Anyone Ever Think Your Crazy?

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Pointy!

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When you tell people your into knives and then tell them the prices you are about to pay for or have paid for a knife do they ever look at you as if you have two heads, I mean do they ever think you are crazy. My excuse is I dont drink, smoke or do drugs, why else shouldn't I enjoy myself. My girlfriend says I should, it might be cheaper:D :D :D :D :D
 
I have some people who look at me funny if I tell them I collect knives. However saying that you're a knife enthusiast seems to work.
 
I resist very hard the temptation to "collect." Every so often, I'll evaluate my "acquisitions" and decide which ones I don't use. Then, I sell them. Just sold off a batch recently, in fact.

Some people do think I'm crazy, but I think it's mainly because of the streaking. :D
 
The only one who doesn't think I'm crazy is my dog Clyde!:D Most people love my knives but their eyes widen when the price is discussed. What the heck - my eyes widen when I hear they just spent $450 for a model steam locomotive or $500 for a $20 St. Gaudens coin or how about $1800 for a set of Graf Zeppelin stamps! To me it's all relative & I'm very happy with what I collect!:D
ps - I also don't smoke, don't do drugs or drink (OK - a few beers, glass of wine, or nice scotch sour once in awhile)! ;)
 
Many Think That i am "Nut's" not only for Liking but more for "Making Them " I Agree Maybe i am "Nut's " just a "little" :) :)
 
Some of the same people that would call you crazy spend the price of a Sebenza on cigs and Starbucks every month.
 
When my brother showed me his £5 Buck 110 knock off I thought he was crazey, then when I told him the cost of the knife I was carrying (was actually quite cheep by my standards) he thought I was crazey.

So I guess we came out of this even :D

Mind you I couldn't bear to think of him relying on that POS (especially after I "sharpened" it for him) so I have ordered him a Spyderco Rookie.
 
Plenty of people think I'm crazy. Only some of them know about my knife collecting. ;)

My wife, on the other hand, shares at least some of my obsession, so we get along very nicely.

--Bob Q
 
As far as carrying knives goes: Some think that I'm big-time nuts. They'll be thinking of me, though, if they're wive's are ever being raped while they're hiding behind a tree. As far as what I spend: No one will ever know.
It's much worse to be crazy and not know it.
 
All the time....
For many reasons :D
It usually starts out by them seeing me use a knife. I tend to carry larger folders 3-4" range. Not uncommon to get an "oh my God!" when I flip it open with my thumb. Then you start cutting something an it just slices right through, which is something no one can really understand cause they always use a friggin key for the same task, and they start in with the "WHOA" or "WOW" (don't mind that) or "DAMN YOU COULD KILL SOMEBODY!" (I mind that)
Then depending on the situation, I let them in on the fact that I made the knife.
Which brings on the "WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?"

Then when I explain that I make knives, most people are cool with it. They seem to accept the fact that I have a knife better, if they know that I make knives :confused:

Other people just get that :eek: look everytime they run into me from there on out though.
 
Anyone Ever Think Your Crazy?
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Yes, until they get to know me. Then they become sure of it :D
 
My Girlfriend kinda thinks Im a little wacky and all, at least she did until yesterday when she realized how my knife habit would help her out at work. She works(Interns) at a local crime lab, the 2 guys that work with her couldn't figure out how to close a linerlock knife that had been recovered from a crimescene, she told them how it operated and how to close it because I have some just like it.
 
Yes they think I'm crazy, but not because of my knife collecting ;).
I sometimes show a knife to close friends but I don't discuss prices. I also don't show the more specialized knives (i.e. large) in my collection to anyone other than a fellow knife enthusiast. Interestingly, my wife is quite supportive of my knife shenanigans. I guess there are worse hobbies a guy could take up.
 
I told a guy when he asked me how much I payed for my knife,50 bucks and that I had gotten a deal on it.He told me I was crazy.A couple of months later we were talking and he told me he had gone out Saturday night partying.I asked him how much he spent at the bars drinking and he said about 75 dollars.Well I told him that I still carry my 50 dollar knife with me every day and didn't blow 75 dollars with nothing to show for it and he doesn't say much about the knife anymore.Gordy
 
Yea, they called my 2" bladed baby butterbean a "weapon", stand back, I might hurt someone with my dwarf of a knife, with its two handed opening action! And state of the art slip joint lock :rolleyes: I think their crazy :D
 
Gordy,
I have to agree with you!

As far as being called crazy...well, yes and more than once. First time was when I flicked open a BM 350 at work to open some boxes...some of my coworkers eyes got REALLY big...but not as big as when I pulled out my Merlin! The second time was when I used a Busse AS to cut up some fallen branches at a friends house. My friends wife was all frazzled about the huge 2.5 in blade.
Matt
 
The people at work think im "odd'for carrying a knife,but guess who they come to when something needs to be cut.
 
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