How do you justify spending so much $ on a knife?

When I start spending their money on knives I'll care what they think. It's my money and I'll buy what I want. End of discussion.

- Mark
 
some people like strippers, cars, boats, flash clothes and electronics. I like knives and guns because they bring me joy when I look at them and use them and I need them for my hobbies. Theres much worse things you can spend your money on far more destructive expensive hobbies. Everyone is different and I thought I was weird until I discovered this forum but blades are a functional quality tool that will last a life time and again I like them if people cant understand that and appreciate the quality of a finely crafted knife there the weird ones.
 
For the most part people don't ask me about cost, they ask why I carry it.
Its only out when I have to cut something, so I make the cut and say for this. :D

pepemrtnz said:
Just like with my offensively large collection of fountain pens, I simply dont tell them how much it cost. Works better that way.
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For the most part, this.

Incahiker said:
Here is something I posted earlier:...

I figured I will look at it this way. Out of all the toys I have, guns, knives, axes, mountain bikes, etc.... the knife is the one that will be on my 24/7. I have guns and what not worth much more and they sit there and look pretty and maybe get taken out once in a while to get shot and go hunting. A knife is on me all the time, and a sebenza still costs less then most quality handguns and rifles. And I can't play with a gun while sitting in traffic , but I can play with a sebenza, flicking it, cutting a piece of paper, scrutinizing the latest scratch and try to wipe it off, etc... lol. Then I can go home and cut my steak up with the knife... It will probably see the most use out of any tool I will have.
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I'm right with you here, a knife has more uses then most other things people spend lots of money on.
Though I do love my mountain bike it only really gets ridden a few times in the summer.
I can't wait to spend more money on the car also, plenty of people think cars are stupid to spend money on,
but I love them.
 
Compare it to buying a car. lots of people understand that most expensive cars drive better, are made better, and have cool features. the same goes for anything else. you get what you pay for. if you put a lot of money into something usually that item will be very well made. and remember people buy expensive things like $200 dollar nike shoes (which aren't made extremely better than any other shoe), 500 dollar phones...........etc.
 
I see a knife I want and if I don't have the cash right then I save up and get it. ;)

I stopped caring what non knife people think a very long time ago.
 
Ankerson said:
I see a knife I want and if I don't have the cash right then I save up and get it. ;)

I stopped caring what non knife people think a very long time ago.
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If I see a knife that is out of my immediate price range, I'll thin my collection down by 2-3 knives. The money I get from those knives + a little cash = the knife I wanted.
 
i explain it by saying im rich b*tch! that and I have more toys then you do so that makes me better.
 
I've stopped showing my knives to people who don't appreciate them. There's really no upside I can see. They question the price and ask why I need it and then I get annoyed. You can't convert the unwilling.
 
If I can afford to scrape together the coin to buy a $13,000 double rifle I can afford to buy a $300 knife:)
And if my friends don't like it or give me crap for spending that much cash they can go out and buy another $6 Latte and a $15 lunch.
Or, the condensed answer is, It is no ones business but mine and my wife's.
 
Snowwolfe said:
If I can afford to scrape together the coin to buy a $13,000 double rifle I can afford to buy a $300 knife:)
And if my friends don't like it or give me crap for spending that much cash they can go out and buy another $6 Latte and a $15 lunch.
Or, the condensed answer is, It is no ones business but mine and my wife's.
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"a $13,000 double rifle" - how do you justify that? :D


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Beckerhead #42
 
I stopped telling my mum how much I spend on things the moment left home. My girlfrish spends hundreds on handbags so I have no problem buy a $300 blade.

I've not yet graduated to the lofty heights of $800 knives but I'm getting there!
 
GingivitisKahn said:
"a $13,000 double rifle" - how do you justify that? :D


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Beckerhead #42
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How much is your life worth on Safari? I've had the pleasure of handling some of the finest double rifles made at Jaqua's Fine Guns in Findlay OH.

We're talking about anything from .375 H&H to .470 Nitro Express. All in gorgeous doubles that at first look like a classy shotgun until the clerk hands you one and it weighs so much your arms droop slightly before adjusting and realizing that the girth if the barrels aren't hollow but heavy steel.

The hand engraving, using gold & ivory is like viewing the Mona Lisa - only from he eyes of a sportsman I suppose? $13 k = peanuts there. Purdy side by sides and Holland & Holland double rifles were going in the $35 to $50 range, and I haven't been there in many years.

