Leaving the Knife Exchange

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Enjoy it all. Although most don't realize it, you are not alone. We are all know the deal. Enjoy the ride.

 

Never heard of this happening before, must be some sort of rare phenomena.

 

Holding out for a deadlock from Hawk knives. I get in more arguments with myself about buying knives than I do with my wife- wtf is wrong with me.

 

It helps to buy firearms instead.

 

Aye. Without attempting to derail the thread, a quick explain: it helps my effed-up mind too see simple facts stated about my situation in that sort of way. Which is why I do it. Not trying to shock anybody.

I'm glad you know people who have success with anything, including natural medicine.

 

^ Ditto this.

I hope that the heath professionals are keeping you comfortable. I'll keep you in my prayers, RLD.
I hope that the times you're able to spend here on BladeForums, brings you a sense of peaceful enjoyment, and a momentary distraction away from your horrible situation.

 

You know, it is actually really easy to not buy anything from the exchange.

99% of the threads that I take interest in say "conus only", the remaining 1% are either crappy deals or stuff like "f&f or add fees" or something like that.

 

You could also try flashlights instead.

 

Still buy a few knives here,but not nearly as much as in the old days,what I did is turn my attention to SAK's collecting ,buying even used ones that needed tlc,and polished and sanded,tried straightening blades as much as I could trying to cherry them out ,just basically a diversion but have saved myself a ton of money in the process and still get to play with quality knives

 

I've been thinking the same thing. I keep looking at the Exchange when I know damn well I got more than I'll ever need already, and BAM! A PM2 is coming now. My purchase price is inching upward every time. I do manage to only go for the real steals though... Plus I needed Spyderco knife #6... And I didn't have a PM2 yet... And I don't have any S30V blades anymore... And I had to try the compression lock... We all got issues man!

 

I'm sorry friend, but I have to tell you that Bradford Guardian is going to be a constant reminder of your addiction. The only way to truly begin the healing process is to send it to me to get the negative feelings out of your household. I'm here for you brother!

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Crap now I might be stuck surfing for one like that! Nice blade!

 

My ex-wife bled me dry. Then, I went into liver failure, and haven't worked since July.

Since August of 2015, I've sold about 27 knives, and bought 3.

I usually spent well over $100. Now not so much. I saved Christmas and birthday money. I spent $20 on a Vic super tinker, $40 on a Case mini-copperhead blue kirinite. I broke down and bought a lightly used ZT 095BLK a few weeks ago, and just bought a Spyderco Aqua Salt se used for $85. I did get as a gift when I got sick a Matt Bailey model 2 flipper.

I'm done for the year now.

 

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Not of your taste for mid to mid-high end persists. Your discretionary income will be drained just as fast, if not faster with the nicer stuff...