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Permalink Reply by John McDowell on February 10, 2014 at 17:00

like that sound.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Bourlotos on February 18, 2014 at 0:36

I have an old WWII US Marine Corps utility knife, a BUCK 110 or an an old 3 inch Imperial I carry depending on what I wear. The most useful is my Imperial because it's as sharp as a razor and opens all my mail, packages and blister wraps.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on February 18, 2014 at 10:14

Carrying today: S&M Stockman

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Permalink Reply by peter force on February 18, 2014 at 11:19

hey ken!! awesome knife!!.. i just wanna say i love reverse gun stocks!! i love the gun stock pattern. the reverse i love even better.GREAT KNIFE!!

Ken Spielvogel said:

Carrying today: S&M Stockman

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Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on February 18, 2014 at 11:37

Thanks Peter, I really like it and am going to carry it some. May lose some of its value but I will enjoy it more.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on February 19, 2014 at 5:36

Carrying today: a RR Smokey Pearl

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Permalink Reply by Greg Bourlotos on February 19, 2014 at 8:58

ken,

I've heard that a lot from various people about devaluing a knife by using it. I guess wear and tear would do that but why have the knife? The beatup USMC utility knife I carry has brass spacers and so anyone who knows pocket knives knows it's worth something,I mostly get avid ebayers tell me it's worth money. When I tell them it doesn't matter I like to use it, they don't understad. The small little Imperial pocket knife belonged to my grandfather and is almost razor sharp and I have gotten so much use out of it over the years. I guess people don't understand

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Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on February 19, 2014 at 10:46

Greg, you are so right. I guess different people look at it in different ways. That's OK. I like to carry them.

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Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on February 19, 2014 at 10:53

It's kind of funny how some of us get really attached to our EDCs, for what ever reason.  

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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on February 19, 2014 at 11:29

As much as I agree with the philosophy that a knife should be used, I know I have several that will not be used and many that will never be carried.  I also know that some companies, make knives that they claim could be used but are really made to look at!  And quite often when you start using them, you begin to realize that as a "user" knife, they are over-priced.  You also begin to realize that it is the true EDC that become more collectible simply because all the good ones were used! 

I seriously think that any factory produced knife  that is in current production is not going to go up in valuable by very much in  my life time so I'm not going to worry about using it. The main reason some of my knives will never be used is simply due to the number of knives I have the limited number of cutting chores I need to accomplish.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on February 19, 2014 at 11:34

Good points Tobias

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Seth Ellis on February 19, 2014 at 12:05

Today I'm carrying old Saico butterfly sent to me by by a good friend in Brazil. Instead of pen pals we decided to be knife pals and routinely send each other knives.  

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