Darn You All !!! Confessions of a Newbe....

Leftytwogunz said:
In my experience it does not end until you have tried many things and bought knives way too expensive for what they actually were and realized that a knife you had years before and thousands upon thousands of dollars earlier was actually the right knife. Then you start doing that with fixed blades, then autos, then...
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You hit the nail on the head, Lefty! I keep telling myself, that I need to get a handle on this, passionate very expensive hobby & quit spending so much $$$$$$$$ on knives/weapons, most that I know, I'll never use...

And you're right: it started with folder's, then to auto's, fixed blades, tomahawks...

Guess what my, New Years Resolution is going to be? :rolleyes:
 
Steel Junkie
Multi-tool Syndrome
Traditional Knife Knut Mania
Modern Flipper Madness
Fixed Blade Fever
Custom Craving Conniption

All just a few sicknesses waiting and something you have to look forward to. There is no remedy, antidote, or cure. There is only bankruptcy. :eek::D

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The only thing I have found that slows down the shakes is to give them away until you are left with them ones you really want.
 
strategy9 said:
Buy a sword?
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Never really gave too much thought about a sword- thanks! :thumbup:

KBA said:
Steel Junkie
Multi-tool Syndrome
Traditional Knife Knut Mania
Modern Flipper Madness
Fixed Blade Fever
Custom Craving Conniption

All just a few sicknesses waiting and something you have to look forward to. There is no remedy, antidote, or cure. There is only bankruptcy. :eek::D
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Now that, would be mean you have a very serious problem! ;)
 
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Well... It's showing no signs of ending.. Santa left me a Kershaw sheild, cqc7 and an crkt obake. Looking at a 0630 now. When will it stop... Oh the horror!
 
This rabbit hole is very deep my friend, and you are now in the presence of some very capable enablers :D
 
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Based on my own experience, you might slow down in about four years...
...or, you might not.
Welcome to the Club.
 
One of us.. one of us! Haha its almost silly how one can get sucked into the knife hobby. Wasn't that many years ago I didn't carry a pocket knife, and now you won't catch me with at least two on me. Welcome to the forums, and as far as I know it doesn't end... but that's a good thing in my mind.
 
After filling drawers and boxes and shelves with one knife after another I have found that it never ends.
You even find yourself looking over the bubble wrapped knives in a Autozone thinking that the price is right...I could use that. It happened to me! :D
 
Yeah, just when you think that you've totally lost control over knife purchases, then you start to examine the edges, geometry, steel, and other materials. You buy a sharpening stone, then a full system, then another, and another....and maybe some specialty stones, and Japanese water stones. You obsess over the edges of more knives than you can use in a lifetime. Then you have to buy more knives with different steels, just so you can see how far you can take the edge to refinement. Then you want to experiment with different finishes because you discover that a full mirror polish looks pretty, but is not best on all materials or for all knives. Then......wait......having......meltdown......

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Yeah, just when you think that you've totally lost control over knife purchases, then you start to examine the edges, geometry, steel, and other materials. You buy a sharpening stone, then a full system, then another, and another....and maybe some specialty stones, and Japanese water stones. You obsess over the edges of more knives than you can use in a lifetime. Then you have to buy more knives with different steels, just so you can see how far you can take the edge to refinement. Then you want to experiment with different finishes because you discover that a full mirror polish looks pretty, but is not best on all materials or for all knives. Then......wait......having......meltdown......

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Great....just great.... man the wife is going to be pissed...
 
Just wait until the traditional bug bites... I've got the itch, but so far managed to not get too in depth (yet) because I'm not fully content with my folders/fixed blades(yet).
It"s getting close though...

Another bug (I have been bit by) is the straight razor bug... Whatever you do, if you're falling into the rabbit hole of sharp knives, do not start shaving with straight razors (unless you want the smoothest sweetest shave ever)... I haven't even shaved in over a year, got 7" beard hanging off my chin, and yet I still acquire vintage SR's when I see great deals. I have a dozen or so...
 
Oh yeah, the traditional spin will hit too. [emoji87]. First you buy one because it reminded you of something your Dad or Granddad carried. Then find something that just appeals to you, then every scale option for that model. Then you find a scale that just looks cool to you (like Stag, or a specific wood), now you buy every knife configuration with that scale. So you end up with a few hundred inexpensive Rough Riders/Colts, and when the "neato" factor starts to fade, you begin to examine quality traditionals. And your average traditional price leaves the $10-$20 range, and quickly moves into $100-$200-$300 for a knife that simply contains the quality workmanship of years past. But they are cool again because there just aren't many around crafting old designs with quality. And then........

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I skipped all of the previous stages of the traditional and went (mostly) for pre-war US made and GEC.

To ease the sting of them, I found that being Very particular about what I want helped.
I like a clip blade, but only a Tall clip, like the large clip single blade 48, 1933-1941 hammer brand serpentine jack, or GEC 57 split back whittler prototype.

A trailing point like the Sodbusters is a nice shape, and they are common enough, so I am ok there.

A Nice Sowbelly will be my next traditional pruchase. The shape seems like it will lend itself to be a Great user while keeping a variety of blade shapes tucked deep due to the shape of it.

Pics of my 57 whittler:

 
Welcome to the Forum! Good to have you aboard.

And, as said, it never ends... because the manufacturers keep coming out with sweeter and sweeter knives! SO, most of us sell old knives in the collection (no longer being carried as much as they once were) to fund new ones. You really have to carry and use a knife for a while to figure out what you love about it, what you like about it, and what you don't like about it. Love it - keep it. Like it - keep or gift it. Don't like it - sell it to buy/try something else. Rinse and repeat as necessary.

Cheers,

Derek...
 
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