Thread: EDC Knife

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 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

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.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

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.

Jimmy, that was a beautiful remark!

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.