Does better half know you bought a new blade?

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A couple of weeks ago I picked up a Leek at a reasonable sale price as a impulse buy.
Was not home two hours when wife asked me what new knife I bought? , while on the road. ( a typically am gone 3 or 4 nights each week).
I told her it was on sale and it had a blade I liked. Then asked how she knew since I had not unpacked the suit case yet?

She grapped my arm, feel the bare skin, and said it is freshly shaved, figured you were checking sharpness of a new blade!

Can not get much by her...
 
Yup!!!
When I come home with flowers she asks when am I expecting a new blade!
 
Haha nice. I bought a new one last night online and I was going to wait for the talk when it came but I just told her. I think it goes smoother when you're upfront.
 
Nope. No sneaky-sneaky for me. She's a psycho about the budget. So when I want a new knife I let her know well in advance.

Granted I've essentially stopped buying production knives, and am strictly getting customs built. So being on a makers books works for me. She has time to allocate the funds, and I get a really freakin' cool new knife.
 
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I make the money...I buy what I want. Of course she gets whatever she wants also. She doesn't question my purchases unless she's asking what packages need signed for that week [emoji10].
 
Of course she knows.

When we got married we said in general we discuss large purchases before we buy them (arbitrary definition of anything > $50-100 as "large"). However, 99% of the time we both know what is being purchased. The only time that comes to mind where that is not the case, is when we're buying gifts for birthdays/Christmas/etc.
 
I don't hide it, but I limit my own purchases and don't ask when I see something I want or want to try. If she asks, I tell her. If she doesn't.....well....
 
I tell her when I buy a lower priced knife from an estate sale or flea market. If it cost a little something, well I don't bring it up. ;). But with a son in college and daughter in high school that doesn't happen much.
 
I read this on a gun forum but I think it pertains to knives as well!
" my biggest fear about dying is that my wife sells my knives for what I told her they cost"
 
hatchettjack said:
I read this on a gun forum but I think it pertains to knives as well!
" my biggest fear about dying is that my wife sells my knives for what I told her they cost"
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Probably better than giving them away, right?

She generally knows. She sees the UPS truck. But I generally have a lot of business stuff delivered too. ;)
 
Or you could just get a PO box...
I used to order my stuff and have them delivered at work. And no one messes with a knife guy ;)
 
I bought an alox SAK classic. Really cute little knife. My wife kept it. You don't need this one.
 
I have a budget for myself, and I don't let myself break it. It is the only way I can justify so many luxury items on a government salary. First comes my church donations, then to my retirement account, then clothes for the kids and furniture and other family and home expenses.

I give myself a reasonable monthly allotment after that so I can bbuy absurdly priced knives and flashlights, and knowing that I earned the money out of responsibly allocated funds means all my CRKs and McGizmos can be heavy users.

I am fresh broke right now cause I just bought a Mnandi and McGizmo Sapphire, and they are beautiful. So, yes, she knows and it is all fine. She always knows what to get me for birthdays and Christmas, too.

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Separate checking accounts, trust and responsibility goes a long way. No explanations are asked for, nor given. My wife buys what she wants and I buy what I want, it's a nonissue. I know some guys are completely irresponsible with money and will spend their entire check on whatever "shiny" catches their eye. While others are stuck in a partnership with a woman that wants to have absolute and total control of their husband's money. I had friends like this. I say, had because they were soon not allowed to hang around with normal free thinking people. Friends also had to be prescreened and approved at that point.
 
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