What to do with Gift knives?

[thegeek574]

I am with revdevil on this one. I appreciate the gifts that I am given and use them every time. how, you ask? my family has learned the that best thing to give me is money becuase they don't know what the heck a propane hose and regulator kit is for, but they know I want one and I know where to get it. the cash shows up with a chocolate bar and they get the biggest smiles i give all year. the exception to this in the last few years has been that this year I am expecting an uncle to give me some wood. he has a ton of wood and doesn't have much use for purple heart, zebrawood, or really nice curly maple, so he gives them to me. Aw shucks. I have been given knives before, and it ended up being used as sharpening practice. little bugger got really sharp, too.
Tl;dr I have trained my family well.

 

[MikeH]

This might sound strange to some but, I was raised to be grateful for gifts. I don't expect a Sebenza from someone that has no clue what the difference between a good knife and a bad one is. In my eyes, it's the thought that the person went out of their way, was thinking about me and was kind enough to give me a knife that counts more than the knife itself. I buy my own knives, guns, etc. And I don't get a kick out of making people feel foolish for their generosity. Gratitude is a hard thing to come by these days.

I will try and steer people in the direction of Buck, Spyderco, Kershaw, etc. if they are thinking of a bare bones economy knife.

You are either a senior citizen who remembers when people had good manners, or had parents who raised you right. Kudos!

 

[jwblack911]

idea #1-
regrind them and have fun trying to make a new blade grind you were curious about or always though "might be cool"


idea#2
sounds like dicks sporting good retails those, so maybe return for store credit and grab a lmf 2 fixed, or a gerber dmf (<nicest opening folder i have ever touched, not the best blade but i enjoy it) or take the store credit and apply it to a online knife purchase you actually would use or enjoy

idea#3
occasionally if i can't do the above with gift knives i will simply leave it in my car or in a tool box/bag and try to use my knife for things i would never think about using it for. such as

- i keep a cheap kershaw near buy as a pencil sharpener, i hate cleaning graphite marks off my zt0300
- trimming the xmas tree with no worry of sap on my edc
- using it to carry while on the boat or in the ocean with the harsh salt water
- cleaning the wax out of menorah lol (3 more days!)
- not that i wouldn't use a my edc knives for these tasks but when i can i try to keep them a little neater

 

[Ripthejacker]

Donate them to the local PD, military base, scouting lodge etc. Most cops and soldiers can afford nicer but can always find use for cheapy folders. The only gifts I really cringe at are decent looking knives that have garrish logos such as "Harley Davidson" or Joe Camel tokin' a stick on them. These, I arm the homeless with along with off color sharpies like magenta and canary yellow so they can add some "flare" to their cardboard signs.