DeepSouth
Random Guy
I’m not a real big knife enthusiast, that’s my brother. He had an Estwing ax when he was in high school that could literally shave, now days he is much more of a knife nerd than he was then, studying metals stones and such as that. In contrast, to me it’s just a tool to be used up and replaced, they are essentially disposable.
I just use a knife as a multi tool, it gets dull fast and stays that way, I do occasionally sharpen with a work sharp sharpener I got for Christmas some years ago. He stays on me about having a dull knife, because I normally do, he picks on me for using something other than a stone to sharpen with. I use my knife hard, he says I abuse it and he’s probably right, but that’s what they are for as far as I’m concerned.
The most expensive pocket knife I’ve ever owned was an old 3 bladed Case XX, I’ve had several because my old boss replaced them when lost on the job, and I’ve been bad about loosing a pocket knife.
Now days I have a cheap Spyderco that was a freebie from a friend, I’ve had it for 5-ish years which got me to thinking about upgrading to one of the new models.
That older brother is always telling me about these new super duper, tough, never dull, can stop a 44 magnum steels. He has told me on more than one occasion what I need is something with a S90V blade. So vacationing in the south means every good red neck, hill Billy, and country boy goes by the SMKW store. I’m on vacation so money is getting burn like a leaf pile anyway, so I finally decided to try one of these over priced knives. He is a hardcore Benchmade guy, but they feel a little thick to me, and I’ve very much grown to love the spidey hole, so I did stick with a Spyderco, and went with a little larger knife which I hope wasn’t a mistake.
The old and the new:
I just use a knife as a multi tool, it gets dull fast and stays that way, I do occasionally sharpen with a work sharp sharpener I got for Christmas some years ago. He stays on me about having a dull knife, because I normally do, he picks on me for using something other than a stone to sharpen with. I use my knife hard, he says I abuse it and he’s probably right, but that’s what they are for as far as I’m concerned.
The most expensive pocket knife I’ve ever owned was an old 3 bladed Case XX, I’ve had several because my old boss replaced them when lost on the job, and I’ve been bad about loosing a pocket knife.
Now days I have a cheap Spyderco that was a freebie from a friend, I’ve had it for 5-ish years which got me to thinking about upgrading to one of the new models.
That older brother is always telling me about these new super duper, tough, never dull, can stop a 44 magnum steels. He has told me on more than one occasion what I need is something with a S90V blade. So vacationing in the south means every good red neck, hill Billy, and country boy goes by the SMKW store. I’m on vacation so money is getting burn like a leaf pile anyway, so I finally decided to try one of these over priced knives. He is a hardcore Benchmade guy, but they feel a little thick to me, and I’ve very much grown to love the spidey hole, so I did stick with a Spyderco, and went with a little larger knife which I hope wasn’t a mistake.
The old and the new:
