It is almost impossible to open a knife or gun related forum without running into the proposition that something is "not worth it" when there are cheaper alternatives available "just as good." Some examples: Busse (or any of several other high-end makers') knives, Nighthawk Hi-Powers and Korth/Nighthawk revolvers, high-end 1911's, the list goes on and on. There is sometimes almost a reverse snobbery going on. By logical extention of this argument, such things as Rolex watches, Corvettes or other high-performance sports cars, luxury cars like Lexuses, Cadillacs, BMW's, Mercedes, etc. ought not to exist either. Although none of the proponents would admit it, this is a collectivist mindset, the decidedly liberal/socialist idea that everything you do is somehow their business and that if any thing is affordable to one person it ought to be affordable to everyone and available at Wal-Mart. It is also the arrogance of thinking one's own opinions about worth ought to be imposed on everyone else.
Closely related to this is the notion that collecting something for it's own sake rather than using it is somehow an inferior or shameful activity. A guy on another forum today actually asked what is the standard for when it's ok to buy a knife and not use it. My reply was along the lines it's your knife and you have the absolute right to decide what to do with it. There is, or ought not to be, any "standard." A collection of Frost cutlery is just as valid as a collection of Randalls if it pleases the one doing the collecting.
If a person buys anything legal from another person and is happy to have the thing purchased at the price, then to that person it's "worth it" no matter what anyone else, with the possible exception of the spouse, has to say about it. There are a lot of nice things in this world that I can't afford, but more power to those who can.
I can afford a few of the best knives available, and if I choose to do so, it's no one else's dang business, except for dream girl (who has never objected, one of the things that makes her dream girl.)
Be a man. Buy what you want and can. Collect what you want and can. Use or don't use it as you wish. Don't let anyone else rain on your parade. You don't need mine or anyone else's approval, yet.
Closely related to this is the notion that collecting something for it's own sake rather than using it is somehow an inferior or shameful activity. A guy on another forum today actually asked what is the standard for when it's ok to buy a knife and not use it. My reply was along the lines it's your knife and you have the absolute right to decide what to do with it. There is, or ought not to be, any "standard." A collection of Frost cutlery is just as valid as a collection of Randalls if it pleases the one doing the collecting.
If a person buys anything legal from another person and is happy to have the thing purchased at the price, then to that person it's "worth it" no matter what anyone else, with the possible exception of the spouse, has to say about it. There are a lot of nice things in this world that I can't afford, but more power to those who can.
I can afford a few of the best knives available, and if I choose to do so, it's no one else's dang business, except for dream girl (who has never objected, one of the things that makes her dream girl.)
Be a man. Buy what you want and can. Collect what you want and can. Use or don't use it as you wish. Don't let anyone else rain on your parade. You don't need mine or anyone else's approval, yet.
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