Anyone else get their first "nice" knife and instantly, those users who have been with you through thick and thin...no longer find themselves being carried?
Nope, not really.
I have 'nice' knives and cheap knives. I use both at various times.
I have for a while now used the affordable Teräva Puukko 110 for when in the woods.
It may be a cheap knife and ugly as sin (or at least plain) but it does stellar work.
Pretty much bombproof to boot.
As a matter of fact, Ive just spend a couple of days in the woods with the hammock, which I often do.
The 110 made kindling, whittled sticks, opened food items, prepped food and cleared brush for setting up the hammock.
Ive used the cheap Puukko for a while now - couldnt be happier.
Ironically, my homemade modded beard axe, that I also had brought, is even cheaper than the already cheap Finnish Puukko.
Though dirt cheap (the cheapest, Ive seen for a while), it also works just fine.
I have several other axes and hawks - amongst them a wonderfully balanced and executed custom beard axe made by a knifemaker friend to my specs. It chops through wood like theres no tomorrow but I left it at home this time around.
You might be able to spot a red thread in this post
Backup knife was a modded Mule MicroMelt PD1 - because two is one and one is none.
tl;dr cheap can work just fine.
This time, I left the 'nice' knives at home.
Couldnt be happier with neither the cheap Puukko nor the ultra cheap modded beard axe.
Having done all this over the years I've actually regressed back to where I started over 45 years ago with a Buck 110 back on my belt with a 154CM blade.No pocket clips to get hung up,no pivot screws to adjust and riding in a belt sheath frees up pocket space . The 154CM easily sharpens and strops to a surgical scalpel like edge. Crazy as it may sound, that's where I'm at today but the " journey " continues.
Nice.
Ill have to get me a Bos 154 CM 110.
It's OK, I think I am immune by now. I have all of the knives I need or want.
No.such.thing.
......ohh, and the KoolAid thing.