Thread: EDC Knife

Nah. He's never home. He's a mining magnate like you Ed.


Mick

Originally Posted by Bruno

I was wondering what the extra thing was why you should buy this one on top of the other ones.

No reason at all, imho.

Most any knife will do what this one does.
Honestly, a 10 Dollar gas station folder will, in most any everyday task, do just as fine as a Rockstead, a Begg, an Azrael or other high end knives to most knife-users.
Heck, in many cases even more, seeing as many are too afraid of scratching or damaging their finer pieces so they are basically safe-queens.

It's just as with custom razors really.
Do they add anything at all to a shave as compared to a Dovo Best quality or a $20 beater from the 30's with a proper edge on it?
No, they do not!
To the shavers enjoyment, imagination or feeling of satisfaction perhaps, but the shave in and of itself? Nope.

What a crazy world we all live in..

Originally Posted by Birnando

No reason at allI imho.

Most any knife will do what this one does.
Honestly, a 10 Dollar gas station folder will, in most any everyday task, do just as fine as a Rockstead, a Begg, an Azrael or other high end knives to most knife-users.
Heck, in many cases even more, seeing as many are too afraid of scratching or damaging their finer pieces so they are basically safe-queens.

It's just as with custom razors really.
Do they add anything at all to a shave as compared to a Dovo Best quality or a $20 beater from the 30's with a proper edge on it?
No, they do not!
To the shavers enjoyment, imagination or feeling of satisfaction perhaps, but the shave in and of itself? Nope.

What a crazy world we all live in..

Birnando,
This pretty much sums up what i was thinking, i think.
LX, i wasn't having a go at you, but a lot like Bruno, I am not really a collector of things. Yes I do have multiples of some things, and also things I have bought that I probably shouldn't.
If you enjoy your collection then good for you.

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

Everything is task specific.

My car is a family car. Does that mean I wouldn't like a sports car or a 4wheeldrive?

Some of my knives are gentleman's knives, some are outdoor knives, some are kitchen knives. This Rockstead is a tactical knife. I happen to not have many of those (only one really) and I'd have no problem trading my current one in for one of those.

Likewise, some of my knives have a personal sentiment attatched to them because I consider the maker a friend or some such. There's plenty of reasons. Let's not pretend that we in this society only buy what we need as opposed to what we want.

The best reason when it comes down to it is:

I want it, therefore I want it.

This is how we rationalize having more knives, than hands to hold them.

I've got a belt don't i?

Edward scissor hands style

My current EDC is a promotional knife with a bottle opener that the wife gave me. But today is my birthday so I treated myself to a new pocket knife. A colt canoe.

Not expensive but got a good writeup when I did some reading.

Geek

My new EDC in my poor photography lol. I ordered this yesterday at 4pmish

Geek

Favorite EDC is a Benchmade 556 Mini_Grip w/ black G10 scales made by Kevin Wilkins..
Also a fan of Kershaw and ZT.

Spyderco resilience