From: goodsoldierschweik@invalid.com   
      
   On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:29:29 -0400, B__P@hotmail.com wrote:   
      
   >Can you tell me what kind of performance you excpect from different   
   >knives?  Aesthetics aside, what do you expect from knives of different   
   >costs?  Or why would you buy a knife that sells for $300 over a $30   
   >knife?   
   >What do you expect from knives selling below $50, v/s $51-$100, v/s   
   >200-300 and so on?   
   >   
   >Is there a reason to spend a great deal of money on a knife you use   
   >daily?  Or would that be the best knife to spend the money on?   
   >   
   >One of the best buys I've made with a knife were several very large   
   >bowie style knifes - 2 were stainless and 1 was high carbon but of   
   >fairly poor quality metal.  I used these knives for all my outdoor   
   >work - cutting small trees down, felling limbs, digging holes, digging   
   >up vegitalbes in the garden.  And I didn't have to worry about messing   
   >them up at all.   I paid maybe $50 total for the 3.   I used them in   
   >ways I'd never use any of my other knives.   
   >   
   >And I wonder about the new metals & technology they have out now days.   
   >I carry a knife with a staiinless steel blade and I don't really care   
   >for it too much.  I don't know if it aquires the corrosion it does (It   
   >gets a lot of sweat and moisture on it) because it has a beadblasted   
   >finsh or if it is just the nature of the SS.  If I were to purchases a   
   >knife with the new steels/Tech, would I go "OMG, I can't believe how   
   >much freaking better this cuts and holds and edge and is easier to   
   >sharpen, OMG!"   Or would it just be something I noticed?   
   >   
   >So, all you knife fantatics and gurus, please share your knowledge   
   >with a humble seeker of truth.   
   >   
   >B__P   
      
   I think that you are asking an awful lot from a knife. The   
   steel/temper that you would select for a shovel (digging holes) and a   
   knife (slicing bacon) are entirely different. Of course because the   
   attributes of the tool are different.   
      
   My own experience, and it dates back to a time before all terrain   
   vehicles and chain saws (when people actually walked) is that   
   experienced woodsmen carried a number of edged tools. Typically a   
   butcher knife for cooking chores, a light axe for chopping (Hudson Bay   
   used to sell what they called a "cruising axe" that was typical of   
   this type), if planning on shooting something a hunting knife to   
   dressing out the animal, and, of course a pocket knife - Nearly all   
   males carried a pocket knife in those days.   
      
   So why not decide what tools you want and simply select the best in   
   each category?   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Schweik   
   (goodsoldierschweikatgmail)   
      
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