>>2853524>picnic tierI was with you until there, but that's just wrong.
They are cheap and good enough for 95% of uses the normal person needs a knife for.
I use mine primarily as edc. I don't have to baton with my knife or do self defense on a regular basis (not bri'ish), I need it to cut fishing line when fishing, kill the occasional catch, open packages, prepare food etc.
None of those requires a full tang knife, or a super easy to clean knife.
Sure I pay attention when killing larger fish to not get too much guts and blood on the handle and mechanism because cleaning it is a bit of a pain and not good for the wood, but that's easy to do. I just oil it once a year and that's it.
It's not zero maintenance, but it's not like they can't last or are hard to take care of either.
