Thread: EDC Knife

Originally Posted by Bruno

I'm dreading the answer but here goes: what is so special about that Rockstead?

The build, materials used, workmanship, grind, tolerances and honing/polish of their blades are all in the upper tier as far as production/mid-tech knives go.

My CHI is made from ZDP-189, and hardened to 66,7 HRC!
They also use YXR7 steel.
Both steels are made by Hitachi.
And no, remarkably enough, it is not a very chippy steel at all.

There is a lot of hype and mumbo-jumbo out there regarding this maker.
The crux of it is simple enough though, they are mighty fine knives and comes with a hefty price-tag.

Originally Posted by Birnando

The crux of it is simple enough though, they are mighty fine knives and comes with a hefty price-tag.

IOW Bruno ...... if you have to ask .... you can't afford it.

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

They also have a rockwell hardness averaged out at around 67 and the best mirror Polish that ever seen on a knife.


And a terribly high price tag. ... And yet i still want one.

If it makes you feel any better, owning it would not have made you feel different because after a day or 2 you'd find something new to drool over and you'd feel as lacking as now, but with a couple hundred euros less in your pocket. So you should be happy, because now you're still as happy as if you owned it, but with more money left

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

IOW Bruno ...... if you have to ask .... you can't afford it.

It's not so much that I 'can't' afford it. It's just that this is 'just another knife'. So if you already have a good pocket knife (or several high end knives as is the case of many here) I was wondering what the extra thing was why you should buy this one on top of the other ones.

Originally Posted by Bruno

It's not so much that I 'can't' afford it. It's just that this is 'just another knife'. So if you already have a good pocket knife (or several high end knives as is the case of many here) I was wondering what the extra thing was why you should buy this one on top of the other ones.

I am guessing - because they don't have one. Once you get past one good knife, all the rest is just collecting. Well that's what I think anyway, with the obvious exception of task specific items.

Originally Posted by Bruno

It's not so much that I 'can't' afford it. It's just that this is 'just another knife'. So if you already have a good pocket knife (or several high end knives as is the case of many here) I was wondering what the extra thing was why you should buy this one on top of the other ones.

Oh you heathen! Burn thee at the stake! You blaspheme! Just another knife indeed. One can never have enough knives!


Mick

Originally Posted by Bruno

If it makes you feel any better, owning it would not have made you feel different because after a day or 2 you'd find something new to drool over and you'd feel as lacking as now, but with a couple hundred euros less in your pocket. So you should be happy, because now you're still as happy as if you owned it, but with more money left

people always want something else after they've acquired something that they wanted.

You just stated that water is wet. Would you like a pat on the back for that?

Might as well not bother with anything according to this philosophy.

Originally Posted by Bruno

It's not so much that I 'can't' afford it. It's just that this is 'just another knife'. So if you already have a good pocket knife (or several high end knives as is the case of many here) I was wondering what the extra thing was why you should buy this one on top of the other ones.

As Sir Edmund Hillary replied when asked why he climbed Mount Everest ....... "Because it was there."

Years ago I was lamenting the fact that I had tobacco pipe acquisition disorder to a noted collector of same. Sort of a 'stop me before I buy again' type thing. He said "it's a disease" without batting an eye. This from a guy with probably 800 pipes, and a trail lawyer to boot. The guy in 1977 who told me 'if you can't be satisfied with what you have, you'll never be satisfied with what you get' was spot on.
The ADs may change but they don't go away easily. If it ain't one thing, it's another. Blessed are those who are not so afflicted.

A 3.75 inch, olive wood scaled, Forge de Languiole, handmade by Vergilio Muñoz Caballero. He's the Mastro Livi of Languioles. I'm never without it and it just got is first sharpening on the set of naniwas I ordered for my straights.

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

people always want something else after they've acquired something that they wanted.

You just stated that water is wet. Would you like a pat on the back for that?

Might as well not bother with anything according to this philosophy.

Well no. The one about water is not going to save you hundreds of euros. The one about the knife does.
And my conclusion was that you'll feel the same and have more money left so you should feel even better for not owning it. That's some deep 'zen' thinking

Anyway, it just started with me wondering about whether there was anything special or noteworthy about this knife that would set it apart from the others, like materials, functionality or whatever.