Wives Friends and Knife Collecting...

babakanoosh45

babakanoosh45

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Hey All,
I was just wondering how you get treated by Friends and Family most of all Wives and or Girlfriends or for the Female members Husbands & Boyfriends, regarding your knife collections or collecting in general. I am in my late 40's and have a nice collection of nice knives. My Wife most of the time does not give a darn what I buy. She gets more upset about the amount of time I spend on the computer regarding knives. It would be stupid of me to think she has no idea of what or how many knives I own. My friends and co-workers think it's some kind of odd condition and always ask the same question... "How many knives do you have?" My kids won't buy me a knife as a gift because they think I have them all... I do get alot crazy ~As Seen On TV~ sharpening gadgets though. I guess what I am saying is I have it pretty good from my Wife regarding my Knife Collecting. How about you Folks???
 
My wife doesn't really care about the knives I collect, she only jokes about it when she catches me on the Internet looking at a vendor's site or reading the forum. We're both at a point in our marriage ( married 20 years) that we respect each other's personal space. Plus I pretty much handle the finances, so money isn't an issue ( as long as it's not obvious :) ). It wasn't alway that way.... when we first got married and before we had kids it used to freak her out when she would find knives all over the house. Even now , my wife's only objections are with things that clutter the house.

Family member will never buy me a knife unless I specifically tell them a make or model.

My close friends never really comment , other then a few questions out of curiosity. But my best friend's son ( now 19) is a full blown knife nut ...so my friend understands and also enjoys handling a quality knife.

Luckily, I live in an area where most adult males carry a knife clipped to their pocket or attached to their belt, so carrying a knife doesn't really freak anyone out.
 
nobody understands it

and when they hear how much my knives cost, they understand it even less


...as if my knives are that expensive
pffff


if its women i can usually get away with the shoe/clothes buying analogy that they do understand, eventho it somehow feminizes my 'macho' knifebuying hobby :D
 
Well I started out with guns. Knives are a lot less expensive. I keep it reasonable trying to limit the pricier ones to gift ideas. All mine are users and I enjoy a nice traditional for office carry and offer a couple suggestions at the holidays. Last one was a Queen Canoe.

I recently bought Boker Trapper. My wife bought a golf cart. Well she stays at home and I provide the $$$.
 
babakanoosh45 said:
Hey All,
I was just wondering how you get treated by Friends and Family most of all Wives and or Girlfriends or for the Female members Husbands & Boyfriends, regarding your knife collections or collecting in general. I am in my late 40's and have a nice collection of nice knives. My Wife most of the time does not give a darn what I buy. She gets more upset about the amount of time I spend on the computer regarding knives. It would be stupid of me to think she has no idea of what or how many knives I own. My friends and co-workers think it's some kind of odd condition and always ask the same question... "How many knives do you have?" My kids won't buy me a knife as a gift because they think I have them all... I do get alot crazy ~As Seen On TV~ sharpening gadgets though. I guess what I am saying is I have it pretty good from my Wife regarding my Knife Collecting. How about you Folks???
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Please don't take offense, I mean this as advice...

If you're getting unwanted questions from people about a personal interest of yours, that does not affect them, it means one thing. You talk too much.

What other people don't need to know can't cause them to ask insulting questions, if you don't tell them about it.
 
So having conversations with friends I have known for years (including folks I have worked with for some time now) regarding thiers or my hobbies is talking too much???? Wow! I never said I was trying to keep anything a seceret.. It's a knife collecting not witchcraft...But I do talk alot...No point in changing now! Nor was complaining that people ask the questions just stating that they do... Thats all. Maybe I missed the mark on my point? But thanks for the advice can't get enough of that in resession!!!!LOL!!!
 
my family doesnt really get it they think its kinda weird, they always say "why do u have so many knives? isnt one or two good enough?"(they just dont understand my addiction:D) but i have turned some of the guys at work onto collecting knives:)
 
GregY said:
Please don't take offense, I mean this as advice...

