Knife self control

**hayshaker** · 05-12-2016, 10:22 AM

I get the SMKW catalog as well as bud-k and i must shamefully admit it's really hard at times
to keep the creditcard in the cage.I already hae a bunch of knives or at least it seems so to me.
i'm not a unrepentant knife wh*&e yet as some place your name here( ).
but when you get the new catalog well is this knife porn i wonder, right now they have the USMC
fighting knife, 69'95,USA made. then theres your beckers, bokers, esse, and so on. i aready have
two coldsteel kukris,2,BG<ultimate survival knives 2 huge schrade survival knives and then thiers
the bush knives although i still keep looking at that uber spendy swedish bushcraft knife with the blonde
wood handle 199'00 i think mabey a tad less. and I still don't have a Crash blade or randallas knife yet.
i still want that tiny neck knife too. is there any hope for someone in my condition.

**madmax** · 05-12-2016, 10:38 AM

There are no support groups for knifaholics...only enablers.

**Fixit** · 05-12-2016, 04:21 PM

You just think you have to deal with temptation . As I have a retail business I have wholesale access . So I sit looking at a 1500+ page catalog or the 300 to 400 page sale catalog each month I know temptation .

**kyratshooter** · 05-12-2016, 05:57 PM

The terrible thing about modern society is that they have convinced so many people that this is a problem that needs a cure!

Hayshaker you don't have anything that needs a cure.

Only men have been ingrained with the seed of guilt that says spending a small amount of money for an item they really want is an action that needs curing.

Women do not have this problem, be it dresses, shoes, purses, jeans.....And good Lord, a special occasion will require a whole wardrobe!

But the words "You don't need that" come out of their mouths very quickly, and the seed of a need to justify spending is planted.

**hayshaker** · 05-12-2016, 06:15 PM

honest to goodness Fixit I guess I should'nt snivel. that's rough.
oh yeah i can almost hear it already, hi i'm hayshaker and i'm unrepentant knifeaholic.
group says' hi hayshaker,group leader says hayshaker has over 50 knives' group breaks out laughing
one member says is that even enough to join the group? tell'em come back when you have at least 200.

**hayshaker** · 05-12-2016, 06:18 PM

wow krat you really do exude wisdom.

**hunter63** · 05-12-2016, 07:06 PM

Well, 50 might be a good start?.....

**Rick** · 05-12-2016, 09:10 PM

This is a matter of genetics. Men are cursed with the Y chromosome, which forces them to ask the "Y" question. "Y should I buy another knife (gun, truck, car, etc). Women have two XX chromosomes. One to sign credit cards and one to sign checks. They do not have a Y chromosome so they have the full freedom to shop as they please.

**hayshaker** · 05-12-2016, 10:05 PM

wow that's deep mabey i'll get that USMC becker fighting knife afterall.
besides this is america it's not a question of need but want, heh heh yeah that's the ticket

**hunter63** · 05-12-2016, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

This is a matter of genetics. Men are cursed with the Y chromosome, which forces them to ask the "Y" question. "Y should I buy another knife (gun, truck, car, etc). Women have two XX chromosomes. One to sign credit cards and one to sign checks. They do not have a Y chromosome so they have the full freedom to shop as they please.

Now THAT is profound......

**fjrmurph** · 05-12-2016, 11:19 PM

I think I need to use one of my many knives to cut up my credit card ! I just ordered another one .

**kyratshooter** · 05-13-2016, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by fjrmurph

I think I need to use one of my many knives to cut up my credit card ! I just ordered another one .

You are not paying attention to anything we say are you?

I actually had two appear in the mail today that I had forgotten I purchased, along with a bunch of sharpening gear. SMKW order I had forgotten.

**Phaedrus** · 05-13-2016, 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by kyratshooter

The terrible thing about modern society is that they have convinced so many people that this is a problem that needs a cure!

Hayshaker you don't have anything that needs a cure.

Only men have been ingrained with the seed of guilt that says spending a small amount of money for an item they really want is an action that needs curing.

Haha! True, but it doesn't always wind up being a "small amount"!

Somehow I have wound up with several hundred knives, several thousand dollars worth of flashlights, etc. They seem to multiply in storage.

You are right though. So long as you're paying the bills and not being reckless why not treat yourself? It's only money and you can't take it with you.

**Rick** · 05-13-2016, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

It's only money and you can't take it with you.

Wait! What?! No one tells me anything.

**Faiaoga** · 05-13-2016, 12:13 PM

Knife purchases cannot really be called an addiction until a person exhibits withdrawal symptoms when a knife is not ordered for approximately 24 hours. The true knife addict will, after about 24 hours of no new purchase, begin pacing the floor, compulsively turning pages of knife catalogs, start reading knife reviews on sites like this one, shaking violently and sweating profusely. The person will also begin to mumble about not having a Mora with laminated blade, the latest model of Condor machete, a Bowie with a stag handle and so on. In the throes of delirium, the person will see missing knife models crawling up the walls. THEN a person can be called a knife addict. Some people here have it bad........not to mention any names.

**Wildthang** · 05-13-2016, 01:20 PM

I collect mostly Case and Buck folding knives. I love the Case Silver Script knives and have bought several of them lately. But that is about the only thing I spend money on, I don't drink, I don't chase women, well maybe around the house.......LOL
So I figure I can spend on the average $120 a month on a new knife.............By Golly!

**hunter63** · 05-13-2016, 01:32 PM

I like knives, but like Handi Rifles as well.......

**Faiaoga** · 05-13-2016, 02:11 PM

Unfortunately, the DSM V (2013) used by medical professionals to classify obsessions still does not seem to recognize compulsive knife purchase as its own category - so perhaps it is not really a disorder. In fact, some people consider it a healthy sign.

The best I can do is note that "aichmophobia" is a fear of knives, so "aichmophilia" must be the opposite.