I hate you

hahahahah!

I started out with Benchmades and Spydies....

now all i have is customs, reeves and hiderers (i kept one or two BM and Spydie):D

good luck ....hahahahaha!
 
It's all down hill from here...

Next you will start modifying some of your production knives...

Then you will get hit by the knife making bug which is another slippery slope!

Welcome to Blade Forums. We are here to help you with your new addiction.

Ric
 
I'm very new here too, although I lurked for a long time before getting an account. Always had an affection for pocket knives. I had a question about some cheap-o knife, and googled it, which led me here. Well here I am with a $700 knife on the way. Couldn't be happier. :D
 
Now is the perfect time to stop buying immediately, for a set amount of time (I would say at least a month), and use the crap out if what you bought. Get an old phone book and practice cutting the words off of only ONE side of the paper. Start with single letters then move up to entire words without cutting through the other side. Roll up a page, tape the top and see how well you can chop through the roll. Get some manilla/hemp rope and practice cutting with them free hanging and laying down. Find a 2x4 and whittle it down to nothing Get some steaks/chicken breast and fillet/butterfly them. Practice sharpening them with different angles and different media (ceramic, diamond, AlO, sandpaper), using different angles, and different edge types (convex edge, v-edge)- and re-do all of the cutting tests.

I am serious about all of the above if you are interested in buying knives to use. The most important thing to focus on is what you DON'T LIKE about each knife. You have went gangbusters, now is the time to take your initial purchases and learn the knives. This will only help you in the future- you will be able to notice features at a glance- is the grind Where you want it? Is the handle shaped how you like it best? Is it an appropriate thickness for your uses/demands? Take the new knowledge and use it to further your growth in the knife community.

Not trying to preach or talk down to you, but many of us would have been thankful to have some guidance like this when we started. It's not a race to get the most or best; buying everything won't make you cooler or more accepted. It's fun to get caught up in the frenzy, but there comes a time to slow down and evaluate your collection. It's hard (personally) looking at what others have accumulated and not trying to copy it but remember many collections are decades older than you, knives come and go, and another deal will always be around the corner!

Enough old guy talk (old at 30- jeez), glad to see you love the knives and I hope I didn't overstep my boundaries in my suggestions.
 
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we need an intervention for us. i am going for a mba and i am paying for it with savings and income. i figured to do this i should stay away from glocktalk. needless to say this is worse. no one at glocktalk said i could get custom scales for my griptilian. ummm if i come up with a show call pimpmyshank maybe i could afford this addiction.


Phydeaux said:
It's all down hill from here...

Next you will start modifying some of your production knives...

Then you will get hit by the knife making bug which is another slippery slope!

Welcome to Blade Forums. We are here to help you with your new addiction.

Ric
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I'm going to half to agree with you. I have all the knives to do a complete Monday-Sunday edc rotation. And my parents are thinking I'm retarded for paying 50 dollars for all these knives... Ah well. :D I'm happy.
 
Gotta tell you, I have a new BM Stryker b/c of one of your threads! It's going full circle!
 
I just joined less than a week ago and already bought another knife.
And now searching for another....

Thanks
 
Titanium and steel can be as addictive as crack cocaine, and darn near as expensive. Welcome to the dark side!!
 
CUTS LIKE A KRIS said:
Now is the perfect time to stop buying immediately, for a set amount of time (I would say at least a month), and use the crap out if what you bought. Get an old phone book and practice cutting the words off of only ONE side of the paper. Start with single letters then move up to entire words without cutting through the other side. Roll up a page, tape the top and see how well you can chop through the roll. Get some manilla/hemp rope and practice cutting with them free hanging and laying down. Find a 2x4 and whittle it down to nothing Get some steaks/chicken breast and fillet/butterfly them. Practice sharpening them with different angles and different media (ceramic, diamond, AlO, sandpaper), using different angles, and different edge types (convex edge, v-edge)- and re-do all of the cutting tests.

I am serious about all of the above if you are interested in buying knives to use. The most important thing to focus on is what you DON'T LIKE about each knife. You have went gangbusters, now is the time to take your initial purchases and learn the knives. This will only help you in the future- you will be able to notice features at a glance- is the grind Where you want it? Is the handle shaped how you like it best? Is it an appropriate thickness for your uses/demands? Take the new knowledge and use it to further your growth in the knife community.

Not trying to preach or talk down to you, but many of us would have been thankful to have some guidance like this when we started. It's not a race to get the most or best; buying everything won't make you cooler or more accepted. It's fun to get caught up in the frenzy, but there comes a time to slow down and evaluate your collection. It's hard (personally) looking at what others have accumulated and not trying to copy it but remember many collections are decades older than you, knives come and go, and another deal will always be around the corner!

Enough old guy talk (old at 30- jeez), glad to see you love the knives and I hope I didn't overstep my boundaries in my suggestions.
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Excellent post, I think you put forth some excellent suggestions. :)
 
Snigel said:
Now I can't decide whether to get a Seb, XM-18 or a SNG.
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The answer to that question is yes. LOL!

Snigel said:
Do I need any of them? Hell no!
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That's very true. They are luxury items. You have more than enough knives. Keep telling yourself that. See if it works. :) If it doesn't, you may be a knifeaholic. If that's the case, I would go right for the Sebenza and leave it there. If that doesn't work, you're doomed...
 
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