I carry a Benchmade or SOG most of the time. My SOG is not your $20 one that you would find at your local Wal Mart. I'm talking about their VG10/Seki Japan series. I also just acquired their Pillar which is 100% USA with S35VN Steel. Now, I am a knife collector myself, but I use all of them. You know that knife that you spent $400 on? I use it. I don't keep it in a safe. I don't baby it. When desperate times occur (Far and few in between), I abuse 'em.
I understand the person who collects them and keeps them in their drawer, but I can't do that.
For work, I use my Benchmade Griptillian 553BS. I decided to give it a try and hang my old SOG Mini X-Ray for the time being since have been using it for 6 years now. The Benchmade has been holding up well and no complaints so far. I usually carry plain edge, but for work, I need those serrations.
Cheers to you knife users.
