If you won $250K post tax would that change your knife buying habits?

cchu518

cchu518

Joined
Mar 6, 2013
Messages
8,331
Just a fun question. If you won $250K and the taxes on it were paid, meaning its $250K of found money to you. Would that change your knife buying habit? For me I think I could see myself maybe using a couple of grand at most, but the rest I would have other uses for like paying down bills, new furnace, paintjob for the house, savings.

In my head I can only think of a handful of knives I would buy: BM Terzuola, Small Sebenza, Bradley Alias II, and a Case Peanut in G10 and a few customs that normall go for well less than $500.

I've been also finding that I'm a low budget user. My most used EDC knives are usually my cheapest ones. It isn't to say they are bad knives but they always happen to be cheapies. I think in that sense I'm able to draw a clear line with my interest in knives and my actual normal life. I'm somehow thinking that I should be in want of a super custom but I don't as it wouldn't change my knife use habits. I.E. today I used my peanut to cut open a ream of paper in the office and to cut some stray thread on my coat. And it was a $13 knife that I used. How about you folks?
 
I would live a little. Todd Begg, Shiragorov, Mayo, RJ Martin. Probably add a Busse. Stop at about 10-12K
 
I'd probably blow 25k on knives easy with that sort of free money... Just saying. :D

So yes, the habits would change as my budget right now is a negative number.:rolleyes:
 
There are some kitchen knives I'd pick up, some waterstones, and a few fixed blades. I might throw some money towards a couple left handed custom folders, but they wouldn't be what I'd be primarily interested in.
 
Last edited:
Mostly, it would change my bill paying habits. Then, by osmosis, my knife buying habits might change. I might go hog wild and get a Sebenza.
 
YES, I would pay handsomely for a Chris Reeve Large Regular Mammoth Damascus Annual Sebenza.....!!!
 
I'd buy a house. Shaped like a strider sng.
 
I would probably pick up a Sebenza, and either a SCAR 17 or a Larue PredatOBR in .308, a SG3000 both with nice glass, and there is one outrageously priced knife I would like to buy if I had that kind of windfall - a Rockstead DLC fixed blade. So that's a little less than 10k in luxury purchases for myself, all most of those things would retain their value fairly well so it would be as much an investment as wasteful spending. I'm actually more confident investing in functional modern firearms now than stocks, and they have a better return than bonds even if you use them.

Make that 1 million and you might see the purchases get a little wilder.
 
That is quite a bit of money, but not so much where I would blow a ton of it on knives. I would probably spend about 5000 on knives between various productions and customs and that would be over a period of time. The customs add up fast so I could see that budget being stretched, but it depends on what else I would buy. Guns and ammo take priority for me over knives as usually knives do not cost near as much. There always seems like a new knife is coming out and I am out of money because I bought another so I would keep so extra for whenever a new knife is released that I might want. Due to customs I could see my original 5k on knives being bumped up to 15k. Live life and enjoy. I of course would spend my play money last when it comes to knives. Being debt free is number one which I am good on that until I get a house payment (College student).
 
I could see a few more Striders, some Hinderers, Snipers, a few Crusader Forge models, more El Patron's, a couple Kingdom Armory folders, more customs, etc, etc, etc, I would try and stop at $25 grand. So basically, nothing would change.
 
I'd pick up a few more things I have yet to pick up due to the price(like the Spydie Civilian, I want one, but I don't carry a knife for self defense and I don't want to spend $180 or whatever on it just to sit around, same with the CS XL Espada in aluminum and it's $250+ pricetag), but I wouldn't go hog wild and buy a bunch of(or any, in some cases) Sebenzas, or Hinderers, super pricy customs, etc. I would complete a few collections though-I'd have all the Condor machetes, all the Leek varieties, all the different colored Enduras and Delicas...
 
I have all the knives I want. I've been very successful wth investing. I've already made that much in a year. I would invest all of it.
 
I could finally afford the ZT 560! I would get a few higher (sub $250) folders and then just trade from there. And I would buy myself a cosmetically meh Corvette and drop at least $1k on a sound system for it. I would probably keep the rest of $50k out and hope I AK smart enough to save the rest.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top