Tips to manage collection addiction

[Houlahound]

In no particular order;

- You do not need another knife
- State a maximum expenditure on knife purchases in a household budget alongside all your other monthly costs..and stick to that amount.
- do not try to compare to or impress anyone else except yourself.
- consider selling some older knives from your collection to subsidise and make room for new ones.
- the memories you make and time spent with friends, family, pets, nature is the only thing that will matter at the end of your life.
- really, nobody else cares about your collection other than thinking your weird.
- is your collection an asset or useless liability if you needed cash to get you thru a personal financial crisis.


Feel free to add critique etc.

 

[DangerZone98]

- get out of this site (not at you OP, but as a tip lol)

 

[1911bphil]

You said it better than I could. I give away knives instead of selling them, but that's just me. Thanks for sharing.

 

[jjg6319]

Take up online gambling, drinking and smoking. After that you won't have any money to spend on knives.

 

[Terry M.]

- get out of this site (not at you OP, but as a tip lol)

I think OP should just plain get out of this site don’t try and bring logic around here.

 

[sgt1372]

Just say "no more."

That's what I did and it's working so far.

Knock on wood & fingers crossed.

 

[bucsfan69]

- acquire strong secondary market models and brands.
attempt to thin the herd regularly but a warning, they seem to reproduce regularly

 

[dogstar]

-use what you have. I have some knives I have never used or carried. It takes a while to get to know them, which will slow you down.

 

[DangerZone98]

I think OP should just plain get out of this site don’t try and bring logic around here.

“When was it ever a question of need?” —saw this sig from a watch forum lol.

 

[Knives&Lint]

- Don't limit your enthusiasm, as an enthusiast, to ownership. Slow down and research a new purchase to prolong that dopamine hit, so you're not instantly looking for that next one again. Learn about steels, sharpening, customization, etc. Let yourself enjoy admiring knives from afar that you have no desire to purchase, and gain an understanding and appreciation of why others like them. Discuss knives here. There is plenty of enjoyment to be found in this hobby beyond just having all the knives.

 

[brancron]

I’m not allowed to have more knives than can fit in my knife chest (a medium sized Gerstner-style one). That’s my self-imposed rule and it has worked pretty well for me. (Full disclosure: I still have way more knives than is reasonable.)

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr


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[Bob Denman]

 

[NWFRS]

How I manage my collection:

 

[Bob Denman]

How I manage my collection:

We all end up there!

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

(Not my photo nor my money )
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[chevyrulez1]

I ask myself "what will this new knife do that I can't do with one I already own?"
That seems to work for me... sometimes

 

[Dergyll]

I try to do the 1 in, 1 out thing. If I buy a knife, I sell/gift a knife.

Doesn't always work, but I've definitely slowed down.

 

[The Grendels]

Find a cheaper hobby, like watch collecting...

 

[Bob Denman]

Find a cheaper hobby, like watch collecting...