How far has you're sickness progressed?

BrokenCamillus · Post by **BrokenCamillus** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:47 am

This will help everyone to diagnose their exposure and the progress of the disease.

PA Knives · Post by **PA Knives** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:56 pm

Dr.

I walk by an antique mall or flea market and I can smell cutlery. Do you think that is odd Dr.? I mean that can smell them like that? Do you think I should take two CASE Doctor knives and call you in the morning? Will I be alright? Should I maybe spend every waking moment thinking about anitque cutlery? OHHHHHHHH I get it, your using reverse thoughts on me. You really just want my collection for your own don't you.

I feel funny, I think I better get on ebay and check to see what the price of that Eureka jack is going to be.

By the way, do you have any old knives in your office that I can look at? Come on now, I am not hooked on these, I can quit anytime, just not right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEXT NIGHT!

HI, my name is Pa knives and I'm a knifeaholic.

(HI Pa Knives welcome to knives Anonymous, we're here for you man.
"did you try the punch blade? I mean the punch!)

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:46 pm

I know if you find yourself catching the mail man before your wife

see's the mail, your addiction could be affecting your entire family

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:17 pm

I am A KNIFEAHOLIC!
Actually it has progressed to the point where I have started to make my own, straight blades so far, 6 more to do and I will start on folders which I have just torn down and put back together. I learn a lot that way.

I must be sick, I go with my wife and she looks at all the "sparkly things", I look around and say, gee, I wonder what that would look like on a knife. She see's a cheap ruby or garnet, I see something for a thumb stud.
I'm Siiiiiicccccckk!

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:51 pm

I read this quote somewhere once; "KNIVES ARE MENS JEWLRY"

williamcrane · Post by **williamcrane** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:00 pm

OK, the last thing I needed to get interested in was knives. You see, I already own what the news media would say is an 'arsenal' of firearms. Now I'm hooked on pocket knives. It all started when I decided to clean and oil an old Craftsman stockman pattern knife that I had acquired back in the early seventies. (Well, I also owned a Gerber EZ Out, Kershaw Whirlwind and a Cold Steel lockback). Anyway, in the past week I've bought a Canal Street stockman, Kissing Cranes whittler, Case Ruger Series Peanut and stockman, Schatt & Morgan Premier congress, Imperial Schrade 34OT, and an Emerson Commander.

I am now waiting for a GATCO diamond triceps sharpener...

williamcrane · Post by **williamcrane** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:04 pm

MITCH RAPP wrote: I know if you find yourself catching the mail man before your wife

see's the mail, your addiction could be affecting your entire family

Well my wife at least thought the Kissing Cranes whitler was cute. (I'll give you one guess why)

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:13 pm

I'll go with the.....

"Smooching" birdies part.

Bill

Roger - 50/2050 · Post by **Roger - 50/2050** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:29 pm

Well Boys, I guess ya'll could consider me ----> Terminal!!! ....Five years back when I was after all them exotic handled Case Classic Elephant Toe Patterns I was buying out at that time were running $400 to $500 a pop! Now, these same knives are & have been running $700 to $900 for each piece, even all the Stag pieces I some how latched on too at that time were running $150 to $200 for the 1 of 200 unetched pieces, for the low runs (1 of 6, 1 of 9, 1 of 10 & 1 of 12's) that were etched, $225 Now these knives are fetching $300 (unetched) to over $570 (etched)

"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050

jabberwocky · Post by **jabberwocky** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:37 pm

Well, gentlemen...

I haven't figured out how to have my vote recorded yet, for some reason, but I can tell you that I'm definitely in the "infected" category!

I'm with our friend williamcrane...a longtime hunter/shooter/reloader/
gun enthusiast with a veritable arsenal of handguns, rifles and shotguns, who somehow "accumulated" or "acquired" enough knives over the years that someone finally told me I has a "collection". I never thought of it as such.

Now, I'm more enthusiastic about the knives than ever. And thanks to my joining this forum, I'm learning every day, and adding to my collection every chance I get.

cj

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:08 am

i think i have more than a simple case of shatts

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:23 am

Those dollar amounts in the survey......They put me in the terminal category. At first I missed the per month part & I thought I had a serious problem.

I was relieved to see that I am just the average terminal + knifeaholic.

Dale

kman101256 · Post by **kman101256** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:29 am

I guess I am a knifeaolic. Could be worse. I could be a real al-coholic, or addicted to drugs (a drug-aholic?). But. since I am not married, I don't have a wife to bug me about "womanizing". The most important thing I can find right now is knives.
Attached find a picture of some of my knives (I have to keep them in a safe because we were robbed twice).
Marty

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:29 am

MITCH RAPP ; (" I know if you find yourself catching the mail man before your wife sees him.")

Funny you said that!!!

This year I gave Dave (my mailman) a Christmas gift too. O yes it was a knife too, because he brings me so many each day. He makes me fell HAPPY. But my last buy he did not bring me. (I fell he will have to come in my house again to see it) .
I think this one I need to go get for my self. This one is my biggest dollar purchase on one so far.
Now I am felling badly about it too.

O well no more negative talks here.

So here it is.

I think I do not have an addiction yet.

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:10 am

hey ken, i've been waitin for you to break that out. take pics and show us your new friends.

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:29 pm

W O W ! Ken you are way past Addiction! Nice catch my

friend

How about some more pictures and a little history?

mumblypeg · Post by **mumblypeg** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:39 pm

Nice addition, Ken. I noticed you were the high bidder on that one. Way cool, buddy. Glad you won it.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:38 am

Very nice Ken...Wow!!! You are setting a very high standard these days for the rest of us to follow...

