The ULTIMATE KnifeKnut Dilemma - how to deal with the mate!

Well, I don't have a significant other at the moment. I am still living with my parents as I go to college. My mom is against me buying anything sharp, so I just tell her I work HARD for my money, and as long as I pay my bills, and don't do anything illegal, she can't tell me what to do with my money. She is able to live with my hobby, but I still get the occasional "another knife!!??". I also make sure she has no idea how much I really spend, so she can't give me the helpful advice, to save more.


Erik
 
I suppose I just got lucky. Buying knives and hoping my wife does not find out is not a problem with me.

In fact, when my AG Russell catalog arrrives, she takes it first. We go to a show, she migt see a knife she likes and get it.

Probaly my biggest problem is getting a cool knife and having her decide she likes it and takes it for her own.
 
Hey, all you guys whose wives/GFs buy knives regularly: YOU SUCK! :p :D

Just kidding, but you really are very lucky. My wife doesn't really care if I buy stuff occasionally just as long as I don't go crazy and I still have money to cover my bills and save something too. I do find it easier though, to just not stir up the hornet's nest and keep purchases low key. Then it becomes a self control issue.

I have often wished I could buy her something when I bougtht something but she's not at all materialistic. She certainly doesn't want expensive jewelry because she's afraid she'll only lose it and she probably would. So instead I give her what I can in form of love and support and that goes a long way towards easing reactions about reckless purchases! :)
 
LOL...you guys are a barrel of laughs:D

Honestly, I can relate, in some way, with each of your situations (except for the wives that have their own knife collections!!).

It's nice to know that all of us are in the same club, more or less.

Some of us like to eat once in a while, so we just can't buy as many knives :p , but...

Whatever the case may be: Isn't it just wonderful that your Wives/Girlfriends/Moms actually adapted to your "crazy" ways and take it fairly well?

Well I guess some of your wives are relieved to meet your knives after putting up for hours of your snoring :D (j/k guys!)

Women, you gotta love 'em !
 
My solution: Work out a personal spending budget. Tell your wife you deserve $50 every month to spend on whatever the heck you want. Then save up. If she says yes to $50 a month, then she really shouldn't care what you choose to spend it on. The key is to give her $50 a month too, and if she wants to go over, then you get to go over.
 
Some of you guys are kinda closed minded...

On the topic, I think that you have to treat each situation differently when it comes to knives and people, some people just don't understand...

mmtmatrix
 
Originally posted by mmtmatrix
Some of you guys are kinda closed minded...

On the topic, I think that you have to treat each situation differently when it comes to knives and people, some people just don't understand...

mmtmatrix
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Hey mmtmatrix, I'm not exactly sure what you meant by this. Can you please elaborate on your statement a bit. Thanks!
 
Originally posted by MelancholyMutt
I'm single with no girlfriends... no friends who are girls... no friends who hug trees, no friends who wear birkenstocks, no friends who give money to greenpeace, no friends who support Handgun Control, no friends who think smoking is gross
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Mutt: your life is waaaaay too easy.
A man needs challenges to grow. What is life without obstacles to overcome?
Go get yourself some birkenstocks and set out on some nature walks with some tree huggers. And use your puukko to whittle walking sticks for everybody who wants one.
 
Originally posted by Peter Atwood
I have often wished I could buy her something when I bougtht something but she's not at all materialistic. She certainly doesn't want expensive jewelry because she's afraid she'll only lose it and she probably would.
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One word Peter: flowers!!!...ja mon!
Chicks love 'em...and a few days later, they die, giving you another chance to score points with your lady without taking up any more space in the closet. :D
 
blade88 - At first this might not work too well, but try to keep your knife affliction low key. Maybe leave your knives laying around where she can see them, but don't teach her enough that she'll be able to tell them apart. Then, once you have 5 or 6 or so, start leaving some out and keeping others put away. Pretty soon she won't know how many knives you have, and she won't know enough about them to tell them apart. Then, when you get a new knife, you don't have to tell her, as long as she doesn't see you bring it home, just put it with the others and she won't recognize it as new. Then, once 6 grows into 26, she might say, "Where did all these knives come from?" And by then you can honestly say, "I've had most of those for months."

