You Know You're a Knife Knut When . . .

[grnamin]

-you feel symptoms of withdrawal when you don't have a knife with you at all times.
-you double-back home when you realize you forgot your daily carry even when you're already at work.
-you never forget your daily carry because you have an extra one with you in your kit just in case. That's why you have two of everything.

 

[Mike Turber]

Simple...

You know your a knife nut when you risk everything to start a knife business!

You know you a knife nut when all you had to sart your business was about 6,500 bucks, your 23, you leave a job paying $58,000 per year and you go to the local flea market and rent a table!

You know your a knife nut when the knife on your desk is worth more than your car!

You know your a knife nut when Dexter Ewing emails you looking for information!

You know your a knife nut when spend hundreds of dollars on a forum that will not make you a dime!

You know your a knife nut when your are posting during REM!

You know your a knife nut when you hire a guy named SPARK!

You know your a knife nut when you actually have different knives for different ocasions or dress!

You know your a knife nut when when you walk into a store and have no cash to buy a case of beer but you have over $1,500 in knives on you!

You know your a knife nut when you actually think about morgaging your house to buy more knives!

You know your a knife nut when it's your wife or your knife! (Hope Lori does not read this)

You know your a knife nut when knives become paperweights!

You know your a knife nut when when you actually read this ENTIRE THREAD!

Best Regards,
Mike Turber



[This message has been edited by Mike Turber (edited 10-16-98).]

 

[db]

When you resharpen a new knife, because you believe no one can put on a good edge but your self.

 

[ShadedDude]

You know your a knife nut when you AND YOUR WIFE decide to move two states over, because a custom knife maker will show you how to makes knives!

You know your a knife nut when you drive 8 hours to a custom knife maker on wednesday,
draw out a design, grind the blade out on thursday, drive 8 hours home on friday...and then come see what you missed on Bladeforums.com while your wife goes to sleep.

You know your a knife nut when you get the latest issue of Knives Illistrated and see a knife made by someone you know in it.

And of corse...your a knife nut when you have no hair on one arm, because you wanted to make sure all your knives were sufficently sharp.

 

[Donna]

You know you are a knife nut when you reword the line of in a classic poem so that it talks about your knife,

Instead of reciting this line from Keats as:

A thing of beauty is a joy forever, its loveliness increases, it shall never pass into nothingness,

you reword it:

A MAD DOG knife is a thing of beauty and a joy forever, its loveliness increases, it shall never pass into nothingness.

 

[Jani Kemppainen]

You know when you're a knife knut when...
Your butter knife has a damascus blade.
You use your silverware daily because you save your custom-made dining set for "special occasions".
Your every knife has it's own place in your display case but your room looks like a bomb went off in it.
Being depressed you start to worry, what's going to happen to your knives after you're dead.
You feel happy when you recognize the knife used in the movie/series you are currently watching.
You dream of giving a lecture about knives in school.
You're depressed and your friends (who aren't interested in knives) manage to cheer you up by asking you to tell them something about knives.
You're visiting a friend and when he tells you to "make yourself as home" you walk into the kitchen and start sharpening his knives.
You are certain that you will propose marriage to the first girl who comes telling you that she collects knives.

 

*When you don't want to leave home without a knife on you.

*In fact, you get almost mad when you get ready to go out because you can't find your knife and decide not go out at all because it is lost or blame it on your wife for hiding it- which she didn't do at all.

*You go to bed holding and crinching one of your knives.

*Can't wait for a knife show to come to your town.

*You have no job and are thousands of dollars in debt and buy $500 worht of knives.

*You know everybody else is CRAZY--"Period" if they collect anything other that the special knives that I collect

 

[clintonsucks]

-When you create icons on your desk top for BladeForums, %#!{&Forums and BladeAution.

-When more than half of the addresses in "Favorites" are links to retail knife web sites.

Sorry this post is so old, but I could'nt resit.

 

[Corduroy]

-When you become a knifemaker with the hope that it will "get you money to buy knives" (and then don't carry any of your own knives because you "can't afford that.")

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-Corduroy
(Why else would a bear want a pocket?)

 

[Frantium]

Hard to believe, but most of you are correct in describing me

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Reynaert

 

[JP]

When you collect MT's and have this recurring
dream:

Microtech has been purchased
by CUTCO (Tony has bought a villa in New Zealand and retired). The knives have been jobbed out to a CNC plant in Taiwan. They are going to make all the favorites of the past in lots of thousands, and will be sold on the Home Shopping Network.

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Help--I just bought another MT. When will it stop. Is there a cure?

[This message has been edited by JP (edited 07 June 1999).]

 

[Gollnick]

You know your a knife knut when...

Safe deposit boxes become a major budget item.

You can't remember which bank each deposit box key goes to.

You have to count the keys to see how many boxes you have.

The teller at the bank has your signature cards waiting when you get to the front of the line.

It's midnight and you're reading BladeForum one last time before heading to bed.

You know your a Bali-Song Knut when...

You buy Band Aides at Costco.

You buy the really big bottle of Neosporin because it's such a bargin compared to those little tubes.

There's a roll of black tape in every room of the house.


Chuck

 

[Rick]

You're at the local topless bar and your friend is gesturing enthusiastically as he describes his new knife…and you actually watch his hands.

 

[Smoke]

You know you're a knife knut when:

You know the shipping times and costs of every mailing service.

Your PO is your second home.

Your favorite phrase is 'just one more knife'

You know every single type of grind.

You know all the web addresses for custom knife makers and standard dealers.

Borrowing from an old thread:

'All your belongings have belt loops, clips, and chains'
'All your belongings are made of kydex, concealex, G-10, and zytel'
'You know every grade of steel'
'Your belongings have the same grips and patterns as your knives'
'You actually know what kydex is'

 

[Jani Kemppainen]

You consider moving (possibly to another country) just to get to attend all those neat knife shows.

Jani

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Two important questions in life:
Do they have a catalog?
Did you know there's a town called "Batman" in Turkey?

 

[Mark W Douglas]

Simple for me:

You know you're a Knife Knut when you are always in search of the Perfect Knife and none ever make it. Close many of times, but never happens.

Coming 2nd in my life, KNIVES!
God and family are first of course

Course, work has to be included in there somewhere, how else could I enjoy these forums then? " All play and no work! "
(hope my boss doesn't see this!)

Mark

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" Knife Collectors Are Sharp People! "

[This message has been edited by Mark W Douglas (edited 07 June 1999).]

 

[Carver]

when you start thinking about which guns to sell so you can buy more knives

 

[Donald]

I was thinking of doing something like this, but of course KnifeKnuts have already done it!

I'll have to save this for later perusal, but I did not see the following ways to tell a knifeknut:

1. You pull out a knife to open that easy open package with the clearly visible and functional tear strip.

2. An extremly attractive member of the opposite sex walks by in an abbreviated outfit, with long legs, tight buns, etc., ..... and all you do is stare closely to see what kind of knife that is clipped/hanging on the persons clothing. (if you are imagining nude....pick: stare at the neck knife.)

[Maybe the second only works when you are married, but a few years ago when the current obsession was bicycles, I knew I was in trouble when someone (especially if it was an attractive woman) went riding by and I kept peering AT THE BICYCLE!!! to determine the brand, etc.]

 

[TimmyTheTalkingToilet]

you can hear the difference between a knock-off and a real spyderco

 

[swball]

..you can't stand having fingerprints on and around the Spyderco hole.. you spend more time cleaning the blade then you do using it