Am I Demented or Something?

[Confederate]

When I recently gave my EDC to a buddy of mine who was starting up the Police Academy, I suffered a visceral reaction to not having an EDC. If I'm not carrying it feels like something is missing. And I suspect that most here feel the same.

What! You have only one EDC???

I use 'em like socks. Different pair every day!

Buckfvr, you are right. But she still hates knives and guns.

 

[peacefuljeffrey]

I am not a stranger to simply wanting the knife around to feel it, examine it, just feel comfortable holding its weight, getting to know its sharpness.

I try to do that kind of thing privately. My girlfriend would probably react as your wife does. Redhawk44p right above me has nailed it. Women get jealous when some interest their man has steals his time or attention from them. My girlfriend is upset about not knowing what to do when I go skydiving one day this weekend, when I haven't gone in over two months, and the last time, she was there with me! What she's failing to realize is that before I met her, I used to go 2 to 4 times a month!

But as far as fondling knives in front of the t.v., some people can (fairly) see it, since they don't share the feeling, as a sort of "mua-ha-ha-ha-" psycho-in-the-making kind of thing. We know it's not. I don't think, though, that there will be much bridging of that gap going on. I don't think they will ever "get it" the way knife people do.

Just try to do your knife-enjoying a bit more privately; or sit her down and explain to her calmly that "being with" or examining (whatever you want to call it) a quality knife is soothing to you.


-Jeffrey

 

[Normark]

Hey Guys...

My knife says that it's perfectly normal

LOL....

Don't worry,, your wife will get use to it...
I play with knives, guns and all kinds of other stuff in bed or whatever..

It'll get better...

ttyle

Eric
O/ST

 

[Walking Man]

Just tell her some people smoke and some people fidget with knives. It's a habit, and it's better than crack! That what I tell my wife, I'm just fidgeting!
It works for me. Good luck, man!

 

[brewthunda]

I like this one, because I suspected it went like this:

Brewthunda lays in bed, a ceiling fan slowly turning overhead. He pulls out a knife from the nightstand, raises his left arm, and draaaaags the blade down his arm, blows the hair off the knife, and draaaaags the blade down his arm again.

He smiles and glances at his horrified wife. He turns, and points the knife at her. "Do you think this is weird?" he asks.

She shakes her head no, very quickly. "I SAID, do YOU think THIS is WEIRD?" he said, as the ceiling fan turns. She starts to shrink back. Brewthunda leaps from bed, and punches a mirror into pieces, ignoring the blood on his knuckles. "DO you THINK this IS weird?" he says again.

"N-no... no," she pleads. "I think it's a very good hobby... please, just don't hurt me..."

Brewthunda smiles and nods, and says "In a few days, I'll be going down the river...."

The bedroom ... shit; I'm still only in the bedroom... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back at Blade. When I was home after my first show, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said "yes" to a divorce. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back to Blade. I'm here a week now... waiting for a mission... getting softer; every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I look around, the walls move in a little tighter . . . .

 

[jeswa]

My wife is getting better about it. I almost have her cured, I recently bought her a Pro-Tech Tantilla "You know, for opening boxes...", she thought it was really cute. Anyway, she is like any other girl (please ladies, do not take offense), but her weirdness concerning my knife fondling was NOT a matter of jealousy, rather just a plain fear of knives. Now that she has a well made, beautifully crafted knfe of her own, she understands a lot more.
As justification I offer this notion:
Excessive kitchens, the kind with with $10,000 industrial ranges and overloaded pot-racks bolted to stressed ceiling beams, are common in my family. IMO, it's a somewhat-intimidating and extreme female response to an instinctive urge, similar to knife collecting.

 

[Planterz]

I like knives. I also watch television while playing with various knives. I even read books while tinkering around with a knife. Naturally my wife thinks there's something wrong with me and I decided to post here to see if anyone else had this problem. (Not with knives, but with their wives -- we all know such behavior is natural.)

But seriously, she's giving me a hard time. Am I demented? I mean, I haven't taken anyone hostage...I just like my knives.

It's called knifesturbation. And no, you're not alone. The majority of my knives are autos and balisongs, and their natural state is to be in motion, not sitting lifeless on a desk or in a pocket. They need to be played with.

 

[fudo]

I like knives. I also watch television while playing with various knives. I even read books while tinkering around with a knife. Naturally my wife thinks there's something wrong with me and I decided to post here to see if anyone else had this problem. (Not with knives, but with their wives -- we all know such behavior is natural.)

But seriously, she's giving me a hard time. Am I demented? I mean, I haven't taken anyone hostage...I just like my knives.

Boy! Are you in the right place. Don't worry, it's not a disease. However, the symptoms will get worse over time.(spending more money each month, covertly fondling knives in your pockets, etc...)
WELCOME TO THE CLUB.

 

[JPD1998]

Don't worry your wife will get used to it .... I've come to the conclusion that my energies could be used for much worse activities so I'm actually pleased with myself. Yeah it's probably some form of OCD but who cares... and you're not demented... ( well you might be I don't know you)

I've been married for almost 17 years and my wife doesn't even notice knife fondling anymore. The other day she even told me " I was cute" when she saw me carrying one of my knife rolls. Imagine that...

A few days ago she caught my 15 year old daughter fondling my Buck Alpha Hunter that I left on the night stand, she thought that was cute too.

But it does take years, if I search my memory to when we were first married , it did bother her , especially when I left knives around the house. And if I sat there playing with any toy while she was tending to our kids .... well you get the idea.

 

[Watchful]

I'm here a week now... waiting for a mission... getting softer; every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I look around, the walls move in a little tighter . . . .

Well, you definitely caught the reference! Good on ya!

 

[GibsonFan]

the horror!