The knife bug. HOW DO YOU STOP IT? It's really killing me.

Take a break, step outside and get some fresh air and sunlight (obviously not right now)- being painfully stressed out in a hobby is not fun. I know you know this, but I'll say it anyways...perhaps a look at your priorities is in dire order. Heck, I catch myself doing that often- especially when a new shiny and sharp knife pops up in here or at the online retailers. Try and put things into perspective. Good luck and try to relax, you'll be fine- it's all part of growing up.
 
I feel you pain bud. Its always one more.

You need to go to knifenuts annonymous and stop posting here for a while :D
These forums are so not the right place to be if you addicted :D
 
I go to my collection, and find a knife that I really like to carry and use.
And go outside, and use it.
Try telling yourself that you want to use that knife until it looks like your grandfather's (beat, worn, maybe rusty)
And the thought of it usually helps me out.
There's a ton of knives that I want, but I look to my own collection and play with my favorites for a while.
 
Doogoon, I am in the same exact position you are and i still eye knives, I also need to stop but pshhh cant even help myself. I started a budget so i can buy myself some knives every now and then. I got 2 benchmades, 2 spydies, and right now eyeing a microtech socom. Yea ts hard but I have to save.
 
Save up and buy yourself a beaut. Make it a goal. Pay your bills, save some money for trade school. With a higher education you'll get a higher paying job and you'll be able to afford higher end knives.

I've made some $400 knife purchases I really shouldn't have at the time and some that I could afford at the time with no sweat. I always enjoy the latter purchases the most as there's no stress associated with them.

Just my two cents bub:thumbup:
 
One guy I know is flat broke from all his pawn shop purchases. He has even borrowed money from others to satisfy his craving for new cutlery, visits multiple web pages that relate to knife collecting or survival/bushcraft and attempts to buy knives off of his fellow workers. You know you are infected when you cruise eBay in the early hours of the day before work looking for good buys on cleavers and butcher knives that are rusty or have broken handles. If you have mutiple drawers filled with kitchen knives and other rooms in the house when you've 'hidden/stored' knives...you have a major problem that is brewing. If you dream of concocted survival scenarios or play Cold Steel Proof videos for fun while bookmarking that masked knife bashing fellow on youtube or find yourself going through the kitchen drawers of your grandmother's house in search of an old, beat up Ontario...my friend, you've got an issue and a half.

There is a book called 'Clutters Last Stand'. I'd suggest you snag a copy and read it over a cup of java or two. In the background, play the song 'Desperado' paying special attention to the lyrics as the Eagles croon lines like 'why don't you come to your senses'. Ask yourself why you got into knife collecting in the first place. Ponder why you think you need another knife.

The good news is you won't need the services of a doctor just yet. Remain curiously absent from these forums for starters, and if you just MUST get back into the maelstrom, I offer my posts on addiction for your eyes. This hobby can be daunting at times, even bizarre.
 
TTpower said:
consider yourself lucky.... try getting bitten by the gun bug!:D in both cases there's no cure. LOL
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This is so very true. Try not to get into too many hobbies. It would be hard for you to save. Stay away from this forum or other knife forums. Visiting gun and knife forums have cost me so much. I go back and forth between the two. It would just be so hard on my wallet to do both. At least with knives, what you buy is what you see pictured and not much to be improved on. With guns, there is endless possibilities in regards to accessories (scope, red dot optic, sights, furniture, spare parts, ammo). It goes on and on!!!
 
You are screwed my friend. My wife and I save our own little savings account we can spend on whatever we want. I'm $500 in the whole right now. We have the money since I just sold my 350z so I'm not going broke. I saw a A100 on the exchange for a good price while having a custom built. Luckily I have a semi understanding wife.
 
I have several hobbies. Each of which is not cheap. Camera lenses are especially addictive and not cheap.

Best advise I can give you is, prioritize what you want and need first. Write it down on paper. Sometimes the act of pysically writing things down makes you realize where it should be on the list and may help you realize which item you want more or less.

From there its all about saving and self control. Don't buy other things you don't need while saving for the items on the list. Don't worry, you have a lifetime to pine over material things you want, but may be just out of reach for you. It happens to everyone. Well, maybe not the 1% but you get the idea. :D
 
I just stopped buying a lot of random mid-range knives and instead saved up for just a few that were higher end. That way, I could still take time and enjoy my hobby, but doing so by appreciating a select few instead of a lot that I felt so-so about.
 
