What has collecting taught you about yourself?

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skyhorse said:
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Those Dealer Exclusives are the Devil himself !
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That’s for true.
 
That I can't collect knives. I always end up using these badass tools and taking a loss when/if I ever end up selling them. I'm better at collecting something like coins, something that is not as much fun to use as blades.
 
I’ve learned I’m a real risk taker. lol
I picked up a Shuffler in November and have carried nothing but that Lionsteel and of course a SAK (no locking models) since then. Attempting to have a slipjoint only 2019. Yeah, I’m nuts

*edit...despite the tongue in cheek post, there was a point to it that I didn’t make very clear. What I have learned is that despite all the locking folders and fixed blades I’ve accumulated, the majority of the time I can get buy with a slip joint
 
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What has collecting taught you about yourself?
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I admit to passively thinking about this for days now.
So far I have to say : nothing

Does it have to teach me something about myself ?
I suppose you are right.
It hasn't sunk in yet (what it is I have learned).
I have lived with myself for quite a while now . . . I've always had pocket and craft knives since I was five or six . . .

hell . . . I don't know.
I'll have to get back to you. :rolleyes: :confused:
:) :rolleyes:
 
I’ve learned that I still enjoy buying, carrying, collecting, and using various knives. Plus learning info/receiving advice from others with the same sickness as me :thumbsup: :D
 
The hobby has reminded me that I am:

1) Practical - I don't typically keep a knife unless it proves it's practical value to me.

2) Frugal - I'm willing to spend a fair amount of money on knives, but I don't do so lightly.

3) Inquisitive - I love learning about knife design, cutting performance, metallurgy, sharpening, etc.

4) Simple - I don't like fancy knives with a lot of bling.

Additionally, the hobby has taught me that I enjoy the "thrill of the hunt." I love scouring the web for great deals and hard-to-find knives.

I'm sure there's more, but these are what first come to mind.
 
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I have too many.
Big, small, fat, skinny, folding, fixed, choppers, slicers, trads, modern, tactical, strategic, etc.
4 tomahawks.

There just isn't anything to cut. Except this one place where I sharpen a pencil. Yep.
 
GB940Rookie said:
I’ve learned that I can be obsessive sometimes and also that impulse buys are not the best thing for me to do.
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Same here. But I love impulse buys; they're fun. If I think about a knife too long, I will probably never buy it and go to the next one. That said, I probably didn't need the one I was thinking about buying. But then, need has little to do with it at this point.

This generally has little to do with collecting. It's about satisfaction, albeit temporary as it is.
 
It taught me that I don't have to buy every color, steel, handle type variation that manufacturers come out with! It taught me I don't need everything new they come out with either. Took a long time but it's finally sunk in!
 
I learned that I wanted more...and more...and more...and more is never enuf...until it is, and then you have to be able to pay for all of that stuff, and then you sell and sell and sell and keep only your favorites and buy only when you see something you've always wanted to try out, and you get it and you don't like it so you sell and sell more and finally you've paid for them and now you keep a few and wonder why you did all that in the first place but you're glad you did and happy that it's behind you...but you still keep looking...every day...on the Exchange.
...and then you find that your tastes have changed and folders are passe' and you are now into fixed blades...and the process begins all over again...and you wonder if you're really nuts...
 
I've realized that I have ADD since everytime I've found "the one knife that I'll keep forever", I see something shiny that I've simply got to have and put the other one(s) up for sale :D
 
Sonnydaze said:
I learned that I wanted more...and more...and more...and more is never enuf...until it is, and then you have to be able to pay for all of that stuff, and then you sell and sell and sell and keep only your favorites and buy only when you see something you've always wanted to try out, and you get it and you don't like it so you sell and sell more and finally you've paid for them and now you keep a few and wonder why you did all that in the first place but you're glad you did and happy that it's behind you...but you still keep looking...every day...on the Exchange.
...and then you find that your tastes have changed and folders are passe' and you are now into fixed blades...and the process begins all over again...and you wonder if you're really nuts...
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:D sounds like you are talking about me. I think right now I am at the point of the bold portion and am progressing as you said for the rest.
 
Robinson1 said:
No matter how nice the knife I'm not going to be fully satisfied if it's made in China or Taiwan.
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Yup!!!!! I used to make the argument myself that the country doesn’t matter as long as the manufacturer has high qc standards. I’m starting to develop a different opinion though.
 
Sonnydaze said:
...but you still keep looking...every day...on the Exchange.
...and then you find that your tastes have changed and folders are passe' and you are now into fixed blades...and the process begins all over again...and you wonder if you're really nuts...
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That's the obsession fully explained. I seldom look at anything on the Exchange. It is more about seeing a knife in a thread and looking it up at a retailer. This happened with the White River Backpacker Pro. Happy that I made this buy. And Yes, it was an impulse buy!
 
I can add a few things.

I have way too many expensive "hobbies."

Divorce has been kind to my "accumulation." Illness has not.

I used your make snap (often stupid) decisions and impulse purchases. Now I hem and haw until everyone is out of stock.

I really don't need more than the ten modern folders I have, just like I don't need the 12+ bottles of cologne, all my toys from childhood, more guns, more electronics, to make my car go faster, or expensive clothes (relatively speaking).

After weeks and weeks of being a peeping Tom on BHQ and Massdrop, I still can't make a decision.

I have $200 to the 'zon and nothing I can reasonably spend it on. I don't need another watch, and I'm hesitant about buying a knife there with the risk of fakes.

Bladeforums is the devil on my shoulder, whispering sweet nothings in my ear of carbon fiber, Ti, sprint runs, and super steel.
 
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