Actual collection or just rerouting knives?

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Ive gone full circle.. Was just a user then a collector then a trader/seller now just a user with a couple of knives.
 
Danke42 said:
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Whoever labeled this has obviously never seen an actual hoarder.
 
I haven't been here long but I've been part of other "collectible forums" before and I never sold anything there either. My collections are never big enough and frankly I find being a seller a bit of a hassle, it's easier to just be someone that picks stuff up from other forum goers if I ever need something.
 
It has been awhile since I have actually sold anything; a couple years ago I did a purge to purchase some higher end knives. Since that, all of my purchases are "lifers," I try to do as much research beforehand as possible; so I haven't felt the need to purge anything.

I do have some knives that I eventually need to get rid of, those were purchased before I really took ahold of what I knew I would like or not.

I don't "collect" per se, everything I have is used with the exception of three knives that hold sentimental value.
 
I'd consider myself a collector. I don't even cut things very often, but I enjoy the thought of having "one of everything". So I'd like to have at least one knife from each maker, and hopefully that would cover all the different types of material, inlays, blade shapes, etc. When I see a new knife that is totally different than anything I currently have, it inspires me to purchase. Still haven't sold any yet.
 
My taste in knives has definitely changed a bit since I started collecting them about 6-7 years ago. I started out with a dozen $30-50 knives, slowly climbing the ladder, with a quick jump to the $200 range, and by then I was hooked.
More recently I’ve sold some of the $2-300 stuff for a handful of $4-600 stuff. It is hard letting some of it go, but usually seems worth it in the end to wind up with one really special knife instead of 2 or 3 of the same old $#!T
 
Planterz said:
I don't have a collection, I have an accumulation.
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scdub said:
My collection is based primarily on the fun I have using knives...I don’t like the hassle of selling and therefore tend to give my less-precious blades to friends and family. I plan to continue that process as I get older and hopefully I’ll only have a small collection left to will away when I die. (Plus a couple to be buried with of course ;)).
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Ditto.
 
Another Shepherd said:
Whoever labeled this has obviously never seen an actual hoarder.
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Isn’t It strange that we never see images of people who hoard silver, gold, art, exotic watches or cars with that hoarder label. How come we haven’t seen a Hoarder episode on the Hunt Brothers (Their hoarding was on a scale that nearly crashed the global marketplace). The meme is only applied to the poor or infirm who live under limited circumstances and collect things that most people aren’t interested in. To me the meme is just a trendy term used by those who condemn the poor for living in squalor. Why can’t they eat cake?

Collecting is an entertainment expense. A way to feed my joy of study and an opportunity to meet interesting people along the way. We all have our own reasons, perhaps for many it provides the means to create a tiny corner of order to retreat to within an otherwise chaotic world.

Life is too short to worry about other people’s motives. We are all just trying to find a little bit of joy before the time comes for them to bury us.

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not2sharp said:
Isn’t It strange that we never see images of people who hoard silver, gold, art, exotic watches or cars with that hoarder label. How come we haven’t seen a Hoarder episode on the Hunt Brothers (Their hoarding was on a scale that nearly crashed the global marketplace). The meme is only applied to the poor or infirm who live under limited circumstances and collect things that most people aren’t interested in. The meme is just a trendy term used by those who condemn the poor for living in squalor. Why can’t they eat cake?
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I have not seen A&E in well over a decade and have never seen any TV series about hoarding. I was writing in terms of the mental illness called "hoarding disorder", which is not limited to people who are poor or infirm. Hoarders, in this sense, are sometimes well-to-do and and sometimes execute most other aspects of their lives competently.

According to the American Psychiatric Association:

Hoarding is not the same as collecting. Collectors typically acquire possessions in an organized, intentional, and targeted fashion. Once acquired, the items are removed from normal usage, but are subject to being organizing, admired, and displayed to others. Acquisition of objects in people who hoard is largely impulsive, with little active planning, and triggered by the sight of an object that could be owned. Objects acquired by people with hoarding lack a consistent theme, whereas those of collectors are narrowly focused on a particular topic. In contrast to the organization and display of possessions seen in collecting, disorganized clutter is a hallmark of hoarding disorder.

The overall prevalence of hoarding disorder is approximately 2.6%, with higher rates for people over 60 years old and people with other psychiatric diagnoses, especially anxiety and depression. The prevalence and features of hoarding appear to be similar across countries and cultures. The bulk of evidence suggests that hoarding occurs with equal frequency in men and women. Hoarding behavior begins relatively early in life and increases in severity with each decade.

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/hoarding-disorder/what-is-hoarding-disorder
 
APB9785 said:
... I enjoy the thought of having "one of everything". So I'd like to have at least one knife from each maker, and hopefully that would cover all the different types of material, inlays, blade shapes, etc. When I see a new knife that is totally different than anything I currently have, it inspires me to purchase.
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I understand that. I have one CRK UG, one Opinel, one Case, one ZT, and a couple other one-offs that I will probably never use because they turned out not to be my sort of knife, but I like having them. I like serrations, so I have one CRKT with Veff serrations and one with Veff flat-top serrations, which turned out not be very good at cutting the things that I cut, but I like having them. I got one Spyderco out of curiosity and now have over 20, about half of them serrated. I have two Deejos that are an unusual design but quite practical for light use if you want a knife that takes up minimal space. I got a Quartermaster General Lee before I read bad things about the brand; it is a very clever design but totally impractical for use, yet sometimes I get it out and try to figure some way to open and close it without pinching my fingers.
 
EngrSorenson said:
I have a huge collection of knives that I've used or will be using in the future.
I used to associate collecting with value, but now I've realized I just accumulate sharp tools.

They have very little value compared to what I initially paid for them.
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This is the way
 
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