Second thoughts about my knife collection

Bottom line for me is if at anytime I don't need/want it (not just knives) and don't see myself needing/wanted it on a regular enough basis to justify keeping it or w/e, it goes.

Also, until recently I never really got into knives just b/c of cost relative to the complexity of the tool. I used to wonder why anyone would buy a knife more than $100 for EDC or other general use that could end up breaking, seriously damaged, lost, etc. within normal use (collector items or rare/exotic materials I can understand... but then I probably wouldn't EDC it often) but at the same time, if it makes you happy, more power to you. After I started looking into knives more, I started to realize I previously overlooked a lot of things that would make knives over $100. There are several on my list that are over $100 now too.

Yet, when I take myself back out of the picture, I still wonder why I want to spend so much money on a set of such simple tools when I could get the job done just as well with much less (although I don't always need a knife for my every day work).
 
I feel the same way about my collection at times, especially when I notice I've been carrying the same couple of favorites for a few weeks. My remedy has been to purposely grab a knife that I haven't carried I a while and force myself to carry it for a few days. If you're anything like me just keeping the same knife in your pocket for more than a couple days can be difficult. I have found that I inevitably start to remember why I own the knife in the first place, basically you start to kinda fall in love with it again for whatever reason you were drawn to it in the first place. Dunno if that helps but it sure has seemed to work for me..
 
I rotate my collection - always some going out, and some coming in. Knives that I just don't carry or use or want any more get sold to fund new knives. And that way, I get to try many more models of knives over the years. I know a lot of guys do that 'round these parts...
 
PURPLEDC said:
I have in fact discovered the same thing about myself. Back in the day I would have called myself a knife collector. That term is not very accurate for me I have found. I prefer the term knife enthusiast now. Because I have stopped "collecting". I have found that I have a few select favorite knives and that once I am bored with a knife I rarely if every revisit it. So at that point I simply cut it loose. For me I get to enjoy the hobby long term with minimal investment. The money I lose would be lost at any time I sold a knife. And keeping it in a collection only to look at to me just means its money I could have to try out new knives. So I keep about 10 - 20 at a time and sell them when I find I am no longer picking them up. So far I have only had 2 or 3 instances where I wish I could have certain knives back. But every time I start romanticizing the idea of getting any of them back I just tell myself if they were really that special I wouldnt have let them go in the first place.
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This is pretty much how I do it too. I am happy with a dozen favorites at any given time. The one problem is that over time I have been gifted knives that I feel some sentimental attachment to. Even though I don't use some of them anymore, I would not feel right selling them or giving them away so the "collection" slowly grows despite my best efforts. :rolleyes:
 
My problem lies not just in the knife collection, but my collections in general:

Knives
Guns
Cologne
Watches
Shoes
Condoms
Comics
Hot Wheels
My old G.I. Joe and Transformers stuff, which I will pass down to my kids.
Hand painted revolutionary war lead soldiers my grandfather gave me
 
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I like the history of knives, how they were made and where.
And I like the variety of patterns and types of knives made.
From all kinds of steel and materials...

I'm probably going buy, sale, trade and give them away till the day I die.....:D:thumbup:
 
I picked up this drawer thingy from a hardware store and use it to store my knives. It's pretty much full now. I think it really helps to keep the collection in check to have finite storage space, because any new pieces will displace an old one. Kind of slows me down and makes me consider a new purchase more carefully... less impulse buying! My goal is to one day open any drawer and have each and every knife be a 'crown jewel' to my eyes...

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-Brett
 
A man should have "treasure" (Things we acquire and posses just because we want them. Not because we need them). What's life without a little "treasure".

What's the point of working hard to make money if you can't buy yourself a little "treasure".

Once the bills are paid and the family is provided for, I feel that I deserve a little "treasure".

I own more knives than I could ever use, and I keep buying more. I buy some knives knowing that I will never use them. I buy them just because I like them, and for me that's reason enough.

Some of my knives are tools, some are purely "treasures", and some are both.

I don't have to use a knife to derive pleasure from owning it. I derive pleasure from simply possessing and handling some of my knives. My "treasure".
 
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