It's a 2 hour drive, I should go back up for a visit. There woodworking man was an acquaintance. George Hannah, a master woodworker who I spent a few afternoons with, in his little shop listening to all the tricks of his trade while he repaired a ding in my shotgun stock or put a new shoulder pad on for me. He's gone to the great gun store in the sky some years ago.

Anyone else been to Jaqua's? Spend a few hours there and a $3 to $700 folder sounds like the right price to pay. :)
 
Tell your friend that knives are one of the few things in this World, that you actually get what you pay for, for the most part. If he still doesn't understand, kick him in the crotch and set him on fire. :D
 
GingivitisKahn said:
"a $13,000 double rifle" - how do you justify that? :D


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Beckerhead #42
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Don't have to:) Once you hunt with one you will never be bolt rifle trash again, lol.
Seriously, dont buy one or you will be hooked forever. It is an addiction with no cure! Nothing quite like hunting with a double that was built from the ground up to fit you. $13K was a stretch for me, but some of these rifles go for 80K plus.
 
everyone has their own spending limit on hobbies. I have a limit I am willing to spend on knives. Some people love cars, some love shoes, some love big houses, some love coins, cards, stamps...... everthing can be collected and/or used.

I like knives, so do you. It's not for everyone. I don't understand paying 100K for an SUV, they don't understand paying $120+ on a knife.
 
cziv said:
How much is your life worth on Safari? I've had the pleasure of handling some of the finest double rifles made at Jaqua's Fine Guns in Findlay OH.

We're talking about anything from .375 H&H to .470 Nitro Express. All in gorgeous doubles that at first look like a classy shotgun until the clerk hands you one and it weighs so much your arms droop slightly before adjusting and realizing that the girth if the barrels aren't hollow but heavy steel.

The hand engraving, using gold & ivory is like viewing the Mona Lisa - only from he eyes of a sportsman I suppose? $13 k = peanuts there. Purdy side by sides and Holland & Holland double rifles were going in the $35 to $50 range, and I haven't been there in many years.

It's a 2 hour drive, I should go back up for a visit. There woodworking man was an acquaintance. George Hannah, a master woodworker who I spent a few afternoons with, in his little shop listening to all the tricks of his trade while he repaired a ding in my shotgun stock or put a new shoulder pad on for me. He's gone to the great gun store in the sky some years ago.

Anyone else been to Jaqua's? Spend a few hours there and a $3 to $700 folder sounds like the right price to pay. :)
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Lol - I'm kidding ya, man. Hence the --> :D <-- emoticon. Thought it would be bitingly ironic given the title of the thread.

A good buddy of mine raves about Jaqua's. It's not that far from me so I need to get there one of these days just to look and drool if nothing else. All of my hunting is done with a longbow but I'd still love a .375 H&H double - just because. It's hard to read Ruark and Capstick and so forth without wanting a big, honkin' Africa rifle.

Don't see me making that purchase any time soon, sadly. :)

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Beckerhead #42
 
GingivitisKahn said:
Lol - I'm kidding ya, man. Hence the --> :D <-- emoticon. Thought it would be bitingly ironic given the title of the thread.

A good buddy of mine raves about Jaqua's. It's not that far from me so I need to get there one of these days just to look and drool if nothing else. All of my hunting is done with a longbow but I'd still love a .375 H&H double - just because. It's hard to read Ruark and Capstick and so forth without wanting a big, honkin' Africa rifle.

Don't see me making that purchase any time soon, sadly. :)

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Beckerhead #42
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You have GOT to go! Their inventory WAS staggering and of the type that rich safari types would carry. I just can't put in words how awesome it was.

I'm a blue colloar guy and obviously not a buyer but their staff treated wmy wife and me like serious buyers, letting us shoulder and aim double rifle after rifle. It was a wonderful 3 hours or so making the rounds.

They back off after handing you the weapons and let you look them over really well, and like I said fantacize you're pulling off a brain shot on a charging tusker or lion.

The cartridges for the big doubles were like a handful of cigars. I hope you get to swing by - pm or email me if you do and let me know if it's still the place it was about 15 years ago. :thumbup:

Anyway back on topic - I don't justify anything about knives since I don't tell people I have one on me. :)
 
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