Buying a Custom at 14?

[KELAMA]

Thanks for sharing this, Cray!

I read the first page of the link that you posted, & busted out laughing!
My brain, didn't register the other possible ways to apply his user name: A NU START...AKA: ANUS TART!

Putting 2+2 together (the fact that he was previously banned here) makes this 14 year old boy story inquiring about spending $700 on a custom, a bunch of B.S.!

Good luck kid- & thanks for the laugh!

save some money to spend on girls, and you'll be quite happy.

^^^
NO- DON'T LISTEN TO, SONNYDAZE!!!

I can sleep with my knives, anytime that I want!

 

[22-rimfire]

I read that it costs an average of $80 for a first date. I think I'd rather have the knife.

 

[BluegrassBrian]

Custom fixed blades can be had for well under $700.
Custom folders are going to be a bit more but still well below the $700 mark.

It's important to recognize the line where utility intersects aesthetics, and then aesthetics starts taking over. At 14 I'm not sure I'd go above the line where they meet.

At 14 I was content with a SAK. I was too enamored with buying drum gear.

 

[101N]

As others have said, go and enjoy yourself, but don't feel pressured to buy a custom or even semi-custom.

More important that what you buy is what you see and how it influences your career decisions down the road.
You may become inspired to be a maker, or better yet designer or engineer based upon what you see and learn.

 

[killgar]

Off topic, but here goes-

I don't know the OP from Adam, and I haven't read everything he's posted on this forum using this or any other name, but the mods know about his past behavior on this forum, and they have apparently chosen to give him another chance, perhaps the rest of us can do the same. After all, it's not like he stole money, or a knife, or anything else from anyone, or used deception to try and steal stuff.

My personal policy is- "I'll take your word for it as long as I have nothing to lose". And the way I see it, I have nothing to lose by believing that the OP is 14 and that everything he has said in this thread is true.

As far as the OP's past behavior on this forum, if he's 14, that explains a lot. Heck, how many of us acted like perfect mature adults when we were 14? I sure didn't. I made plenty of stupid mistakes when I was 14. Of course there was no internet back then, so my mistakes weren't posted in public for everyone to see and judge.

It's important to acknowledge it when someone makes a "mistake of character", like lying to people, but in my opinion, it's also important to not continually bring it up and throw a persons mistakes in their face at every turn. Especially when those mistakes are not relevant to the topic at hand.

The OP publicly admitted his deceptions on this forum, and the mods have chosen to let him start over, so I for one am willing to give him another chance and not beat him up over past mistakes.

One of the most impressive attributes of mankind is their ability to forgive someone and give them a clean slate and the chance to start again.

 

[craytab]

At 14, I would rather buy a decent baseball glove. Don't waste that kind of money on a knife. Get a RAT2 or maybe a Spyderco PM2, save some money to spend on girls, and you'll be quite happy.

He has already had a PM2. Either that or his cousin or his dad. Who really knows.

My point is this kid and his questions are not worth our time at this point. He is asking us to answer questions about problems that may or may not actually exist. He has proven himself to be a liar. Some folks are taking him seriously which is sad and manipulative of him.

My advice to you kid is to stop starting threads because your credibility is shot. Sit back and read. After a while, post your opinions on things (not starting threads). Post some pictures of knives in the various picture threads. Read, read, read, and read some more. Become a part of the community rather than a "hey look at me" guy. Trust and respect are earned and you have a lot of earning to do.

 

[KELAMA]

Off topic, but here goes-

I don't know the OP from Adam, and I haven't read everything he's posted on this forum using this or any other name, but the mods know about his past behavior on this forum, and they have apparently chosen to give him another chance, perhaps the rest of us can do the same. After all, it's not like he stole money, or a knife, or anything else from anyone, or used deception to try and steal stuff.

My personal policy is- "I'll take your word for it as long as I have nothing to lose". And the way I see it, I have nothing to lose by believing that the OP is 14 and that everything he has said in this thread is true.

