Anyone know where I can buy some self control???

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Self control is in Aisle 3 (The aisle between aisles 4, spyderco brand cereal, and aisle 2, Benchmade wine and beer). You'll find it on the right shelf if you're looking towards the back of the store, right across from anger management and right below the anti-hedonic adaptation cream.
 
microbe said:
Label an empty jar "Self control"
Every time you buy a knife, put $20 in the jar
That way, you build up self control
Once you have a lot of self control, you can use it to buy a new knife.
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Genius!
"Your ideas intrigue me sir and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter" HS

jstrange said:
Sell it? Hell, you can have mine, I’m not using it anyway ;)
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LOL! Yes, I may have misjudged the supply and demand curve for this product.


blades&wrenches said:
That was a serious answer. The best was to control an affliction is to not put yourself in a situation where you will be tempted.
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But then I couldn't buy any more knives. So you can see the awful and unreasonable position that would put me in. o_O

jill jackson said:
No, I can afford both and besides cutting up trash limbs to dispose of is totally different, from batoning.
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I'm certainly not going to argue the point, you may be correct. However, from many of the comments I have read from the Brushcrafter clan, they are the same thing. Many have reported the need to regularly baton an intrusive sequoia and apparently their particular knife, (there are numerous choices and brands apparently) is the perfect tool for the job and batons the entire tree with great ease and indeed with a air of satisfying sophistication as well. :D Personally, if I had a tree to dispose of, neither a chain saw or a brushcraft knife would be my first choice. I have a 23 YO son who loves to tear up stuff. All I have to do is say, "Conor, get rid of that for me will you?" Easy Peasie. :cool:

Agith said:
Self control is in Aisle 3 (The aisle between aisles 4, spyderco brand cereal, and aisle 2, Benchmade wine and beer). You'll find it on the right shelf if you're looking towards the back of the store, right across from anger management and right below the anti-hedonic adaptation cream.
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I checked the entire row, from the CRK group therapy to the self-esteem end-cap display. Nothing. Not sure if I am being dumb at this point, but I never saw it. Maybe I need to go and grab something at hysterical blindness first? If I have to go that route, which is more effective? The eye drops or the suppositories??? :confused:
 
With funds that truly need to go elsewhere at this point in my life, I don't spend "new money" on what I consider to be "hobbies".

When I find myself wanting something new, I force myself to "sleep on it".

If i still want it after thinking about it more, I compare it to what I already have.

Regardless of whether it "fills a gap" or overlaps with a similar item, I consider selling something of equal value.

If I'm not willing to part with an item that I already own, then I know that what I'm considering is not as important or a true "must have".

Just my way of "rationalizing" new purchases...take it for what it's worth...it makes sense to me :D
 
AJR576 said:
With funds that truly need to go elsewhere at this point in my life, I don't spend "new money" on what I consider to be "hobbies".

When I find myself wanting something new, I force myself to "sleep on it".

If i still want it after thinking about it more, I compare it to what I already have.

Regardless of whether it "fills a gap" or overlaps with a similar item, I consider selling something of equal value.

If I'm not willing to part with an item that I already own, then I know that what I'm considering is not as important or a true "must have".

Just my way of "rationalizing" new purchases...take it for what it's worth...it makes sense to me :D
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Good advice. My situation is a bit different. Specifically with regards to "filling a gap, or use" that you and others have alluded to.
In my case, I am a collector, which I define the same as a stamp or a coin collector. For a stamp or coin collector to use one of their stamps or coins, to mail a letter or buy a bag of chips would be absurd. Likewise for me, most of the knives that I buy do not fill a niche as far as a use. I don't use the vast majority of my knives. They are collector's items. As far as them filling gaps, they do that at times. I purchase many knives because they are examples of several styles of knives that appeal to me. Bird and Trout knives, Fixed blade hunting knives, Gentleman's knives, and foreign traditional's like Pattadas & Laguioles are styles of knives that appeal and I like numerous manufacturers vision of what one of those knives would be.

While many here collect a huge number of examples of a single knife - like all the variations of a case trapper - I don't do that for the most part. Although I have started to try and buy the Exclusive versions of the Tuxedo Mini Kwaiken by Boker. Waiting to see if the Copper, CF version will hit the market. So in that case and that limited definition, that would be a gap that would require filling. Particularly since the production is both exclusive and limited.

