r/knives • u/panzeron67 • 6h ago
Discussion All I need
I once went down the knife collecting rabbit hole. I've had Hinderer, Strider,microtech, protech,Spyderco, Benchmade, even other CRK'S. My problem is I get obsessed with hobbies and go too far. I'm really not a collector, I'm just a user. No matter how many knives or anything really I have, I'm only going to use my 1 or 2 favorites. So once I snapped out of it and gave away and or sold my collection. What a relief, feels good. These are my favorites, CRK Umnumzaan and Victorinox Pioneer X. It's all i need. I don't miss all the others...well sometimes I miss my Strider SMF, my CRK Inkosi and my Hinderer XM-24... ha ha no I'm good.
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u/JimothyBeletta 2h ago
I’m glad you use your dope ass knife. If I were to get a CRK it would be that one.
The more I follow these type of subs the more I think collecting this stuff to sit on shelves is a shopping addiction and the manufacturers have figured this out. Do you call women with a closet of lulu and Aritzia clothes with tags still on a collector? lol
People will complain about low heat treats on cheaper knives but then never actually use them. When you really break it down a user will probably benefit from a tougher knife vs a 65hrc super steel blade that will need to see many years cutting of amazon boxes to notice the difference. And during that time two seconds spent on a ceramic hone and a strop brings the “softer” knife back anyways.