Anyone else feeling "satiated"?

P. Ortiz said:
This is exactly what's happened to me. I'm approaching the later stages of life in which I have less desire for new trinkets and safe queens than I do for actual-use experiences. Doing what you describe above is becoming as satisfying to me as getting something new. But worry not, knife makers and vendors; fresh reinforcements are always coming in to fill the void!
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I think you've hit the nail on the head! "The later stages of life."

I think that was b behind my own downsize and fading of the obsession. When I released that I was closer to the end than the beginning, the reality of the finiteness of life. The realization that life is short, and trinkets and 'things' just don't matter in the long run. Thats when I started to really concentrate on the people in my life and what I did as a person for them and others.

The closer I get to the end, the less 'things' matter to me.
 
EatingSarma said:
I don't see the hype about Magnacut.

It's stainless, but has my 3V ever rust on me?
-No.
Do I maintain my 3V at all except just keeping it sharp dry and clean?
-No.
It has more edge retention than 3V, but has 3V ever go dull on me in the middle of some kind of job I did?
-No.
Is it tougher than 3V?
-No.
Easier to sharpen?
-No.
Would I notice the difference in use?
-No.
Do I need it?
-No.

In all reality, edge retention of 3V is even overkill for me, I never experienced rust/staining issues with it, and I never had issues getting it sharp.
Not to mention I never suffered any rolls/chips or other types of edge damage.

So Magnacut would just mean writing on the blade to me (and drain of my money) while it'd bring pretty much nothing on the table for me.

That's my current mentality.
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Perhaps. But I'll have at least one knife in MagnaCut eventually anyway. Then I'll check the steel out myself.
 
I think I have recently arrived at the point you are talking about. For the first time in 10 years I don't have a knife that "I just have to have." And the excitement over new purchases has dwindled over that time as well. I can't remember who it was, but another member sold off all but 4 or 5 of his knives. Kept only the ones he uses the most. Maybe it would make sense to try that. Try to get the collection down to a much smaller number, then make it a point that if something new comes in, something has to go? Because it is an addiction of sorts. Most of us, if we are being honest with ourselves, will not stop acquiring.
 
I own way too many knives for my needs. Each of them has their own purpose, and that's kind of the reason why I keep them.

ESEE 3 - garden and sometimes forest, I use it for dirty jobs, I can take out rolls and chips easy even on cheap stones so that's why it's a beater

ESEE Candiru - EDC for obvious reasons

CS AK47 Field Knife - garage, kitchen, forest, camping... and it's 3V steel so I just want to have it and I even look for excuses to use it, I really enjoy using that knife

CS Tanto Voyager - only folder I have, I carry it sometimes, altough rarely, as it's rather big so it attracts looks when I use it

Mini Tac Tanto - found it in random box while trying to find grandpa's knife, I got it years ago and quickly replaced it with Candiru which is more appropriate EDC, I'll keep it as a back-up option

Some Ontario machete I whack bushes at my yard with.

Ka-Bar USN that I bought trying to convince my mother that's the grandpa's knife she's looking for (didn't work, and now my mother is really bent on keeping that knife even if I wanted to sell it)

Some shitty and wiggly Chinesium POS they gave me as "grandpa's knife" when he died 10 years ago (was 16 back then and I'm 26 now).
Back then I bought into story of that being his knife as it looks used... but today I know my aunt probably did the same with his knife as she did with his shotgun (sold them both, despite the fact I was intended to inherit it).


All this being said, I don't need another knife or even feel desire to buy more knives. They're cool and everything, but that's just as far as it goes for me.
I wanted few good quality tools and one "grail" in 3V which is what I have now.

Only knife I'd want to add is the knife grandpa gave me when I was a kid, which is now lost after my mom hid it somewhere back then and nobody has seen it for like 20yrs
 
EatingSarma said:
A while ago I posted a thread where I no longer feel the urge to get any of the new knives since even those I already have are overkill.

I sold and gifted away most of what I had, and still when I watch knife video or see another new knife, it takes me very little to remember "I already have a knife that can do that" or something like "why would I baton a nail with a knife???"

Then, if you buy something really expensive, you might not even use it, so you paid for expensive knife just to keep using a cheap knife.
And if you have a lot of stuff you don't use - after a while you start schratching your head thinking "What am I going to do with them? Why did I buy this?"
Then realization that even after you sold something you never used, you still lost money in the process.

And price doesn't always guarantee performance either, or it at least isn't proportional. For example - Rockstead. I know it's more about the looks, but still.

