How do you stop?

While trying to figure out the best way to stop, I can recommend being a "steel snob".
It helps you to narrow the field of desire and slows down the pace.
Using what you buy also helps.
All the best
red mag
 
C_Becker said:
But how many is "too many"? 2? 10? 50?
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I don't know what number is too many. But my little heap is more than enough for me. Although I must admit that there is an incoming Becker BK-5. :) Funny thing about the journey. Now I am at a point were a few cutting tools get primary use and the rest are just toys really. It gets boiled down to what is the right size, weight, and use slot for the majority of my outdoor needs. So if I had about five cutting tools for life I'd pretty much be set. This includes a couple of back ups. But to each their own. variety is fun and it can be refreshing to change out an EDC now and then.
 
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How do you stop? First you stop visiting Blade Forums. Second, you don't look at knives in stores or online any more. CURED!
 
Hey guys! This is my first post. I've got the knife fever as well. Started a few months ago. I carried a Buck nano on my key ring for quite some time. Great little folder. Saw a friends Spyderco ladybug and that was it. Ordered one right away and loved it. Then I figured I needed something a little bigger, and shortly there after a Delica 4 arrived at my door step. Four days ago another package came, and now I am the proud owner of a black / satin blade para 2. I don't see an end in sight.

Cheers!

-jcp.
 
Well I don't have nearly the collection that some members here have, I think I'm at 15 knives or maybe less and I am about to thin that down a bit. But my plan is simple, if I make a purchase it has to be with the intent to use, if it doesn't fit the bill I sell it off. In addition to that I have small pelican box in my gun safe labeled guns & gear, I put money in it regularly after Tue bills and savings are squared away every month, when I want to buy a new blade it comes out of that box and that box only not out of my general checking or savings. If I have the money and want the blade bad enough I get it with no guilt, if it doesn't meet my requirements for the role I want it in I sell it and the money goes back in the box.
 
Sometimes,...when your wife screams at you long enough...
Sometimes....not..
 
1. Start a collection of knives only from companies that are out of busines
2. Start a collection of guns.
3. Just accept it an call yourself a knife collector.
 
Buy something pretty impressive. When you find the knife that you like best and all others pale before it, just decide you're getting it do it and then even if you've spent more money than you normally would tell yourself, I can never find anything I like better so no need to even consider the thought of another knife! (I do this all the time)
 
Sometimes it just takes getting to that point where you have everything you want, which is where I am now (after spending lots more than I ever meant to). Now I'm just going to enjoy what I have and possibly let a few of them go that never see pocket time.
 
Or, whenever you see a knife you crave, shock yourself with a Taser or something. I think B.F. Skinner discovered it worked well with mice.

But what I did was buy a nice knife case (A William Henry case, sold on their website or Knifeart) that only holds 10 knives, and I limit myself to that number. If I want a new one, I sell one. Try to go for quality.

CapitalizedLiving said:
Habit = cue, routine, reward. The cue can be whatever (unstructured alone time is common), then the routine is to browse BF from your phone, gravitating to threads containing stuff you want to own. The reward is to make an online purchase.

Here's how to break it: When the cue comes, you have to change the routine. So rather than going to BF, go to a site with lots of pics of booze, prostitutes, or furries. Then use that to alter the reward from knives to people in squirrel suits, or whatnot.

Problem solved!
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