You might be a knifeaholic if....

... you can't go into a building with your wife and daughters because there's a metal detector/security search at the entrance.

... you've lost 2 SAKs to TSA.

I'd say about 1/2 of this thread applies to me - but not that "randomly stabbing" bit.
I haven't laughed this much in a while. Thanks!
 
You start carrying some kind of a sharpening system with you just to be able to touch up your EDC after use, then a short while later you start taking care of you friends knife, just because the are "dull" which to you means that their owners do not really love their knifes and that the blades should come home with you to a warm, nice and caring home.
 
When your friend uses scissors to open a freezy pop instead of a knife and you secretly judge them.

When you then relaize that you haven't used scissors in at least 6 months

when you go home and study steel composition instead of doing your actual chemisty assignment.
 
You know you're a knifeaholic when you have 3 copies of tactical knives and knives illustrated on the back of the toilet for reading material.
...you can't sell a knife with the original box because it is cut to shreds.
...someone says they got a new knife and you immediatly want to see it.
...i second the "checking pockets" thing. Saw a 1SG the other day with a knife in his pocket. I was half tempted to stand at parade rest and ask him what he was carrying. Figured that would be a bad idea!
...you're room mate rolls his eyes when he walks in and you are sitting in front of the computer, watching a knife review/on BF, sharpening a knife, and your left fore arm is bald.
...the guys are talking about there "high speed" gerber, and you chuckle because you have a ZT or Chris Reeve in your pocket.
...bladeforums is your homepage.
...you buy watches/flashlights to match a knife you carry often, so when a new "what's your EDC right now!!! PICTURES!!!!" comes up, you have the nicest set.
...you offer to sharpen all of your friends/co-workers knifes on the Sharpmaker you bring to the office.
...you chuckle when they hand you their knife and think to yourself "I would never be caught dead with this thing!!"
 
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When you start making knives, thinking what a great way to make a few extra $$$ doing something you love, then realize you spend three x what you will ever make, on knife making supplies and equipment, but you still keep doing it anyway.:D
 
You can't control yourself at the local carnival...You know all those knives are cheap chinese / pakistan made junkers but you have to throw $20 worth of rings anyways..
 
. . . when you know all the places within 50 miles of home that sell knives, the costs of their knives and selections.

. . . when a friend tells you he bought a knife at one of those known places and before he can describe it, you draw a picture of it. (really happened)

. . . when your facebook page is your latest EDC / acquisition / favorite knife

. . . when with friends and watching a movie that has knives in it, someone eventually turns around and asks, 'You have that one?' You reply, 'Yes.' or say, 'Not yet, it's on
the 'to get' list.'

. . . When your EDC blade or blades cost more than your Iphone.

. . . when you see a UPS truck near your place, you get excited, then become sad when it leaves without dropping off that knife you've been waiting for and you have to wait at
least another day.
 
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...You religiously pat down your RFP every time you move from one area to another, enter or exit a car, etc. to assure that your knife is still safely in place.

...You know what an "RFP" is.
 
You've ever sold a knife because you need money only to turn right around and buy a more expensive one.
 
bald patches on arms & legs
tiny ribbons of paper on the floor in some part of the house at any given time
ritual: can't use Brand X knife to open a parcel containing Brand Y (gotta have matching brands whenever possible)
all my sharpie markers have tips in very bad shape from coloring too close to the edge
when co-workers pull out their crappy $8 gas station knives I have to bite my tongue and look away
when co-workers brag about their "shaving sharp" knives I gotta reach in my pocket and touch some mirror-stropped S30V
I have pre-orders totalling more than one paycheck... oops
opening and closing a knife 100-200 times per hour while watching TV
I have a paid membership at BladeForums.com ;)
 
if you post on this thread you might be a knifeaholic

if your entertainment on long car rides is opening and closing your knife

if you have a knife for church, a knife for work, a knife for weekends, and a knife for everything else
 
If you have a full time 60 hour a week job, in addition have a business with 10 employees and spend time here moderating a knife forum (and a few subforums) catching abuse, getting threatened from the clueless who think they are special and smart.

Then you know you have a big problem. :D.
 
my store sells knives and i find myself showing any knife and being able to say "i have one of those, its very nice"
 
......If you couldnt decide what knife to carry, so you have three in your pocket.
......If you think its a good idea to have your Pacific Salt with you when you go swimming.
......If you have a few SMFs. SNG, a Sebenza, a Umnumzaan, some spiderco's , and you want them all.... But your sure if you only got an XM then you would be happy...
......If you spend your drug and alchohol money buying knives..
 
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