You Might Be A Knifeaholic If...

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I think I've realized today I'm a knifeaholic. I just got a brand new custom
knife which I'm super happy and excited about. But what do I find myself
doing? Reading up on the next blade I want to purchase! And just last week
I got one shipped to me. I don't think I'm comfortable unless I know there
is one coming on the way in the mail :D

So let's list some symptoms of knifeaholism:

1) You get jitters if there is no knife in route to your house.
2) You are on blade forums with a blade in your hand watching blade reviews
On youtube simultaneously.
3) You suffer from withdrawls if you are without a blade.
4) You find the need to cut something with your knife for no other reason
but to use your knife.
5) Your knives pose a threat (ie jealousy) to your significant other.

I'm sure you guys can name some more!
 
You forgot a few:
1. You use your toothbrush to clean your g10 more than your teeth.
2. Your EDC has better lockup than your house.
3. Your knife is sharper than your wits.

Those are the few I thought of.
 
1. you carry 3 or more knives.
2. you don't know how many knives you have.
3. you sometimes find a knife that you forgot that you even had.
4. you are still looking for the perfect pocket knife.
 
You're always searching for the perfect knife...the one you will enjoy & use till you're last breath.
 
you use a 300 dollar custom fixed blade to cut your steak in the evening!!

Doc
 
stizman said:
4. you are still looking for the perfect pocket knife.
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Haha, I am still searching for sure for this blade...

Still waiting for someone to make a sub 4oz, titanium frame lock,
but turns into a fixed blade by the hit of a switch, and by the
turn of a screw the handles split to become a balisong. :D
 
DocGP said:
you use a 300 dollar custom fixed blade to cut your steak in the evening!!

Doc
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LOL! My dad does this! He doesn't use a 300 dollar custom, but he does use his ultra sharp "you better never touch this" Boker. don't know what kind it is. LOL..that's funny.
 
I refuse to buy a food processor, lest it deprive me of opportunities to use my kitchen knives, or more correctly, knives in the kitchen.

I have a felling axe that I've never used, lest it deprive me of opportunities to use khukuris for felling trees.
 
If you get them all out after everyone goes to bed and make 2 or 3 selections for the next day, then, change your mind three times or more .
 
If you've taken PRIDE in how effortlessly and painlessly your knife made your finger bleed when you felt the edge after sharpening...

If you find stropping your blades to be relaxing & therapeutic...

If one of your forearms has significantly less hair than the other...

If you're compelled to save your junk mail SOLELY to see just how cleanly your knife will open the envelopes...

If, while watching your favorite crime drama on TV, you can identify at a glance the make & model of the knives seen in the show (or even better, 'Hey, I HAVE that knife')...

If you're absolutely convinced that, no matter how perfectly sharp the factory edge is on your brand new knife, you can (and MUST) make it sharper...
 
Well..........................Guilty as charged, to all of the above. :(

Still, It's more fun than alot of things people collect.

Sure beats elvis spoons :D

Factor in the enjoyment you get from a new knife and it doesn't cost TOO much.......

Afterall, What price happiness?

Cheers. :D
 
I guess always checking my carry on size bags, because I want to have my multi tool, plus at least 2 other blades when I get to my destination, make me a knifaholic. I carry about 3 plus multi tool daily, and may not even need a blade that day. I think I get more excited about gifting a knife than the recipient of the knife. My kids already are taking dibs on what knives they want when I croak, and I am only in my early 40s. I am not sure how many knives I currently have. My guess is with fixed and folders excluding kitchen the # is aproaching 40. I have no desire to stop buying knives. These are some reasons that I know I am a knifeaholic. This is healthy and good for you.
 
1. 2:00 in the morning on BF, gotta be up for work at 6:30
2. Sharpening sharp knives because your board.
3. You have as many sharpening stones as knives.
4. Posting pictures of a new knife for no real reason.

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You get enthusiastic about ordering a new knife and really enjoy it when it arrives. Three weeks later you discover that you already had the exact same knife in your safe.....:o

DancesWithKnives
 
You get your wife (and in-laws) hooked.
 
If your friends and relatives invite you over for a meal simply because their knives are dull and they want you to sharpen them.

If the only thing that makes you cry is a nick in a blade.
 
You have family, friends, a demanding job and a life (I.E. normal responsibilities) and spend hours a day for years modding a knife forum in hopes of helping to nourish a community that some what resembles the knife community when you are face to face with each other. :D.

You always try to deal with those who don't get what is going on here and do not care knowing you are only going to have luck with about 1 of 20 of those who come in and cause trouble. The rest are going to question your mamma and heritage rather than take some responsibility for their actions. You get up the next day knowing what to expect and you do it again. You deal with clueless excuses like "what's the big deal, it is only the internet." by feeling sorry for the ones who do not get it.

And at times you feel that the goal is lost. Then something happens that convinces you there is hope and you jump back in with both feet. :)

You still place importance on a person's word or handshake, even if they are cyber, because that is the way it is in the "real knife world".
 
You are an advanced knife a holic if you do this to a BM 630...
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