u/dario0704

Small sebenza insingo glass blasted or zaan drop point glass blasted?

Most people consider sharpening a knife to lower the value right? Whenever people are buying collectible knives like a lot of the gec on the secondary market one of the main things is it's never been sharpened or has it been sharpened or the amount of times it's been sharpened and so I have a question : if there's a collectible knife would it lower the value if it had been professionally sharpened once just to put a beautiful polished edge on the knife for obviously the sharpness but also the aesthetic beauty of having a polished edge on a collectible knife? What are y'all think does a one-time professional sharpening ruin the value of a collectible or keep it the same or raise the value?

Can I ask a question, what is the traditional community think about Jack Wolf knives? I know that they're good knives but I've heard some people say they don't like them because they're modern traditional and I'm curious what y'all think. I have 2 and I think they're fantastic but I also have 10 or 12 gec and various other slip joint traditionals. Is there something wrong with Jack Wolf I don't understand?

I just got in a GEC 14 Barlow goldenrod saw cut and it feels like the pull is super weak. It sounds like it has walk and talk but I have another 14 it was a blade HQ exclusive with micarta covers and no sheild and the pull is nice and stiff it's fantastic and I'm wondering how light is to light? I read somewhere that the 14 is known for having a very weak pull because it's supposed to be a boys knife and so it's not supposed to be like a stiff opening knife but it just seems weak to me it still has snap when it opens and closes but when it's open and I push on it with my thumb it just moves so easily and I don't know if I'm just being picky or if that's common or what I should do. Can y'all let me know your experience with the 14 Barlow and specifically the Golden rod sawcut and if it's common and I just need to get over it or if I should send it into gec or something. Thank you

Am I turning into a hipster? I've always kind of hated hipsters because well they're lame but I just realized I just bought a pair of Birkenstocks because they look so comfortable and they're going to be like my house shoe and I took off my Red Wing Pecos 1155 and I'm wearing my iron heart 888-21oz SBG with my brave star Glory shirt and my Chris reeve pocket knife. I don't wear a fedora I've always picked what I wear based off of function because I think the jeans are so much tougher than Levi's which tend to only last me like 6 months to a year depending on what I'm doing and I'm where is the heavyweight denim has lasted me multiple years the brave star shirt is thick and durable the Red Wing boots are just dope but they're also good boots that can be resold but does that make me a hipster or someone that just wears clothes that are good?