Your "new knife ritual"

[TRfromMT]

I got a CRK Inkosi yesterday (new to me, but not new). Within 10 minutes I had it taken apart and started a full cleaning, reassembly and tuning the pivot. Then, yesterday evening I put it on the Wicked Edge and gave it a full reprofile and sharpening. It occurs to me this is not typical.

What do you do when you get a new knife?

For folders I try the handle in various grips, and give it a solid, firm grip looking for hot spots. Then I make sure it flips like I like it, and the blade is centered. I make sure I am comfortable with the flipping and the lock, and then into the pocket it goes. Within a day they almost always get a good sharpening, needed or not.

For fixed blades I usually take the handles off. I only buy fixed blades that have removable scales, because I usually buy them with the intent that I will make my own scales. So handles get stripped off and I look at various pieces of wood that I have set aside.

I read about a guy here who claims to have taken a new Begg out to the yard and stabbed it into the ground to apparently give the blade a little worn look. To each their own...

What's your ritual?

 

[91bravo]

Like you, I have an Inkosi Insingo coming in tomorrow. First order of business is to break down, clean, relube and adjust pivot tension to my liking. Then it's on to an initial sharpening, to match my freehand angle.

 

[JJ_Colt45]

I handle it awhile and check blade centering and test the factory edge ... and I probably carry it that day or the next ... and see how it feels ...

and again as you mentioned normally disasemble clean and lube ... this isn't a "everytime" step ... but more often then not ... and I may give it a sharpening right off or I may carry it a few days first to make sure I like it enough to keep it ... but generally get a sharpening in the first week to lower the dps and make it mine.

 

[sgt1372]

What do you do when you get a new knife? What's your ritual?

I just inspect it to make sure is/was as advertised and then clean/lube/adjust it as necessary to suit my taste. I never fully disassemble any knife unless there is a reason to do so.

If it's a flipper, I'll flip it a bit, try different grips w/it and put it in my pocket to see how it feels to make sure I like it; I'd resell it if I didn't. If it's a fixed blade, I'll just handle it trying out different grips and, if there's a sheath, I'll inspect the sheath, put it on my belt and put the knife in it to get the sense of the fit/feel of the set up. Then, I just put it (and sheath, if there is one and the box it came in, if there was one) away.

The last thing I'd do is add the knife to my Word file listing all of the knives that I have in my collection, if I haven't done so already. The Word file of my collection is 10 pages long, not including an additional 3 pages of set compliations.

 

[Rykjeklut]

Get it out of the box, try various grips and feel for hotspots, then I slice one of the various pieces of paper it always comes with.

Then, if it's a folder, I'll just sit on the couch and play with it for a while. Nothing special

 

[NapalmCheese]

If folder:
Open it, feel how sharp it is, try one or two grips, fold it, put it in my pocket until I can think of a reason to use it.

If fixed blade:
Take it out of the sheath, feel how sharp it is, try one or two grips, put it back in the sheath, put it away until I can think of a reason to use it.

 

[BitingSarcasm]

I check it over of course, to make sure everything is as it should be. Then I look at it and say, "Okay, I won't cut myself on THIS one."

 

[USMCPOP]

"new knife ritual": "What do you do when you get a new knife?"

It really depends on the type of knife. Can you be more specific?

 

[TRfromMT]

yeah, with that I think I'll just close this down.