Expensive knives you actually use

[sXePhenomenal]

Don’t have many knives but I buy keep and use the ones I love. Well most expensive I bought new was a 3.5” XM-18 and added the full copper hardware set to it don’t remember how much it was. Most expensive I got second hand was a 3” XM-18 I got for $315 and added a titanium scale to it for like $175 (which are waaaay too expensive imo) they’re two of the 3 modern knives I have so mostly carry them everyday

I love traditional knives also and have more of them than modern folders and for Christmas got a Case Tony Bose Premium Stockman for $460 and love carrying it amazing knife

 

[colin.p]

$250 for PM2? Am I missing something? For that money you can have titanium framelock of Reate or We knives quality.

Not sure where he is from, but in Canada, the plain jane PM2 is around $200. The price of living in paradise no doubt.

 

[Horsewright]

Cutting calves all morning:

Mammoth ivory handled damascus Gordo knife in a custom oak carved bletless sheath also in the branding pen.

She didn't get it out though, as Cara was giving shots to the calves:

The wife had her blue jigged bone handled Gordo on:

Lucia had her Osage Orange handled Coyote on too:

Brother Bill, the cook, had dinner going for the crew when we were done. NY steaks a grilling:

Chopped up some lemons in case some where wanted to squeeze one the lobster tail:

Some of the crew waiting for dinner:

Time to eat:

Expensive knives/customs get used on this outfit.

 

[JD Bear]

Cutting calves all morning:

Mammoth ivory handled damascus Gordo knife in a custom oak carved bletless sheath also in the branding pen.

She didn't get it out though, as Cara was giving shots to the calves:

The wife had her blue jigged bone handled Gordo on:

Lucia had her Osage Orange handled Coyote on too:

Brother Bill, the cook, had dinner going for the crew when we were done. NY steaks a grilling:

Chopped up some lemons in case some where wanted to squeeze one the lobster tail:

Some of the crew waiting for dinner:

Time to eat:

Expensive knives/customs get used on this outfit.

I love your knives more every time I see them Dave...

 

[McFeeli]

Not entirely sure what this beaut cost originally, but I have a feeling it may be the highest price blade I own.

Big Chris 3V machete. This guy gets used all the time too. There’s no point in having a blade this badass sit out the hard stuff, that’s where it shines.

I have a few folders around $200, but not too many passed that mark. I use ‘em all.

 

[91bravo]

My most expensive knife I own, and I beat it like it owes me money.

 

[marrenmiller]

I guess my Socom Elites fit the description? They're my favorite knives so they get carried a lot. They've been completely full of fine sand and are still working normally, so I've relaxed my view that ball bearing pivots won't tolerate debris.

 

[Horsewright]

I love your knives more every time I see them Dave...

Thank you sir!

 

[Daedric Panther]

Not sure where he is from, but in Canada, the plain jane PM2 is around $200. The price of living in paradise no doubt.

Southern California. Everything is more expensive here (RIP every time I go to the gas station). I bought it from the folks up at Plaza Cutlery. Great selection, but the prices were always retail and then some.

 

[HwangJino]

My daily use.

My go-to knife for wood chopping when I want to have a bonfire at home

No safe queens in my possession.

 

[orangejoe35]

I have a SpydieChef and a ZT 0609. They're not my favorites, but I use them when it's their time.

 

[HwangJino]

Forgot to mention these, expensive but they're my work knives.

 

[Llasi]

 

[22-rimfire]

.... Get past it or just don't buy them. If value is more important Than using what you want. Buy the knife as a tool. See a good tool and buy it. If it's art, collecting, or jewelry then so be it. Plenty of people have different objectives they do. Some people never use any of them.

I have carried my TA Davison slip joint but I am hesitant to use it for much of anything. I don't consider it "art". But I have so many other useful knives that using this one is just not important to me.

Originally I wanted another Davison knife after I got this one. It is part of the disease I guess. But I have decided to draw the line for now unless I come into a bunch of money where cost is no issue. All knives that I buy now and for the last couple of years are to be used. But I don't go out of my way just to use a knife regardless if it is still new.

I completely understand the hesitation to use an expensive knife especially when you have others that work just as well for regular use. I consider when you die to be "the end" and do not do things for an estate.

 

[Comeuppance]

I’ve carried and used some fairly expensive knives - A sebenza insigno w/CF inlays, a 0560CBCF limited edition, a gold-class mini barrage (red c-tek), and a few others that slip my mind.

I never really held on to them, though, because as novel as it was, it felt like I was carrying a bejeweled hammer around to occasionally hit a nail or two.

The most expensive knife I carry and use frequently is a Spyderco Caribbean, which feels every bit as nice as any $300-$1000 knife I’ve handled and likely has the best cutting geometry of any of them.

 

[353]

My daily use.

Nice ones..

What model/brand is the pen?

 

[PirateSeulb]

For me my Lil Lionspy is probably my most expensive yet I would say my nicest/fanciest knife is my Queen D2 Abalone Tiny Toothpick

 

[HwangJino]

Nice ones..

What model/brand is the pen?

It's a bastion bolt action pen. Very happy with this pen.
Though it is a very heavy pen, not for long writing sessions.

 

[penak]

XM-18

 

[OilMan]

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