As far as the OP's past behavior on this forum, if he's 14, that explains a lot. Heck, how many of us acted like perfect mature adults when we were 14? I sure didn't. I made plenty of stupid mistakes when I was 14. Of course there was no internet back then, so my mistakes weren't posted in public for everyone to see and judge.

It's important to acknowledge it when someone makes a "mistake of character", like lying to people, but in my opinion, it's also important to not continually bring it up and throw a persons mistakes in their face at every turn. Especially when those mistakes are not relevant to the topic at hand.

The OP publicly admitted his deceptions on this forum, and the mods have chosen to let him start over, so I for one am willing to give him another chance and not beat him up over past mistakes.

One of the most impressive attributes of mankind is their ability to forgive someone, give them a clean slate and the chance to start again.

^^^
I agree!

If this kid's speaking the truth, everything's cool with me...either way- l really enjoyed his sense of humor! ANUSTART- LMFAO!

Good luck, OP. :thumbup:

 

[craytab]

Off topic, but here goes-

I don't know the OP from Adam, and I haven't read everything he's posted on this forum using this or any other name, but the mods know about his past behavior on this forum, and they have apparently chosen to give him another chance, perhaps the rest of us can do the same. After all, it's not like he stole money, or a knife, or anything else from anyone, or used deception to try and steal stuff.

My personal policy is- "I'll take your word for it as long as I have nothing to lose". And the way I see it, I have nothing to lose by believing that the OP is 14 and that everything he has said in this thread is true.

As far as the OP's past behavior on this forum, if he's 14, that explains a lot. Heck, how many of us acted like perfect mature adults when we were 14? I sure didn't. I made plenty of stupid mistakes when I was 14. Of course there was no internet back then, so my mistakes weren't posted in public for everyone to see and judge.

It's important to acknowledge it when someone makes a "mistake of character", like lying to people, but in my opinion, it's also important to not continually bring it up and throw a persons mistakes in their face at every turn. Especially when those mistakes are not relevant to the topic at hand.

The OP publicly admitted his deceptions on this forum, and the mods have chosen to let him start over, so I for one am willing to give him another chance and not beat him up over past mistakes.

One of the most impressive attributes of mankind is their ability to forgive someone and give them a clean slate and the chance to start again.

There is nothing worse than a liar. Especially a liar who continues to lie after being caught multiple times.

This kid does not need knife advice. He needs life advice.

 

[KELAMA]

There is nothing worse than a liar. Especially a liar who continues to lie after being caught multiple times.

This kid does not need knife advice. He needs life advice.

Cray- we'll know very soon, what his true intentions are!

 

[killgar]

There is nothing worse than a liar. Especially a liar who continues to lie after being caught multiple times.

This kid does not need knife advice. He needs life advice.

I don't know, I can think of many things that people do to one another that are worse than lying about ones age.

As far as giving life advice to the OP, we all bring our own life experience to this forum. And throughout my life the people who had the greatest ability to influence me and guide me in the right direction were those who said "Ok kid, you screwed up, you admitted it, you know what you did was wrong and why it was wrong. I forgive you. Now let's put it behind us and start fresh". I valued the forgiveness I received from others and made a concentrated effort to prove myself to the people who were willing to forgive me.

But the people who wanted to continually judge me and throw my mistakes in my face and use them to try and publicly shame me had zero influence over me. Because I simply tuned them out.

In order for any advice to have any value or influence, the person you're giving advice to must be willing to listen to what you have to say.

 

[craytab]

I don't know, I can think of many things that people do to one another that are worse than lying about ones age.

He didn't just lie about his age. He weaved several webs of lies.

People here are making an honest effort to give him knife advice without knowing he has made many honest efforts to deceive this community for whatever reason. He is an attention seeker. You want to give him that attention knowing what he is about...fine, go for it. Other people deserve to know as well though. Then they can decide if they want to waste their good honest opinions and their time on someone with a long history of deceit.

 

[Bob Leedy]

Go to all the knife shows you can, look, handle and ask questions. Become more knowledgable and refine your personal tastes. Then ignore peer pressure and buy only what you like, not what others say you should like.

