Making my my back to Spyderco

[flipe8]

Eventhough Spyderco was my first experience with high-end knives I and I have checked out the forum basically every day for the past 5 or so years, I've been carrying other products for some time now. I just kinda got away from them, opting for higher-priced knives in the mid-tech and custom made categories. Eventhough I was quite pleased with them(customs and mid-tech), I found it pretty stressful to actually use them, fearing a mark here or a scuff there would greatly reduce their appeal when I decided to sell. For me, much of the appeal of this hobby is in the search, but I simply felt a lot of guilt owning multiple expensive knives. By contrast, I never felt such guilt in owning a number of Spydies at any one time. From my point of view, I'm not sure if the pride of owning something more exclusive/slightly better F&F(at times) is worth the large jump in price to me anymore. Anyways, I was looking for a decently priced worker and decided on a Manix2 in 154CM. Since getting it yesterday, I've already used it twice for some messy cuts without worry. That's why I was drawn to Spydercos in the past and that's why I'm happy to be back in the ranks of Spyderco users :spyder:

[marknett]

I use all my knives . Nothing against collecting but I don't have the money for that. If I can't use it , I don't buy it .. kinda like my vehicles

[Shazam]

I agree. My Spydies are useful pieces of art

[wsdavies]

They are the Toyota Landcruisers of knives :D