Buying knives vs. my wife

tom19176 said:
I use to have a wife, now I have about 1,000 knives and a few girlfriends.....I will never get married again !!!
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I agree with Tom, except I have never had a wife -- it's nice to go to Vegas whenever and spend money on whatever new hobby I find, which currently is knives. I don't have as large a collection as Tom, but I have a few dozen now and more on the way. Being single has its rewards. ;)
 
tom19176 said:
I use to have a wife, now I have about 1,000 knives and a few girlfriends.....I will never get married again !!!
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Watch out though, because you probably shouldn't have any of those knives because they are probably all gravity knives....remember. Plus you're a cop so be sure to set the right example. :D
 
tom19176 said:
I use to have a wife, now I have about 1,000 knives and a few girlfriends.....I will never get married again !!!
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I'll second that. Now that I am the sole decision maker I average 1 knife per week. When I go to a show I buy what ever I want, and as many as I want.:D
 
Yes Joe some are....lol....you can legally carry them fishing and hunting here....lol....I like the knives better than my X !!!!

My son is into collecting also, so it is fun. No wife after ten years of having one is fun. Since I no longer have to change the furniture, carpet and redo everything every other year, now I can buy lots of knives....cheaper by the dozen ...lol
 
All knives cost 5 bucks. No big deal. Of course, with time her side of the closet will fill with dresses, outfits, shoes....and they all cost 5 bucks.

Quid pro quo and everyone's happy!
 
Knives and Glocks all look alike to my wife, the trick is to not let her see them all at the same time.

Just kidding, I'm the worst lier in the world so I don't hide any thing from my wife. As long as we both stay with our recreation budget we're both happy.

Scott
 
"Knives and Glocks all look alike to my wife, the trick is to not let her see them all at the same time."

Hilarious! I thought this only went on in my house!
 
Usually she makes me buy her one too. So if I buy a strider or custom I get her a spyderco. Then say if I buy a lil temp, or a spyderco manix, I get her an endura. She hasn't caught on yet, but I always tell her she gets the better one :D Now that she has full POA I hope she never finds out!!! :eek:
 
My wife has no idea what they really cost.
Either my son or I get to the mail box first when something is expected.
When I get in trouble is when more display cases arrive and go on the wall.
Busted.
 
I have a lot of knives from all my years, plus all my dad and grandfathers knives. I still bring some home from my mom's house occassionally. All she knows is that I have 100's of them. She keeps the books for my business so when I buy new ones I just pay with cash. She then just thinks I brought another of my old knives home to play with.
 
I'm not married yet but I have a wonderful girlfriend, who not only loves knives, but also a registered user here. We have one rule: if I buy a knife for myself, she also has the right to purchase one for herself. :D
 
When your wife buys a pair of shoes, purchase two knives and put one in each shoe. Set the pair on your coffee table and then thank her for buying you the attractive display sheathes for your knives.
 
I use that excuse "its not drugs or hookers" hahaha which it very well could be. I am lucky my g/f buys me knives, I told her its my passion along with a small list of other things and I am not going to change it so she can take it or leave it hahaha. She has her own small collection know some of which are very nice. I get that "another knife?" thing every so often but that usually goes away when I get her one too.
 
Major said:
I don't know about others, but I am limited as to how many knives I buy because of my wife. When I first started collecting knives, I could get away with any ones I wanted. But as time has gone on, I know hear the very familar remark, "not another knife"! How do others deal with this situation?
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I have a great wife who actually sees the beauty in my knives. She enjoys their beauty so much I began buying knives for her. She now has a glass lighted display case where she displays her knives proudly.I never forget how much I love and respect my wife when I make a knife purchase,I know that she loves gifts as well so I buy her a pretty one or even one she picks out on e-bay.About a three to one ratio is good!
Good luck finding middle ground.
Daddy:)
 
To answer the question "how do others deal with the situation"? , in my case....it took years and years of unrelenting conditioning.

My wife will never understand why I collect knives , firearms, antique radios or any of the other things I have accumulated over the years ( die cast cars, old newspapers/magazines etc).

Guns and knives used to bug her when we first got married and as I recall even before we were married. If she found one lying around she would make a comment.

Of course after we had children everything had to be stowed away and also money was tight so my spending was limited. But later on in years as things got better financially, I picked up where I left off.

So after being together for almost 20 years she pretty much gave up on trying to figure me out and could care less about the money unless I really get out of control, then she'll casually ask "WTF?".

BTW I don't bother trying to compare my purchases with her shoe or clothes purchases because I always spend more money than she does. At least I
think I do, she could be fooling me all these years...
 
J33psru1e said:
I stopped using the "k" word around my house. Everytime I order a new "part" for myself, my wife asks me what I purchased and I tell her I bought some "parts". "Parts for what dear", oh just some crap for the dremel, the air compressor, the computer, my AR's, my Jeep etc... I usually toss the box in the garage with wreckless abandon and act like it is a box full of tacks. Then when she is not looking, I move the box in to my safe, wait until I am all alone and then.....well you know.
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Yep, that pretty much describes my method.
 
We trust each other not to spend money on our personal interests in such a way that our family finances are jeopardized. So far, so good. Moderation is the key, though. I've never been so into a given hobby that my collecting became accumulating, and I think that, were this to become the case, my wife would have every right to take a more active role in my purchasing.

As it stands, trust and mutual understanding are sufficient checks and balances for our respective hobbies.

On a different note, it's interesting to see how one's spouse's comfort with knives changes as a relationship progresses. When I first moved in with my then-girlfriend, it took a while before she became comfortable with me sharpening a Spyderco while watching the news on TV. Six years later, things have most definitely changed. I came home from the office a few weeks back to find that my wife had emptied my display cabinet, dusted the shelves, rummaged through my storage boxes, and placed an entirely different assortment of knives on display (all fixed blades, bless her heart). When I asked what the occasion was, she replied that the fixed blades looked nicer, and that she had grown bored with my existing display arrangement! Wonderful woman.

- Mike
 
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