High end custom knives vs. the average prepper
A visit to the gun show plus a post on Survival Blog got me to thinking about this. I went to a local gun show last weekend, and among other things, I made an observation about knives. There were lots of knives for sale.
And of those for sale, I didn't see lots of SOG or Gerber or other popular brands that I frequently see discussed here, although there were some. The bulk of the knives I saw I would break down into (3) primary catagories.
first, older military knives. Second, cheap Chinese stuff, and third, high dollar custom knives.
And to the jist of my question, focused at those of you who purchase these knives, do they hold any value to you as a prepper/survivalist? Do you frequently take these out hunting? Or use them to make kindling/shaving to start a fire when camping?
I could list some qualifiers, but I'm not going to. I collect stuff myself that I have spent many a dollar on that is primarily just for looking at. And that's OK.
I intentionally stuck this question here, vs the knife forum, as I feel I will get a more straight forward answer here, in more of a general forum, vs a possibly more biased answer in the knife forum.
I'm just trying to get a general feel to see if these knives are used, or if their primary focus is to sit up on a display shelf and look pretty.
A visit to the gun show plus a post on Survival Blog got me to thinking about this. I went to a local gun show last weekend, and among other things, I made an observation about knives. There were lots of knives for sale.
And of those for sale, I didn't see lots of SOG or Gerber or other popular brands that I frequently see discussed here, although there were some. The bulk of the knives I saw I would break down into (3) primary catagories.
first, older military knives. Second, cheap Chinese stuff, and third, high dollar custom knives.
And to the jist of my question, focused at those of you who purchase these knives, do they hold any value to you as a prepper/survivalist? Do you frequently take these out hunting? Or use them to make kindling/shaving to start a fire when camping?
I could list some qualifiers, but I'm not going to. I collect stuff myself that I have spent many a dollar on that is primarily just for looking at. And that's OK.
I intentionally stuck this question here, vs the knife forum, as I feel I will get a more straight forward answer here, in more of a general forum, vs a possibly more biased answer in the knife forum.
I'm just trying to get a general feel to see if these knives are used, or if their primary focus is to sit up on a display shelf and look pretty.