Fantastic..

Sunburst

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:20 am

Thanks for all your kind WOW's and kind words.

It was hard to make up my mind to bid more or not.

Well my dad’s last estate check came in. So lets call it a GIFT from him.
If you look at it like this ( $28.68 for each knife then the free case its really not a bad deal I fell.)

I see they are not all super knives but I did not have about 12 of then,
And now I do.

I am thinking very strongly about picking them up my self or haveing my sons go get them. I fell that the snail mail will just hurt them too much. If you insure them and you make a claim on it then they keep the set.
I live in the center of IL.(in a cornfield) and they are in the center of Ohio.
After I get this and clean them I will show more photos.

I have 2 sons and when it is my time to leave here. I think I will just let my 2 sons fight over this one. Cuz I do not know how to divide this one.

wt3l · Post by **wt3l** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:20 am

Hi Guys,
Well, I guess I'm in the medicated section. I'm the one lying there in the hospital room with honing oil running into my veins..

Thanks for the nice thread boys... keep her going

later, WT3L

p.s. Bryan thanks for your help !!

Grizzly_Dog · Post by **Grizzly_Dog** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:50 am

Ken, thats a fine display!! I was tempted to try for it but I had sent my knife budget into the addicted crack head category(didnt see that one listed

) this month prior to seeing it. Please GO GET IT YOURSELF! I just put a post on in general knife q/a about the last display that was sent to me, check it out. Thats way to sweet of a display to chance to the fine people in our shipping world

. If you ever decide you want to part with it

, I dont want to see your boys have to go through that whole ordeal

let me know I'll even build a new wall for it if I have to!!!
____
Jim

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:19 am

Grizzly_Dog ; Well humm humm nope not yet. She's not for sale.
Thanks for the offer.

I think it's not the snail mans falt most of the time, its the senders falt.
They just do NOT understand how to pack. If I just buy a pocket knife with a box I all ways ask them to send it in a box to save the factory box.
But they still do NOT. Then I get the box is smashed but knife ok.

This set I just won the seller did NOT want to remove the knives from the case. They are all wired in place. So I told him not to send it then. If he did then you KNOW some knives would slip out the wires and damage them selfs and what ever they hit too. I will get this some day some how.

I saw the case you now have to fix. Sorry I can not help you with that.

Grizzly_Dog · Post by **Grizzly_Dog** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:48 am

Ken, I know what your saying about the general lack of care when some of these sellers just throw it in a box and expect you to deal with insurance claims etc. I send packing instructions when I send payment on all my stuff in the remote hope they might be followed.The seller I bought that cabinet from packed it better than I would have! He placed soft towels against the glass and used semi stiff foam to fill glass and knife display area(only reason backer board was saved). Wrapped whole thing in bubble wrap, three layers deep. Placed in oversize box and filled with stiff shreaded paper, padded corners with styrofoam corner fillers, taped box well and then covered with a layer of shrink wrap. Labeled every side with directions in bold black on white, this side up, do not stack, do not lay down, fragile glass. I planned on it not making it with glass intact do to size of glass, but they had to do something drastic to do the damage that was there when I opened tonight. Still quite chapped over the whole thing, as you can tell. Not all ups folks are bad nor are the post office people, one of my fishing buds works for ups as a del. driver and Mike my driver is a great guy, but somewhere theres a little som-bi#@ who drop kicked my box out of the back of the truck

and so I scorn them all tonight!! I would hate to see that great display of yours damaged by somebody who just didnt care. I often wonder if you didnt label as fragile if they would get treated better during shipping??

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:38 pm

Grizzly_Dog wrote:Ken, I know what your saying about the general lack of care when some of these sellers just throw it in a box and expect you to deal with insurance claims etc. I send packing instructions when I send payment on all my stuff in the remote hope they might be followed.The seller I bought that cabinet from packed it better than I would have! He placed soft towels against the glass and used semi stiff foam to fill glass and knife display area(only reason backer board was saved). Wrapped whole thing in bubble wrap, three layers deep. Placed in oversize box and filled with stiff shreaded paper, padded corners with styrofoam corner fillers, taped box well and then covered with a layer of shrink wrap. Labeled every side with directions in bold black on white, this side up, do not stack, do not lay down, fragile glass. I planned on it not making it with glass intact do to size of glass, but they had to do something drastic to do the damage that was there when I opened tonight. Still quite chapped over the whole thing, as you can tell. Not all ups folks are bad nor are the post office people, one of my fishing buds works for ups as a del. driver and Mike my driver is a great guy, but somewhere theres a little som-bi#@ who drop kicked my box out of the back of the truck and so I scorn them all tonight!! I would hate to see that great display of yours damaged by somebody who just didnt care. I often wonder if you didnt label as fragile if they would get treated better during shipping??

Actually my UPS driver is so bad, that they have finally gave me his cell phone number and his bosses direct line.
Usually it goes something like this:
Hey Forest, (UPS driver) How come my tracking number says delivered yet I don't have it? Uuuuuhhh, I'll drop it off on my way back to the barn. Thanks Forest, I need that. I'll usually call his boss also.

No, he's not Forest Gump, close though.

The Post Ofice will not ship some things, otherwise I'd just use them.

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:28 pm

Hi everyone. My situation is slightly more complicated as I vary from under medication to life-support for a complex interaction of a number of different 'addictions' (knives, corkscrews, wine antiques and old wine/champagne advertising)

The key is keeping everything in balance, or so I delude myself.

s-k

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