You know you are a REAL knife guy when....

jdm61

jdm61

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I figured this would be fun. Feel free to join in. There is a short thread in the kitchen knife subforum about the ugly and clunky Chris Reeve kitchen knife. I commented that you could get a Misono UX10 and still have a little bit of money left over for beer and wings Another forumite said "yeah, the Misono is a great budget option." My immediate thought was you are truly a knife guy if you can just casually say that a kitchen knife that sells fro $200-250 is a good "budget option" There may be hope for us after all in this world of $15 Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri signature kitchen cutlery and truck stop and gas station folding knives. :D
 
You carry two (or more) knives with one being relegated solely to "loaner" status for your "non-knife" friends
 
you cringe every time you see someone post a pic of his/her knife with the blade touching rock or metal....
 
When the blade of your pocket knife of the last 30-40 years looks like a toothpick due to use and sharpening.
 
You are appalled that a bespoke gun manufacturer's shotgun gun prices start at around $100,000 and go up from there and yet they want to sell you a Boker with their name it for 3-4 times as much as normal retail and that price is not a whole lot more than what they charge for a pair of tartan sock and a scarf. :eek:
 
You are completely befuddled when guys spend thousands of dollars on a carbon steel firearm that they seem perfectly capable of maintaining, yet whine about how carbon steel knives rust.
 
You have a certain weekend knife and differs from your weekday knife. You take more time to get ready that your wife because you spend all your time trying to decide which knife is proper for this particular occasion.
 
You know you're a REAL knife guy when you use the "last knife you'll ever buy" to open the new knife that came in the mail today.
 
You match your knife style with the style of your clothes
Your arms have a weird hair pattern
Your nails got those funny little lines on the middle
 
The bald spots on your arms and nicks on your thumbnail things go without saying. The crossover point may be honing oil/buffing compound/gray slurry stains on your jeans. :D
FullMetalJackass said:
You match your knife style with the style of your clothes
Your arms have a weird hair pattern
Your nails got those funny little lines on the middle
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sd550 said:
When the blade of your pocket knife of the last 30-40 years looks like a toothpick due to use and sharpening.
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And conversely, when despite lots of knife use, none of your knives show much wear because you rotate them so much.
 
When you whittle a hair and feel the need to resharpen... :rolleyes:

Or maybe that should be in the thread titled "when knife guys have OCD".
 
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