OK married men -- time for the truth.

dsvirsky

dsvirsky

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There's a lot of talk on this forum about how wonderful it would be if our spouses/significant others shared our interest in knives. Sharing is good. Right?

There's no need to go into the details of what happened, but the other day I realized that a part of me likes the fact that my wife isn't interested in knives.

So, married men, it's time to tell the truth. Deep in your heart-of-hearts, aren't you glad that there is one thing you own that will always be where you left it, and in the condition you left it in?

Dave

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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of More Knives

 
Hey Dsvirsky,
I totaly agree with you. Not only with that, but because I have a hobby of making knives, I don't have to talk to my wife. I just tell her, "sorry dear, but I can't talk about that right now, I have to get to my shop and fill an order". Boy it's a great hobby. Ofcourse, when customers look at my table at shows and see 60-70 knives on display, they usually say. "It's obvious you haven't talked to her in years"! Imagine that?
Best Regards,
Jay Maines
Sunrise River Custom Knives www.sunrisecustomknives.com

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As long as my wife doesn't attempt to sharpen my knife I don't care. Some of the scratches on our POS kitchen knives send shivers up and down my spine. I've tried to get her interested but no luck beyond acceptance. She has a SAK, LM PST and Buck Minitool.

If anything, she probably doesn't want me touching her toys
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She has 2 scroll saws, 2 band saws, 3 lathes, 4 belt sanders, 2 drill presses, 2 drum sanders, 3 routers, 2 saber saws, 1 dremel, 1 table saw, 1 planer, 1 bowl maker...

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"A knifeless man is a lifeless man"
-Nordic proverb


[This message has been edited by David Williams (edited 28 November 1999).]
 
I am very fortunate to have a wife that shares many interests with me. She is not as much into knives as I am. That is good in one way. I can get an opinion from her (on knives I make), that is that of a non-knife person perspective. She is getting more and more into knives though. In fact she has a custom knife on order right now.....A Neil Blackwood Tanto. I don't know who is more excited about it, me or her. It is probably me.....but she is definitly looking forward to it. Another great plus to sharing your knife interest with your wife, is that she (usually) will be more understanding of your purchases, if she feels like she is involved with them. 3 years ago I spent $1250 on 5 custom knives, an impulse buying spree because of my birthday. My wife was very supportive of me (although she probably thought I was nuts). She as since then seen me get all that out of a few of them, and still have a couple of the knives in my possesion. It is great to be able to share that with her.

In short
Are times on earth we get to spend with loved ones is short, share all of it you can together.


Just my opinion,

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Lynn Griffith-Custom Knives
New model, the "Marksman" just added toMy website
GriffithKN@aol.com


 
My wife is not into knives, other than cutting bread or meat in the kitchen. She did recognize that our POS kitchen knives needed replacing and got a decent set for Christmas. The other day when my Razor Edge steel and some other stuff came in the mail, she said "Honey, what is that thing?" I said it's a steel for maintaining an edge, she just looked at me like the dog does when you talk to him and he doesn't really understand. However, she does not have a problem with me buying accessories and knives, any kind, so far. We'll see if that changes if I start getting into customs or something.
 
As a part time maker, knives, equipment and materials have taken over a good portion of our house. At first the knifemaking was completly done in the shop, then it expanded into about half of the garage. Lately, the "sheath department" has been moved to our den and my wifes rather large craft table.
Laurie is not a "Knifenut". Over the years, being exposed to knives and attending shows, she's learned a great deal about them. Fancy knives draw her attention! To her, a Sebenza is UGLY! Someday I will buy her a knife that she will like. Its features would most likely include, mozaic damascuss, some sort of pearle or abalone and engraving. I forgot, scrimshaw of our two dogs would be the clincher!! This will not happen soon. A knife like that would equal half a Bridgeport! Shop equipment is still high on our priority list.
I could not ask for a more supportive person. There has been several times over the past three years when knife equipment came before groceries! I look back at that now and remember her saying not to worry, that we would all eat until the next paycheck! I've come home from my full time, night job, not looking forward to cleaning up the shop and finding it already done!
Laurie may not be a "knifenut" but I don't mind that. Without her, I couldn't make knives and have a happy household at the same time.
I think I will Email this to her for some "brownie" points....couldn't hurt!!!
Neil
PS LYNN!!! Thanks for the order, the Tanto is in the works.



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Update in process! New knives, pictures, Sheaths!!
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My wife works under the theory that what's hers is hers and what's mine is hers.

If she liked them as much as I do I would not have any.

[This message has been edited by Bo (edited 28 November 1999).]
 
My Wife is great about thing's like that we have a small collecton of about 8 knives all custom. me being a custom knifemaker I have to watch what I make when I make a small folder she eye's it up pretty good but when I make a small folder with Mother of Pearl she confiscates it so I dont make many of those .

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tbark
 
Before I started collecting knives, I asked my wife if she thought it was weird? She said , "No, if you enjoy it, it's like collecting anything else." She does enjoy my magazines, and my new purchases, and has been buying me pieces as gifts, (with my help, of course.)
Funny thing is she is far more into guns than knives. If I were to start collecting guns, I know there would be, Hers, Mine and Ours. As it is the knives are mine. She looks but doesn't mess with them. I admire her new clothes and shoes, but I don't mess with them. It seems to be working out fine.

