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The knife should not dislike anyone.
Haha!
It really does bug me though when guys get up on their soap boxes (or ammo boxes) and talk like John Wayne/Archie Bunkers who act/talk like they'd dump their wives or sweethearts that had an issue when they walked around the house looking like they were either from the set of "Gangs of New York" or "Red Dawn".
Really?! You're that macho?!
My wife is, I feel, more and more warming up to the idea of me being the armed defender of the home the longer we are together, and I feel will continue the longer we're parents.
My folks had this issue but less extreme. My mom is from Montana and from a different era than my wife and my dad would have a full on screaming match about his hiding pistols in the bookshelf or stuffed in the couch (true story!); whereas I at least try to understand my wife's concerns/phobias. They had the relationship that many advocate, don't give a darn what she thinks , when the commies come I'm killen' all of 'em!"
And then to some on here, I'm the limp wristed wimp who can't "control" his woman.
Just silly to me.
I'm doing God's work...
I'm making a believer outta someone who thinks weapons (edged tools and firearms) are mostly for men who want to murder, steal, and destroy.
Thanks for the kind hearted razzing.
JT
That usually settles it, and she will move on. A few weeks back she told me that I probably needed to find a good knife that I liked, because she saw a purse she wanted that was fairly expensive. I thanked her for the offer, but told her that I really had all the knives I needed, and that this could be a "free" purse for her. 
My wife and I have an agreement, (we've been married for over 38 years) she likes to buy purses, but does not have an excessive number of them. (for me, one would be enough, but she could say the same about my knives) Whenever she see's a purse she likes, I remark that she should go ahead and buy it, because I NEED another knife!
Sometimes we just need to gather some extra points to collect on later.
Blessings,
Omar
JT
I understand and admire a person who takes his family life seriously as well as his oath to remain faithful. I don't value firearms or knives over anybody, much less my spouse ( now ex spouse but you get my meaning). What I would like to make clear in this is that I wouldn't get into a relationship nor marry someone who is so different from me in values and thinking to the point I'd consider them opposing if she/they truly don't believe using deadly force is permissible in self defense or defense of another or having tools for that is somehow wrong. That, IMO, is not a normal, healthy, or realistic philosophy. Somewhere in her ancestry there was someone who had to cross that bridge and made the correct decision or she wouldn't have been born. If she believes in force but only intends to rely on the police to save her that is an equally strange way of thinking as I see it. It's not being realistic at all. It goes further than that but I don't want to be insulting, just truthful which is bad enough.
As far as your crack about americans go ahead and feel superior if it helps you. Don't think that all of us who find your wife's thought process ( and yours) repugnant swagger around wearing huge bowie knives and carrying AR 15's around the house in case someone with body armor kicks the door in. I am proud of my American upbringing and would give my life in defense of this country. Use of stereotypes are just to make one feel superior by labeling them or projecting onto them. Stereotype away though. I'm southern, christian, pro gun and a fiscal conservative. Do you need more ammo?
I personally have been in LE and corrections for over 30 years and know over 10,000 of my states convicted felons personally. To be honest that doesn't even make me paranoid or overly tactical. I have never had a problem with ex prisoners who I see around here and they typically are more interested in showing me how well they are doing than trying to get any payback.
Guys like the ones you seem to want to feel superior too with their weaponry and knives at the breakfast table largely don't exist outside people's imagination or on TV in my experience.
Regards,
Joe.
I understand and admire a person who takes his family life seriously as well as his oath to remain faithful. I don't value firearms or knives over anybody, much less my spouse ( now ex spouse but you get my meaning). What I would like to make clear in this is that I wouldn't get into a relationship nor marry someone who is so different from me in values and thinking to the point I'd consider them opposing if she/they truly don't believe using deadly force is permissible in self defense or defense of another or having tools for that is somehow wrong. That, IMO, is not a normal, healthy, or realistic philosophy. Somewhere in her ancestry there was someone who had to cross that bridge and made the correct decision or she wouldn't have been born. If she believes in force but only intends to rely on the police to save her that is an equally strange way of thinking as I see it. It's not being realistic at all. It goes further than that but I don't want to be insulting, just truthful which is bad enough.
As far as your crack about americans go ahead and feel superior if it helps you. Don't think that all of us who find your wife's thought process ( and yours) repugnant swagger around wearing huge bowie knives and carrying AR 15's around the house in case someone with body armor kicks the door in. I am proud of my American upbringing and would give my life in defense of this country. Use of stereotypes are just to make one feel superior by labeling them or projecting onto them. Stereotype away though. I'm southern, christian, pro gun and a fiscal conservative. Do you need more ammo?