 

[Bastid]

Go to all the knife shows you can, look, handle and ask questions. Become more knowledgable and refine your personal tastes. Then ignore peer pressure and buy only what you like, not what others say you should like.

That is fantastic advice.

Go to the show, enjoy the people you will get to meet and learn. At 60 I do the same at every show. No need to buy a knife to have fun and learn. When the time is right, you will have real knowledge to buy what you want and afford that you will enjoy owning. I also suggest changing your username.

 

[craytab]

I also suggest changing your username.

That would be the third change.

 

[A.L.]

Son, if there's one thing I wanna teach you it's this: there will alway be people who think that their opinion is more sound than anyone elses, and they want to drown your own judgement with their owns. Always listen to yourself and don't mind people who want to prove themselves so much to yourself. No need to prove anyone how much "knife nut" you are. If they look down to you.. their problem. People like that have inner issues.

 

[anustart]

Some folks are taking him seriously which is sad and manipulative of him.

My advice to you kid is to stop starting threads because your credibility is shot. Sit back and read. After a while, post your opinions on things (not starting threads). Post some pictures of knives in the various picture threads. Read, read, read, and read some more. Become a part of the community rather than a "hey look at me" guy.

Ok dude. I have to ask now. Why are you here? I know what I did was wrong. Clearly it was. I'm trying to get past that now, which is why I took a break from BF for a while. But you coming to every single thread I post and bringing the whole post and the people in it down isn't helping anything whatsoever. If you get joy out of throwing things in people's faces, that's your problem. But I would appreciate it if you did it somewhere else. I'm trying now to uphold the morals and rules of this place, and respectfully, and if you think what I did was wrong, you probably should attempt to do the same.

I have a feeling this is just your way of trying to teach a lesson or something. But it works much better if you do it like killgar did. I appreciate what he did, and the way he did it. Most of the guys that have replied to this thread have given good advice, and to me directly. But you on the other hand are talking to other members like I'm not even here or can't read them. That's only making matters worse, and it makes me not want to come on Bladeforums anymore and think negatively of this forum and some of the people on it.

So far, you have contributed nothing to this discussion except your negativity, which I don't think anyone appreciates. And while you may argue I've contributed nothing to this forum, and though I'm inclined to agree to some extent, I am trying to turn things around now. And you certainly aren't helping matters in the least. If one of your friends made a mistake and admitted it, wouldn't you want to help them? And wouldn't you depreciate it if someone constantly kept reminding them about it in the midst of their attempt to turn it around and make things right?

That second part that I included in the quote I understand. I'll try that now. And also, I know my reply to you isn't helping my case or reputation, but hopefully it'll get you to realize that, if you want to help someone, there are much better ways of going about that. So I apologize for this snappy post, but yes, I am tired of people constantly bringing up my mistake when I already know I made one and am trying to fix it.

By the way, what life advice are you talking about? You said I need that instead of knife advice. I'm willing to listen if you're willing to talk.

 

[craytab]

Ok dude. I have to ask now. Why are you here? I know what I did was wrong. Clearly it was. I'm trying to get past that now, which is why I took a break from BF for a while. But you coming to every single thread I post and bringing the whole post and the people in it down isn't helping anything whatsoever. If you get joy out of throwing things in people's faces, that's your problem. But I would appreciate it if you did it somewhere else. I'm trying now to uphold the morals and rules of this place, and respectfully, and if you think what I did was wrong, you probably should attempt to do the same.

I have a feeling this is just your way of trying to teach a lesson or something. But it works much better if you do it like killgar did. I appreciate what he did, and the way he did it. Most of the guys that have replied to this thread have given good advice, and to me directly. But you on the other hand are talking to other members like I'm not even here or can't read them. That's only making matters worse, and it makes me not want to come on Bladeforums anymore and think negatively of this forum and some of the people on it.

So far, you have contributed nothing to this discussion except your negativity, which I don't think anyone appreciates. And while you may argue I've contributed nothing to this forum, and though I'm inclined to agree to some extent, I am trying to turn things around now. And you certainly aren't helping matters in the least. If one of your friends made a mistake and admitted it, wouldn't you want to help them? And wouldn't you depreciate it if someone constantly kept reminding them about it in the midst of their attempt to turn it around and make things right?