I have knives that I carry and use. I'm really not in the market for any more users. So the self control aspect is fine there. (he said hoping they would buy it) And normally I am pretty good about about keeping to my monthly budget. But the last 2 months have been a bit of a bank buster. For this I put the blame squarely on the "flying fickled finger of fate". Consider recent purchases. All of these have been on my watch / wish list, which is where I try to do the bulk of my shopping. If I can manage to believe that having it in my wishlist is almost as good as buying it, I'm generally home free. lol

Boker Mini Kwaiken Tuxedo - exclusive and limited release. As mentioned above, the rare case of me buying duplicate models in different versions. Was hoping to get either identical serial numbers versions or consecutive numbered. No luck there.

Spyderco Sprig - Knife on sale and being discontinued. ACK! no time to waste.

Arno Bernard Sable - over 30% off

Arno Bernard Jackal - over 30% off

WE Wisp - First time WE knives were on sale. 30% off.

Any one of these is for me a high end knife and would constitute most if not all of my monthly budget for knives. So 5 months buying in less than 2 months. But if looking at it objectively, or at least though a defense attorney's eyes I can say, I had the money and /or room on a credit card, and this was an opportunity to get 5 new knives for less than the price of 4 - and at least 2 I had to act or miss the opportunity entirely. I think the jury would acquit me. lol. Still with the holidays approaching, more sales, etc. I see Buck's 539 and 543 in S35VN are on sale. :oops: You would think they would at least give me a sporting chance to keep some of my cash available for the holidays. lol
 
If a knife costs $300...

And you buy it at 50% off...

You did not "save" $150 in as much as you still spent $150...

If you can still justify this example and still pay your bills and take care of yours, then buy the knife.
 
This is tough. Once you feel like you "have to" buy a knife, because it is a limited edition, they have won. There will be never-ending limited editions.

That wasn't much help to you, but now I feel quite reasonable in comparison, hehehe. The only time I ever did anything like you're doing is when Wenger was bought by Victorinox, but everyone still had Wengers in stock. I bought about 7 or 8 of the ones I was SURE Victorinox wouldn't keep making; the quirky ones. Kept them in the box. Gonna sell them in about 11 years to help put my daughter through college. Though maybe I'll give her the Matterhorn model, with the whistle implement that she likes so well now, at 6. :)

At least you're not collecting Victorinox Classics; that would be really frustrating, trying to get them all.
 
strategy9 said:
If a knife costs $300...

And you buy it at 50% off...

You did not "save" $150 in as much as you still spent $150...

If you can still justify this example and still pay your bills and take care of yours, then buy the knife.
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I get what you are saying. Though that is a stronger argument only for a knife you did not expect to buy, ie: an impulse buy.
In this case all of these knives were knives I intended to purchase at one point or another. So there is a true savings to be found along with the actual expenditure.
I should probably count my blessings that all of my wish list knives didn't come up for sale (yet) lol
Though if that were to happen, the lack of cash resources would instantly come into play and all I could do is wave goodbye to the opportunity train ass it left the station. So there still is a fail safe self-control mechanism in place here.
Also explains why I have never jumped on my personal grail knife, a Bob loveless - though they can be found and purchased.
Just not with my bank balance.
:D
 
Just think about all the money you throw on knives that you are going to get bored to (you just think you need them), then sell them with loss and then buy knives again you are going to get bored to again and again... Think that instead of buying knives you could have been saving the money, investing it to something or to invest it to yourself.
 
A.L. said:
Just think about all the money you throw on knives that you are going to get bored to (you just think you need them), then sell them with loss and then buy knives again you are going to get bored to again and again... Think that instead of buying knives you could have been saving the money, investing it to something or to invest it to yourself.
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True, although the last few times I have invested "in myself" ie: technical training, college degrees, etc. things didn't pan out as favorably as knives have. lol I may not live long enough to ever pay back my student loans. Not that I am saying education is a waste of time. But in my case, circumstances and the fickled finger of fate worked against me.
Still, there's foolish and then there's Foolish. So far over 60% of the knives in my collection cost me $50 or less. And I haven't yet sold a single one trying to "recoup funds" or finance another purchase. Not saying it won't happen, but it hasn't yet.
BTW, I learned at a very young age the difference between need and want. Mom repeatedly explained it to me every time I brought something to her hoping and begging she would buy for me at the store. lol
None of the knives I collect or buy, are knives I need. They are knives I wanted.

The knives I need, are in the butcher block holder in the kitchen, on my boat while fishing, in my pocket at work, or on my belt when hunting.
 
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