I've been looking at my pile of knives lately and trying to figure out what to do with them all. That drove me to ask the following question: Do you view all of your knives as users / potential users or do you have some that are just "collectors" that you really have no intention of ever using?

I'm not talking about family heirlooms or similar. I'm referring to knives you've sought out, bought and/or traded for.

I'm currently in the following situation: All of my knives are "up to the challenge" of being used (no junk in my stash o' blades), but I do have several that I own just because I like them. An example is my Busse SFNO. I have ZERO plans of using it even though it would be a great "if a guy only could carry one knife, knife". My solution, to date, has been to only buy knives that could take a beating even if I had no intention of beating on them at the time of acquisition. This enables me to change my horde of blades around without worrying about not having my bases covered.

So, where do you stand? All users and potential users...or...users/potential users PLUS collectors?