I recently changed my daily knife from a Kershaw Leek to a Zero Tolerance. I found that I was using it 100% as a utility knife and not really a self defense type knife.
I went through probably 3-4 Gerber Gators in the 90's. Sure, some of the folks had leatherman or spyderco but I never felt sad breaking a tip off the gator. Since then I have carried a myriad of knifes. CRKT, Kershaw, even a few off brands. All were getting abused in my pocket by a small flashlight or being used on packages/boxes.
About a year ago I was following up on a class which was about knife fighting. The instructor taught the students how to not only fight with a knife but how to carry the knife in your hand all day long. Going to the grocery store, movies, dinner. It didn't matter, you carried that knife in your hand for everything you did and it was NOT to be used to open mail. (
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What I came to realize is that I bought and tried to carry a self defense knife that I dulled on amazon packages. While the Zero Tolerance knives are a bit more expensive than the Gerber Gator or Kershaw leek, it is being used as a tool. While I have a shelve in the safe with a handful of really good knives, I plan on taking a different approach. I'm only going to buy knives that I can use as utility knives and no more "Wow, that is cool." knives.
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