I would suggest you stop visiting the knife forums if you truly want to control your urges. This forum is great, but I can tell you that I have spent much more money on knives since joining than I did in 30 years of knife interest and use prior to 2005. But, participating here is kind of like hanging with the "guys". If your friends were all gun nuts, you probably would be lusting for them as well. You're normal but there is no cure for this.

You have lots of time. You don't need one of each just yet. Truth is that most of my blades just lie around unused as I have way too many to use.

My suggestion is that you own a couple blades that provide broad versatility relative to your present use and then chill a bit on the new stuff. There is always Christmas and Birthdays... :D
 
Find a chick or something. Play an instrument. Stay away from a forum devoted solely to the discussion of knives. You coming on here is just you enabling yourself.
 
Bumppo said:
Choose blacksmithing as a trade, and learn to make your own knives.
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I'm taking metal manufacturing.....

I think I've devised a good method for the amount I'm allowed to spend. No money from my job will go to knives, however 50% - 80% of the money I make as a reservist will go to my hobby of knives. This is a good plan, right?
 
Doogoon said:
I spent the last hour explaining knife locks and blade shapes to someone who barely knows knives but is very interested in them. I'm feeling a lot better now.
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The solution is to trade knives. You will meet many interesting people and get to play with many knives along the way.

n2s
 
That is a reasonable plan. The problem with the plan is that you can still do whatever you want to do but it depends on how much money comes in from your reservist stuff. You need a trustee... Okay, all future knife orders have to go through me and I will grill you as to why you really need the knife.

Here's an example... I want a Junglas? Okay, what for? Can you substitute something less expensive? Answers > ... just because, no. Guess you better go buy it. :D
 
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That is a reasonable plan. The problem with the plan is that you can still do whatever you want to do but it depends on how much money comes in from your reservist stuff. You need a trustee... Okay, all future knife orders have to go through me and I will grill you as to why you really need the knife.

Here's an example... I want a Junglas? Okay, what for? Can you substitute something less expensive? Answers > ... just because, no. Guess you better go buy it. :D
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We're as bad as alcoholics.

I've made about $120 as a reservist so far, so for the Esee 6 I only need about another 20 bucks.... I'm going to make a new thread because I can get the clip point with what I have.
 
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Doogoon said:
All these things I want to get. I want the Esee 6 and the Junglas, a customized BK2 leather sheath, a BK4 and 5, and I REALLY want to get my hands on a nice ZT/Kershaw blade. (but I'm definitely more stressed about the fixed blades)

Problem is I can only afford one of them at all, and if I did buy any of them, I would get in soooo much trouble with my mom and I'd make money problems for myself as I'm supposed to be saving up for trade school.

But it's really stressing me out. I'm feeling weird in the head and I'm picking at everything (I even dug a little hole into my thumb that really hurts) and I can't stop my feet from tapping. I've never been so affected by anything and I feel like those people who just stopped smoking because everything seems to be irritable and I can make it all go away with just one of those toys- but I can't afford it. T___T

How do you handle the addiction? Any cheap suggestions? I've tried hot baths, hitting things, chopping wood, making fires, sharpening my other knives and reading. No drugs ideas please.
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If you have all this time to worry about your next knife purchase, go get an evening job and then you'll have more than enough money to buy all your stuff, not enough time to worry about it, and you'll be showing responsibility to your parents.

Spend less time nitpicking over knives and actually go camping and use them, that's how you'll end up deciding if you really like a knife anyway.
You're in BC, what is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places on this whole planet, and since not everyone can live in the middle of the Rockies you need to go enjoy it for us (remember, pack out everything you pack in, and you don't need to bring the kitchen sink. While you're at it, bring a nice camera and start taking pictures of wildlife so that everyone else can pretend that they were there).


Way too many people, myself included, "talk" about going camping and using all their gear. We just about never do, the people who actually go out and get it done are rare and everyone else envy's them to no end. If you want to live life to the fullest, stop nitpicking and go do something with yourself.

Make sure to save up half of everything you make in a education fund. Education has the best returns of any investment you can possibly make (like, an order of magnitude better than the next closest thing).
 
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