Knife Satisfaction?

Good thread and very relevant to me.

I don't think I will ever be fully satisfied based on what knives I have had so far. Its possible that if I venture into full custom that I will encounter a knife that's design is fully satisfying. Unfortunatly the price tag of 400 plus bucks is reason enough to be unsatisfied. Sort of a catch 22. The only level of fit and finish/qaulity that I have encountered so far, that is fully satisfying is my sebenza. Yet the design still leaves something to be desired, and the cost leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. So still its not satisying. The strider has a cooler design in my opinion but its still not ergonomic, and the maker/customer service leave something to be desired. Not to mention fit and finish is not what I would expect from almost 500 dollars for a knife.


The edc comunity and forums has absolutley shaped my expectations, unfortunately. Before I found gear/knife forums I caried a griptilian and I felt like it was an exquisite knife. I had no idea what was out there. Once I got my hands on some better stuff it was all over. I won't even carry that grip anymore, and nothing is satisfying now. It would absolutley have been easier for me, had I remained ignorant to the vast plethora of options out there. I'd still be carrying the grip or an endura and be pretty satisfied.


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I want dibs on all the knives!

And your bottle opener wrench!

The chase is better than the catch. I probably was more excited when I got my Tenacious than when I got one of my 150$+ knives... Hopefully one day I can stop and not end up as a Chris Reeve/Strider/Hinderer fanboy.

Well I certainly won't buy a Hinderer ever, fuck those figures.

I consider myself a knife collector even though I only have 2 knives that are worthy of collecting. I think the main part is being honest with yourself about want vs need and the motivations behind your wanting something. Would I like to own a sebbie someday? Sure. Do I need one? Absolutely not. No one NEEDS an expensive knife. Even those for whom the knife might be the difference between life and death can find something got under $100 that will reliably do the job. Usually way under 100.

But I don't beat myself up over my purchases. I just make sure i'm not spending my rent on things I don't need.

Yeah before I was into knives I just had the saks and a kershaw. Than it just exploded, I love pretty much all of my knives I have kept but shake my head when I think about all the money sitting there in knives and other gadgets. I have been carrying my tad dauntless exclusively except for my little frikkie today also. The deep carry pocket clip, finger choil, blackwash. everything about the knife is awesome in my eyes its hard to want to carry something else. I really have fallen for that knife, before it was my superblue caly3 that fitted me prefect now it has changed to the dauntless.

Did you check out my new Wilder Knife? I'd say it's pretty close to perfect

But yeah, I hear ya. It's like that with everything ime, it seems I'm always more or less compromising with everything I get anyway. No perfect car, no perfect bike, not even a perfect laptop & no goddamn perfect woman neither.

I think we have to make it ourselves if we want the perfect whatever we're talking about. If only I had the perfect skills to do so.. :(