A much more specific "how much of a knife nut are you" thread

Comeuppance

Comeuppance

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Realistically, any one of these is pretty indicative.

1. You’ve browsed through 500+ knives of a knife website’s catalog in one sitting… more than once
2. You’ve translated a website to get more information about a knife
3. You have 3+ accounts on different knife forums
4. You have 5+ knife vendors saved to your “favorites” on your phone
5. Your browser’s first autocomplete suggestion for 4+ different single letters entries is a knife website
6. You have provided pragmatic, non-collecting reasons to someone else to explain having 3+ pocket knives
7. You’ve had to psych yourself up for actually using a knife... but ended up carrying a backup knife and using that instead
8. You unconsciously glance at the pockets of others to see if you can identify a pocket clip

I made this list from personal experience, so I'm automatically 8/8. Just curious to see how many people here have had similar experiences.
 
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9. You go to work and think "Damn I forgot a knife" but it turns out you actually had one on you the whole time.
10. People don't ask "Do you have a knife?" anymore and instead ask "Can I borrow your knife?"

:D
 
I don't have a smart phone (cuts into my knife buying budget) but you got me on the other points.
:(:):(
 
b00n said:
9. You go to work and think "Damn I forgot a knife" but it turns out you actually had one on you the whole time.
10. People don't ask "Do you have a knife?" anymore and instead ask "Can I borrow your knife?"

:D
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I actually have follow-ups to both of those:

9.5: You have left to go on an innocuous errand (grocery store or similar) without a knife, realized that, and turned back to get one
10.5: People know you well enough that they don't ask to borrow a knife - they just ask you to cut the thing.
10.5.1: If something needs to be cut at a social gathering, at least two people just look directly at you without saying anything.
 
b00n said:
9. You go to work and think "Damn I forgot a knife" but it turns out you actually had one on you the whole time.
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More like : I am loading my bicycle bags to ride to work and think . . . I really should take some of these work knives out of here so the bags aren't so heavy . . . and then "forget" to do it.

I mean do I REALLY "need" a Razelized Cold Steel Ti Lite VI
and
an Emerson CQC4KXL to do light mechanical work ?
That's on top of what ever is in my pocket like my Para2 M4 or a Ti Lite IV CTS-XHP

Even I can't rationalize that . . . got to remember to unload at least one of those . . .
I'll look for a pen later to make a note to myself . . .
 
Hahaha!! I love it! So ya...7 out of 8.
That is funny.

Update: guilty of 9.5, 10.5, and 10.5.1 as well.
 
Or when your wife says in the morning that she knows you were playing with knives while she was sleeping...click, click, click...and that there were multiple ones i played with. Because the sounds changed. Lol. Click, click click. snap, snap, snap. thud, thud, thud. Doh!
 
Here’s a classic that happened to me and I realized I am a sick man.

You drop your knife tip straight down while standing on a tile floor. The knife lands right in your foot leaving a deep hole and all you can think is, “thank god it didn’t damage the tip.”

In this police line up the culprit is standing on the right.
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You FINALLY get them all organized but then notice first thing that there's all those empty spaces now , and... ! :rolleyes:
 
The only one from the original list that fits me is the 3+ favorites for knife dealers. It's more like 10 for me.

I have turned around to return home for instruments, cameras, and a cell phone, but never a knife since I keep another knife in my vehicle just in case. In addition, I have a Leatherman Ps4 on my keychain just in case and it has a small blade.
 
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