Niall88
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I am not sure if this entry is going to be interesting to anyone or not? However, I am sure we have all been through our own personal journey of learning how we most use our knives and then deciding which style of knife is most appropriate for our specific types of use. For me it has been interesting. This is why. I spend part of my time in Calif working on my 4 acre property. Mostly grabbing my knife to open packages, cutting rope and other basic off grid living tasks. So having knives such as my Emersons with a thumb disk deployment, other knives with a thumb stud, or my Spyderco with the hole in the blade, are just perfect and I never really think about the style of blade deployment. However, when I am in Hawaii, I am always finding wild fruits in the jungle, or on the side of the road, or at a friend's organic farm, cutting open juicy mangoes, jackfruit, slicing avocados or oranges. And it becomes a real hassle always cleaning fruit, avocado, or coconut debris from underneath the thumb studs, thumb disk or having to clean out the spidey hole which is usually in the cutting path of most fruits, especially a nice, large Hawaiian avocado. Also, fruit juice and wet, rainy weather always get inside the knife. So now Hawaiian style living presents a different set of knife use parameters. Now I find myself naturally more attracted to blades that do not corrode or rust easily, use a flipper tab for opening so there is nothing in the cutting path to collect debris, and not wanting any fancy fullers or other holes in the blade. The knives I love using on my off grid property in Calif actually present some issues when I am here in Hawaii.
I know this post is not the most interesting subject, it is mostly relative to my own neurotic process with my knives. However, for me, being part time in Hawaii and being a fruit lover, it has really made me pay closer attention to specifically what I am using my knives for. Maybe others have found themselves going through a similar exploration process in their own ways? Want to comment?
I know this post is not the most interesting subject, it is mostly relative to my own neurotic process with my knives. However, for me, being part time in Hawaii and being a fruit lover, it has really made me pay closer attention to specifically what I am using my knives for. Maybe others have found themselves going through a similar exploration process in their own ways? Want to comment?
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