You can also "trade" for a knife, or "get a good deal" ("look honey, I saved $70 on this Emerson Commander, let's go buy you something"), and she won't be too mad.

I don't know, though, my girlfriend taught me the phrase, "Say it with weapons," so I don't have a problem with her. In fact, she likes knives more than a girl probably should, but we can't talk about that kind of stuff in this forum ;)
 
My wife thinks I have too many knives and doesn't really get it. She even said I should throw some away because I can't possiby need all those and they just take up space. But she likes to get me gifts a few times each year for birthdays and holidays and she often has trouble figuring out what she should get me. It's the perfect time to drop a suggestion about a knife. It solves her problem about what to get me, so it's good for her while it's good for me!
 
The only problem with gifts from non-knife junkies is that you end up with "Franklin Mint Collectables." I've got about a dozen of the damn things and you can't even get rid of them. I had a display at a show last October and as I was leaving home I was asked if I had my Franklin Mint knives since surely everyone would want to see them...
 
After 10 years of marriage to a terrific wife, we've had our problems but money hasn't, thankfully, been one of them.

Budgeting is key - we both have wants, and our family has needs. We have three kinds of money - OUR money, MY money, and HER money. Take the time to figure out how much of your household income goes into each, and stick to it . Separate accounts for each helps. Adjust the amounts as your total income changes. If you don't have a lot of play money, it's tougher, but still workable.

Stuff thats just for you? Spend your money, when it's gone, you're done. Same for her.

Treat credit the same- don't use a joint card to buy that new custom folder, it's tough to justify how that benefits your spouse, unless you pay the bill with YOUR money.

The joint expenses - gas, kids college, rent/mortgage, groceries, kids allowance -comes from the OUR money. The HIS and HER money is for toys, and stuff you could probably live without but make life more interesting - like knives.

It takes some math, and some discipline, but if done right its tough for either of you to complain about what the other bought.

:cool:
 
I do not have any problems with my wife after I got her good kitchen cutlery (Spyderco) and now she appreciates good knives. But I also have second job to pay for my knife hobby.... and she knows knives are VERY important for me :)
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David

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Whatever, you guys have it easy. Try justifying a sword. I don't really do the small knife thing, figuring if it is under 8 inches I probably don't want it. :) What I finally ended up doing was making the bloody hobby pay for itself. Tritonworks was born...
 
David, if your wife doesn't know about your posting her picture on the internet, I'd be careful about letting her know, women can be strange about things like that...
 
I have a female friend near and dear to me (though, not officially classified as a girlfriend, but it's awfully close) who knew nothing about knives when I met her. She is an artist - likes to paint and has a very strong appreciation for art. Through me, she has come to appreciate knives, viewing them as an art form (partly true...). Whenever I get a new toy, I'll show her and I can tell she has a little bit of interest now. She even went to her first custom knife show with me last year and really enjoyed it. She is already talking about going again with me this year :)
 
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David, dude! your wedding pic? :eek:

Hahahaha that gives me a whole new perspective of KnifeKnut that I had not thought of before. Man, were you sleeping on the couch after those photographs were developed?

Is it just me who think this is knutty? Do you other guys have similar photos??

Please tell...that is too funny.

Actually, when I think about it, I would probably be carrying a knife too, on my wedding day. But I don't know if I would include the knife in a photograph :eek:
 
I think Jerry Busse hit it on the head when he called his infamous knife "the battle mistress", because this hobby is really like having a mistress.

you have to hide them from your wife.

you have some explaining to do when the credit card bill comes in.

you sneak out of bed just to fondle your knives.

you spend an inordinate amount of time on the internet, searching for a second hand bargain on a busse, hossom, or livesay. when she walks by the screen, you IMMEDIATELY click on your emergency screen to bring up msnbc.
 
She just ordered me a cqc7, in green. she helped pick it out, but waited until I was there so she wouldn't get the wrong thing. she bought it because I "showed restraint" and "prioritized". She also carries a sog vino at work, that I bought her. I promise I will not Wave at her, but it's going to be hard:)
also, I think that photo's great...When I get married, I wouldn't do it any different!
 
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