ever feel the need to stop buying knives

BFH44

BFH44

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it seems i have been at it again i must have been sleepwalking and went online and bought some more edged tools - two antique bearded axes made in Austria arrived in the mail today from Hungary

also on the way is an OLD RUSSIAN COSSACK KNIFE i found on ebay - got it at a good price though -

have you ever found yourself buying knives that you arn't sure you really needed - i mean i have maybe 8 HI blades - 2 BKT - two ESEE - a Turley prototype - extremma ratio Khukri from a TV show 3 or 4 old Shrade made in USA two or three TOPS and another drawer full - and i am sure i am forgetting a few - and that's not counting the axes

i am spending too much money - i am disabled and money is too tight to be spending on knives - i wonder if there is a knife buying support group out there
 
when i asked 'ever feel the need to stop buying knives' i mean just stop for a while not permanently
 
Well, in terms of total number of knives/total investment I'm in a lot deeper than you, so don't feel TOO bad. That said, yes: I've recently had less and less compulsion to visit the sale boards. I have most of my grail purchases, which--predictably--are very nice but failed to make any angels sing when they finally were in my hand. Given that I can go through the collection and say, "Hey! That's neat....I don't even sort of remember buying it" I think I've finally arrived at the situation of having 'almost enough' knives. I'm still going to Blade Show, but get about as much enjoyment out of just seeing/handling them and talking to the makers as I do buying anything anymore.
 
t1mpani said:
I think I've finally arrived at the situation of having 'almost enough' knives. I'm still going to Blade Show, but get about as much enjoyment out of just seeing/handling them and talking to the makers as I do buying anything anymore.
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thanks for helping with perspective

its not that i have a huge collection i just cant figure where i would use them all - but each one seemed a really good idea at the time
 
Nope, never felt the "need" to stop buying..... but had to stop buying because my pockets have been empty.
When i do have a little money to play with, i agonize over every purchase.
I'm pretty finicky when it comes to buying. My biggest collection of knives is H.I., with a box of slipjoints coming in a close 2nd. I have about 20 or so pieces of both. When i buy it has to greatly tickle my fancy and be a good deal or i will wait to see what comes down the pike next.
 
BFH44 said:
now that i think about it 'need' was the wrong word
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Nah, it was probably the correct word, cuz somtimes i've had to think about what good is the knife i'm about to buy when i should be buying food, clothes, gas... etc.... sometimes one "needs" to think about necessities over buying things we'd like to have.
 
I got myself in real trouble before, being up late night in one of the Bladeforums-crashing Busse Ganzaaaas. A week later I get a flippin $500 knife I don't even remember ordering.

Honestly, those days are over. I finally found a folder that I like, and most of my other knife choices keep being HIs. I've been using my farm knife to cook with since I got it. My R-10 and Kerambit vie for top billing as my general-purpose/bushcraft knife. Ereshkigal has been my favorite heavy hitter for a long time now. . .I even sold all my big Busse blades because I never used them.

So maybe I don't feel the need to stop buying knives so much as I don't feel the need to buy knives right now.
 
Recently after constant pursuit of the grails, which on second thought doesn't do much fancy i switched to making my own slowly.

Time for me to get some responsibilities going at home. To stop collecting? I would say it's very hard. Posting once a while and see how's H.I doing is all good.

Darn it...just when i thought i'm done with folders some knifenuts just shown me his CS Espada XL...
 
Many folks here have the same impulses.

It may be a problem, or maybe not, depending on where you are in life. It can go through phases. Often there will come a realization that too much stuff weighs you down, and constant acquisition without giving or divesting saps energy. When you really know, the desire abates.

There may be another factor with HI, in that people wish to buy to help. They are still faced with the problem of finding balance. That's why giving can be a good thing, for both giver and receiver.
 
Why not just sell the ones you don't use? Surely you aren't using all of those huge knives and axes.
 
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Never stop buying knives. Even if you have to buy the cheap ones, it's something grained under skin. Once a knife man, always a knife man (or woman).
 
