use or keep them? - The Firearms Forum

Texman · 02-14-2008, 09:46 AM

Son in Law gave me a set of knives for Xmas,, Wal mart special,,

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=7977518 so what do I do with them? use them or put them up and just forget about them ?

I am not a collector,, have no idea why he choose this,, but anyway.

Thanks for you ideas in advance.

Crpdeth · 02-14-2008, 11:14 AM

I think that's a personal decision...I've been given cheap knives as gifts that I've used at work, but in my opinion it just depends on who the giver was.

On the other hand, I once gave my father in law a really nice medium sized knife and while using his truck one day I found it in the door compartment...I could tell he had been using it and it made me feel good to know that he didn't just re-gift it to one of his sons or employees.

Crpdeth

Oneida Steve · 02-14-2008, 02:34 PM

90% of the work I do with a pocket knife involves opening packages. A cheap knife works fine for me. I keep my 25-yr-old Schrade for the tougher stuff - cutting rope, etc.

02-14-2008, 09:46 AM	#1
Texman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 362	use or keep them? Son in Law gave me a set of knives for Xmas,, Wal mart special,, http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=7977518 so what do I do with them? use them or put them up and just forget about them ? I am not a collector,, have no idea why he choose this,, but anyway. Thanks for you ideas in advance. -->

02-14-2008, 11:14 AM	#2
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: use or keep them? I think that's a personal decision...I've been given cheap knives as gifts that I've used at work, but in my opinion it just depends on who the giver was. On the other hand, I once gave my father in law a really nice medium sized knife and while using his truck one day I found it in the door compartment...I could tell he had been using it and it made me feel good to know that he didn't just re-gift it to one of his sons or employees. Crpdeth __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

02-14-2008, 02:34 PM	#3
Oneida Steve Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,028	Re: use or keep them? 90% of the work I do with a pocket knife involves opening packages. A cheap knife works fine for me. I keep my 25-yr-old Schrade for the tougher stuff - cutting rope, etc.