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When did your knife addiction begin?

I idolized my granddad, an old-school Florida cracker who (long before I was born) ran a glass company down in Miami .... Miamah, my relatives there called it. As a kid, he'd take me fishing for specks on Lake Okeechobee. And he was always fixing something with his old two-blade pocketknife. I remember being entranced when he'd look at something for a sec, then lean back and slide his hand into his pocket. I just KNEW he was going for that knife. Man, I wanted one of my own!
 
I had always liked knives and swords when I was younger. I watched those Errol Flynn and sundry pirate moves and stared at the screen whenever there was a sword fight or some knife was unsheathed. I wondered what was the metal for the sword (early stages of knife junkiness, I guess) or how would that knife feel in hand.

Since I was the only person who liked knives in the family, I did not have one until I found one in a back yard (about age 10). I carried that thing for years until I lost it. After that, I got other knives (cheap pos pieces). One I got my first Vic's. Then, there was another Vic, followed by a Ka-Bar, then . . . :D
 
Always carried a pocket knife of some sort. But the "addiction" began with a SMKW clearance on Spyderco Standards and Rookies. From Spydercos to Benchmades (and back to Spydercos). CRKTs and then Bucks with the occasional Cold Steel or Queen or Bark River. Then stockman slipjoints (Schrade, Queen, Case, Schatt). Now Busse and Swamp Rat knives. It's gotten uglier.
 
At birth when the Doc cut the cord :)

I started carrying wooden knives as far back as I can remember and my first real knife was Cub Scout folder I received from my father at age 8. I've been carrying knives all 50 years since.
 
My dad collected knives and swords during his travels working for the UN.

He got me my first SAK and BB gun when I was 5.

It was a done deal after that.

He's 70 now and lives vicariously through my knife collecting.

George
 
My grandfather, who helped raise me from toddlerhood through my early teens, liked to work on what we would now call 'home improvement' projects, so he always had numerous hand-tools around his house. I particularly enjoyed watching him use his machete and hatchet to clear brush and undergrowth from the stand of trees behind his home.

From about age 10, I got used to carrying a little one-blade slipjoint Schrade and later graduated to a barlow-pattern. I've been carrying 'serious' knives since about age 18.
 
I thought it began when I was a kid and was given a Boker congress by my father and a Schrade Cave Bear by my neighbor. I thought it began when I was 18 and bought Jaguar tacticals by the boxfull. I thought it began when I put aside the Chinese crappers and started buying Cold Steel and Camillus. I thought it began when I joined here.

I realize it began when I decided I wanted Busse, Chris Reeve Knives, Strider, Swamp Rat, Himalayan Imports, God knows how many customs...
 
I am 49, it started about 2-3 month ago. During this time I bought 8 knives:
two gerbers (it was the first what I knew), sold one already, planning to sell second
two hard use emersons, keep one, donated one
two spydercos, sold one; keeping second
two benchmades, keep one, passed second to a good friend
still looking, but did not decided what else I do want
I bought Spyderco sharpmakerand with ultra-fine stones. I made all knives at home sharp.
I carry knife even at home, it makes me feel better, my knives are small 3"-3.4"
Spending every day at least an hour at BF.
My son is laughing, my wife wants me to see a shrink.
 
Well then welcome to the addiction, Greenman! Better late than never!
Your wife will be amazed at how well her kitchen knives cut now. :D
Peace.
 
My Dad always had a Hen and Rooster style penknife in his pocket and told me to do the same. On my 6th birthday, I got a smaller version of a buck 110 with a little leather belt sheath and since that day, I have never gone without where permitted. My wife complains to this day because you can see the clip on my pocket in our wedding photos.
 
About 1975 when I saw a custom Lile drop point hunter with Osage orange handles. Man, it was beautiful and I got it.
 
i had my first knife in scouts but my first real facination with blades was when my father gave me a buck 110 for my 9th birthday. he went over proper knife handling and usage and showed me how to sharpen my 110.
i remeber it vividly. one of my favorite childhood memories.
 
I just took out a loan to buy knives. I think it is fairly safe to say that I am now a full-fledged addict.

At least knives are safer than drugs and alcohal...
 
For me, it might be starting now. I came here for a purpose, but have become completely intriqued with everyone's knife fascination. I've always watched my father with his knife...always reachin' in and grabin' it to fix whatever....and come to think of it, I have a big ol' Swiss Army that I never went anywhere without until I stopped carrying it after too many close calls at it being taken from me (at airports and courthouses) Now it sits in our kitchen "junk drawer" and never does a week go by that I'm not reachin' in and grabin' it for something or another.... Now, I'm thinking I need a real one! A nice two-blader for my purse.
 
This is an old thread but I have been fascinated with knives since I was about four years old. I, like others here had a grandfather whom I adored that was a knife man. He would sharpen knives for friends and neighbors, he even made a few crude knives. I used to sneak into the knife drawer to get a knife to carve toy knives out of wood. I liked the bowie design the best and mom would let me play with those untill my heart was content.

Tony
 
Well, I don't have a "knife addiction" since I'm more of a knife user than a knife collector. Over the past 30 years or so, I've only acquired a few dozen knives (a couple a year).
 
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