I personally have been in LE and corrections for over 30 years and know over 10,000 of my states convicted felons personally. To be honest that doesn't even make me paranoid or overly tactical. I have never had a problem with ex prisoners who I see around here and they typically are more interested in showing me how well they are doing than trying to get any payback.
Guys like the ones you seem to want to feel superior too with their weaponry and knives at the breakfast table largely don't exist outside people's imagination or on TV in my experience.
Regards,
Joe.
When we got together she carried a small 2 blade trapper. Now she has a Kershaw Leek, and a SOG A/O. I don't remember the model, but she LOVES the size and the A/O feature. I would have bought her anything she wanted, but she fell in love with the SOG. She appreciates good steel now, and really is eyeing my Southard. 
Mastiff,
Thank you for your post, that was very well said. That pretty much communicated many of my thoughts exactly. I'm sure the tone of my last post didn't discourage the sarcasm laden response that came and I won't say I was in the best mood when I wrote it, but what is done is done. If what I said seemed disrespectful, I do apologize to JT. Your response to the 'cracks' was better articulated than I could have done in that number of words.
My wife and I grew up on opposite sides of the planet, so I know all about compromise and learning to appreciate another person's background and values. Like you mentioned earlier though, we did try to make sure we agreed on the important issues (and any we could think of that could cause conflicts later) before we were married. Supporting each other in these regards is part of keeping a Christian home.
This thread did make me think of a musician telling me that he made sure his wife knew before they got married she need not ask him to sell any of his guitars!
to the family, that won't be outta school for another year at least and then we'll have a quarter of a million $'s in debt. 2. In her family of origin, the men in her life were loud, brash, crude, obnoxious, selfish, egotistical, and LOVED guns knives and hunting not the best associations. thanks guys (especially the guys who give/gave me a hard time, and have put up with my juvenile sarcasm and cynicism! I value your honesty!
I made a covenant with my wife when we exchanged vows before God and family, and part of that vow is to be the head of the household and guide and protect my family -- spiritually and physically (Ephesians 5:20-33). My wife surprised me by insisting that she have "love honor and obey" in her vows. I am the head of my family and make the major decisions, and in 15 years of marriage I've only had to "pull husband" twice and make the decision that she didn't like and expect her to honor her vow to obey -- and that came only after considerable prayer, thought, discussion, research, etc. Twice in 15 years. Neither was an easy decision, knowing that it would cause conflict between us. Getting a gun was one of those. In both instances my wife later came around and admitted that my decision was the right one.
And she is very right in wanting to curtail spending on luxuries. Fortunately for you, you have options...I like that!
As I mentioned earlier, my wife's thing with me is twofold. 1. We're poor college students with a brand new addition
There's nothing wrong with having the cool stuff (heck my wife's wedding present to me was a katana!), and since you apparently had most of it before you were married, she knew what she was getting when she said "I do." However, it is time now to buckle down and do the "adult" things, like making and sticking to a budget (put that "blow money" into it -- for both of you!). Once she sees how the new knife you want isn't going to affect the family budget because you saved up and are paying cash for it, she may warm up to the idea of getting more -- slowly. Both of you should take a Financial Peace University course by Dave Ramsey. While I'm not a Ramsey kool-aid drinker, the vast majority of what he teaches is great.
In addition to budgeting some fun money, you also have the resources for more knives sitting in your collection of battle axes, swords, Hawaiian shark tooth clubs, etc. Decide which ones you really don't mind parting with and sell them to buy the knives you want. That is what I do since our finances aren't at the point where I can just buy knives willy nilly (7 kids will do that to your finances). I really wanted a Benchmade Contego, so I sold my Rift and a couple other less expensive knives that I didn't care about and bought the Contego with no money out of our budget. I inherited a ton of ammo from my father-in-law's neighbor when he died, and I sold all of the calibers I don't have and bought my archery equipment with no money out of our budget.But I wasn't kidding when I said that her work ethic and self denial/discipline is the strictest I've ever seen in another person, she thinks EVERYTHING through and always does her best to make stuff work and go according to plan. So it's almost out of the question trying to get more steel at this point in our lives, because her biggest and only pleasures are having friends over for dinner on occasion, or our date nights. (No purses , jewelry, or shoes... Nothing to use "against" her
JT
