Knife Psychology... Are you being "profiled"?

You are over thinking it!
Three important points

1. First rule never count how many you have! Leads to crazy 🤪 statements "how many do you need?"😩

2. Every wife is a psychiatrist, they analyse every decision you ever make & have all the right answers!

3. Once your wife asks you to cut something three times... validation 🙂

Simple really
 
You need to alter her expectations. 162 knives can be better described as a 'mild interest'. Certainly not an 'obsession'.

When that doesn't work (and it won't) what I do is to start counting my wife's shoes. She likes to dress up and she's also a runner, so there are LOTS of them. She hasn't caught on yet that I count the individual shoes, not pairs. :cool:

Mark
 
penguin9 said:
You need to alter her expectations. 162 knives can be better described as a 'mild interest'. Certainly not an 'obsession'.

When that doesn't work (and it won't) what I do is to start counting my wife's shoes. She likes to dress up and she's also a runner, so there are LOTS of them. She hasn't caught on yet that I count the individual shoes, not pairs. :cool:

Mark
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I keep all jewelry receipts.
 
I dunno... The Mrs is pretty cool. I bought a Boker shadow pattern barlow on the exchange and she claimed it when she saw it. It now lives in her satchel. She also claimed one of my Seikos.

I guess that's just my tax, lol.
 
Locutus D'Borg said:
I would sell some of your less expensive, less used knives and start transitioning to customs or higher-end knives. Tell her you want your collection to reflect your opinion of her: high value, unique, gorgeous, and something you can't help but admire and fondle.
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Brilliant. Haha.
 
black mamba said:
Obviously, you are repressing feelings of inadequacy because of only having 162 knives. Come on, man, that's not even a year's rotation! Get with it, buy some more knives, and don't let your Significant Other dominate you psychologically! :cool:
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Let's make 2024 the year of the fully self-actualized knife hoarder!

Who's with me??!!!

Yeeeeeeeooooowwwww!
 
black mamba said:
Obviously, you are repressing feelings of inadequacy because of only having 162 knives. Come on, man, that's not even a year's rotation! Get with it, buy some more knives, and don't let your Significant Other dominate you psychologically! :cool:
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Thanks for the impassioned plea to call me to my senses! Now, off to the exchange to add # 163!!!!!
 
Slice-and-dice said:
So my wife is a psychiatrist. [Insert joke here] Having revealed to her the extent of my knife obsession, I fear I'm now being analyzed and profiled by an overly educated, over thinking, yet kind and beautiful life partner. :) She's taken down some data as follows and will be giving "timely and honest feedback" soon about what my collection reveals about me!

-I have 162 knives
-Top 3 brands are Buck at 31% of my collection, Case at 15%, and GEC at 9%
-I don't own a single Spyderco, Benchmade, or CRK knife
-23 knives are fixed blades, the rest are traditional folders
-A preponderance of the knives are single blade folders with an average blade length of 3"
-The touch of Ironwood causes my pulse to increase by 22% (estimated)
-I will often oil the day's EDC several times each day (I go through Ballistol like water!) regardless of whether or not the knife is used
-My dog's name is Wharncliffe
-Although working in a corporate Finance office, I carry three blades to work everyday, often closing my personal office door just to admire them periodically
-My barber's name is Edward Scissorhands (OK just a bad joke on this bullet point)

She's got a lot to unpack here, as I readily admit. Anyone have any suggestions on how to combat the extremism revealed in my knife obsession?? ;);):)
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Awesome dog name.
 
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