My EDC's are a Scrapyard Mud Puppy (No longer in production), Spyderco BG42 Military (No longer in production) and a Spyderco Tasman Salt. The Mud Puppy has a nice kydex sheath and the Military has a custom tip up pocket clip. Each is easily worth over 100$ and would not be fun to replace (Which is why I have backups). I have no issue whatsoever carrying them though. I carry them because they are my favorite knives and they work the best for what I use my knives for. Price is of little concern to me, I simply want the best. I've tried out pretty much every Spyderco folder (Lil Temp, Phoenix, Sage, CF Caly, Stretch 2, Police 3, Manix etc.) and have settled on the Military for my go to EDC. Only competition it gets is the Scrapyard when I'm in the mood for a fixed blade instead of folder, or Pacific Salt if the day's activities call for it.
I figure if I can afford the best, then I'll use the best. Why not enjoy the fantastic products knife companies put out these days? What's in my pockets means a lot more to me than what's in my safe, because what's on me can be used when I need it. That's why I carry the best knives out of my collection. I get no satisfaction out of merely owning a nice knife, to me the satisfaction is in using it and watching it outperform everything else I've used.
I spent over 200$ on a collectors version of a Scrapyard Dogfather, and the first hour it was in my possession I had chopped through multiples trees. I'll never relate to people that can safe queen a knife like the Dogfather. I can't even hold on to something like that and not want to whack something with it.
