I have a knife problem

Vanadium,

If your knife sickness is contagious I will pay for you to fly to Salisbury and cough on everyone with in a 10 mile radius of our shop. I would say if your sickness spreads I should be able to buy a home in the Hamptons by the spring!
 
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Diminishing Marginal Utility

The more one experiences something the less pleasure it gives
 
vanadium said:
This week started out normally. Over the weekend I got a Kershaw Leek. It's an awesome knife. I spent the whole day opening and closing it. The action was really satisfying, but that evening I checked out some videos of ZT's and realized...
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I read this and laughed but also didn't think it's a joke, because, though I'm not on the autism spectrum, I'm a literalist, so i took the post at face value, recognizing all too well how our hobby can stoke addictive behavior (buying new and better knives), mania and depression, and obsessive-compulsive thinking and behavior (I have the delica. Do I need the Endura, too?? Should I sharpen ny blade more? Should I send it away for better sharpening? Should I spend a billion dollars on a Wicked Edge contraption? WHY DIDN'T I POP ON THAT MINI-GRIP WHEN IT WAS FOR SALE ON THE FORUM? WHY, WHY, WHY???)
 
vanadium vanadium

Jeeze Vanadium! Stay away from the ladies of the night and illicit substances!
 
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On the other side of the spectrum, this is my 43th day in a row without buying a knife!
I was a bit like the OP when I started again a few years ago.
 
I won't judge you. I'll just suggest you try Benchmade next. Maybe a 940 series?

That won't happen to me. I have a built in safety system. My wife would kill me if I spent that much in a few days.
 
I used to buy maybe two knives a month, sometimes more. I would be temporarily happy with a new knife, but soon I'd be obsessing over the next one(s).

Several years ago, I started a system where, if I become interested in a knife, I hold off pulling the trigger on it for at least a month. About 95% of the time, I end up not buying it. It's saved me a LOT of money and, as a bonus, on the rare occasions now when I do make a purchase, I actually enjoy the knife.

But even that is winding down. A while back, I went a couple years without buying even one knife. It felt good. I can easily do that again. I also have lots of other interests...not that I didn't have them before, but other interests have taken on greater importance to me.

Jim
 
Yeah Jim, the ebb and flow of our hobbies.....
I also took the original post kind of literal but in the back of my mind I felt it might be a joke of some sort. Don't know. Vanadium, do what makes you happy. For me, I'm starting to lean more toward the way Jame Y mentioned above.... slowing down. But I feel sure I'll buy something new regardless that I think is wonderful (not a grail, just good for me).

CRK, please never make a carbon fiber handled knife.... I might just have to buy it and break my CRK fast.....
 
James Y said:
Several years ago, I started a system where, if I become interested in a knife, I hold off pulling the trigger on it for at least a month. About 95% of the time, I end up not buying it. It's saved me a LOT of money and, as a bonus, on the rare occasions now when I do make a purchase, I actually enjoy the knife. Jim
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I do the same thing. It started with guns when I was a youngster... I didn't realize that sooner or later there would be something newer, better, or more desirable around the corner. I was going from gun to gun when I couldn't afford the ammo to shoot all of them.

I did the waiting game with knives automatically as I always buy knives as tools. No collecting! Still, over the last 55 years I have acquired a lot of knives. Some I bought, some were gifted, some were inherited. MOST sit unused. Although I still buy a knife once in a while, it has to be something I am really nuts about, and have been waiting on for about a year. If I still find myself drawn to it, I will buy it.

And like you, I seem to enjoy the knives I buy now more after waiting to see if the lust for a new design/steel/handle material/brand wears off.

Robert
 
22-rimfire said:
CRK, please never make a carbon fiber handled knife.... I might just have to buy it and break my CRK fast.....
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They have...you've just managed to turn a blind eye to them. In the interest of maintaining your fast, I will neither identify the models or post images.
Stay strong!!
 
Sonnydaze said:
You need a WOMAN.
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