Knives and wives

[John Dough]

Can they co-exist? I'd like to see...

 

[Monofletch]

Mine doesn’t understand. She never will....
She is a keeper though!

 

[pa knifeguy]

They can coexist quite nicely.
When we first met my wife carried a Chinese knock off sak on her keys, but she had pretty blue eyes and I asked her out anyway.
Eventually I gave her a genuine Vic classic that she proudly carried.
Now she has a couple more Vics and a Case mini trapper.
She also helps me put together and run a knife show every year and we have a blast.
She even gifted that first classic to someone with the exclamation that everyone needs one of these

 

[WValtakis]

They coexist just fine...she just tends to have prettier taste in knives than I do

 

[Steely_Gunz]

My wife is fine with my hobby. Some guys have much more expensive interests than the sharp and pointy. So I drop a couple hundred bucks on something I dont need every once in awhile, it's cheaper than a camera or a boat or a sports car.

My wife knows my hobby brings me joy. It's not an adversarial relationship, and I dont empty the family coffers indulging.

Also, I dont ask what her shoes cost

 

[comis]

I think so, but I suspect they may co-exist even better without knowing each other existence.

 

[Rich S]

Yes, mine even has a few collections of her own.
Rich

 

[woodysone]

Yes they can, just different tastes, mine really likes custom kitchen blades. My job is to keep them sharp, I don’t see a down side to this.

 

[90grains]

My wife is AWESOME! She is perfectly fine with my knives. As I type she is looking at purses and shoes online. We are both happy! Guess I am blessed.

 

[soc_monki]

My wife doesn't understand, but she let's me have my hobbies. She has hers (sewing is one), and I have mine. She's always been supportive of my interests and I am with hers. Understanding each other's interests is not necessary.

I got a keeper, no complaints here!

 

[Ironbut]

I've been married going on 48 years. My wife doesn't care anymore if I buy new guns or knives. She just wants to know how much she can sell them for when I die.

 

[Quiet]

My wife is perfectly fine with my collection*, and even has several knives of her own that I've scored for her. She sends me to BLADE each year with a wad of cash and a kick in the ass, telling me to "Get all the good things!" So, yeah, I'd say they can coexist just fine.


*And amazing in all things, really

 

[l1ranger]

that should be "knifes and wifes" or "knives and wives".

mine don't get it, but she doesn't really care either. I dont buy a ton of knives either
I dont let knives or any other hobby put me in financial troubles

 

[ferider]

Can they co-exist? I'd like to see...

Absolutely. Maybe she just likes different knives than you; now be careful, this can become expensive See also https://bladeforums.com/threads/doe...ars-of-marriage-guess-what-she-picked.1689463

 

[Horsewright]

Mine helps me make knives. She does most of the bandsaw cutting out of the blades:

She also helps me put on the bolsters:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B46MORjJV9k/

She also helps on the leather side of things:

She does all our flower carving and a lot of the consturction on various products:

Checks up on me in the shop:

And helps run the ranch:

Swings a pretty loop too:

She makes all the wool vests and the sandwashed silk wildrags (cowboys don't wear scarves, its wildrags) that we sell too:

Yep gets stuff done:

Hella of a shot with her Henry:

Yeah keepin':

 

[woodysone]

Wish there was something more then a like Dave, I believe you have a keeper, but you already know that.

 

[John Dough]

that should be "knifes and wifes" or "knives and wives".

Gosh, no idea what I was thinking there... changed it

 

[ferider]

Wish there was something more then a like Dave, I believe you have a keeper, but you already know that.

Agree. But maybe next time Dave can skip the castration picture

 

[TheTourist]

She just wants to know how much she can sell them for when I die.

Yikes, I thought I was the only one! I have two drawers in our walk-in closet. Perhaps +two dozen knives, mostly automatics. My wife doesn't understand on why 90% of the collection is "pristine." Ergo, she doesn't even get why I refer to the knife in my jeans as "my usin' knife."

 

[jlauffer]

Mine doesn’t understand. She never will....
She is a keeper though!

This!