmuk in my pack that I had made myself. Neither SAK ended up getting used, but it's about what MIGHT happen, what you plan FOR, not what you plan ON.

When we got home the Vic went right back to it's place on the keepsake shelf, and I shuddered a bit as the pressure was relieved. :eek: I'm not a collector, I don't get attached to objects, for me it's not about the things, but the experience and the learning that happens when making and or using those things. But, even I have a handful of objects that are greater than the sum of their parts or their uses.
 
To Carry or Not to Carry? :D

Your daughter has an eye for beauty and the right stuff very clearly. She was lucky to be able to find such a wonderful example of a CASE knife from former times and with such decent Stag! CASE is not renowned for stellar Stag really , but this one has it. She knew you would like it and what could be better intentions or a better reason for carrying this knife without fear of loss? Attachment does cause pain and unnecessary grief, objects/possessions should be used with the same intentions with which they were given: happiness and enthusiasm. After all, the knife is an object, inanimate, but the intentions behind it are the important thing and they don't change or vanish, the object may. She's right, if the knife disappeared be just a bit disappointed for a short while, her connexion with you would provide the source of happiness that objects never can.

Thanks, Will
 
Great story Clay :) Definitely a very special knife to have in your pocket :) :thumbup:
 
It's not really an "either/or" situation. Carry it when it will see light duty; as has been suggested, carry it in a slip; you needn't carry it in a pocket with keys, etc. to get it all scratched up. It's very possible to carry it quite a lot without getting it marred up. Carry it along with another knife for rough duty. Enjoy using it and keeping it in great condition.
 
Without a doubt, carry it. i guarantee you will think even more highly of that knife after it has rode in your pocket for awhile than you would otherwise. Enjoy that special opportunity presented to you.:thumbup:
 
I used to have knives that were too special to carry, or too special to carry except for special occasions. Then I learned a valuable lesson.

When I started to rethink my stance, and used the "special" ones daily, something happened. I actually because more fond of them. If they were special because of the person who gifted it, or maybe because of where it came from, then after lots of carry and use, the special thing actually intensified. The appreciation of what made it special before was augmented by the now familiarity of the thing, the feel of it hand.

An example; Fausto, our man in Sardinia, sent me a very nice little specimen of a resolza. Hand made by Senior Salvatore Usai. It was an exquisite little knife, and at first it was a safe queen. Then in a short while it became my "special events" knife. An evening out at the Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts, an afternoon at the national Gallery Of Art downtown, black tie events. But things change. Over the years my arthritis in some fingers made friction folders a more easy to get along with knife. The resolza started to ride more and more in my pocket. The more it got used, the more my hands found little things to appreciate anew with it. The more I because enthralled with how the horn in the handle changed a bit, from a pale translucent to a more mellowed darker golden hue. The feel of the flat ground blade slicing down through something with less effort than other knives. Little things that don't become known until lots of use creates an intimacy with how it fits in your hand. Like you adapt to it.

Today, my special events resolza is now in my everyday carry rotation of a very few knives. With carry and use, it has become more special than ever.

There's no such thing as a knife too special to carry. You'll not only become more attached to it, but a new bond will result with your daughter, never a bad thing. :thumbup:
 
Great story about your Case. I don't own any knives that are too special to use. I used to think that way, but now I don't care as much about making a new knife a used knife. But, my problem is that there are too many to use and I don't much want to put in the effort to really think in terms of a regular rotation. I just grab the one that is usually handy and go on. That usually means the one that is already in my pocket from yesterday if I am wearing the same pants.
 
I've had a few knives that were special to me and therfore did not carry them. Discussed the situation with the folks that gave them to me and pretty much got told the same thing. Now they make their way into my rotation more often and every time I get to use them it reminds me of the gift a bit more.

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