Knives and ladies...

Mandragore

Mandragore

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For those who are married or have a girlfriend. What does she think about your knife-collecting passion?
I personally have no problem with that cuz i'm single but instead of that, there is my mother: she does not really like that :)
 
My wife is actually very supportive. In fact, she bought two custom knives for me, one by A.T. Barr and the other by Jot Singh Khalsa, at the S.E.C.K.S.last September.
 
My GF just bought herself a pair of matched dascus daggers from Audra Draper. She is mostly supportive, as long as I don't blow the rent money.
 
Tolerant is probably the best word. Then again, I don't spend a lot of money on the hobby.
 
Yeah, I guess "tolerant" would be the right word. My wife can't figure out why I'd need, or want, more than one knife. I tell her that the concept is the same as it is for jokes: if you don't understand why a joke is funny, no amount of explanation is going to help. Same deal for us knifenuts: you either get it or you don't. So she puts up with it, I guess for the same reason she puts up with my taste in music (and literature and cinema, for that matter).
 
My wife tolerates it and even shows an interest in particularly nice knives. She, being the frugal person she is, wouldn't spend $100+ on a knife, but can see why others might. She actually encouraged my last purchase (REKAT Savant).

Chris
 
I Love Knives. My wife love Jewelry.

Neither one of us really understands why the other likes what they do but as long as the budget is not abused we support each other's interest.
 
What my wife doesn't know, doesn't hurt her. (And in turn, she doesn't hurt me.:D.:D.).

Actually, she thinks that I don't "need" anymore knives (according to her, I have enough knives to supply a small army), and that I spend too much time on BladeForums/KnifeForums. Like I said...What she doesn't know, doesn't hurt her.:).
 
My wife barely tolerates the time I put into my accumulation of knives, although occasionally expressing marginal interest if I bring home something fancy, like a William Henry Black & Tan Lancet, but I do mean marginal interest.
 
She just calls it my "knife thing". She treats it like any other hobby. Wouldn't be dating her if she didn't. Period.

-Al-
 
Easy for me. She really hates guns, so a few knives don't bother her at all. :p She even appreciates their inherent beauty, though maybe not as much as I. And if I'm spending the money on knives I can't be spending it on any more of those "useless gun accessories."

[In her defense, she is an RKBA supporter, but doesn't like the big bangy things in the house due to childhood trauma. So my safe lives in the (attached) garage... :)]

-- PG
 
Well, I'm kinda biased since I don't have anything against knives or guns, but here's what got me into them: my boyfriend! He came home from a gun show one Sunday and showed me his brand new Spyderco Endura. I was not interested and was really kinda peeved by the expense of it. But I let it go, no big deal really. A few weeks later, I started thinking about that knife, the shape of the blade and how it clicked nicely when he opened it. I got curious and asked him about it. He grinned and let me take a good look at it. I cycled it a few times and really liked the way it worked. I told him I would kinda like to have one of my own! He got a bigger grin this time.

He gave me some of his catalogs to look through and I was amazed at the variety of knives that were available. Knives have been around for thousands of years, but I never really paid any attention to them and considered them to be something "just for guys". I found a couple I really liked, and he told me which brands were considered to be higher quality, and with this info in my head we went to a gun store the next weekend. The clerk asked me what I wanted a knife for. I said "To cut stuff with?" Jim just said "You're not going to sell her on anything, just let her look." I picked out a Benchmade Ascent and a "cute" little blue Spyderco Ladybug for my key chain. I was hooked! And it's all been downhill from there! :D

What really turned me onto knives was Jim's acceptance of my interest. Had he admonished me for taking interest in knives, I think things would have turned out very differently. But he encouraged my interest and let me know, without saying a word, that it was OK to like knives. My interest continues to grow, along with my collection. So guys, let your ladies know it's OK for a woman to like knives and carry them, and who knows, she might help you spend your rent money!
 
