at my limit??!!

Runs With Scissors

Runs With Scissors

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Just got done counting my knives, and i'm afraid the news is bad...it seems I have a knife for every darn ocassion! I'm afraid it's gettin' harder and harder to justify new knives with the lil' lady...take a look at this list and tell me what ya' think...

1 BKT Campanion- use it for most everything in the outdoors, kinda a jack of all trades, master of none, VERY useful, best outdoors blade I think I've ever owned

1 EK Commando- crappy camp knife for me, well made, just too big for most normal tasks and too light for chopping, etc. guess if I HAD to carry a knife to a gunfight this would be the one, pretty much keep in in my trunk and use it for anything I wouldn't want to use one of my more highly treasured blades for
1 Old timer Skinning knife- if I ever have a chance to hunt again it may be nice
1 CRKT Stiff Kiss- love to hate it, detest the chisel ground tanto edge, think it's incredibly crude, but darn if it don't always do what it's supposed ta, use this one also as a favored abuser, carry it mountain biking and canoeing alot.
1 Blackie Collins "Buddy System" incredibly handy when flying in small aircraft or in a boat, etc...
1 Cold Steel Mini Pal- nice when I can't find my Blackie Collins.
1 Microtech SOCOM Elite- nice for when ya gotta do a straight blades job with a folder, closest thing I have to a defensive carry knife. (not really into the "Tactical Knife" scenario myself)
1 Microtech UDT- with me everyday- very quick, handy
1 Junglee Babylon- TOTAL POS, no use for it yet
1 Victorinox Adventurer- the best all around knife I've owned carried it alternately with a tinker since I was 18 or so
1 Tinker
1 "everything but the kitchen sink" SAK- found it, may throw it in a survival kit one day
1 tiny SAK, the kind with a tiny lil' blade, nail file, and scissors- nice when in a PC situation or working around potentially volatile patients or clients
Leatherman Wave-never leave home without it
1 SOG Tomcat- My airline knife, stout as heck but still not too scary for the sheeple.
1 Buck Selector- use it for all around utility and I have a safety blade for it I use for EMS work
1 Spyderco Rescue- travels in my jumpkit alot, rarely sees the light of day due to the Leatherman Wave on my belt (or the forementioned buck)
the list could continue, but I'm afraid it would take up too much space, it seems I have a knife for every situation I could possibly encounter, if not a perfect knife, than at least one I could make do with, yipes! could it be that I'm now collecting these things for pure enjoyment?? how will I ever explain it to my wife??

*grins* thanks for lending an ear....eager to hear your perceptions and suggestions!
 
Originally posted by Runs with Scissors:

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Sounds like it to me!!

You're gonna' just have to get creative with your excuses/reasons like the rest of us married folks.
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Also, welcome to BFC!!

--The Raptor--

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[This message has been edited by Raptor (edited 02-23-2001).]
 
The best reason in the world is;

"...Cause I like it and I want one!"

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Tráceme no sin la razón, envoltura mi no sin honor
Usual Suspect
 
I now have more knives than I can use in this lifetime. But then I see something cool that I just gotta have and end up buying more. And more. Some of my buddies have told me it would have been cheaper to get a drug habit
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By hey, somebody's gotta keep the knifemakers fed.

Red

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"Praise not the day until evening has come;a sword until it is tried; ice until it has been crossed; beer until it has been drunk" - Viking proverb

[This message has been edited by redvenom (edited 02-23-2001).]
 
You must be forgetting a substantial number of occasions. I don't mountain bike, canoe, fly in small airplanes, camp, hunt, or do EMS work, and I own lots more knives than that. And need still more.

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Dave

Let no one ever from henceforth say one word in any way countenancing war. It is dangerous even to speak of how here and there the individual may gain some hardship of soul by it. For war is hell, and those who institute it are criminals. Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
 
I always swore I would stop once I had a knife for most ocassions, would ya' believe I once thought I could get by with only three??!! a small folder, a medium folder and a straight blade camp knife of some sort?
then I needed more...and more....and STILL MORE!! Now I no longer need them, and I can't quit buying! the local knife shop can set there watches by me and my paydays!
a "limit" by the way is that thing my wife set to let me know when I'm getting dangerously close to an errrr....unplanned winter camping excursion so to speak. Not that she's unreasonable, has a BM 940, SOG, and a couple of handmades herself, She just gets upset when I buy "ugly" knives which...unfortunately is what my tastes lean towards. Thanks for the welcome Raptor, I wasn't sure whether it was customary to introduce ones self or just start runnin' off at the mouth (I've got alot of built up knife talk these days, the guys at work are starting to worry about me) anyways, enjoy the atmosphere here, hope to stick around and learn a bit, and thanks for the replys!

[This message has been edited by Runs With Scissors (edited 02-24-2001).]
 
(def)limit, n, lim it: 1. Maximum legal number of fish or game animals to be taken per day or per season. 2. Maximum posted speed. 3. Maximum amount of legal beverage consumed before hitting the floor or porcelain goddess. 4. Maximum amount of BS or aggression taken before triggering a hostile, but well deserved response.

Please note the aforementioned definition does not apply to the acquisition of sporting goods, cutlery, firearms, or gadgetry by the adult male of the Human species. Significant others should be reminded, when trying to apply the aforementioned definition to such items that: "The difference between Men and Boys, is the way that they play, and the price of their toys."

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It's not the pace of life that concerns me, It's the sudden stop at the end.
 
When I bought my AFCK it scared me a bit, because I'd read about guys here who carried theirs daily for 6 years and it's still going strong, and I thought to myself, "I can't wait 6 years to buy another knife
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" But, fortunately, I was in Dennis Wright's store at the time, and he, in his infinite wisdom, saved my life by reminding me that I don't have to wear this knife out before I buy another one, I can buy another knife because, "I don't have one of those yet." Ah, what better words could I have heard? You don't need to wear your current knife out, you don't need an occassion for which none of your knives are appropriate, all you need is to see a new knife and say (repeat after me here), "I don't have one of those yet."

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Jason aka medusaoblongata
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"To give is a need, to receive is mercy." - Thus Spoke Zarathustra
 
Runs with Knives...

I have a solution for you. Do you have a knife for Family Day? Victoria Day, Canada Day? How about a knife for John A MacDonald's birthday??

To commemorate these fine Canadian dyas, you should get some more knives. Clearly you don't have a knife for EVERY eccasion yet!

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"Come What May..."
 
No, if you start going by calendar days you're only good for 365!!!! Anything less than 1000 is just too constrictive.
 
No such this as too many knives? Full up? Man I have more knives than that, and I ain't even close. Need to see if I can get a few hundred more before I die ;-)



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Peace

Paul
Custom Knife Purveyor
"We support the new maker!"
Circle P Knives
 
Don't worry, it's only a temporary situation. You will find excuses to buy many more knives soon... trust me, you will.
 
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