Weird buying habit, gotta get 2 of everything.

burf151

burf151

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I have a wierd compulsion when I buy a new knife. If a particular model comes in a couple sizes, I always buy both. Buy a new endura, gotta get a delica to match. Get a SERE 2000, want the mini too. Both size regular Sebbies too. I just sold an Alias I and II, and ordered both the new Alias I and II with the front g-10 scale and the black blade. I always carry a folder with a 3.5" to 4" blade, so why do I even want the sub 3" versions? Anyone else buy like this? Gotta have a plain edge and a combo edge or something like that? Just a symptom of the sickness all of us here have, I guess.:confused:
 
yeah I got the twosies. It is a habit from when I worked in a surplus store. Something nice would come in but only once,cause that's the nature of the surplus biz and I would jump on one. Then you get to liking it and then somebody wants it worse than you do or what ever and now you are out. So I just got to buying two (or sometimes more) of anything that looked like I might get attached to it. Got two Gransfor mini hatchets,two one hand trekkers,two dozen spyderco enduras and delicas approx. I started buying Spyders two at a time when they started making moveable clips,one for right pocket,one for left. Then you gotta upgrade when they upgrade the steel. Sal Gleasser seems like a nice guy but he's got my number. Its a disease alright,but so far fairly enjoyable
 
I had this problem buying s/n art prints. I'd buy one for the investment and one to frame. Sure got expensive when I was buying 8-12 prints per year (2x).
 
I used to be really bad about doing that, sometimes didn't limit it to just two of a kind ... got pretty expensive, especially when I was heavily into the shooting sports.

Anymore I only do it with shoes and clothes, which IMO is very practical and cuts the time I have to waste shopping in half.
 
When I started buying Swiss Army knives I was buying about 4 of each type of knife....exactly the same knife....don't really know why.

Even now I usually buy one to use, one to keep.

You soon get a nice lot of knives doing it that way :D
 
Don't feel TOO bad...I have 3 Kershaw Cyclones!...(2 full-sized, exactly the same, and one "Mini"...The same as the other 2, only smaller.).:).
 
Same here too. I buy 2 of each everytime. If I like the knife, I buy another 1 or 2 pieces or an variety of it (different scales, colour). But at least 2 exact the same models....

One for use, one for treasuring.......:D No..........it's not a sickness........:D

CZ
 
I do that also on knives I like. One to keep mint as a back up and one to use.

I do that with shoes and boots too after years of finding a pair I liked only to find out a few years later they were no longer made.

STR
 
I buy multiples of everything. It doesn't make sense, from a practical standpoint, to buy many different tools and weapons that all do the same thing. Weapons require training, and different weapons require different training. If I'm going to invest my limited time and resources into learning a weapon, I'd rather have doubles of weapons I'm skilled with, than many different weapons, one of which I'm any good with.

For guns, I currently have 4x 4" S&W K-frames, 2x 2" J-frames, 3x Remington 870s, all with rifle sights smoothbore bbl extended magazines. I can't stand magazines, so I don't own any. I'll be getting a Garand or three one of these days, but only after I master the shotgun and it's time to move on.

For knives I'm still experimenting, I have a benchmade Stryker, Spyderco Karambit, Spyderco Endura waved, an Emerson Commander, and an Emerson Combat Karambit. I really like the Karambits, and they're fun, but they seem to require a completely different method of operation than a standard folder. I will be buying an Emerson CQC 10, a CQC 7, and a Sypderco Military, then I'll play with all of them, think on it, and decide which one to order multiples of and which ones will be traded away or go into the safe. I'm pretty sure that the Commander design is my favorite, and if it is I'll be buying a black plain edge to go with my satin combo edge. One will be used, the other sit in the safe.

So, yes, I favor buying multiples of knives.
 
As you said, iit's a compulsion, usuually harmless, but expensive. I've had it since I was a kid. I always bought two comic books, one to read and one to sock away mint. Today they'd be worth a mint, but my dad found my box and, despising comic books, threw them away! (How many of you are old enough to member the Marvel Specials that contained four episodes in a single issue for 25¢? Regular skinny issues were 12¢.) As I got older and got more income, I began buying multiples of knives and other toys. This was aggravated by the fact that knife prices, like gun prices, kept going up. Just last night I saw several knives (same model) for sale on eBay between $124-$128. I bought mine last year for $68. I bought seven CRKT S-2s for $25 apiece (inclding shipping). Now they're bringing in more than a hundred bucks each. In fact, if you know what you're doing, you can go broke saving money!
 
It's a compulsion, but it also makes good sense. How many times did you *really* like something, only to find out that it's no longer made? I don't always buy two at once, but many times, if it's a good deal, I'll go back and buy another soon after the first purchase.
 
I'd do it with cars too if I had the money. :D

STR
 
Yes , me too. If I find a knife I really like then I have to have two of them in case I loose or break one. Worst yet, I sometimes need three in case they discontinue it.
 
I don't buy 2 of everything, but of the knives I really like, I will buy a backup - One to show, one to go.
 
a couple of weeks ago I found red alox vic farmers on sale for 19.99. So I bought 2. today when I checked that site again I found they raised the price to 27.99 so I wished I had bought them all! I like this knife a lot.
 
I don't buy 2 of everything, but of the knives I really like, I will buy a backup - One to show, one to go.
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That's me! One in the drawer, one in the pocket. Only that way I can sleep peacefully... And please don't start talking about variations of the same model... I hate those Kershaw Blurs! Every week they have a new version!!! Gotta have them!!! AAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Sorry :o
 
YES!!!! I'm not the only one. Thank you blade forum bretheren. Now I have evidence for my wife.
 
I'd buy two of the same if i could afford it. Same with minis, like the Manix, if i had a full size, i'd need the 83mm version too. It's probably because i'd be worried about losing one, or that one knife was kind of too big for city carry despite being within the law etc. I'm paranoid though, some folks are just crazy. :p
 
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