Ill apologize up front for the length of this post, but Ive been pondering this the last few days.
As a network administrator at my workplace for the past few years, Ive carried a Buck tool on my belt for the various tasks I have, from cutting wires to opening up computers. Its been a great tool. I also had a SAK I packed for trips or camping. Not bad. Recently, Im not sure why, I started thinking about some knives I had owned when I was younger, but which had disappeared over the years. They included a Buck 110. I started looking on eBay (a whole other story) for these knives, and eventually bought a very nice mint 110 FG model. It was sooooooo nice to hold it in my hand and open and close the blade over and over and over. I thought I ought to have a nice pocket knife, too. Eventually I purchased a sweet used Buck Cadet 303, cleaned it up and sharpened it. I love the snap of the blades, and opening and closing it over and over and over. I had a few dollars, and I started picking up some other small knives, including some Case Peanut, small Stockman, and texas toothpick models. All very very nice, bone or stag handles. Then I got a MOP texas toothpick. Really really nice. I also got several other carry pocket knives from Buck and Case.
I kept looking, and picked up my first high-tech model folder, a gorgeous Buck 175 model. Wow, I could open and close it with one hand! The blade is really really sharp. Somehow, serendipitously, I ended up at bladeforums.com. Jeez, theres some real knife freaks out there (I say that in the kindest way). I started looking at other makers. Benchmade, Columbia River Knife and Tool, Kershaw (all within an hours drive from me), Chris Reeve. Nice big high tech folders, etc... So now Ive picked up a Cold Steel Voyager, and am looking at an M16 and some other CRKT knives.
Now I hear this siren song .... Sebenza ........
My question is, at what moment did any of you folks know you were hooked, I mean really hooked? Ive read the recent posts on number and type of knives people carry, and at first, carrying 3, 4, or 6 knives at a time seemed a little.....excessive. I laughed out loud at descriptions of where and why people carried these knives. After a couple days, it started to seem.....reasonable!!!!! I began to look forward to browsing through the posts, and the sales, and the knife gossip.
Could I be an ADDICT? Is it something to do with the riddle of steel? (My favorite blade-related movie Conan the Barbarian) Help!
As a network administrator at my workplace for the past few years, Ive carried a Buck tool on my belt for the various tasks I have, from cutting wires to opening up computers. Its been a great tool. I also had a SAK I packed for trips or camping. Not bad. Recently, Im not sure why, I started thinking about some knives I had owned when I was younger, but which had disappeared over the years. They included a Buck 110. I started looking on eBay (a whole other story) for these knives, and eventually bought a very nice mint 110 FG model. It was sooooooo nice to hold it in my hand and open and close the blade over and over and over. I thought I ought to have a nice pocket knife, too. Eventually I purchased a sweet used Buck Cadet 303, cleaned it up and sharpened it. I love the snap of the blades, and opening and closing it over and over and over. I had a few dollars, and I started picking up some other small knives, including some Case Peanut, small Stockman, and texas toothpick models. All very very nice, bone or stag handles. Then I got a MOP texas toothpick. Really really nice. I also got several other carry pocket knives from Buck and Case.
I kept looking, and picked up my first high-tech model folder, a gorgeous Buck 175 model. Wow, I could open and close it with one hand! The blade is really really sharp. Somehow, serendipitously, I ended up at bladeforums.com. Jeez, theres some real knife freaks out there (I say that in the kindest way). I started looking at other makers. Benchmade, Columbia River Knife and Tool, Kershaw (all within an hours drive from me), Chris Reeve. Nice big high tech folders, etc... So now Ive picked up a Cold Steel Voyager, and am looking at an M16 and some other CRKT knives.
Now I hear this siren song .... Sebenza ........
My question is, at what moment did any of you folks know you were hooked, I mean really hooked? Ive read the recent posts on number and type of knives people carry, and at first, carrying 3, 4, or 6 knives at a time seemed a little.....excessive. I laughed out loud at descriptions of where and why people carried these knives. After a couple days, it started to seem.....reasonable!!!!! I began to look forward to browsing through the posts, and the sales, and the knife gossip.
Could I be an ADDICT? Is it something to do with the riddle of steel? (My favorite blade-related movie Conan the Barbarian) Help!
