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SPC_rex

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OK. So my wife is the type who rolls her eyes, and calls me a knife nerd, when she sees me looking at knives, or blogging away, or reading one of Jackknife's stories (please don't stop writing them Jackknife, they bring cheer to my other wise military day). Anyways last week, I saw a Victorinox Classic for sale at the PX and picked it up for my wife. I told her about it and put it on her keychain. She thanked me in her polite way, but I didn't hear anything until today. Victory, bwa ha ha. She used it. She had bought this purse that she was crazy about, and wanted to wear it and use it that day. But, lo, there was a tag on it secured by a plastic thingey, and her hopes were crushed. Then....... she remembered the Victorinox classic I had sneaked onto her Keychain. She was flooded with joy!! She opened the tiny scissors on the SAK and snapped the plastic thingy. The purse was wearable and the first step into Knife-mania was achieved. Sure, she'll probably never end up like me, but we have yet another antedote concerning a soul meeting man's most basic tool.

OK, I get carried away. Any of ya'll attempted to win over your spouse to the dark side??
 
SWEET ! Youre lucky man !

My wife handles the knives i make and get her opinion of how it feels in hand.She also claimed the 1st knife i made as HERS and carries in her purse.

She didn,t much know knives existed before me soooooooooo... I,m thinkin i converted her.
 
Good for you!

I'd just return the teasing... Negative new knife comment from her gets a shoes/purse/whatever comment from me. Simple.

OK, so I've not had to put that to practice yet... But it is a good theory. ;)

G.
 
My wife carries a little Chinese NWTF swiss army type knife that was given away to all the members a few years ago at a banquet. It does everything she needs it to do, so she is happy with her little Chinese knife. I have tried to get her another, but this is the one she likes.
 
My wife has knives. She carries a BM Kulgera in her purse, along with a little Butcherblock custom necker with a kydex sheath (also in her purse).

She has an HI WWII khuk next to her bed (along with her Glock 34 with streamlight, and Bushy carbine).

But, alas, whenever we are working and she needs a knife, she always wants mine. She doesn't carry one when about the house... "I don't like clothes with pockets..." "Why should I carry one when I can always use yours?"

Ai, caramba!!! But, me likey her anyways......!

Andy
 
Those are idea for ladies especially! My wife carries one on her key chain to compliment her blue Delica. My late Grandmother carried one in her purse, as she never had a car or learned to drive.
 
My wife carries a little Chinese NWTF swiss army type knife that was given away to all the members a few years ago at a banquet. It does everything she needs it to do, so she is happy with her little Chinese knife. I have tried to get her another, but this is the one she likes.
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Those are idea for ladies especially! My wife carries one on her key chain to compliment her blue Delica. My late Grandmother carried one in her purse, as she never had a car or learned to drive.


So is that the farthest level of knife craze I can hope to push my wife into??
Still, it's hope I didn't have previously.
 
I came home with a Swisscard one day, a gift that I didn't really think I'd ever use. I was trying to figure out what to do with it and the wife decided she wanted it for her purse. She works at a school so knives are a no-no, but the little Swisscard doesn't get a second look.

The other thing that worked for me was kitchen knives. I got her a few of the Pure Komachi line from Kershaw. We were in a store the other day and she actually used a gift card to buy another because she liked the ones I got her so much :D

Hey, it's a start. Congrats to you as well, the first victory is always the sweetest. `Course if she's like my wife, you can't let her know you think you won, or you'll never get her on board :D
 
I gave my wife and 2 sisters SAK Classic SD's for Christmas. My older sister is a knife nut, but likes big cheap knives. She does not have a decent knife inher collection, till I got her the SAK. She was amazed that the scissoer actually worked. Well if you spend more then $3.00 on a knife, they tend to work. I told her instead of buying 5 $3.00 knives, spend $15 on one. My middle sister told me she used it once, but then she passed away suddenly. I just asked my wife if she has used the SAK I gave her. She said not really. I asked if she used it once and sh said not really. SO the answer is no. I would not be surprised if it is not even in her purse anymore. She is anti knife and gun. Not a protester type. She keeps her thoughts to herself. Wonder how I got hooked up with her? But she knows not to say to me, "her or the guns and knives". Cause she would loose that one.

Bill
 
SPC_rex said:
My wife carries a little Chinese NWTF swiss army type knife that was given away to all the members a few years ago at a banquet. It does everything she needs it to do, so she is happy with her little Chinese knife. I have tried to get her another, but this is the one she likes.
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The older I get, the less I care what people think about me.

Those are idea for ladies especially! My wife carries one on her key chain to compliment her blue Delica. My late Grandmother carried one in her purse, as she never had a car or learned to drive.


So is that the farthest level of knife craze I can hope to push my wife into??
Still, it's hope I didn't have previously.
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SPC,
I am still working on mine, she will occasionally check out the new SMKW catalogues that come in and has mentioned she likes the Periwinkle Case Whittler. She may just get one next month for her birthday.:)
 
Ha! Great first step.
Recently, my wife *ASKED* me for a knife. I had previously given her a SAK Climber for her purse, but she didn't really use it all that much. The other day, she asked me for "something nicer," so I picked out a couple for her to choose from and... she selected a Spyderco Cricket to "cut stuff with at work."
:D
 
My wife likes the look of my blue bone Case stockman, but she's afraid to touch it, which made me think Vic Classic. Something about those friendly red handles doesn't make her nervous at all.

Case's periwhinkle bone sure is pretty. I've spent quite a bit of time looking at them, but haven't picked one up yet.
 
My wife is quick to ask me to cut something, but condemns my collection, and threatens to throw away any she see laying out (I do have a young son and even younger daughter). My kids show an interest, which I love, but it is terribly hard for them to understand, "If you see one of daddy's knives out, bring it to daddy, okay?"
 
My wife had a few knifes when we meet, a handmade smaller knife and some moraknifes. After that she got a EKA 88 from her work and a Schrade duckstamp stockman from me. When we got our first son I gave her a SAK Waiter for her bag and a LM micra for her keychain. Latest for her is a Letherman for her buildingpants and a Hultafors carpentersknife for her buttonpocket.
At first she most often carried a knife when in nature. Nowadays she know that I always carry a knife so she wont bother taking one if she is with me, otherwise she take her EKA. This was not the way I intended to inspire her about knifes but this is how it went.
The good part is that she grown up with a lot of knifeusing in the wilderness and dont have a problem using them for eather fish or meat, nor construktionworkduties.

Bosse
 
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