You know you are addicted to Traditionals when......

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I moved this past weekend. I'm still "modifying" the place to my taste. Last night I needed to cut some plastic sheeting to cover a window. I hunted around and found the box I'd tossed all the "loose" knives into (you know, the ones not actually in the collection, but that you find as you clean up around the place); in this case a shoebox about half full. I swear it took me a dozen tries to find one I wanted to use. That's not right, but it's what passes for normal around my place.
 
jackknife said:
Heck, my mountain trail hiking is way scaled back to senior citizen walking. At my age, my far boondocking days are over. But as a citizen of modern 21st century American suburbia, I find a small sharp knife invaluable for every day living. Older arthritic fingers can't deal with a variety of packaging, so it's easier to just slit it open with a sharp blade. There's twine to cut for the tomato plants out back, ail to be opened, UPS boxes to be opened, staples to be removed, snacks to be cut in half and shared with the better half, and a hundred other uses.

City boys and office cubicle inhabitants just need a smaller knife! That's why there's peanuts.:D

Carl.
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I wasn't implying I don't need *A* knife. Just that I don't really need 60 of them. I've got about 12 or so in my daily carry rotation drawer, which gives me a variety of sizes and styles to choose from, that I will never wear out or even give them a fair workout in what remains of my lifetime.

I don't agree 100% that a Peanut alone is sufficient. It would easily cover 80% off my daily needs. But if I'm going to slice up an apple, I want my Slimline Trapper (or an Opinel) with a long and thin blade that can at least cut all the way through it.
 
:eek: Hoo boy, my name is Zippofan and I have a knife addiction!

Guilty of so many of these, and I was just taking flak from a friend when my wife told him I choose my knife for the day based on what I'm wearing. They think I'm weird, it makes me happy :D

These pop up from time to time on the watch forum and they never fail to give me a chuckle.

Cheers,
Griff
 
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You know you are addicted to traditional knives when it takes you longer to choose the dozen or so knives you are taking with you on a weekend trip than it does to pack everything else...and you buy a new knife just for the trip too! :D
 
+1 on Zippofan's post. My wife looks at me and asks me what's taking so long. I finally throw my selection into a lined sunglasses zippered case and just grab clothes off the top of the pile and I'm ready to go.
 
Haha zippo, +3. Without a large selection I usually take most of them. I'm heading on a weekend trip tomorrow so I guess I should get knife packing soon, the clothes can wait until tomorrow.
 
When you are obsessively refreshing the webpage with the tracking number, on the day a new package is due to arrive. As I've been doing all afternoon...:D
 
HuntBomb said:
I love this thread. Im guilty of every bit.
I never considered that we are all so close :)
My family!

And... when you force your not-so-knife friendly co-workers and friends to retrieve any and all slipjoints from their family members so you can "clean them".
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Or related to this one you see a family member, friend or customer using a dull or abused slippy and scold them while you take it away to oil the joint and put a quick passable edge on it. And you always have the stuff with you to do that. Hey man where are you going with my knife!?!?!? Out to my truck to grab something! I'll be right back(mutter,mutter, mutter).

And after you do it once, every time they see you they kind of sheepishly ask you to touch it up for them :cool: . One of the first things my mother asks me when I walk in the door is always, did you bring in your sharpening stuff with you or do you have to run back out to the truck?

Jon
 
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qncygnnr said:
Rockgolfer - you did "sanitize" that knife I traded you a few months ago ... right? :D
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Sure he did... by dropping it in after he flushed! :eek:

Y'all are too funny. We may have problems but at least we (well, some of us) admit it.

... you order a knife at the end of the month rationalizing that it's gonna come out of next month's money then once it arrives re-rationalize that you ordered it last month so you can order something else this month :thumbup:
 
stemgj71 said:
Sure he did... by dropping it in after he flushed! :eek:

Y'all are too funny. We may have problems but at least we (well, some of us) admit it.

... you order a knife at the end of the month rationalizing that it's gonna come out of next month's money then once it arrives re-rationalize that you ordered it last month so you can order something else this month :thumbup:
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I just did that! :D
Case Muskrat and Eisenhower arrived in time for Memorial day, to come out of June's paycheck. Just ordered the BF Traditional knife and another because it's been a week, and those two came last month!


Another one:
You keep a list of "ordered", "must order", "to be ordered when available" knives on your computer desktop :p
 
zippofan said:
I just did that! :D
Case Muskrat and Eisenhower arrived in time for Memorial day, to come out of June's paycheck. Just ordered the BF Traditional knife and another because it's been a week, and those two came last month!


Another one:
You keep a list of "ordered", "must order", "to be ordered when available" knives on your computer desktop :p
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Actually, early on in 2013 a thread was started along this line. I listed about 7 knives to get in 2013. So far, I have 3 of the ones on that list and 9 others besides. As I said in that thread - "I don't know why I bothered to make a list."

Ed J
 
TLARbb said:
Actually, early on in 2013 a thread was started along this line. I listed about 7 knives to get in 2013. So far, I have 3 of the ones on that list and 9 others besides. As I said in that thread - "I don't know why I bothered to make a list."

Ed J
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Mmm, hmm...
 
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