I can't stop

mr2blue

mr2blue

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OK, I have lots of knives, certainly enough to get by on.

Kersahw Tyrade
Kershaw JYD II SG2
Kershaw Nakamura
ZT 0300
ZT 0500 (2)
ZT 0205
ZT 0610
Spyderco Lum Chinese
Severtech Tanto
Severtech Spartan (in the mail due Thursday)
David Mosier Defiant
David Mosier Spektor on order
Emerson A100
Alsdorf Custom Slipjoint
Lone Wolf Harsey T2 Cocobolo
Jeff Hall Medium Bounty
Benchmade Mini Skirmish (in route)
Benchmade Lum Ti Monolock (on pre order)

Those are just the folders and I still can't stop buying knives. Then there are the bags and the guns and the lights.

I am way F__Ked up.
 
Nice group on knives. The addiction never ends. Got to have that new knife fix on a regular basis or suffer withdrawls.
 
It is crazy. I have discussions with myself and we agree that I have all the knives I could possibly need, yet it never fails that I see one more knife that I rationalize that I must have. It is definitely a sickness.
 
You don't choose knives, the knives choose you. Just let it wash over you...
 
Ha? You think you can't stop? This is just since the end of December.....

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And I got a Blackhawk CQD Mark 1 Type E due in on Thursday....will post a review and comparison with my MOD CQD Mark 1.....

I REALLY, I mean REALLY want a MOD Harkins Triton Auto OTF......its either that, or a Strider SnG.......choices.....choices.....I am a HUGE fan of MOD knives.
 
Oh boy, you are just getting started! Just wait another few years and THAN see how many you have :)

Or, at least that is what I am doing.
 
mr2blue said:
OK, I have lots of knives, certainly enough to get by on.

Kersahw Tyrade
Kershaw JYD II SG2
Kershaw Nakamura
ZT 0300
ZT 0500 (2)
ZT 0205
ZT 0610
Spyderco Lum Chinese
Severtech Tanto
Severtech Spartan (in the mail due Thursday)
David Mosier Defiant
David Mosier Spektor on order
Emerson A100
Alsdorf Custom Slipjoint
Lone Wolf Harsey T2 Cocobolo
Jeff Hall Medium Bounty
Benchmade Mini Skirmish (in route)
Benchmade Lum Ti Monolock (on pre order)

Those are just the folders and I still can't stop buying knives. Then there are the bags and the guns and the lights.

I am way F__Ked up.
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You list all those awesome knives, yet you post no pics. Come on we want the knife pron ;)
 
At least you can find a quorum inside your head, mr2Blue. Partisan bickering has me in gridlock.

I feel the same way, but I tend to go for more diversity than Glock. A few weeks ago, someone posed the question asking which 5 you would keep. I found that interesting, and very hard. I noticed some redundancy in my collection, so I broke it down to folders and fixed, then by blade length and style. Then I decided I "needed" more than 5.

I have caught my self coveting different sizes of the same design I like. I have two Harseys. I want another Lum. I usually carry two- a small gent folder, and a 3 or 4 inch folder. Part of my morning routine is trying to predict what my day might throw at me, and how I will slice it. I rarely use the gents,but the pocket feels light without a small knife.

Now I seem to be concentrating on fixed blades, different blade lengths and grinds, by custom makers. Still, my wife's shoes outnumber my knives, and I am yet to wonder if a knife matches my outfit. I bet they have higher resale, too.
 
I've noticed that some online communities encourage unhealthy behavior. I used to play world of warcraft. People are encouraged to spend more time on it. Essentially the more you immerse yourself and play, the cooler and more successful you are in the game.

Here everyone encourages each other to "get em both" When trying to decide which knife to get. Also lots of rationalizing and helping each other to feel ok about an obvious addiction. Making lots of jokes about it.

I've come to the realization that for some reason I will be addicted to something. I will spend too much time on something. Too much money. Too much care. Right now knives are it. The people here are really nice and alot of fun. I've learned alot about knives and other things on these forums.

However I think alot of us (myself included) have knife Greed. Greed is a form of desire. It is an exaggerated form of desire, based on overexpectation. Greed leads one to a feeling of frustration, disppointment, confusion, and alot of problems. One characteristic of greed is that although it arises from the desire to obtain something, it is not satisfied by obtaining it.

I pretty much stole that last paragraph from the Dalai Lama, from a book I am reading. It really rang true to me about my knife "hobby/addiction" :D
 
mr2blue,

You are just simply "TRUE BLUE". On knives that is. Don't ever stop. Just harness, channel, enjoy. Teach, mentor, educate. It's all good. Rest easy.

Gibby
 
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slimshaneee said:
I've noticed that some online communities encourage unhealthy behavior. I used to play world of warcraft. People are encouraged to spend more time on it. Essentially the more you immerse yourself and play, the cooler and more successful you are in the game.

Here everyone encourages each other to "get em both" When trying to decide which knife to get. Also lots of rationalizing and helping each other to feel ok about an obvious addiction. Making lots of jokes about it.

I've come to the realization that for some reason I will be addicted to something. I will spend too much time on something. Too much money. Too much care. Right now knives are it. The people here are really nice and alot of fun. I've learned alot about knives and other things on these forums.

However I think alot of us (myself included) have knife Greed. Greed is a form of desire. It is an exaggerated form of desire, based on overexpectation. Greed leads one to a feeling of frustration, disppointment, confusion, and alot of problems. One characteristic of greed is that although it arises from the desire to obtain something, it is not satisfied by obtaining it.

I pretty much stole that last paragraph from the Dalai Lama, from a book I am reading. It really rang true to me about my knife "hobby/addiction" :D
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Knife greed, that's deep. Yet knowing that won't make me stop ogling and buying knives. Oh well.
 
I have the same problem...this is just the Kershaws, and Ive purchased more of them since this pic...

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wow.. somebody's a Kershaw fan :)

Mr2blue:

1. you don't have enough spydercos.

2. you should do what I'm starting to do. I have plenty of folders now I'm really into getting fixed blades.
 
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