^^This^^Evil D wrote:The problem with the knife community is people want one knife to do everything. They want to shave their face and then pry a door off the hinges then scrape an engine gasket off and then go back to shaving their face and expect the steel to hold an edge through all that. If you give people a steel that will take a great edge for shaving, it probably won't hold it long enough for the other BS they wanna use their knife for. Then they complain that the steel is garbage and won't hold an edge.
My daily carry at work has been revolving between my FFG Delica 4 in VG10, a Kershaw Dividend in M390, and a Benchmade Bugout in S30V. All 3 are light, unobtrusive, and overkill for my daily cutting needs. Of course working in hospital admissions & registrations my knives only see use opening an occasional box or cutting packing strips on said boxes. I've also used them in lieu of scissors to cut portions of important medical information out of memos to post up somewhere visible. Far different uses from when I worked in the back at urgent care clinics, teching on an ambulance, or caring for soldiers in the field. While there are knives that can blur the lines between prybar & scalpel, I prefer carrying a knife better suited to the expected job at hand. As an added bonus this allows me to buy multiple knives - fueling my knife nut personality disorder.