I introduced my wife to both firearms and knives. At first she was terrified of both. Then we got a shotgun for the house and, after we took a class on how to use it properly, she decided it was kind of fun. She is now slightly ahead of me in firearm acquisitions and outshoots me at IDPA events.

Knives came second. I have always been a gadget nut, carrying Swiss Army knives and multi-tools. When I decided I should have a good stand-alone knife I did my usual research and became interested. She was willing to tolerate a few nice knives ($100 plus range) as another of my strange hobbies, but being around them still made her nervous.

One day, at a gun show, I encouraged her to look around for a knife that would work for her. After a lot of searching she picked out a little Buck Lightning in the blue marble anodized finish. Carrying and using that for a while got her past the fear of blades, although big flashy ones still made her nervous.

Eventually I decided to tempt fate and bought her a Spyderco Tim Wegner Mouse and a Mike Souvestre Mouse Trap neck sheath. She liked the small size, good grip, and overall toughness of the thing. Then she used it to open boxes at work and was amazed at how much difference a good sharp knife made over the old box cutter she'd been using. The came to really love that Mouse.

Over time I've picked up a few other knives for her, including a silver inlaid Spyderco Co-Pilot, a Spyderco Toad, and a La Griffe, which was a big hit. She finally ended up with a blue-shell Spyderco Vesuvius as her EDC.

Last week I gave her an early Christmas present, one of the few Spyderco Tim Wegner Ocelot prototypes in BG-42 and G-10. She went crazy over it. Now she has a semi-custom EDC up to the quality and toughness of my Sebenza.

One other thing worth noting, all except one of the knives she really likes were made by or designed for Spyderco and all were purchased from BladeArt. Thanks to Sal Glesser, Tim Wegner, Larry, and Vince for all the help! :D

--Bob Q
 
My wife does not like my collecting knives. Our solution is that apart from the CQC6 I have as my edc, she does not see or want to see my collection. The only time it gets discussed is if there are too many boxes turning up from Les, TAD, etc.

Regards,

Ed

PS I am lucky that she does not know what these things cost!
 
I get yelled at pretty often, but hey, it's not like I could ever stop...even if I did want to..Which I don't.
 
I couldn't be luckier, as I see from the majority of these posts. My wife is quite happy to let me play with my funds and involve myself with knives. She is always curious on my latest aquisition, and understands the style and beauty portion.

I gave her a William Henry Lancet with engraving, as a gift for her tolerance and support. She keeps it in her bag and is her EDC. Once she accepted it, I told her how now SHE is a knife afficionado! (There was probably a *little* self-serving motive in this gesture, but buying a woman's affections is one of Mankind's longest-running ploys!:D )

Here it is:

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Coop
 
My wife and I have our own checking accounts and we have a deal. She doesn't ask me about my guns and knives, and I don't bother her about her plethora of makeup, creams, lotions, shoes, clothes etc...

It's worked so far. Her and my daughter aren't afraid of knives, just aren't nuts over them like me. My wife has my old BM mini-reflex (got rid of it when I started buying Microtech's) and my daughter has a CF Spyderco Dragonfly, but now she want's a new one. I bought her a Kershaw Scallion for X-mas.:)
 
Wow. I knew I had it good but had no idea how good until reading this. My wife is really supportive I guess. I don't spend "income" on knives -- I either earn extra money doing freelance or by selling stuff -- usually fishing tackle. So there really isn't a money discussion involved. It's a collecting hobby -- no different than stamps, coins, watches, whatever.

My wife is always interested in seeing new knives and checking out magazines with me.

As for time spent online, my wife rolls her eyes when I say I'm going up to "check email" again. But hey, it's better than meeting the guys at a bar!
 
My wife has claimed my Spyderco Native, and she will not give it back along with a few others. Now I have to be careful and not let her check my collection out, and open the boxes of future orders.
 
King,

Damn the womens shoe market. Damn it!!!!! My wife has so many pairs of shoes, she could open her own shoe outlet.
 
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