Do your significant others appreciate "traditonals"

My wife thinks I'm nuts to have so many pocketknives - that said, she will ask me in a heartbeat to cut something for her. OH
 
knarfeng said:
Let's keep the discussion to Traditional knives, please.
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Frank, you are correcting two year old posts, this is a necro-thread. :)

On the original topic - my wife does not share my interest in pocket knives period. Her main benefit from it is that I have learned how to keep her kitchen knives and scissors very sharp now. I have tried to get her interested by gifting her a few things (non traditional) and though she uses one of them occasionally (small Leatherman) she's just not going to ever be a pocket knife aficionado.

Regarding traditional knives in particular, she has some arthritis issues and brittle nails and is concerned about being able to open one. She can't carry any sort of bladed object to work so it would have to be something that is left around the house or left in her car most of the time, which defeats the purpose of having a pocket knife in the first place.

I've tried to get her interested in SAKs as sort of a gateway drug but so far no luck. I probably need to get her one of the little pink Vic Classics (yes, she happens to love stuff that's pink, it's not a stereotype, it's her favorite color) and see if that works for her.
 
My wife could care less. She thinks they are pretty and all. Have not got her away from just having her little pink BM. Of course her interest is quilting, and I glaze over when she talks about that too.
 
I'm pretty lucky in this regard. Katie is a big fan of my collection, and has a modest collection of her own starting. There is a knife show near our house this weekend. I mentioned just going on my own since our daughter is two months old. Katie simply said, "No, we're going. Julia has to start going to knife shows some time!" :D
 
Mine did. Had her own SAKs, Leatherman (Micra and Core) and others...liked guns too.
 
Mine used to think it was kind of dumb and weird but she now realizes each one has a story or some kind of history to it and she really likes some of my Traditional knives. She even bought a knife for me that I really enjoy carrying this last Christmas. It was totally unexpected and it means a lot to me! She was so excited to give it to me too. She couldn't figure out what to get me so she got on my computer and I had my eBay page opened up and one of the items I was watching on there was a Boker Stockman. Also she realizes I don't smoke or drink so if my hobby is collecting knives then oh well at least I'm a hard worker and spend all my free time with my family. :)
 
My ex girlfriend put up with my hobby reasonably well. She carried(s) and uses a modern traditional type I gave her.

She liked my charlow and 22. She liked the mods (dye jobs, blade shape changes) I did.
 
Nope and we have been married 40 years this August. She does not like sharp things. It didn't help that I cut myself in front of her a few days ago after she warned me I was getting close to my thumb on my first cut. LISTEN TO THE WIFE!
 
kamagong said:
My wife appreciates knives, but she's not really interested in them. They're a tool to her, nothing more. She doesn't care about carbon or stainless steels, premium handle materials, or convex or flat grinds. As long as I keep her knives (that includes the ones in the kitchen) sharp she's satisfied.

The important thing is that she is supportive of my interest in knives. I can't imagine what it would be like if she was opposed to them.

- Christian
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Ditto here. She has no particular interest in them beyond them being tools.
 
Old Hunter said:
My wife thinks I'm nuts to have so many pocketknives - that said, she will ask me in a heartbeat to cut something for her. OH
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THIS! 1000x this.

the wife says stupid stuff like "My Daddy only ever had one knife" and "A REAL man only needs one knife"
a quick conversation with her mother reveals that her daddy in fact had several, she just didnt pay any attention :D
 
My wife is not necessarily supportive but is not opposed either. She has bought me a handful over the years and a really special one to commemorate the birth of our son.

She doesnt say anything when she sees me fondling and snapping pictures of a new knife but her eyes say it all.:D
 
My wife gets and likes traditional folders, she appreciates the workmanship and the polished blades with the premium scale material, basically if it looks like jewelry she likes it, flat black tacticool... not so much, if you put a pearl handled Rough Rider and a Sebenza in front of her shed pick up the Rough Rider...
 
My wife has accumulated a pretty decent knife collection, since we've been together. As far as traditionals, she has adopted my Queen ACSB copperhead, and my BRKT Mikro-Canadian. She appreciates my interest in pocket knives, and shares it to some limited degree, but probably wouldn't buy any herself while she already has a few that she likes & uses.

(The one she carries daily in her purse is, sadly, non-traditional.)
 
My Lady likes knives and my knife collection.
And she is quite happy to listen about my getting a knife and sharpening

I bought some knives for her
She carries in her day pack a small 2 1/2" custom in 1095 and an ebony handle, which she loves
A SAK Classic on her keyring
A SAK Camper in her purse
And when hiking; a Mora SS Companion in Magenta, which she knows how to make feathersticks quite well

She already had some quality kitchen knives

So all in all good............
 
My wife has a cheap no name multitool stuffed in the glove compartment of her car. That's about it.

She's used to me being a tool guy, so knives are just an extension of that.

She does appreciate the craftsmanship of traditional knives, particularly the use of bone and wood in the scales/handles.

In general she doesn't like liner lock or slip joint construction because she feels she might cut herself during the course of closing the knife. She prefers fixed blades, Opinels, and lockback designs.
 
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