I've only recently had a blade frenzy (last few months) and bought a couple of CS KLOs, a gerber hatchet and LHR and of course the HI CAK and the to-soon-arrive left-hand CAK and HISK :D

yep, pretty much all the tools i need and the spares :P would love to know if the kamis could make a pair of custom butterfly swords. Now that would be a sight.

Also helps to know that my money is actually going to someone who really earns his keep and hopefully does some good for them :thumbup:
 
Howard Wallace said:
Many folks here have the same impulses.

It may be a problem, or maybe not, depending on where you are in life. It can go through phases. Often there will come a realization that too much stuff weighs you down, and constant acquisition without giving or divesting saps energy. When you really know, the desire abates.

There may be another factor with HI, in that people wish to buy to help. They are still faced with the problem of finding balance. That's why giving can be a good thing, for both giver and receiver.
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in 90 in prison - in 91 homeless - in October 92 got it together 'life' and them in 95 i sold everything divorced wife left her the house and all the 'stuff' sold truck and bought a 500 dollar two door Toyota - hit the road nationwide with two tool boxes a duffel bag and a guitar

i spent 12 years traveling the USA with everything i own fit easily in a van with room to live and sleep comfortably - i still live fairly simple just my dogs and me in a garage apartment - now that i take care of my uncle i have responsibility of a house and a yard again -

- but i turned the garage into an apartment - makes it small and simple

but with all my medical problems sometimes hard to think clear - chronic pain sux


TheUSMC2017 said:
Why not just sell the ones you don't use? Surely you aren't using all of those huge knives and axes.
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been thinking about that too - need to go through and pick out the Armageddon stuff as Cpl Punishment says maybe a couple extra
 
Just my two cents: If you've got the spare money and spare space, and it makes you happy, why not buy knives? I find that I have no spare space, very little spare money, and don't like being tied to possessions, though, so I'm hoping to find a couple that fit me perfectly and then never have to buy any again. I guess the answer to the original question then is yes, I find some very good reasons to stop buying knives. I think (maybe the largest) part of the problem is finding some value in having a 'collection' of things (at least I saw it as a problem, so I stopped). If I could, I'd like to pare my possessions down to what would fit on my back, but it's not an easy thing to accomplish. I have whittled myself down to a car-load though, so progress is being made.
 
Well, at least a decent knife or gun will hold some value. Try holding onto computer parts for a couple of years and see how much they are worth....:)
 
I seem to float through phases of acquiring in a fixed interest like knives, then moving to a non-buying stage, and then acquiring in a new hobby.

For me it's about the hunt as a distraction for things in life I don't want to deal with or as a reward for attaining some success in life. Once I get something it often remains unused or used just to say it was. I'm certainly feeling like I'm reaching the end of my blade-buying streak. I live in a freaking apt in the city and have no need for anything beyond a simple pocket knife and kitchen cutlery. I never only owned one knife that cost over $100 a year ago and that was a gift.

I like to justify that the things I buy hold value, but I rarely ever let them go.
 
BFH44 said:
when i asked 'ever feel the need to stop buying knives' i mean just stop for a while not permanently
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Of course :o
Life is always walking a tightrope!
We have to do all the balancing actions in due times, places and situations!
IMHO prioritizing things and wisely utilizing resources the best accordingly is real important!
Maybe we can say that it's more like a slowing down in buying knives rather than stopping but it might take a long while depending on the ongoing situations :cool:

mohd
 
Eric, I did a few things when I decided to s-can a lot of my stuff.

First, I just went about doing the things I normally did. When I was done, I paid attention to what tool I automatically grabbed to do that thing with.

Then I grabbed things I hadn't used in a long time, remembered why I bought them, then purposely used them for the reason I got them. When I got done, I ask myself if they performed like I wanted them to, and if they did appreciably better at the task than what I'd been using. If the answer was "no" to any of those questions, it went on the "to go" list.

Then I looked at the "to go" list and asked myself if I had any real emotional attachment to the item. I.E. would it really bother me if I got rid of it? If the answer was yes, then I kept it anyway.

Honestly, I made a couple of big mistakes in that process and really miss two of the things I got rid of, and it's not likely I'll ever get a replacement, so don't be too hasty.
 
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