That second part that I included in the quote I understand. I'll try that now. And also, I know my reply to you isn't helping my case or reputation, but hopefully it'll get you to realize that, if you want to help someone, there are much better ways of going about that. So I apologize for this snappy post, but yes, I am tired of people constantly bringing up my mistake when I already know I made one and am trying to fix it.

By the way, what life advice are you talking about? You said I need that instead of knife advice. I'm willing to listen if you're willing to talk.

You have completely contradicted yourself even in this very post. You are willing to listen? Just not to what I've already said.

Read more. Post less.

You took a break and then started two threads within an hour or so of each other. The other one you started is a ridiculous "are you this really stupid knife guy or are you this really awesome knife guy like me thread".

You mention a mistake you made. Make that plural. You lied multiple times. So much so that not even you could keep your story straight. I am not killgar. I don't treat liars with kid gloves.

Some folks are giving you really good advice. Hopefully you will actually listen to it. Hopefully it is advice about a real situation and not one you made up. Folks giving you their time and attention should know you have lied to this community multiple times, enough so that you made new profile.

And with that, on ignore you go. I'm not going to waste anymore time talking to you about this.

 

[anustart]

You have completely contradicted yourself even in this very post. You are willing to listen? Just not to what I've already said.

Read more. Post less.

You took a break and then started two threads within an hour or so of each other. The other one you started is a ridiculous "are you this really stupid knife guy or are you this really awesome knife guy like me thread".

You mention a mistake you made. Make that plural. You lied multiple times. So much so that not even you could keep your story straight. I am not killgar. I don't treat liars with kid gloves.

Some folks are giving you really good advice. Hopefully you will actually listen to it. Hopefully it is advice about a real situation and not one you made up. Folks giving you their time and attention should know you have lied to this community multiple times, enough so that you made new profile.

And with that, on ignore you go. I'm not going to waste anymore time talking to you about this.

Ah, but that was intentional my friend! And you took the bait. [emoji6]

Yes, I'll listen to what you have to say. Listening and obeying are two different things. I will read more and post less, but I called you out for, well, being you I suppose. And when I do that with a completely valid point, you put me on ignore. How predictable.

Some folks are giving me good advice. I will take their advice to heart. Your "advice", well, not so much. It seems like your idea of advice is pointing out everything wrong with a person and saying don't do that, then expecting someone else to take care of it. Believe me, I could do the same with you. The list would go on...

But I won't. Because you're not going to get this message since I'm on ignore. However, on the off chance you do see this, read it, whatever, just please don't be so rude next time! You don't help anyone's situation by being negative, and if you're so hellbent on pointing out a person's flaw (that they're aware of most of the time) at least have the decency to make yourself seem like a good person and give some real help.

 

[Vinifera]

I don't have any good knife advice and I'm sorry if this comes across wrong, but at the age of 14 you should be saving as much money as you can to deal with education and the important things in life. Hopefully you will become successful and be able to afford some nice things after you have taken care of the more important things such as providing food, shelter and a decent life for your family. Expensive knives, like other similar toys for lack of a better term, should only be purchased after you have taken care of the more important things, including saving funds for your children's education and your retirement. I wish you the best.

 

[anustart]

I don't have any good knife advice and I'm sorry if this comes across wrong, but at the age of 14 you should be saving as much money as you can to deal with education and the important things in life. Hopefully you will become successful and be able to afford some nice things after you have taken care of the more important things such as providing food, shelter and a decent life for your family. Expensive knives, like other similar toys for lack of a better term, should only be purchased after you have taken care of the more important things, including saving funds for your children's education and your retirement. I wish you the best.

That doesn't come across as wrong at all. I agree with it all. I'm going to keep saving my money and maybe get something in a few years, but I have my whole life to buy more knives.

So yes, I agree with you in that there are much more important things to spend your money on, especially now. Hopefully my friends will figure that out, either the easy way or the hard way. Cheers!