When you show friends your knife collection.

No offense, but just like my faith spiritually, when it comes to my faith in cutlery I don't need others to believe just like I do or that I am right. They'll see it in the results. If you use it, they will come.
 
For the most part I just keep them to myself. The few people that I have shown I don't talk price because you can see that look in their eyes like they are talking to a nut job. Around here even $100 is a crazy price for a knife.
 
Some people just have to pick everything up and twist every adjustment on it .... uh, the way I am in antique shops, but not with people's personal property.

I think it's best to not let too many folks know about collections in your home, but of course we all have our best friends or relatives whom we want to show. With me, it's usually a guitar sitting around the living room that everyone wants to pick up and play a D chord, whether their hands are clean or not.

I keep a lot of flannel rags laying around, so if some of my friends are too grabby with the knives, guns or guitars, I toss them the rag and joking tell them "I'll give you the honors of wiping off my $xxxx.00 ________, after you finger it all up with your sweat, body oils, dirt and skin cells." We get a laugh, but they get the point to not just grab every one because it's there.

JT
 
I only share my knives with a few people, mainly because most of my friends aren't interested in knives and think I'm weird for being interested myself. My uncle is a collector and he and I frequently talk about new knives that one of us has either gotten or seen. It's nice to be able to talk about knives from a collector standpoint every now and then.
 
I agree. To find like minded people to have a
Reasonable discussion with is nice. Now to find
A girl with the same out look would be
Awesome :) Seems to exclude all of the farm girls around here :(
 
Just thought of a practical use for showing your knife collection to those who may not be interested. I think alot of us have people in our lives who insist on showing us pictures of their children, well now you can reply in kind with a few pictures of "The knives". Should solve the problem I would think.
 
The Logical One said:
I've had two others who pushed the lockbar in instead of out when they were trying to close the blade.
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You are not alone. I never understood how they can look at the knife, clearly see that moving the lockbar inward will only get it stuck closer to the other scale--not unlocking the blade, and then proceed to push it inward anyway. These are people with college degrees... For the most part, I generally dont show people my knives. Some come over and see a balisong or a recently-used chopper lying out around the house, but it's rarely ever accompanied by an explanation. If it ever was necessary , a simple "I was in the military" would put any questions to rest.
 
Gundog JYD#138 said:
I'm done showing my collection. Most people are either freaked out or they tell me I'm stupid for buying a knife that cost so much and I'm a idiot for having so many. And most of them just act stupid and talk about killing and chopping bodies. That bothers me and that's not why I have them for.
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If you collect anything these days you are automatically labled a horder (obviously suffering fom some obsessive compulsive disorder - as the reality TV show suggests). I have been waiting for them to do an episode on someone who has horded something valuable like several tons of gold, silver and precious gems; or perhaps a collection of important and rare 13th century literature or master paintings, but I suspect we will have to wait a long time on that one, since they are only interested in potraying collectors as raving crazies.

n2s
 
The thing that amuses me is the many of the people who would say we were mad for spending so much on a knife, will happily spend the same on designer clothes, the latest iGadget, a night out in town, etc. At least in my experience.

My knife will see me to the grave unless I lose it. They have to change their clothes every season, or their iGadget every time its upgraded.

Mostly, I'll only show my knives, or even talk about them, to people who I know are into knives themselves. No one else would really get the pleasure they give us anyway.
 
I don't have any friends so I don't have to show anyone anything. Plus, I don't get any calls to help move a couch, etc. Hardcore bachelor here :D
 
I show my Busse knives off every chance I get. And since most of my friends are here I doubt they mind when I am in a mood to show off my collection.

Garth
 
My wife thinks I am nuts. My son says "wow". The majority of my friends always turns to me when they need a sharp instrument to cut something. But really no one in my circle understands the lure and addiction to INFI.
 
Most of my friends ask my if I'm a serial killer. A couple of my friends like to see my new acquisitions and test their sharpness.
 
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