Will having a cowboy hat will turn me into a cowboy?

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V vinprom You're all good man, nothing to worry about. I do remember when I was a kid and just getting into one-hand opening knives. I saw some of the older guys flicking them out like it was nothing and really wanted to learn how to do it. You just have to practice a bit at first, and then it becomes second nature. You can even put a piece of electrical tape along the edge and do whatever you want with it. It won't cut ya flicking it around.
 
I'm so confident with my knives that I carry atleast two at a time. Therefore, I'm two cowboys at once. Though, neither of us knows how to ride a horse.
 
vinprom said:
OK, seemingly my post is perceived as insulting the whole community, and some took it personally. My appologies! Or, the first few responces set the tone. Or, probably the "click bite" style of the title triggered this. What triggered my post is my attempt to self-constrain of buying more knives instead of using what I have. No problem with making fun of me, but please do not feel insulted!

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Nobody here is insulted. Your post makes zero sense, so they’re thinking you’re a blithering idiot.

I can’t even tell what you want to know. I do know having a cowboy hat doesn’t make you a cowboy. Having a Harley won’t make you a biker either.
 
So. A. Wear an Akubra and you can be a cowboy.

And B. You will get used to one hand openers eventually if you want to.
 
vinprom said:
OK, seemingly my post is perceived as insulting the whole community, and some took it personally. My appologies! Or, the first few responces set the tone. Or, probably the "click bite" style of the title triggered this. What triggered my post is my attempt to self-constrain of buying more knives instead of using what I have. No problem with making fun of me, but please do not feel insulted!

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No worries, I'm not insulted. Good luck.
 
vinprom said:
Bad wording, maybe because English is not my first language. Either incoherence, or suspipiciusnes I am fooling the community aiming somebody for "comming out" in confessing accumulating knives but doesn't know how to use them. Enjoy the show.
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What is your primary language?
 
Skar said:
I have no difficulty holding or using any knife or knives I’ve come across.
So am I a knife cowboy ?
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That depends … do you have boots?

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shinyedges shinyedges , in the 1970s and 1980s, the only type of pocketknives were single blade spearpoint pocketknives. Then I did not carry any. Back in early 2000s, all knives I remmember my coworkers here in the United States had were traditional slipjoints (an engineering department in a manufacturing facility). Three years ago I become into freehand sharpening. This revived my interest in knives. Even though I am middle aged, in knives I am a newbie and the OP is genuine. Maybe this is too bad for me, but is prefferable than someone to think I am mocking the people here.
Sorry for the image quality. The only one similar to the bigger one was really rusty in store and I never bought it. The ones I had were smaller than the 3-5/8" at the bottom. And, they were not made in Solingen like the pictured ones.
https://imgur.com/bH4eVRn
 
OP, if you’re worried about buying a knife or two more than you need or will ever likely use, which is what I think you’re asking, there might be a few people here who can put your mind at ease. Most of us could probably get by with two or three knives. I got by with one SAK for the better part of 40 years. Most of us here have a few more than that (some have a LOT more), many of us have knives that will never likely be used. Look around, find a one-hand opener that you really like, then go for it. As someone said, if you’ve only had slipjoints, some folders might need a little practice to get comfortable with. A lot of nights I grab a couple or three knives and just flip them open and closed while sitting here in front of the boob tube. Like right now. Drives the wife nuts. Eventually you get comfortable enough that it becomes second nature. Then, if you hang around here long enough, you start seeing knives that you might like even more, either to use, or just to look at and fidget with.

Start with something inexpensive - there are tons of options for under $50 that are good quality and decent users, just to get an idea of what you do and don’t like without blowing a pile of cash. If you see something you like but aren’t sure about pulling the trigger, just ask the folks in here for their opinions, and read all the owner reviews you can find to get an idea if what you’re looking at is junk or not.
 
Those slipjoints look good/serviceable. Are you allowed to own a one hand opening knife? Sounds like you had a learning curve with slip joints. A locking blade would certainly be nice as well.


Here we use mostly one handed opening knives. Slip joints are still popular though. I'm comfortable with both but I prefer one handed opening and locking blade.
 
Will see, probably my first knive very unorthodox to me knife will be Delica, Dragonfly, or something similar but not so popular because of my contrarian mind. It definitely must be under $100 because I will be asked how much it is, and I am not gonna lie.
 
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