There's huge variety of knives out there in huge variety of steels. After even trying "super steels" I kinda feel as if that's it. What drives knife sales is more often wishes than needs. And the more knives you have, the less that excitement about your newest knife lasts. It's very similar to an addiction. Especially if you start looking for excuses to get yet another knife you know you'll never use.

The more I use what I have, the less I feel I need something more, and the more I know what I like, and I know that 3V, D2, 1095, and AUS8 will always be in my inventory.
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I haven’t read what everyone else has posted, but I agree with this 100%. I don’t have any real expensive knives and I don’t own but maybe 50 total knives. My most expensive is somewhere around $150. I really don’t look for knives to buy, but I still enjoy looking at what’s out there and learning about the new steels, etc. There are a couple of knives I still want, a Kephart and a Bowie style, but other than that I don’t feel the need to buy anything else. Honestly, anything that I’ve bought lately has been a duplicate of something I already own, because I like it so much I wanted to have a backup in case something happened to it. Like you, I know what I like and I know that I’ll always have at least one knife in 1095, 420hc, 3v, xhp, and an uber stainless like h1 or lc200n.
 
I'm pretty much at that point now. I've got a stable of knives that can do whatever I need, and there's really nothing else out there that has my interest. I could even stand to get rid of a few of the knives I currently have, because all they're doing is collecting dust.
 
This is me as well. I have gotten to the point where I no longer have the desire to buy a bunch of knives just because they have different steels, scales, or locking mechanisms. I have moved most of my spydercos and ZTs and I plan to further downsize them to just a k390 Endela, a s30v PM2, and a ZT0452cf (at one point I had about 8 PM2s, 8 Militaries, and 10 ZTs). Next I will move most of my Benchmades and maybe also the only remaining CRK.
 
I miss buying knives, but I prefer to buy locally rather than gamble on the quality control of something from the Internet, and the local stores have hardly gotten anything new in the last year. Last fall, I spent $15 on a rainbow knife, because shouldn't everybody have a rainbow knife? Also, it can actually cut stuff, although it's too ridiculous to carry anywhere I might be seen.

But while waiting for new stock tp appear in the stores, I have a few dozen knives I enjoy using, and I would get bored carrying the same knife in my pocket every literal day.
 
For the past two years I have only bought USA made knives.....
So that has slowed my buying.
I gifted knives that I had although really didn't use to friends.
I just bought a full sized Benchmade Griptillian for work.
I have about 15 knives now and I'm happy.
Have my eye on getting a Benchmade Osborne.
I still enjoy the forum and reading about new knives and what ours have.
 
jackknife said:
I think you've hit the nail on the head! "The later stages of life."

I think that was b behind my own downsize and fading of the obsession. When I released that I was closer to the end than the beginning, the reality of the finiteness of life. The realization that life is short, and trinkets and 'things' just don't matter in the long run. Thats when I started to really concentrate on the people in my life and what I did as a person for them and others.

The closer I get to the end, the less 'things' matter to me.
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Ya don't think you're about to die, you just actually realize that some day you're gonna die. It makes a difference.

Something you have written on is the way you gravitate toward smaller knives. I'm at that stage right now.
I have carried a smaller knife while not at work for many years. I find that I can whip out a small knife and use it in many more situations without worry. I've taken a tiny little slipjoint out in line at Target to fix a hangnail or a thread. No worries.
So the logic is... small knife - more use.

Now that I'm retired, I of course carry a smaller knife more since I am not going to work everyday. However, I do work every day, just not at a job.
I am finding that I hardly carry those big knives around much even then.
People already treat older folks differently, with less respect, especially with the events of the last few years.
So, I prefer the "grey man" approach. Pleasantly in the background.

I am thinking of buying a gun though.
 
davek14 said:
Ya don't think you're about to die, you just actually realize that some day you're gonna die. It makes a difference.

Something you have written on is the way you gravitate toward smaller knives. I'm at that stage right now.
I have carried a smaller knife while not at work for many years. I find that I can whip out a small knife and use it in many more situations without worry. I've taken a tiny little slipjoint out in line at Target to fix a hangnail or a thread. No worries.
So the logic is... small knife - more use.

Now that I'm retired, I of course carry a smaller knife more since I am not going to work everyday. However, I do work every day, just not at a job.
I am finding that I hardly carry those big knives around much even then.
People already treat older folks differently, with less respect, especially with the events of the last few years.
So, I prefer the "grey man" approach. Pleasantly in the background.

