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It’s lasted me now 3 ish years, I carry and use it daily.
I’ve gone through at least two cell phones in that time. (Three if I count a refurbished one that I shouldn’t have purchased).
If it’s a tool that you use everyday… the daily use cost goes way down.
I used to use Gerber Evos, and Evo JR. They were only about $20, but I could get maximum of a year out of them before they were falling apart and worn out. (Not to mention the pocket clip would often fail, and on a few occasions I snapped a blade…, once just trying to cut a small piece of pumpkin. )
Carrying around a knife that large seems miserable. I already wince when I wear pants that don't have a pocket-pocket (lol, I should probably find out the actual name). Carrying around a 4.5" knife is like ... why? Where do you keep it?
I do also commonly keep a leather man wave + in the same pocket.
Other pocket tends to have car key, chapstick, streamlight, and a mala.
Edit: I will say I’ve brought the flash II with me to at least 5 countries, and have used it to also once cut some chambira while on a boat on an offshoot off the Amazon river.
Some of the high-end Japanese knives go for thousands.
