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I know it's not the subject of this thread but in reading this thread I keep wondering how so many lose knives? ...
I've been carrying a knife of some sort nearly everyday all day since I was 8 or 9 and I have never lost one ... or been worried I might ... just curious if it's how they carry or ???
When I got into knife collecting, my purchases were determined by the logo, letters and numbers stamped onto the blade. I utterly dismissed plastics, polymers, G10s as inferior handle materials for the sake of fancy/flashy aesthetics, e.g. carbon fiber, MokuTi, exotic woods, mammoth ivory, bone, etc. However, those alleged inferior materials are far more performance driven and practical for actual cutting tasks and daily carry.
Oh yeah, during that phase, anything manufactured outside of North America or Europe was instantly deemed inferior. (Reate/We Knives/CKF/Svord/and many others proved me wrong! ).
Only after acquiring many expensive knives (my personal definition: >$200.00), I would notice myself deeply hesitate prior to using them. Indeed, with the exception of "art knives", all knives were created for use; but using a fancy knife to cut down a cardboard box feels like driving a supersport car off-road.
The constant anxiety of carrying and using a HEC knife greatly outweighs the satisfaction of actual cutting.
Nowadays, I love carrying sub-$100.00 knives (current favorites : birk75 / delica). The satisfaction of nonchalantly using them without a worry makes me ever-smile.
My apologies if my minimalistic tendencies offend anybody.
TL;DR: Cheaper knives feel better to use!
I know it's not the subject of this thread but in reading this thread I keep wondering how so many lose knives? ...
I've been carrying a knife of some sort nearly everyday all day since I was 8 or 9 and I have never lost one ... or been worried I might ... just curious if it's how they carry or ???
I know it's not the subject of this thread but in reading this thread I keep wondering how so many lose knives? ...
I've been carrying a knife of some sort nearly everyday all day since I was 8 or 9 and I have never lost one ... or been worried I might ... just curious if it's how they carry or ???
You can add "just sat it down" and walked away from it. In my case, I have done #2, but never lost one that way as I close the tail gate. I have set expensive cameras on the roof of my pickup and driven off. That's troubling, but I have done it several times. The more gadgets you might use, the higher the chance of just leaving it somewhere. More than anything in my case, loosing generally means I set them down somewhere inside my house and can't remember where I put them; they turn up.Two biggest reasons I hear back from customers on how they lost their knife:
1) Didn't put the knife all the way back into the sheath. My sheaths make an audible "klunk" that also can be felt when seated all the way in. Folks forget and get in a hurry I guess.
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2) And this one has amazed me how many times I've heard it. Used the knife for something, put it on the bumper or tailgate and then drove off forgetting the knife was there.
These are the two consistent reasons I've heard from my customers on how they lost their knife.
I do the same thing car camping with cutting tools of one kind or another.....I went camping this weekend.......
I'm not entirely sure how many knives I had!!
I had two Khukri from HI, three custom knives, a machete, a Silky saw, a tomahawk, three Opinel,
And six Buck knives (a 110 and matching 120 for each of my boys and myself none of which got used).