Knife nut profile

[Shike]

Okay, I have been reading quite a few post here and I have noticed that a lot of folks seem to have need or desire to have back ups for knives they currently own. I admit it I am one of those folks. Are we wackos?:D I mean I do these crap with other stuff also. Sometimes I have to keep myself in check. Not because I want to, but because I am not a millionaire. If it was up to me I would probably have at least two of everything I like. Luckily my tastes are not super outlandish. I mean I don't need 2 cars of the same:D but I sure would like another Millie (it's coming) and another Sebenza. And another Ed Brown pistol.........someone stop me!!!! I can see this behavior with stuff that might be running out soon or if there is a chance of not finding another in case I loose or break the current one, but most of it you can just order another.
I use to think that this was a malady of hardcore fisherman.......Oh yeah!!!! You gotta have at least 3 lures of everything even if you never use the stuff. If it's the stuff that you use you need quite a few. Heaven forbid that you loose that Teenie-R- Crayfish lure (you fisherman know which one.... the orange/green one that weighs 1/5 ounce........little bastards always get snagged). You would likely leave all your crap right there on the the river bank while you run to Wally World.... Go ahead and laugh but I know a few fisherman who feel the same way. Maybe we should start a support group or something:eek: But I think this is true of knife nutsos also.
Okay folks fez up!

[jaislandboy]

yeah Shike, there seems to be a little OCD in every knifenut who hordes blades like i do :rolleyes: ;)

[SoCal Operator]

I'm not crazy, I'm just realistic. You never know when quadruple redundancy can come in handy. Yea. Not crazy. Realistic. <_< >_>

[WOTANSON1]

It's been a long time since I had two of the exact same knife. I mean I have 4SE Enduras (a E1, E3 and 2 E4's one VG-10, one ZDP). I'll have 2 SnG's (Tanto and Drop Point) soon. So not too bad. However I have 6 Rummikub sets:eek: , 3 Mah Jong sets ( American, Chinese and Japanese :cool: variants)and a whole slew of out of print books on the above mentioned games. So yeah I understand what you mean totally. :)

Cheers,
Rob

[yablanowitz]

I never used to buy duplicates of my knives intentionally. A couple of times I bought replacements and later found the originals, but that was it. That is, until I lost my Mini-Spike :rolleyes: . "No big deal," I thought, "I'll just buy another one." Guess what? They had been discontinued for five years and were nearly impossible to find. It took me a year to get a new one.

Now if I like a knife, I tend to buy a pre-need replacement or two while I can. Since I use my knives, often quite hard, it's a good bet that I will need them sooner or later.

[ozspyder]

Like So-Cal Operator says, you just never know !
And as with computers, you can avert disaster by keeping backups....always ! As I am slack with my company's and my own home server backups, I thought I'd make up by trying to get as many backups of sharp things as possible. I have on occasion 'accidentally' bought/ won some knives, but then just added them to the pile of backup so I can then use my originals a bit harder :D
Curiously though, being a Kopa nut I do not seem to have that many Kopa backups.... hmmm. Methinks it's time to sell off some of the others and get more Kopa to fill the Kopa Kabana :)

[Shike]

Well I think that even though this was meant to be a sarcastic/fun:rolleyes: :) thread, mostly making fun of myself, there is a bit of truth to it but then again I don't really think I have a problem.......I just need more $$$$$$:D .
So I could basically say that my issues are not psychological but financial:D

Shike (knifeaholics annon. charter member)

[tap]

Having two or more (or variations) of a "favorite" model that is used on a regular basis is quite reasonable. People that are constantly buying new knives don't need a backup because they are constantly carrying new knives. Of couse everybody would like to have two of every knife made, but they would not really ever have a use for them. Before I buy most knives I need to halfway convince myself that I will be able to stop carrying something that is already in my pocket. For me this keeps new purchases somewhat under control. This site lowers my defenses in a big way. However after reading and looking at pictures here, I can reach in my pocket and look at what I would have to put down and a little bit of reality sinks in. YMMV.