How do you "creatively finance" this habit?

I keep a pretty good mental grasp of how much money I have coming and going and tend not to be impulsive so when there's something I want there's probably been a lot of thought put into it and I just get it.
 
I've never made money by selling a knife, ever. It's a hobby and addiction for me. I work a second job to have my play money, it just so happens most of it is on knives.
 
I don’t have a elaborate lifestyle. I’m going to spend a little money on something as a small reward to keep myself from going insane, might as well be buying knives and materials to make knives. Just so happens this hobby operates at a net loss.
 
I have to sneak them by the wife and be sneaky about knife purchases not becasue of tapping in to family funds, but to not get the evil eye and the how many knives do you need conversation. Lol

As for funding, its selling stuff, side jobs for clients, and birthdays and holidays.
There is also the "knife credit card". It gets paid off and then filled back up just as fast, lol.
 
1. I've never paid more then $150-180 for a blade. A LNIB ZT or BM Adamas is my most expensive knife purchase. I realize a Sebenza, mid tech, custom, etc are out of my league unless I win the lotto. I learned long ago that I don't have the disposable income many on the forum have. I'm ok with that.

2. I have a strict budget for all things and I put a little aside each month for the toy fund. Unfortunately, the toy fund also includes firearms which is why I haven't bought a knife recently. Actually, I've bought one knife in the last 18 months and it was a Rat 1 in D2 (<$40). I have enough knives to last me and quite frankly, I'm not into the recent trends in knives. I don't like metal handles or carbon fiber handles, they seem slippery to me. I like G10 or micarta. I also don't understand the fancy smancy machining and funkly blade bevels that seems the rage. My ZT 350, Manix 2, Rat 1 in D2, CS Recon, etc are serving me just fine.
 
serious answer.....requires for me to make tradeoffs. I have a budget that includes everything. including retirement and savings for new tires, etc.......whatever happens. I don't live paycheck to paycheck. I dont live where I stress over things that happen in life. my old man taught me about money and budgeting as a young kid. I was very lucky. many arent.

whether ya make 30k and live at 50k or make 200k and live at 250k.....the stress and money problems are the same. sounds crazy to some but all people adjust very quickly to income. it's all relative.

so heres the tradeoff part.......I live far below what I make so I can enjoy things like this. even so I cant dabble in customs galore or even everything. no one can have it all.

now before ya think I'm raking in top end money...I ain't. I live very modestly. the hardest part isnt budgeting and trading off.....its keeping my wife from living at what we could and beyond.;)
 
I have a budget. That includes the "entertainment" line item. I put the acquisition of bladed instruments as a sub-category of Entertainment because I enjoy knives (and axes and tomahawks and swords and bayonets and....).

As long as I stay within the budget, I'm cool. I "transfer" funds from one sub-category to another as necessary. If I chose to ask a woman out and she turns me down, I simply move the "appropriate" amount of date money to "knives".

Over time, the "knife" line item accumulates $$$$ and I can buy more blades.

I have been known to go up to a woman and tell her

"Please tell me "NO"."

After she does, I'll say "Thank you." and leave, cogitating about the next purchase.

Some times, the woman will then ask me "Why?" before I make my escape and since I'm honest, I'll tell her why I asked - "So I can buy a knife." That has occasionally resulted in a date. And delayed the purchase of the next knife.

I guess I get told "NO." a lot since I have over 3500 sharp & pointies.:D:eek::D:p

 
Married but I have various savings accounts and a checking account at a bank and I set it up to deposit funds automatically into dedicated savings accounts. Two of which are "fun money" spend it on what you want, one for me and one for my wife.

This is how it works, paycheck is deposited into Primary savings, than at end of month X amount deposited into Checking. That money is than split to various accounts labeled for it's intended purpose such as fun money husband, fun money wife, vacation, long term savings, etc.

And for simplicity if you want 3k saved for a nice vacation, setup $250 to be transferred each month to that account and you will have 3k by the end of the year. No further action required on your part.

It makes it easier to have a handle on your funds and grasp what's affordable and isn't. Plus if you see you only have a smaller set of money to spend as the other money is literally set aside for something else it's easier to control your inpulses compared to always looking at the larger overall number.
 
zzyzzogeton said:
I have a budget. That includes the "entertainment" line item. I put the acquisition of bladed instruments as a sub-category of Entertainment because I enjoy knives (and axes and tomahawks and swords and bayonets and....).

As long as I stay within the budget, I'm cool. I "transfer" funds from one sub-category to another as necessary. If I chose to ask a woman out and she turns me down, I simply move the "appropriate" amount of date money to "knives".

Over time, the "knife" line item accumulates $$$$ and I can buy more blades.

I have been known to go up to a woman and tell her

"Please tell me "NO"."

After she does, I'll say "Thank you." and leave, cogitating about the next purchase.

Some times, the woman will then ask me "Why?" before I make my escape and since I'm honest, I'll tell her why I asked - "So I can buy a knife." That has occasionally resulted in a date. And delayed the purchase of the next knife.

I guess I get told "NO." a lot since I have over 3500 sharp & pointies.:D:eek::D:p
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3500? Oh hell no. You should open a knife store.
 
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