"how many times a day to you use a gun? how many times a knife?"
Knives are way more valuable and useful than guns. That's not to say I'd rather have one over the other. But I get a lot more uses out of a knife
I was talking to my son about this last night while browsing Jay Fisher's website. His knives are incredible, functional works of art. For that, you pay big $$$. You are also buying confidence that from the day you buy it till the day you die, it will preform it's task as well or better than 99.9% of the knives out there. If you are someone who makes their living using it, the cost spread out over your entire career is not that big of a deal. If you are buying it just to look at it and to say you have one, great, as long as you have the disposable income laying around to pay for it and derive value from just owning it.
I have passed up some very collectible handguns recently that even though I could afford the price, the value wasn't there for me. I derive no pleasure(value) from staring at a gun that I cannot shoot.
I guess i don't fully understand the sissy boy statement.
Even though the blade is soft and has to be sharpened often, I won't go anywhere without my $30 swiss army knife.
Some people will drop $1200 in a rifle, but won't invest more than $75 in a scope (I've seen this first hand several times). So some people have a mental block for dropping $800 or more in an optic.
Some have a mental block for dropping over $700 in a handgun.
Some have a mental block in dropping $1500 in an AR, when they can build (what they beleive is the exact same rifle but different parts) for half that.
Some have trouble dropping the money in a Super Black Eagle II, because they had a 1400 way back in the day that cost $100 and worked all the time (cough, cringe.....)
It's about utility and appreciation. I love guns. I love knives. I appreciate quality products.
But....it is funny when you tell someone that the knife they're holding is worth $1500 or the knife you're throwing, batoning, beating the hell out of is worth over $500
I still love telling people that some Lovelace knives go for $15,000 or more
I've stood at the Busse booth several times waiting for my mind to agree with my heart to purchase a $600 knife. Every time it's happened, I've walked over to Knifelady and purchased something. I just can't get over the hump knowing I just won't use it much.
I would love to have more fun with my knives, but the knife guys on this forum aren't as nice as the gun guys, so they don't invite people to their little parties. So, I never get the chance to see what their $1,000 knives can do. I wish there was a get-together or something, so I could play with some of them and they could show me the difference between a mid and high end knife. Well, maybe some day.
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