Thread: EDC Knife

Originally Posted by 32t

It looks like a nice knife but I always laugh and wonder when the advertisement includes things like "The titanium bead."

You'd be surprised but some people really like those things. I can't get excited about lanyard beads though.

Originally Posted by mainaman

You'd be surprised but some people really like those things. I can't get excited about lanyard beads though.

I suppose they do but can lanyard beads and Starburst Pattern add $200 to the value?

Originally Posted by 32t

I suppose they do but can lanyard beads and Starburst Pattern add $200 to the value?

Small Sebenza with plain scales is in the $350 range. Machined scales and a lanyard bead add up to a lot less than $200.
I personally would not pay premium for cosmetics though.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Small Sebenza with plain scales is in the $350 range. Machined scales and a lanyard bead add up to a lot less than $200.
I personally would not pay premium for cosmetics though.

I am saying that this knife is worth about $100 and in my opinion that is a very high price for a EDC.

Originally Posted by 32t

I am saying that this knife is worth about $100 and in my opinion that is a very high price for a EDC.

Ok I see what you are saying. Not going to argue what a knife is worth or not, it is all in the eye of the beholder.

Originally Posted by 32t

I am saying that this knife is worth about $100 and in my opinion that is a very high price for a EDC.

Knives are just like razors, they are worth what people will pay for them. You get production razors going for hundreds of £/$ as well. I suppose you can't take it with you, get what makes you happy. For some it's fast cars or designer suits, for others it's quality knives and straight razors.

Originally Posted by 32t

I am saying that this knife is worth about $100 and in my opinion that is a very high price for a EDC.

I can't agree with that statement.
Sebensa's aside, a well crafted EDC of good material and design is worth a lot more to me

As our fellow member Otto has stated in his sig-line:
Cheap tools is misplaced economy...

I have used Mora knives for years at work, and they sure did the job.
They cost about ten bucks or so up here.
But a Rockstead at 1500 they are not.

So, to each his own I guess

Apropos of nothing:

I think in allot of cases, many people can't get the most out of their harder and more expensive steels (ie - can't hone them properly), and therefore assume that there is less value in them than the less expensive knives with less expensive steels that are easy to hone (and dull).


All said and done, being most of us aren't away from our regiment of honing stones for long periods of time foraging new paths through unknown wildernesses, there may be something to not needing the hard steels. That said, I for one will labour for hours if need be to get my more expensive and harder steels honed to their potential.

A quality knife deserves quality love ... as do all knives really .

The title of this thread is EDC knife. To me that is what is in my pocket and gets used every day. Not a frilly collectible that has a bead on the end. The Sebensa knifes are factory made with what appears to me to be good advertising. Nothing special. My EDC is a Kershaw Leek that cost around $50. It is used and abused sitting in my pocket along with my change. If I need to cut a piece of wire I will use it to do the job. [Time to get the hones out tonight!] It is ugly and scratched up but I don't spend time looking at it unless it is to be used at the moment. My mind keeps returning to my thoughts about Harley Davidson motorcycles. Nothing special about them either but good advertising and marketing.