"Fondling" knife syndrome.

dewman · Post by **dewman** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:52 pm

I'm just wondering if I'm the only one on earth suffering with this affliction. I seem to have one knife in particular that has become my "fondling knife". It has some mystical quality that makes me want to hold it. Not sure whether it's the smooth feel, the sleek lines, the hollow grind of the blade, the positive "snap" upon opening and closing. Or maybe it's the way the bone handles absorb the warmth of my hand that gives it that "come hither" quality. It's too big for an EDC, not of a very practical design for any utilitarian chores, yet.....come evening, I constantly find myself with this knife within reach. And, at some point....the fondling begins!

Is this something I should seek professional help with....or is it a thing that's been diagnosed before?

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:13 pm

Have it myself....EDC a Case Redbone peanut...if I'm wating for something...bus...in line...out comes the closed peanut and I start rolling it arounnd in my fingers and rubbing it.

Like a .... what do they call it ... a fretstone?

PA Knives · Post by **PA Knives** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:15 pm

The Doctor will see you know Mr. Dewman.

HUMMMMMM!!!

Let me see your hands. AH HAA!

as I suspected.

You have foldingitis knifeateoist

You symtoms are common

and it is easily transmited to others who enjoy pocket knives.

I suggest you buy each of us a vintage pocket knife so that you will not feel as though you are all alone with this virus.

NO cure is known,

so you have no choice.

Please pay the cashier on the way out.

An antique Pennsylvania knife will be suffient pay at this time.

OH and take two ebay auctions and call me in the morning.

good Day

richied · Post by **richied** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:11 pm

I concur with Pa

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:17 pm

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... ght=fondle

i think it has spread and is spreading through our ranks

there is no cure. all you can do is treat the symptoms.

EricKy · Post by **EricKy** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:13 pm

Yes. Mine is a Case Ducks unlimited mini trapper. Even if I do not carry that knife when I put my knife away at the end of the day I have to handle that one. So I went back to carry it again.

Sauconian · Post by **Sauconian** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:22 pm

GUILTY !

You won't go blind or anything, will ya ?

Fran

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:38 pm

hey fran, you won't go blind and a good sharp knife will keep your hands hair-free!

Sauconian · Post by **Sauconian** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:48 pm

Fran

useem · Post by **useem** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:03 pm

Yup, I have the same sickness. The CASE Pocketworn Trappers do it for me. I play with my knife from the minute I wake up until I set it on my night stand at bedtime. It is therapy for me, VERY RELAXING

Rupe · Post by **Rupe** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:34 pm

My EDC, a 34OT that has seen better days, is my usual. Not my favorite, but its always with me so it gets plenty of attention.

Just don't get me started on the "Fondling Lever Guns Syndrome"

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Chris

Sauconian · Post by **Sauconian** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:53 pm

CAUGHT AGAIN !

336 S.C. .35 Rem.

Fran

TM · Post by TM » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:37 pm

I got tha' fever too

I hold my knife any chance I get!

Edgewise · Post by **Edgewise** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:44 pm

I think the knife-fondling syndrome is a sub-conscious, primordial throwback to the old days when a knife was as familiar and as necessary as your hand.
Modern "civilisation" has changed the circumstances, but the instinctive need to hold a knife is too deeply ingrained, and surfaces more readily in those of us who are in closer touch with our ancestral, pioneering spirit of self-reliance.
Is it any wonder that knives, like self-reliance, are becoming the targets of that same modern "civilisation"?

redferd · Post by **redferd** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:48 pm

Does it matter if it is done in the pocket or out of the pocket?

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:51 pm

jonet143 wrote:hey fran, you won't go blind and a good sharp knife will keep your hands hair-free!

Well this is what you all have to look forward to...

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:24 am

redferd wrote:Does it matter if it is done in the pocket or out of the pocket?

Depends on who is standing nearby

!!

miked32 · Post by **miked32** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:38 am

is one of the symptoms a bald patch on either forearm???

Duffy · Post by **Duffy** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:03 am

miked32, thats funny right there now, I don't care who you are, thats funny.

martys · Post by **martys** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:15 pm

Its worse when you have a combination of 2.

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:30 pm

Martys-
Be careful when you fondle that thing in your pocket..........it could go off! That would attract a lot of attention!

Dale

wildcat · Post by **wildcat** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:40 pm

orvet wrote:Martys-
Be careful when you fondle that thing in your pocket..........it could go off! That would attract a lot of attention!

Dale

got the same syndrome. mine is a Moore Maker 3206 DLB.

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