Knife Disease

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I recently discovered I have Knife-a Sosis. A disease in which no matter how many knives you have, you always see another one and want it. We have inventoried my stash and have about 3 customs, 5 semi handmade production, 6 high end production and about 25 users, beaters, fishing box queens and assorted sharp things in an about the house and even an Entrek I won on this forum from good ol' JThomas.

I thought I was cured when low and behold some knife catalogs ended up in my mailbox. I tried to look away but sought them out while everyone else was sleeping in the house. During the night I saw my favorite knife word "NEW" and wanted the knife in the picture even tho I had a plethora of edged tools about the house.

I slowly dialed Arkansas, Atlanta and Tennessee and ordered not one 'NEW'
knife but 3 (three I tell you) A Kershaw Echo, and new neck knife and a new Spyderco Civilian (It was on the page mocking me....Buy Me, Buy Me) and now I am out a couple hundred more hard earned shekels.

Is there hope for me? Am I going to have a life of unbearable pain and agony every time a knife catalog comes out...Or heaven forbid...A KNIFE SHOW?
Are there others of you out there like me or am I all alone in this crazy world with Knife-A-Sosis? Help me before I buy again. :eek:
 
Hmmm you sound perfectly normal to me.

Last night the hogs were squeeling so loudly in the Busse section, I could hear them clear across Bladeforums.

I went to investigate and ended up ordering the latest release, even though I know nothing about Busse knives. I don't even know what INFI is, but I think it is either the designer or some sort of prayer wheel. :D

When you start hiding knife catalogs in waterproof containers inside the toilet water holder, then you might have a problem. ;)
 
maybe not exactly a disease, but it is compulsive behavior. i was "normal", or more accurately in recession, until i discovered these forums 6 months ago. since then i have bought about 60 knives with average price about $100. more recently i discovered ebay and now my condition is more acute. i spend a couple of hours per day carefully perusing ebay lists (like "folding knives" list is different from "pocket knives". i usually buy 1 or 2 "really neat knives". then i get more kicks as i await the mail, get the mail, open the mail, fondle the knife, having done "research" on that particular knife so i know as much about it's history as possible. now i'm making a catalogue of them so hopefully when i die my kids won't just chuck out my collection, but maybe take an interest and keep a few. i live on and work a large rural property so i use a knife almost daily ($800 sebenza for gardening ?), but really i have more than 20x the number of knives i need. but it is a hobby and i do enjoy using, handling, sharpening and reading/learning about my knives. well it's 0330 hrs. now, better get some sleep, gotta be sharp for sunday night ebay knives. compulsively, roland
 
zenheretic said:
Hmmm you sound perfectly normal to me.

Last night the hogs were squeeling so loudly in the Busse section, I could hear them clear across Bladeforums.

I went to investigate and ended up ordering the latest release, even though I know nothing about Busse knives. I don't even know what INFI is, but I think it is either the designer or some sort of prayer wheel. :D

When you start hiding knife catalogs in waterproof containers inside the toilet water holder, then you might have a problem. ;)
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Good one Zen!:D . I'm a bit more conservative. Only the knives best for the task get purchased. Foretunately my standards are quite low:D ;) .
 
Diseases are common in the Peoples Republic of Lala-Land .....
Cure : Buy more toys ..... works every time .....
 
zenheretic said:
Hmmm you sound perfectly normal to me.

Last night the hogs were squeeling so loudly in the Busse section, I could hear them clear across Bladeforums.

I went to investigate and ended up ordering the latest release, even though I know nothing about Busse knives. I don't even know what INFI is, but I think it is either the designer or some sort of prayer wheel. :D

When you start hiding knife catalogs in waterproof containers inside the toilet water holder, then you might have a problem. ;)
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I don't think it was the Hogs that you heard, it was more than likely the pigglets. I believe that the Hogs like to keep quiet until the trough is clean and then they start to make noise when the packages arrive.

I also don't see anything unusual.

A guy can't keep carrying the same knife, we have to have carry options and we have to have the newest and coolest tools out there, don't we?
 
It would not be so bad if knives were like, say shoes, to me. Buy shoe, use it until they are worn out, buy new shoe. But no, I buy a knife, and while its perfectly fine, I find myself constantly buying more. I then find myself, spending disgusting amounts of time reading about them, knifeturbating them, sharpening them. Its really ridiculous when you think about it. There should be an AA for knife addiction.
 
Of all of the diseases out there... You have a relatively harmless one. (Too bad insurance doesn't kick in on the $$$$ though).:D
 
Sometimes it is OK to face the truth: all of us are bunch of knifenuts.
We need some help, and this is dealers for.
 
My case of it's getting worse,but atleast I'm mainly into knives under $50.I'll buy a knife or two and as soon as the new wears of I think I need another.
 
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