I am thinking of buying a gun though.
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Yeah, it the knowledge that the day your gonna die is getting uncomfortably closer that makes a difference. At this point in life, its just plain silly to worry over and obsess about 'things'.

Its a fun thing, but being retired, I'm using a knife everyday more than when was working in the machine shop. With way more screw off time now, theres home projects out in the work shop, theres fishing, theres day out in the woods with my better half, theres road trips out to California a couple times a year to see our daughter and her family, theres road trips around Texas to explore our surroundings since we moved here from Maryland, and did I mention fishing?

In my 50's I did the downsize to smaller knives, and it was an eye opener. Had always wondered how dad got by with that little Case peanut, but it wasn't until he had passed away and I found myself in possession of is knife that I understood. Its been years since I carried anything bigger than a Buck 303 Cadet or number 5 Opinel. Some days a Christy knife is the only knife I need for what I'm doing. Fishing line and cardboard boxes don't require that big a blade.

As a white bearded old fart, I am very well aware of the disrespect factor, as well as the predators looking at you as an easy meal. When my pants go on in the morning, the gun is already in the pocket. I may not carry much knife anymore, but the pocket pistol is part of my daily "always there" items on me. As a senior citizen, you move to the top of page 2 of the Predators Menu.
 
jackknife said:
As a white bearded old fart, I am very well aware of the disrespect factor, as well as the predators looking at you as an easy meal. When my pants go on in the morning, the gun is already in the pocket. I may not carry much knife anymore, but the pocket pistol is part of my daily "always there" items on me. As a senior citizen, you move to the top of page 2 of the Predators Menu.
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Also seeing your point on being more of a target. I'm 66 now. I retired at 65 and right about then I started getting *way* more of the online scam e-mails, texts, and phone calls. Not at all hard for those Nigerian princes to access your age on the internet with a bot I'm sure.

I had to retire a bit early due to Covid, etc., so I am pretty frugal at the moment. However, a friend in Kentucky just told me that I could shoot freely in his back yard. So, one of the biggest monetary obstacles to getting and getting comfortable with a firearm has been eliminated.
I know all the arguments against it, but I might go with a 22 only because ammunition would be inexpensive.
Down the road a bit, regardless.
 
davek14 said:
Also seeing your point on being more of a target. I'm 66 now. I retired at 65 and right about then I started getting *way* more of the online scam e-mails, texts, and phone calls. Not at all hard for those Nigerian princes to access your age on the internet with a bot I'm sure.

I had to retire a bit early due to Covid, etc., so I am pretty frugal at the moment. However, a friend in Kentucky just told me that I could shoot freely in his back yard. So, one of the biggest monetary obstacles to getting and getting comfortable with a firearm has been eliminated.
I know all the arguments against it, but I might go with a 22 only because ammunition would be inexpensive.
Down the road a bit, regardless.
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Not me. I like to make big holes.
 
davek14 said:
Also seeing your point on being more of a target. I'm 66 now. I retired at 65 and right about then I started getting *way* more of the online scam e-mails, texts, and phone calls. Not at all hard for those Nigerian princes to access your age on the internet with a bot I'm sure.

I had to retire a bit early due to Covid, etc., so I am pretty frugal at the moment. However, a friend in Kentucky just told me that I could shoot freely in his back yard. So, one of the biggest monetary obstacles to getting and getting comfortable with a firearm has been eliminated.
I know all the arguments against it, but I might go with a 22 only because ammunition would be inexpensive.
Down the road a bit, regardless.
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I ain't mad about it. For a new shooter, nothing wrong with starting with .22. It'll let you build your fundamental skills like sight alignment, breathing and trigger control without recoil and the problems that it can cause.

Plus, as you said, as expensive as all ammo is now, .22 is still the cheapest option by far and it's starting to be readily available everywhere again.
 
Ive gotten to the point where I just know exactly what I like my pocket knives to do. That is carry easy, deploy intuitively, cut well and then close up and re-pocket just as easily.

Luckily, I like thinner fully flat ground blades and hate flippers. Im indifferent to frame-locks and titanium is cool but makes some heavier than needed designs.

I feel like my urge to buy has been mitigated by the road that most designs have gone down.

The Spyderco Military really shut down my desire to buy other stuff because it meets every one of my likes and cuts like a laser beam.

Now that being said… when they drop more sprints or the Military 2…

I WILL BE HUNGRY!
 
I wish I was "satiated" with knives. It's a damn disease, I tell ya!!!! It's always "this is the last one for a while" and then BLAMMO I just bought two more on Payday. Sheeeeeit man.
 
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