What has happened to me?

for me, it all started a few months ago when I bought a Cutco folding knife at the cutco store, thinking I got a good knife, I started researching steel types and knives. found I over paid for 440A but that started the whole thing for me.
 
hah, its only the beginning. i also see youre from oregon aka knife capital of the united states...
youre screwed, welcome to bladeforums :)
 
Hey, it could be worse.

At least you haven't been afflicted with a craving for high-end golf clubs and the other accessories of that habit.

(Of course, you're a lot less likely to cut yourself sharpening a golf club, or "slicing" the ball into the rough.)

:D

 
If you can afford this hobby, do it!
I got myself in a bad spot but got out. Be careful...
 
Well they are useful unlike many collecting hobbies, and they are cheaper than firearms..... Which also require ammo, which costs too...

I just got my other half interested so she gets her own knives too. :D
 
I’m not sure about being cheaper than firearms. Mine damn near run neck and neck in the spending pool. The trading line worked for awhile until my wife started complaining I spent to much time looking for trades on the forums lol :) There’s much worse habits to have and if worse comes to worse as long as you buy smart you can always turn a knife around without much loss.

For most of us it brings a very large amount of enjoyment.
 
Lycosa said:
If you can afford this hobby, do it!
I got myself in a bad spot but got out. Be careful...
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Rolf with too many knives?! Is nothing sacred? ;)

Welcome, Maprik, and enjoy your new hobby, again and again and again...
 
Oh man...now I am obsessing over the ZT 560....

Thanks for all the encouraging comments. The more I read the more normal I feel.
 
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APF- lol! I sold a lot of knives at our local knife show. I'm in a holding pattern. That's better than the divorce pattern!
 
seriously man, if you're looking for a cure for that addiction, go to texas fishing forum, all we have here is better versions of the crack that got you hooked in the first place

when i got my account here, i had 4 knives total, now i have about 30 and more are in the mail

whatever you do, stay out of the custom makers section... i might end up divorced because of that section.
 
Be careful. If you submit to your urges that small collection of knives could easily become 100s of knives before long. :p
 
Yes, I can certainly see that. On my watch list is the ZT 560 because I don't really have a BIG folder... Just trying to "fill in the gaps".
 
Maprik said:
Yes, I can certainly see that. On my watch list is the ZT 560 because I don't really have a BIG folder... Just trying to "fill in the gaps".
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Welcome to BF. The only cure is more knives. ;) Benchmade and Kershaw are both in Oregon.

You need to start planning to attend the annual Kershaw/ZT Warehouse sale this December. That'll help with the "cure".:D
 
Ah...December...so far away!!! Well, gives me time to pay off my other bills so I can be in the black before buying the ZT 560... and so now I have to stop almost pulling the trigger.
 
PG5768 said:
Welcome to BF. The only cure is more knives. ;) Benchmade and Kershaw are both in Oregon.

You need to start planning to attend the annual Kershaw/ZT Warehouse sale this December. That'll help with the "cure".:D
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. . . And . . .

. . . Gerber . . . and

. . . Leatherman.

All in Oregon.

And Buck Knives is only a day's drive away from you in Idaho.

Good luck with your cure.

 
Maprik said:
Ah...December...so far away!!! Well, gives me time to pay off my other bills so I can be in the black before buying the ZT 560... and so now I have to stop almost pulling the trigger.
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No need to stop buying until December. Where's the fun in that? :D

Here's their flyer for last year's sale to give you an idea about what its like. (Courtesy of ZT's Facebook page)

KAI Warehouse Sale 2011.jpg

BTW: Chris Reeve is in Boise. If you visit Buck you might as well make catch CRK on your way there or back.
 
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