Custom Knives - Worth it?

[Marine24]

I've never felt my current knife was lacking and it did what it was designed to do pretty good. Holds an edge well and fits my hand comfortably. Based on comments above, sounds like customs are more about flash and artistry than function. I've seen a few posts on the blade forum of folks that have custom knives that are afraid to damage them with use or lose them, so they keep them locked up and look at them periodically. That part I don't get.

[kidicarus13]

I've seen a few posts on the blade forum of folks that have custom knives that are afraid to damage them with use or lose them, so they keep them locked up and look at them periodically. That part I don't get.

A lot of people with firearms like that also, and like you, I don't get it ...unless it's a family heirloom.

[hatidua]

I've seen a few posts on the blade forum of folks that have custom knives that are afraid to damage them with use or lose them, so they keep them locked up and look at them periodically. That part I don't get.

Bladeforums, from what I've seen, is 95% collectors that swap knives back & forth between themselves like baseball cards. The few knives I've sold on there were first greeted with the typical bladeforums questions: are there any scratches on the box, are all the papers included, etc. The knife is assumed to be unused as none of them ever actually use their knives. When you see some of them post photos of their collection of 40 identical unused Sebenza's, you have to wonder what the motivation is...it surely isn't cutting things with knives!