I wanted to ask,..What makes a knife great or a super fine knife?
Keep in mind, it can't be the style or model or purpose the knife was made for because those are all different for each model, user, or person.
So I wanted to ask here since there are alot of long time collectors and even makers here on this forum. I have been a lifelong gun collector (mostly tactical, military type) but have always had an eye for knives since they are kind of cousins to each other. I started noticing that over the years of collecting guns, somehow I ended up with some really nice knives along the way.
So anyway, from an expert perspective, what would make a knife a "fine" knife? I'm sure it would be the quality, fit and finish, quality of metal, heat treating process, and also...how would you know just by handling the knife how good the quality is? Some of this stuff is obvious, like you can see the obvious difference between a combat knife bought at WalMart and one bought from Strider knives. But what about being able to tell the quality difference between Zero Tolerance and Chris Reeve? Or Fehrman and Merc Werks?
What are some of the ways you guys use to differentiate one quality trait from another?
Keep in mind, it can't be the style or model or purpose the knife was made for because those are all different for each model, user, or person.
So I wanted to ask here since there are alot of long time collectors and even makers here on this forum. I have been a lifelong gun collector (mostly tactical, military type) but have always had an eye for knives since they are kind of cousins to each other. I started noticing that over the years of collecting guns, somehow I ended up with some really nice knives along the way.
So anyway, from an expert perspective, what would make a knife a "fine" knife? I'm sure it would be the quality, fit and finish, quality of metal, heat treating process, and also...how would you know just by handling the knife how good the quality is? Some of this stuff is obvious, like you can see the obvious difference between a combat knife bought at WalMart and one bought from Strider knives. But what about being able to tell the quality difference between Zero Tolerance and Chris Reeve? Or Fehrman and Merc Werks?
What are some of the ways you guys use to differentiate one quality trait from another?