Recently I purchased an expensive knife (Stirder), but it end up in the safe most of the time. My intention to purchase this knife for everyday use, but when come to cutting something hard like woods, hard plastic…; I feel hesitate to use it simple because it’s and expensive knife.
Do you have an expensive knife that you push it to its limit or like me your expensive knife sitting in the safe? Let’s here your story.
If you’re going to get any good out of your knife, or anything else for that matter, then use it as it was intended to be used and enjoy.
Just my point 0 2.
If I buy a tool, I use it like a tool. That means I take care of it, but eventually I expect it to get beaten up, wear out, break, or get lost - all tools eventually need replacement. Unless something has sentimental value, is purchased as an investment, or is used exclusively for display, it’s a tool. I use my expensive blades to cut brownies, carve twigs, open boxes, and ward off violent vagrants. Your Strider is built to take one heck of a beating, and I think you’ll find it a lot more valuable when clipped to your pocket than sitting in your safe. Unless, of course, that would be a felony in your state, in which case you might just leave it be. 
Before I buy a knife (or most anything), I ask myself, “Will I use it?” If the answer is “no,” I generally won’t buy it.
Exceptions would be those pointed out by NickB:
The ones I keep safely tucked away include my Camillus Cub Scout knife, my Ulster Boy Scout knife, my grandfather’s Kutmaster penknife, and an Ulster Boy Scout knife that belonged to U.S. Army Lt. Thomas Murphy, whose name appears on The Wall.
About 20 years ago, I was bitten by the blade-collecting bug, and soon I’d amassed about 150 knives, mostly folders. I noticed that I wasn’t using or carrying the really trick or expensive ones – so I sold (or gave away as gifts) most of them.
Now I’m down to about 60. 
None of them is worth more than $100, and most are worth $50 or less. My regular “carry rotation” comprises a dozen knives, but I wouldn’t hesitate to subject anything I own to hard use.
I carry and use my Strider daily. My jeans and uniform pants show way more of a beating than the knife does 
Really depends on what you mean by expensive?
Generally I buy things for tools - and IF I dont use them I get rid of them.
I have a few exceptions - but even with them I dont dismiss using them as tools situationally dependant.
Kevin hit it on the nose.
Reminds me of a t-shirt I often see at vintage motorcycle meets:
Ride the damn thing or sell it to someone who will
Guns, knives, cars = tools. Would you trust a carpenter with new tools? Run 'em like you stole 'em, or turn in your man-card.
Exactly, you can’t take them with you when you die. You should enjoy them while you’re here.
Sig line material;)
Yeah I use mine no matter the type/brand/cost. My best “horror story” is a lost first series/run, low serial number, Mad Dog “ATAK”. I lost that fishing way out in the Gulf of Mexico. I had been cutting bait, and like a dummy, I sat it down on the rail for one sec, then add a little wave action, and plooo000PPPPP it was gone forever. :eek: 
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If I’m not going to use it… I don’t buy it… pretty simple…
Here are the three knives in my current daily carry rotation.
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I use them for things like cutting labels out of the back of my shirts, cutting sandwiches, cutting fruit, opening packages, and whatever. I keep all of them sharp. None of them are cheap, but they all work well and take a good edge.
Like my rifles, I don’t buy them to sit in a safe. I want them used and worn. The strider is an excellent choice for daily use knife. I have found that when you purchase a rather expensive knife, register the warranty card with the company. If anything goes wrong. Email them and more times than not, they will replace or fix it for free. I go with tactical custom knives and use the heck out of them. I have broken a couple of buck knives in my time, but buck usually gives me no problem when I break it.
Just my opinion, but my wife buys expensive crap that sits there to collect dust. I tend to buy things that get used and abused.
I don’t have any expensive knives. If I did, I’d use them.
Clarity through brevity. I like it. 
I have been bitten by the Emerson bug and I have a few. One gets carried everyday (a mini commander) and the rest get carried once in a while.
I don’t cut a lot with it as it is a fighting tool. But it like my glock is a edc piece.
My Strider SMF gets rotated into my EDC line up and it gets used alot. No safe queens for me.
ive let my more expensives go minus a few Benchmades, and dont regret it one bit