We all add knives to our collections for many reasons. However it seems that I sometimes add to my own out of a desire to try new knives other than my old favorites. Even being perfectly satisfied with a certain knife there is still an urge to try for something new and possibly better. A few months ago I started EDCing an SAK again but missed my other knives (mostly traditionals), so I started carrying two kvives as many people do. This made me wonder as to how much more difficult is would be to find the "perfect" combo. In other words just how much more insanity would it be for the knife nut? I began figuring out a formula but realized I didn't have time, especially quiet time, to figure it out right away so I consulted the internet.
Here is what I found for n knives taken r at a time:
# of combos = n!/(n-r)!r!
Thus for a set of 100 knives (n) carried 2 at a time (r) there are 4500 different combos to try! Oh the torture we put ourselves through!
http://www.mathplanet.com/education...and-probability/permutations-and-combinations
Here is what I found for n knives taken r at a time:
# of combos = n!/(n-r)!r!
Thus for a set of 100 knives (n) carried 2 at a time (r) there are 4500 different combos to try! Oh the torture we put ourselves through!
http://www.mathplanet.com/education...and-probability/permutations-and-combinations
