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Ever kick yourself after a knife puchase?

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Yes, I did it. A couple times I've bought knives and asked myself "what the heck am I going to do with that?" In the search for the perfect knife, I've bought a couple doozies. They looked good in the store, but when I got home, they looked ridiculous. Would this be "knife-goggling"? The first time this happened was with a credit card/ knife/ light/ small canopener/ multitool type deal. It was on sale though. I thought about giving it away as a gift, but then I opened to play with it, and I busted the light. I still have it though. The second thing that comes to mind is my CS scimitar. I have a lot of "users", most of which never get used anyway. So, what the heck am I going to do with this funcky blade shape? I haven't used it all though. Maybe this week I'll play with it and see if it comes in useful. I really like the way the handle feels, though. So, what about you guys? ever kick yourself?

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EdRozen-On the cutting edge of finding out what the cutting edge is....
 
I've never kicked myself,but my wife did some kicking,after finding out how much I spent.
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I want to kick myself more often for not buying the knife when i have the chance only to find it gone when i go back.
 
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Yes I did.
Also have done the same thing with about every other "toy" I have had, cars, truck, cameras, guitars, golf clubs etc.
Develops character....or something. LOL
 
If nothing else, it improves flexibility.
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Every time I want to kick my self for something like that I recall the Dalai Lahama's smart words: be happy with what you got - look around you and see how little others have.


I know this is not a good collector’s attitude - but it keeps you happy and in good proportions...
 
Oh yea, I've kicked myself in the behind a few times after making a knife purchase and only finding out later that another new one has come out that I would have rathered invested in. My last knife purchase which I just received a few days ago, well, I was a little dissapointed with them, but I still like em' but only to be put into my collection. (I won't mention the knife or manufacture though, because I'm just a picky person and don't want to down that out loud)

As far as my wife kicking me, she doesn't have any interests in my knives, doesn't care, doesn't want to know, and I pay for them out of extra earnings I have that don't go for the household or family. In other words" What She Doesn't Know, Won't Hurt Her" I'm just glad she doesn't ask!
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Tom nailed it. I have not kicked my self after a purchase yet, but sure have done it for not purchasing. Thanks Tom
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"If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
Such a funny quote, true or not.
-ediconu
 
I really kicked myself hard after receiving my first Sebenza. Should have bought one sooner
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It's only a mistake if you fail to learn from it!
 
I'm a compilation of many of the above:

I'm with Tom when I regret not buying.....

Then I'm with Blilious when I look and see that I do have some cool stuff after all....

Then I'm with PhilL when I do muster the nards to make a purchase: Kicked in the lower half by the better half.
 
Originally posted by Velitrius:

Then I'm with PhilL when I do muster the nards to make a purchase: Kicked in the lower half by the better half.
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I think what they really want is our "nards" made into earrings!
 
I've kicked myself for a purchase, and I've kicked myself for passing up a purchase. But for the ones I shouldn't have bought: heck, I'm collecting. I've got a nice little collection of dumb*ss knife purchases growing. Seriously, almost always a knife can be used or given as a gift or kept as a momento. Almost always. Let's leave it at that.
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Oh man I have kicked myself good only one time for making a purchase I sorley regreted.
A knife maker who regularly appears at the Nyck show had a table full of interesting if kind of strange knives. I had gone to the show that year to try and find a maker to do a design for me that I had drawn. It was a daggar with some personal touches. Nothing mind shattering but if I could get something made to fit my specific wants great. So after looking at this makers wares I thought he might be the man for the job and I asked him if he would be willing to do something from a drawing I had. He gladly and quickly struck a deal and I gave him a deposit on the spot. It took about three months to get back to me but thats not really that long for a custom so Im not complaining. I sent him the rest of the money and he sent the knife. I immediatly noticed that the blade was crooked. The tip was a full 1/4 inch of center line. I measured and put a square to it and checked it every way to sunday and it still came out almost a full 1/4" of center. I called and told him and he told me that I just wasnt accustomed to a hand made knife and that certain inconsistances were part of the charm. Now this was not a period peice ala winkler. It was a modern style dagger akin to the Camilus. I asked for my money back and he said that he aready had invested the time and money so He couldnt give back my money even though he insisted that before it left his shop people were desperate to buy it and he had to fight to keep it in my future hands. He said to send it back adn what he did was exchange it for a butt ugly push dagger with a blue plywood looking ball at the end. My ex wife took it for self defense but every time I saw that knife I kicked myself HARD !!

PS The knife cost me 350.
There I just kicked myself again DOOH !

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Ok ok - I once bought the largest model of the Victorinox SAK - cost me an arm and a leg - (I was in Zurich then) only to have it lying in the closet ever since - never saw any use and it's nothing more then a gadget.

It was shortly before the legendary Leatherman tool was introduced and nothing has been the same with pocket tools....

I have others too - but one mistake at a time...
 
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