Less is more?

[Michael_Aos]

I haven't actually done the math, but it sure SEEMS like the more knives I buy, the fewer I actually have!

As I've gotten new knives they push the old ones further and further back out of the EDC rotation. I finally broke down earlier this year and gave a few away. I'm kinda eyeing a few more.

Anyone else find as you get MORE into your knife addiction, you actually have fewer pieces?

Mike

 

[brad1407]

Thats exactly what happened to me. I think I bought up about 30 or so knives when I first started collecting now I'm down to 15 I think. It happened to me because I started wanting more and more customs so I sold alot of my production stuff to pay for them. Even though my collection has gotten smaller I like it even more now.

 

[OwenM]

Absolutely. When I first discovered these forums, I had 9 knives.
Since then, I've bought 20, and now have a total of 15 (three or four of which I'm thinking of selling).
So, 9+20=15? Nope, I just get rid of anything that I don't use, and wasn't a gift.
The total # of knives hasn't gone up that much, but the average price has skyrocketed-Bladeforums can be rough on the wallet
Customs have really ruined my urge for production knives, too.

 

[Tightwad]

Owen M, I'd guess what's happened to here is what has happened to all knifenuts at one
time or the other.....We finally learn what it is we really like. I ,too, when through a "buying
spree" of every size, shape & style that I read about here and wherever I could concerning
knives. The strange thing is that along the way I "learned" what pleased me the most along
with what just didn't make the cut. I had at one time over 100 knives of all type's. Then
one day not long ago I sorted them by what pleased me and what didn't. Not suprizingly
the pile of "pleasers" was very , very small. I guess I found the center of my interest.
Those that didn't please are now being slowly sold off. I've "learned" what I like. I
find a measure of satisfaction knowing what I like. It makes this hobby so much richer
and rewarding. The knives I carry now are the result of much thought finding what
fit my needs. These tools seldom change as they are "just right" for me.

 

[knifenerd]

No. The numbers keep increasing.

 

[glockman99]

After a couple years of pretty steady trading back and forth, my knife-count is pretty much the same as when I started, (which is TOO MANY, according to my lovely wife)..