Kohai999
Second Degree Cutter
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In my experience with life(and collectibles), fear is a serious player in the emotion category, right up there with desire, greed and hate.
What is one of the biggest reasons to buy? The "take away"........"buy now, or it will be gone forever". Sometimes....it's true.
Tom Mayo knives are probably harder to get now than they were a year ago, as an example.....however, the "truth" of the situation does not always dictate the result of following the emotion....it drives an upward trend in prices and desirability quite often, as we want what we cannot have.
The funny thing about fear is.....with a knife, if you are truly afraid, say alone in your home without something more substantial like a howitzer, or lost in the wilderness.....the fear can be calmed to a degree with the presence of a reliable knife.....something to consider when you are using, collecting or selling. A knife has basic and instrinsic value...especially when you are trying to open something in a clam pack or a tin can.
Conversely, if you whip out a large flipper with that "maniacal gleam" in your eye with people around, and snap it open like you are trying to break it....you are now responsible for THEIR fear, as you have created a situation where you are the thing to be feared...so don't do that. Be quiet and stealthy...it's classier and cooler.....more James Bond than Rambo. James gets the ladies you know.....Rambo gets beaten by the local police officer, because he is afraid of Rambo.
If you cannot afford to lose the price of a custom knife, you probably shouldn't be collecting or buying custom knives. Sometimes, I have been afraid of losing my custom carry knives, and thankfully, I never have, but I still think about it, and when it bothers me, I put them up for a while, and carry something less expensive, replaceable and less "fear of loss" inducing.....I also work on my situational awareness, so I am less likely to lose the knife in the first place....it's been a valuable exercise.
Fear can drive collectibles.....when many people are afraid that a specific collectible market is losing cachet, they sell, often at a loss.
Get enough of those sellers at the same time, and you have a depression, or "crash".....luckily, we haven't seen much of that in custom knife collecting yet, but it is likely to happen at some point.
Don't buy with "scared" money....if you cannot afford to regularly feed and cloth yourself, don't buy custom knives, unless you are one of those oddballs with luck dripping out of your ears who finds $2,000 custom knives at pawn shops for $50.00. I don't know any of those people, but they are probably out there...and I am not one of them.
Fear is probably the single emotion responsible for the pending ivory bans....fear of dead elephants, but also fear of many things that are intangible, and yet clearly vilified in the form of anyone who owns ivory.
Let's have a nice and reasonable discussion about FEAR in knife collecting......I started it....you run with it.
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
What is one of the biggest reasons to buy? The "take away"........"buy now, or it will be gone forever". Sometimes....it's true.
Tom Mayo knives are probably harder to get now than they were a year ago, as an example.....however, the "truth" of the situation does not always dictate the result of following the emotion....it drives an upward trend in prices and desirability quite often, as we want what we cannot have.
The funny thing about fear is.....with a knife, if you are truly afraid, say alone in your home without something more substantial like a howitzer, or lost in the wilderness.....the fear can be calmed to a degree with the presence of a reliable knife.....something to consider when you are using, collecting or selling. A knife has basic and instrinsic value...especially when you are trying to open something in a clam pack or a tin can.
Conversely, if you whip out a large flipper with that "maniacal gleam" in your eye with people around, and snap it open like you are trying to break it....you are now responsible for THEIR fear, as you have created a situation where you are the thing to be feared...so don't do that. Be quiet and stealthy...it's classier and cooler.....more James Bond than Rambo. James gets the ladies you know.....Rambo gets beaten by the local police officer, because he is afraid of Rambo.
If you cannot afford to lose the price of a custom knife, you probably shouldn't be collecting or buying custom knives. Sometimes, I have been afraid of losing my custom carry knives, and thankfully, I never have, but I still think about it, and when it bothers me, I put them up for a while, and carry something less expensive, replaceable and less "fear of loss" inducing.....I also work on my situational awareness, so I am less likely to lose the knife in the first place....it's been a valuable exercise.
Fear can drive collectibles.....when many people are afraid that a specific collectible market is losing cachet, they sell, often at a loss.
Get enough of those sellers at the same time, and you have a depression, or "crash".....luckily, we haven't seen much of that in custom knife collecting yet, but it is likely to happen at some point.
Don't buy with "scared" money....if you cannot afford to regularly feed and cloth yourself, don't buy custom knives, unless you are one of those oddballs with luck dripping out of your ears who finds $2,000 custom knives at pawn shops for $50.00. I don't know any of those people, but they are probably out there...and I am not one of them.
Fear is probably the single emotion responsible for the pending ivory bans....fear of dead elephants, but also fear of many things that are intangible, and yet clearly vilified in the form of anyone who owns ivory.
Let's have a nice and reasonable discussion about FEAR in knife collecting......I started it....you run with it.
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
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