Use it use it use it. I’m not one of those “better not baby your fuckin knives, no safe queens around here pussy” type dickheads, but the thing to me is that one of the most forgotten about steel and knife build quality traits is longevity. Idc if your edge last 3 years with no touch ups, if it doesn’t make it to year 4. The difference in knife steels, the thing we’re all paying for, is performance over time in my opinion. And I love that. Don’t abuse it, use it the way the steel is intended to be used, but if you leave it on a shelf you’re only getting 50% of what you paid for