How much is too much?

beeinak said:
But there are some on sale right now, so I would actually be saving money if I buy a couple more….right?🤣
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It's a good point. Plus it'll bring down the average cost...

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I remember sitting with my French cousin in a restaurant in Paris about 20 years ago when he asked:

"But why do you need so many knives?"

I laughed. (My wife was more polite, and just smiled.)
 
There is no such thing as a healthy amount of knives. For most folks that are reasonable,I’d guess it’s somewhere in the 1 to ten range. For the 1% that are members here, from what I’ve seen, I’d guess in the 10+ range.
With myself having around 200, I know I’m way deep down the rabbit hole, and that’s ok because at least I know that’s the first step in thinking rationally. The second step is to act on it, I haven’t made it to that step yet.
 
Just buy what you can afford without going into credit card debt that cannot be managed. The amount of interest you could end up racking up in a short time could get you another knife!

I try to buy quality over volume. Hard to get, quality pieces bring more enjoyment to me than your Spyderco or Benchmade - even CRK or Hinderer.

My current issue is I am acquiring customs at the same rate I use to buy Spydercos back in the day. It's very addictive.

Buy what you can afford, buy at a good price and usually you can get your money back if need be
 
Blues said:
I remember sitting with my French cousin in a restaurant in Paris about 20 years ago when he asked:

"But why do you need so many knives?"

I laughed. (My wife was more polite, and just smiled.)
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Need has nothing to do with this.

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I have too many knives…been like that for a long while. Nowadays, I focus on supporting makers who I have friendships with.
This is why I go out of my way to befriend as many knifemakers as possible! Haha.
 
I've been trying to pin a number on it for a while now. Sure, I haven't been trying very hard, but an effort was made.

I don't have a number. I have a set of jobs or roles, and I'm looking for The Knife to fill each of those. This has a number of advantages, most relevant for this discussion being that I can arbitrarily create new categories, or tell myself that I am still trialing knives for a given role.
 
Are we talking Net knives per month (inbound -outbound) . Not that it matters for me, but I hear that some people actually sell some of their knives.

I will actually put a number on some of this. I do buy in waves, but at 4 knives a month, I can't appreciate all of them. So that's my limit 4 per month. Hmm, I just purchased an ebay package of 4 inexpensive camp knives. I'm not sure that counts.
 
gentleman_edc said:
I don't Drive a BMW, or own a Bass boat. And I don't buy guns or shoot ammo. So knives are actually pretty cheap.

However, my rule now is: when you can't find the knife you are looking for because you have too many kinves, .... you have too many knives.
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I have many other hobbies which take money. My worst being Watches.
 
I believe what's healthy varies person to person. If your knife purchases don't affect your ability to eat well, don't cause unwanted drama, or cause quality of life issues for you or your family, then keep having fun with them responsibly.

I do think its a good idea to give yourself healthy boundaries to stay within, because it's very easy for any sort of collecting/accumulating hobby to get out of hand slowly over time. Just buying and keeping a knife isn't the end of it's life cycle, you still need to have a plan to manage them when its time to send them down the road. The more you have, the more time youll be spending making decisions about them. Find a good balance between the time your knives take to manage, and the time you have for other things, and you'll be able to enjoy them for a long time.
 
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