The last knife I wore out was my Spyderco Persistence. It has a lot of blade left, but the pivot feels like it’s running on gravel, and the blade is badly off center to the point of contact with one of the liners. Blade play is an understatement. It’s a blade holiday.
After that, I started adding more and more. While I regularly use my knives at work, that work is distributed between enough of them that they don’t look very rough.
There’s also this:
The little fella is a Wenger Esquire (analog to Victorinox Classic). It’s my tape buster and goo scraper, keeping adhesive residue off my folders. The folders are used for cardboard, plastic straps, zip ties, etc.
...or for unexpected fun, like wrecking the tires of a thief’s bike after he left it behind when he ran out the door.
Given the number of knives in S35VN, M390, XHP, etc rotating in use, I doubt I’ll ruin any more folders.