It seems to me men are more of Collectors than women, except for that darn Martha Stewart.
 
dsvirsky, you make a very good point. I have tried many times to get my wife interested in my hobbies, always with the end result of being totally frustrated, because she never puts the same passion into things that I do.

This knife thing is mine, and will stay that way. Thanks for giving me a new viewpoint.


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LD
"Every Dog Has His Day"
BFC Member Since October 2, 1998

 
Dsvirsky,

Fun topic. My wife pretty much ignores my knife habit (um...er...collection) and doesn't ask too many questions about money (phew....wipes brow). However, She is Mighty Worried about my recent obsession with these here Forums. She keeps saying "Get a Life" and stuff like that. I keep telling her "its not really all about knives, it's about life", but I don't think she's buying it.

On the other hand, since I started lurking here, I spend A LOT less time searching the web for new sharp toys. And (at least for me) this site is FREE. Thanks to you All.

Paracelsus (aka Brad)
 
Well guys, my situation is a little different,my wife, Audra, is a full time maker(when she's not a full time mom). Nothing in my shop is sacred anymore, she has absorbed the entire garage(can't even get the riding lawn mower in there!!!). The mig welder, torches, lathe, drill presses, air tools, etc., everything has been modified or put to use in the production of knives. We've built a hydraulic press pattern after Jeff Carlisle's design(on steriods)built a propane furnace and the usual assortment of jigs and gadgets. Most of her earnings go back into the shop in the form of a Burr King, Paragon, little giant trip hammer(ya know, all that neat stuff) and misc. tools, supplies, and show expenses. I work full time as a heavy equip. mechanic, and on occasion, I get to play in "her" shop, only problem is the addiction is spreading to the kids, and the shop is getting way too small. Knife making kinda takes on a form of it's own, drawing everyone and everything into it's web with no escape!!!!!

{I typed this for my dad because he is completely computer illiterate.}

Biz
 
I just became engaged to a wonderful young woman who doesn't mind that I collect, carry, and use knives. However, she doesn't like the fact that each knife I HAVE to buy is over $250.oo!! I ordered a Mad Dog ATAK, a Mad Dog Shrike, a TOPS Steel Eagle, a SOG SEAL 2K, and even got a Cold Steel Magnumn Tanto. She decided to yield and she and my folks are getting me a Randall Special Fighter #1 for when I graduate from MCRD San Diego. I have a long ways to go, but I WILL do it...
Horse
 
Wife into knives .....come on. How many of us own MD, Busse and such because they are only about $25 each ;-)

or

I swop my knives and never buy them ;-)
 
For the most part my wife has kept her distance when it comes to me and knives. She did however, only recently interfere with a trade I had in process. For some reason she feels compelled to speak up where my Sebenza is concerned. I suppose it is due in part to all of the grief I put her through trying to get it in the first place.
Now for some reason she feels compelled to insure I keep that one. Don't get me wrong, I like the Sebenza, but I had my eyes on something else.
Now to keep the peace in my house I have to keep it, for now....

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The bible is not such a book a man would write if he could, or could write if he would.

*Lewis S. Chafer

2 Tim 3:16
 
Sorry, double-tapped.
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------------------The bible is not such a book a man would write if he could, or could write if he would.

*Lewis S. Chafer

2 Tim 3:16

[This message has been edited by Scarman (edited 29 November 1999).]
 
The wife isn`t into knives in any way.She is happy that I have found a hobby that I enjoy and for all the good friendships that have developed because of it.I think this is a true test of love,to accept the differences between us and be happy for the other partner when they find something that brings individual happiness.It makes the things we do together even more special.
It also helps that she has no idea how much knives can cost!
David

AKTI#150
 
When I grow up I want a wife who can sharpen knives and clean guns even better than I can
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. It would also be nice if she were the daughter of a man who owns both a fishing supply company and a knife factory.

hehehehehehe, a guy can always hope can't he?
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Sincerely,
Adam


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Self improvement is a hobby of mine :).

 
Well, so far it appears that Bo is the only one of you with enough guts (i.e., lack of self-preservation instincts) to admit to being in the same boat as me. My knives (OK, and my weightlifting gear) are the only things that are truly mine. Everything else is subject to borrowing by my wife. Sometimes, that's a little frustrating.

Dave
 
Scanning through a backlog of posts since the two and a half weeks (I think) I've been gone fixing and moving into our new house, and lo and behold, but a post from my old friend Aubrey. Those lines don't work on my wife, never have, never will. I simply don't have the "poker face" to pull it off.

She has her hobbies, I have mine, and we have "ours", as we think it should be. She doesn't criticize mine, I don't criticize hers. This is how it's been for quite some time now, and we both appreciate having separate hobbies. Hell, who is she to pester me about knives when I had to build an additional walk-in closet in our new house for her?
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She usually has some sort of SAK, or her micarta Calypso Jr, or my carbon Dragonfly with her, as she sees the utility for having a small knife with her, and she loves using my Rinaldi TKK in the kitchen, so while she appreciates them, she tends to leave them mostly for me. In addition, seeing how useful they were in working on the house before moving in (the small Sebenza for everything from opening cabinet boxes to scoring drywall, and the Busse Steel Heart for, um, deconstructing and gutting the kitchen cabinets for new shelf systems), I find her using her own more now, instead of asking for mine when outside the reach of her purse.

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Don LeHue
Royal Oak, Michigan

The pen is mightier than the sword...outside of arm's reach. Modify radius accordingly for rifle.

 
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