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woody

woody

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i was just adding up how many knives i own and i am fortunate that my wife does not mind my knife habit!
what i am curious about is, what does your significant other think about your knife purchases or do they even know about them?
this should be interesting......
thanks in advance for any replies,
woody
 
she knows
she doesn't understand
so far, she doesn't mind
she started collecting vintage clothing and hats and has filled one closet- I won't say a word against it.
 
She thinks they are better than the alternatives; Motorcycles and Flying Lessons. She considers knives a necessary evil that keeps me sane, somewhat.

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James Segura
San Francisco, CA
 
she knows.......she even encourages it! you see...she has 5 horses.need i say more? russ

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Hey Woody,

Should be a fair topic, more ways than one. I find best policy for myself is NOT to count my knives, heck I don't even keep them all in one place. I don't really collect em, just use and accumulate as taste dictates. Yes the Mrs. does know bout my habit. I even show her a cpl. of them though no real interest. Guess she figures there's worse habits to have.
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Only perfect practice makes perfect
 
She knows, doesn't mind. The kid is grown up and gone so there isn't a lot of problem due to money. We each have a real job to pay our way in the world, then we each have a part-time job to pay for our collecting habits. She's a doll collector so we rival each other for amount spent on any particular purchase.

DaveJ
 
hey guys,
i guess it works out about the same because i never say much about my wifes purchases!
FREEMON- it is very true about there being other, worse habits to have
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thanks for the replies !
woody
 
Hi Guys...

My wife knows full well of my addiction. I've carried an assortment of blades in the 14 years we've been together, although he has yet to understand it.

She feels a knife is a knife, is a knife, and doesn't see much difference from one to the other, other than price.

She doesn't understand the bond between a someone and a blade, but at least she isn't nervous any more when I play with them while watching TV in bed...LOL

I still get reamed out for leaving them laying around the house..

"Please Get your knife off of the coffee table". "Please get your knife out of "My" Kitchen" Please get your knife out of the car" Please get your knife out of the bathroom" "Why can't you leave your knives in the shop?"
Geeez !!
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You guys know Exactly what I mean!

ttyle Eric....

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Eric E. Noeldechen
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My girlfriends usually never mindede my knife habbit. my last, recently ex -girlfriend actually became infected by the virus as well.When I bring girls home it is usually a tester, becouse my apartment is cramped with martial arts (FMA) equipment and knives. I hope my next girlfriend will be as tolerant or even enthusiastic about my insanity then the previous one. Her knifefascination was one of the things that made it hard for me to let her go.
Matt from Munich.
P.s. On James Mattis website www.chaicutlery.com you can read a short report about a date I had with a non knife girl. It´s in Benchmade segment.
 

My Mrs. knows, understands and collects. She is also my most vicous critic when it comes to the knives I make......and I love her for that
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KSwinamer
 
The wife knows and thinks it's good that I've found something that makes me happy. I suppose that's subject to change as the accumulation grows larger and the individual prices grow higher.

She doesn't come close to understanding the why of it, but that's okay; we have shared interests, and we have our own personal interests, and that's how it should be.

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Dave

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of More Knives
 
My wife has no problem with my knife collecting. She always wants to see and hold the new ones I get. She is big time into Rubber Stamping and I helped her get started in her home based business with some of the $$ I have made selling a few knives.
 
I just started getting interested in knives last year and my wife used to think I was crazy. She went with me to a small knife show in November and ended up buying a custom utility. Now if I see a knife I like she just says, "get it". All I have to worry about now is the money.

rk

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As for me and my house...

Joshua 24:15

 
JW, my wife doesn't even collect antique clothing, and I had to build an additional walk-in closet for our new house before we even moved in. God help me if the antique bug hits her. We'll need a bigger house, LMAO!

If there's one thing about my wife I've figured out, it's when she says, "we", she usually means she wants me to do something, and she'll supervise or approve, like working on the house, putting up or taking down decorations, etc. I've got a hankering for something in Talonite by Rob Simonich, and I already know my reason will be, "I've worked hard on the house since we've moved in, I think I deserve some sort of reward." She really is a wonderful woman, so I don't think there will be anything else said about it. Then again, we're both somewhat vintage VW enthusiasts, and in her words, "Now that we have a garage, maybe we could think about restoring a Karmann Ghia..." Right. The "royal `we'". Guess who's gonna bust "their" knuckles on this one? I'll give you a hint. He's typing this post.
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Then again, I don't think Ghias were available with automatic transmissions, so since she wants nothing to do with driving a stick, I'll appreciate it a bit more than she will. Not a bad idea, actually.

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Don LeHue

The pen is mightier than the sword...outside of arm's reach. Modify radius accordingly for rifle.
 
I've never had a problem once the women were my girlfriends (they all thought it was either cool, or mildly interested, which is much better than out and out distain!). It's the how to you explain to a NEW girl that you have a couple of hundred dollars worth of really sharp pointy stuff in your back pocket. "No, I'm not gonna kill you", "No, I'm not crazy for spending that much money" are the worst. My trick, look for a woman with an odd hobby-then she can't say anything!
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"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n"
John Milton
There are only two types of people; those who understand this, and those who think they do.
 
My wife knows all about my knives and...accepts, rather than understands.
But she collects plates and things, so she at least understands the collecting part
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I'm gradually getting her to our way of thinking though - she now carries a Spydie Q and one of Lynn Griffith's mini neck knives. Both apparently have some "cuteness factor" which makes them more acceptable.

Still, no complaints from me. A few weeks back she bought me an old Wostenholm folder she found in a charity shop.....



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"..it is foolishness and endless trouble to cast a
stone at every dog that barks at you.."
 
Hey Guys,

For the most part it seems like some pretty evenly matched marriages where knives are concerned!
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Even if my wife is not enthusiatic about my knives, she is not antagonistic either. We each have our "things". I enjoy sharpening and collecting knives. I also do leatherwork. My wife doesn't mind either hobby. She is a little more fond of the leatherwork because I can make belts and things for her!
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Travis Autry
My knives are just like rabbits---they keep multiplying!!
 
I'm so spoiled I'm almost afraid to post this. My wife and I used to go to gun and knife shows together all the time. Not only does she "get it" she has several knives of her own.

To give you a picture, I got three custom knives and one semi-custom knife for Christmas, all from her. What more can I say about a girl who's favorite gun is a clip-fed 12 gauge?

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, I'm the luckiest man alive!

Matt

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Waxes Eloquent, Leader of the Terrible Ironic Horde and Sarcastic Brain Spewer
 
Matt, you think your Mrs can give mine a call?
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Actually, mine is pretty open-minded about those things. She knows that I'm responsible and have my somewhat skewed priorities in place. I mean, I wouldn't deprive the youngsters of their Frosted Flakes, but the guinea pig...let it forage for it's own danged food.

She knows that when I decide to take the plunge into a new piece, I've thought long and hard about it and I've made up my mind. And for those precarious times, there's always that old line, "This old thing? I've had this, like, forever. Just haven't used it until now."

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Ron

Is that thing shar...OW!


 
I'm another of the lucky souls who's wife not only accepts my habit, but joins in. In fact, she owns the most expensive piece in our joint collection.
-Jim
 
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