My apologies if I came on a bit too strong in my rant. It was not my intent to do so.
I'm not offended at all, I get where you are coming from, I'm just saying...Things happen beyond anyones control and if I'm carrying a knife I'd like the option to not lose fingers in the 1-trillion to 1 chance i am in a west side story knife fight. I mean technically you could always run instead of squaring off with someone as well, or shoot them. I just like having as many options as possible in case....I just like the extra little 1% of preparedness/defensive capability.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if you don't take it out and use it, it's going to rust.