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I've been a knife nut since I was a teenager, but I never accumulated more than a handful knives until a few years ago. Never having been a collector of anything before, I've been surprised by the 'mirror' that it provides: observing my own changing tastes, etc.
I'm wondering: What are the lessons people have learned from collecting knives? Or collecting anything else?
This topic has been brought up before, and I think the most common answer is, "I learned that my tastes change all the time!" But what else have people learned about themselves?
Here's mine:
I've become totally fascinated with a couple of knives in the past, which I didn't wind up buying. Now when I consider those knives again months/years later, I feel nostalgia in remembering the time that I wanted the knife! And this makes me want to finally buy it, although I'm not sure it's actually about the knife any more.
So I learned something about just how damned nostalgic I am.
Your turn!
I'm wondering: What are the lessons people have learned from collecting knives? Or collecting anything else?
This topic has been brought up before, and I think the most common answer is, "I learned that my tastes change all the time!" But what else have people learned about themselves?
Here's mine:
I've become totally fascinated with a couple of knives in the past, which I didn't wind up buying. Now when I consider those knives again months/years later, I feel nostalgia in remembering the time that I wanted the knife! And this makes me want to finally buy it, although I'm not sure it's actually about the knife any more.

Your turn!
