My first high-end folder

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K.Berge

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I Finally pulled the trigger and ordered my first high-end/semi-custom folder! I decided to go with a XM-18, 3.5" non-flipper. It should be here in a couple days, I can't wait! My girlfriends going to love me when she finds out how much I paid for this one. haha :D
 
just carry it every day. my gf looks askew at what i buy, but she does the same thing with designer bags and understands that
 
wyattT said:
just carry it every day. my gf looks askew at what i buy, but she does the same thing with designer bags and understands that
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I'll definitely carry and use it everyday. Sometimes I wish my girlfriend was into designer bags or shoes so I'd have an excuse to buy more knives. Maybe I'll try buying her a little gift to get on her good side.
 
K.Berge said:
I'll definitely carry and use it everyday. Sometimes I wish my girlfriend was into designer bags or shoes so I'd have an excuse to buy more knives. Maybe I'll try buying her a little gift to get on her good side.
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I'm no marriage counselor but you may need to get her hooked on a pink Izula or the little Spyderco that guys get their women (forgot the name) or ...oops....kick her to the curb? Did I say that? Sorry, but knives come as part of the relationship!! ;)

Maybe watch Man Woman Wild with her?

Edit: BTW great knife - if you're gonna fight or have a falling out over a folder, then it should be an XM-18! :D
 
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Now your screwed, because just like your post says "your first" that means there is going to be a second, third, etc.

Additionally, you said girlfriend, so why is fussing over what you spend on knives, that sounds like a wife. Just sayin.

Welcome to an addiction that knows no cure.
 
why would you tell her what it costs? :confused:
your gonna fall in love with that knife the first time you handle it by the way... that knife is a friggin TANK
 
Thank y'all... I went with a black/green scale, I don't think I've seen this color scale so I'm not sure what to expect.
As for my girlfriend, I don't want to lie.. Maybe I'll try the "Don't ask, don't tell" tactic and see how that works:D.
 
My wife of 24 years knows what my knives cost and she also knows how I care for them and of course my first love, which is guns.

Over the years she's seen me buy very expensive guns first and later knives.

If you care for them and they're not crappy stuff. You never really lose much on re-sale. I sell more guns to get others than knives. She's seen me turn a profit on many a fine double or a pistol that I just didn't care for. I kept them like new so that it was almost impossible to detect w/o a good field stripping that they were even fired.

I've adopted this strategy with knives: When I buy something new and kinda pricey like a Sebenza, an XM-18, XM-24. I don't even use the knife for awhile until I'm completely satisfied that there's no way I could sell it. Then I'll stick it in my pocket and cut some boxes arriving in the mail.

If I need to dump it, I break close to even and in some cases make a profit. I've put knives in my safe and fooled around with them for awhile before making up my mind. I had two fixed blades in my safe for 20 years and sold them both the minute I put them up for sale. It keeps me from accumulating a bunch of stuff I'll never use. I did that once and I had boxes of knives that I ended up selling off.

I was looking at my XM-24 (never carried or used - yet) today and told her that online dealers were getting over $1400 for "gen 3 production models" exactly like I had in my hand and maybe I should sell it for less than that and use the $$ for something else.

She said "and then you'll be miserable and wish you never would have sold it. I think you should just keep it." I love this woman. :D
 
cziv said:
My wife of 24 years knows what my knives cost and she also knows how I care for them and of course my first love, which is guns.

Over the years she's seen me buy very expensive guns first and later knives.

If you care for them and they're not crappy stuff. You never really lose much on re-sale. I sell more guns to get others than knives. She's seen me turn a profit on many a fine double or a pistol that I just didn't care for. I kept them like new so that it was almost impossible to detect w/o a good field stripping that they were even fired.

I've adopted this strategy with knives: When I buy something new and kinda pricey like a Sebenza, an XM-18, XM-24. I don't even use the knife for awhile until I'm completely satisfied that there's no way I could sell it. Then I'll stick it in my pocket and cut some boxes arriving in the mail.

If I need to dump it, I break close to even and in some cases make a profit. I've put knives in my safe and fooled around with them for awhile before making up my mind. I had two fixed blades in my safe for 20 years and sold them both the minute I put them up for sale. It keeps me from accumulating a bunch of stuff I'll never use. I did that once and I had boxes of knives that I ended up selling off.

I was looking at my XM-24 (never carried or used - yet) today and told her that online dealers were getting over $1400 for "gen 3 production models" exactly like I had in my hand and maybe I should sell it for less than that and use the $$ for something else.

She said "and then you'll be miserable and wish you never would have sold it. I think you should just keep it." I love this woman. :D
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LOL, You've got a good lady there. Also thanks for the advice. My first love was guns as well, and just over the last year I've started heading more in the knife direction. I get almost the same satisfaction as I do with my guns, plus I get to carry and use them daily.

My problem is I have a very VERY hard time getting rid of any of my knives or guns, even if they're not getting used. I wonder if anyone else has this problem.
 
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