What is the most valuable info you have learned since acquiring your knife sickness??

What I've learned is that the older designs in some cheaper knives generally outperform expensive modern knives in every respect except edge holding. I've also learned how to sharpen which makes that exception moot.
 
If you have become an enthusiast with knives, and you buy them to use them for some time, learn to sharpen them.

As you would get fed up with your perfect meal having it every day, your perfect knife will become boring to you after the hype loosens a bit. Bit you knew that when you bought your tird knife, didn't you?

Don't buy knives that aren't putting a smile on your face, they will go into the drawer faster than you think.

Steel type is not everything, blade style and heat treating matters more.

Just a few things that come to mind now


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That some days are hard, that some days are harder than others, and then there are the days that you just want to end.

That any distraction, even just holding a knife and thinking back to that fall of 1977 at Lake Nippising, can be worthy of my attention on those days.

That as I become less and less capable as the cancer wears me down there will come a time when I am left behind on the ice. That great strength will be required to live that.

That, at the end of days, we are all fundamentally alone; that we need not seek the approval of others for the choice of paths we've taken to get here.

That until we are alone on the ice, it is incumbent upon us to make the world a better place in whatever ways possible. That to fail in this is to fail as a human.

That Emerson knives are for real men who don't care about FnF.
 
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Don't settle for less than what you want. When you buy a cheaper substitute it can be ok but normally you will just end up wasting money that could have been saved toward the thing you really wanted.
 
After buying and selling a lot of different knives, I have come to the conclusion that I like ZT's. Lol
 
I like smaller blades in a fixed blade, I do not like too small of a handle for the same knife. Too small of handle makes the knife awkward and you cannot get get the full usefulness out of the knife. A good design can be diminished by a poorly designed handle.
 
22-rimfire said:
As with most hobbies, you can spend a lot of money over time. Knives, for most of us it is a "nickle and dime" thing that adds up to real dollars.
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If I hadn't spent that money on knives, I would have spent it eating more pizza. ;)
Or seeing more movies.
Or buying some of the expensive books I didn't buy, because I spent the cash on expensive knives.
 
stabman said:
If I hadn't spent that money on knives, I would have spent it eating more pizza. ;)
Or seeing more movies.
Or buying some of the expensive books I didn't buy, because I spent the cash on expensive knives.
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In my case it would have just meant more guns (guns for us are like poutine for you folks up there in Canuckistan, you can find 'em everywhere here).
 
evilgreg said:
In my case it would have just meant more guns (guns for us are like poutine for you folks up there in Canuckistan, you can find 'em everywhere here).
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I would have bought the Smith & Wesson Model S&W500 for sure.
That gun kicks total ass. :thumbup:

Very expensive gun to buy, but also very expensive to shoot. Reloading would really start paying off.

The Taurus 4510SS6MAG Revolver would be pretty cool too, because hey, it's a shotgun revolver!
Saw one at the local gun store, and if I hadn't been buying another knife, I would have bought it. :)
 
#1 higher price does not necessarily mean better..
#2 "one last knife"..is always a lie..
#3 heat treat is as important as the steel used..
 
[Originally posted by stabman.....
My wife thinks I buy too many knives...in reality, I am exhibiting great self-control by not buying even more of them. ;)[/QUOTE]

I like that!
 
Things I've learned:

A) No matter how much I think I know, I don't know squat. I'm still at the very beginning of this journey.
B) Don't get hung up on knife steel.
 
Originally Posted by upnorth

I don't need the latest wiz bang steels to have a fine time making a camp fire.


evilgreg said:
Me either, I always make my camp fires out of wood . . .
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If going for a snark, at least make a valid correlation.
 
stabman said:
I would have bought the Smith & Wesson Model S&W500 for sure.
That gun kicks total ass. :thumbup:

Very expensive gun to buy, but also very expensive to shoot. Reloading would really start paying off.

The Taurus 4510SS6MAG Revolver would be pretty cool too, because hey, it's a shotgun revolver!
Saw one at the local gun store, and if I hadn't been buying another knife, I would have bought it. :)
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I my opinion, don't waste your money on the 4510 unless you just have lots of firearms already. Now the 500 S&W.... well that is a GUN! But most who buy them don't shoot them much and it is mostly a novelty. Good hunting revolver. I like the 480 Ruger myself in a BFR. But I still prefer 22's over just about any caliber.

I also agree with 19-3ben on the knife steel comment. Don't get hung up on knife steel. But don't buy junk either.
 
0. BladeForums.com.
1. My taste in knife design.
2. The edge finish I like.
3. Wear resistance or edge retention was not really my thing after all. Damn it!
4. Guided sharpening systems.
5. Deburring is the most important thing in my knife life.
6. The word “abrasives”.


Miso
 
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