OBX351
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Some great points indeed!! As dumb as it seems using and stroping my knives is a zen thing. It's very calming. I am in sales and like everyone else I have a stressful job. I can't tell you how many times I've been on a stressful call and I just picked up a knife and started stroping it. It really calms me down. Like most people in sales I am ADD and I get board really quickly so I grab a dowel and start carving when my mind starts wandering. It helps me focus on the call.
But before all of this I was always into knives and just liked the look and feel of them. I would just carve stuff for the fun of it. I did a lot of hard core camping and whitewater rafting in the mid to late 90s and I ALWAYS had at least 2 knives on me and another 2 or 3 in the bag. My buddies didn't really get it until it started to rain and I would baton a log to get to the dry wood and start a fire. Or I would use a firesteel to start a fire off the spark off the back of my buck knife. Now days I still camp and go out into the woods but not as often however I always have at least 2 knives with me. Even my wife gets it after some explanation, though she's still not sure why I need SO many knives. But that's another topic. I also appreciate the materials, design and the details of what goes into knife making. I love trying out and comparing new knives to the ones that I own or have used. I HATE getting rid of knives unless it's a gift to a good friend and even then I have some internal turmoil. They are my tools and they are my toys much like my shotguns and my guitars & amps. I guess this makes me a knife knife-oholic.
But before all of this I was always into knives and just liked the look and feel of them. I would just carve stuff for the fun of it. I did a lot of hard core camping and whitewater rafting in the mid to late 90s and I ALWAYS had at least 2 knives on me and another 2 or 3 in the bag. My buddies didn't really get it until it started to rain and I would baton a log to get to the dry wood and start a fire. Or I would use a firesteel to start a fire off the spark off the back of my buck knife. Now days I still camp and go out into the woods but not as often however I always have at least 2 knives with me. Even my wife gets it after some explanation, though she's still not sure why I need SO many knives. But that's another topic. I also appreciate the materials, design and the details of what goes into knife making. I love trying out and comparing new knives to the ones that I own or have used. I HATE getting rid of knives unless it's a gift to a good friend and even then I have some internal turmoil. They are my tools and they are my toys much like my shotguns and my guitars & amps. I guess this makes me a knife knife-oholic.