If you're getting unwanted questions from people about a personal interest of yours, that does not affect them, it means one thing. You talk too much.

What other people don't need to know can't cause them to ask insulting questions, if you don't tell them about it.
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dude, where the heck did that come from?

So he should NOT say anything about the thing he loves so others won't ask questions? Seems specious reasoning at best.


Brett
 
No one in my day to day life (family,friends,associates) understand my fixation on knives & edged tools.My wife just rolls her eyes everytime I get a package in the mail.My friends & family think I'm crazy for spending what I spend on knives.

It's a very lonely hobby.

It has gotten a lot better since I found bladeforums though.Before that,I had no one to talk knives with.
 
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don't worry, we understand you.....;)



brett
JTR357 said:
No one in my day to day life (family,friends,associates) understand my fixation on knives & edged tools.My wife just rolls her eyes everytime I get a package in the mail.My friends & family think I'm crazy for spending what I spend on knives.

It's a very lonely hobby.

It has gotten a lot better since I found bladeforums though.Before that,I had no one to talk knives with.
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JTR357 said:
Thanks Man;):thumbup:
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anytime......


my wife is totally cool with whatever I buy so long as we're not in debt over it and all bills are paid.

Of course, she's spent more money on her garden this year than I have on knives. :eek::eek::eek:

brett
 
Either you like knives or you don't. It's almost a genetic compulsion. People who don't like knives, or who don't care, don't really want to hear about your collection anyway; they're only humoring you.
 
My family understands since my Father got my Brother and I into knives when we were young. He even had us shredding the 10 ring with our rimfires by the time we were 10.

I had a girlfriend who saw a knife clipped in my pocket and asked to see it. Before I knew it she was admiring my whole collection. She didn't want to close any of my folders because she said it was bad luck. Must be some knife superstition I've never heard of.

I work in a cubicle farm and occasionally my coworkers will spot a knife or Surefire light clipped on my pocket. They asked why do you need a knife, and what do you use it for. I tried to explain to a fresh out of college sarcastic punk that the knife was a tool. He replied back that I was a tool. I just walked away. I've decided to rethink my carry method for work or just leave those knives at home and stay with the slippies and SAKs.

My Brother managed to acquire an extra Benchmade 910D2 and gave it to my roommate. Up until then my roommate carried a POS made in China knife. After several months of using the Benchmade my roommate said he now understood why we spent soo much on knives. He said when you hold a quality knife you can feel it, the way its put together everything fits perfectly.
 
babakanoosh45 said:
So having conversations with friends I have known for years (including folks I have worked with for some time now) regarding thiers or my hobbies is talking too much???? Wow! I never said I was trying to keep anything a seceret.. It's a knife collecting not witchcraft...But I do talk alot...No point in changing now! Nor was complaining that people ask the questions just stating that they do... Thats all. Maybe I missed the mark on my point? But thanks for the advice can't get enough of that in resession!!!!LOL!!!
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You'll do what you want of course, it's a free country.

Maybe I read it wrong, but you seemed to be a little bothered - describing your friends' and coworkers' reaction to your interestes as you "having an odd condition"... well that doesn't sound good.

So you wanted to see if that was unusual, or if others had the same problem.

Well some of us do- hey I sympathize, I live in **NJ**.

And I was offering some advice- if you don't want others thinking that you "have an odd condition", then don't tell them what they don't need to know. I didn't think it was that complicated, and again I'm not trying to say anything bad about you.
 
Most of my family are into guns, or live with a relative of mine who is, and knives seem to be right up the same alley.
 
I disguise my interests as a business. If people ask why I have knives and guns, I tell them it's my business.

Works every time.
 
We don't have nice knives here and my girlfriend get them for me when she visits her sisters in the US. :)

As for the guns, I need them for self defense and home protection because of the terrible peace and order situation here :(
 
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