Knives - Why do you buy them?

Genuine question...

Why do you spend your hard earned money on knives? For me:

1) I enjoy experiencing new designs;
2) I enjoy using them;
3) I like to have the best kit available (thank you Busse);
4) Its sort of a sub-set of my gun hobby.

What about the rest of you? Are you dedicated collectors? Nothing better to do with your cash? Secretly a ninja?

2, 3 and 4 for me mate. I think it can be summed up simply as "I like knives"

I truly enjoy the craftmanship of quality knives.

May sound odd, but a well built knife makes me feel good.

Also, I have had knives all my life, and it kinda runs in the family.
My grandfather had dozens of knives, scattered all over their house. Right from simple folders to bayonets he had collected from German soldiers after WWII.


I only buy knives I can see myself using, when hiking, camping out or as EDC knives.
So I too, buy knives which will fit a purpose in my kit.

All of what everyone else said, plus...........it's an addiction!

Why do I buy knives? Just to cut stuff..
Why do I buy Scrapyard/Busse/Swamprat? So I can have the best knives on the planet,, and be able chat with some of the best people on the planet.
Cheers!

Both GREAT reasons!!!

I've liked knives since grade school. Can't really remember ever being without one.

There's just something about a blade and handle that attracts me. PLUS they are first and foremost a TOOL that can be used for many different things. Plus they are also a weapon, albeit a last ditch weapon, but they're better than nothing. I've been in countries where it is the ONLY "Weapon" you could carry, saved my bacon a couple times.

Other than this, I just like knives, the shape and what you can do with them.

Take my ASH for instance. I really like my ASH, but I think that it it a little to fat. I kind of like a skinnier ASH. I think that my ASH is to big and I wish that it was Skinnier. BUT we work with that we got. I guess it's better to have a Big ASH than a skinny one that you maybe can't work as hard.

But I would trade my Fat Ash for a Skinny one in a heart beat.

Caveman require cut tool.

I have liked knives since I was a kid (maybe seven). I posted here during my JYD run the story of my first knife.

People ask me "Seth why do you like knives so much" and I say "I don't like them that much" or "I don't know".

I like them cause I like them. I suppose I'm looking for that perfect one. I do have an addictive personality so I suppose they might be filling some sort of hole. This has never been an easily answered question.

Long Live the Brotherhood!

What Sethro and Tom said.

'Merica, that's why!

Realistically, I'm a hunter / outdoorsman. I never go anywhere without blade...and I prefer smaller, thinner blades than Busse / SYKCO offer for processing animals. I look at Busse family blades as survival blades...great quality tools intended to survive harsh environments and treatment.

I always say, I could get by just fine with a Mora, an Laplander saw, and an Axe,,,, just don't tell my wife I said that!

I asked the question because it's a nebulous issue for me. I still have my first knife...it was given to me by my father 34 years ago. I too have an addictive personality and amass things. Knives? I'm just "drawn" to them.

I like to bling out my operater pack with them.

In all seriousness, I previously bought some thinking they would have certain uses but then most just end up sitting there. I have thinned the heard and now only have 4 fixed blades left with one on the way and they all get used or serve a purpose. Same with folders. I rotate between two sak's. That is all I really need.

Ballast

BALLAST! I don't know about you, but I carry around enough natural ballast for two or three people! But I'm working on it.

It may seem like an inane question, but I'm genuinely curious as to why we're here.

I think many (myself included) could simply answer "addicted".

What the ROMRLSPGE above said. It's a sickness. BUT one that won't get you killed, unless you make a rude commend about the Fox across the room in front of her husband. THAT will get you killed, or at least messed up pretty bad.

Addicted.......no question about it!

So many directions to go with that....

Suffice it to say that your big shapely ASH is better than us freaks without any ASH at all...

OCD

Well D/T, you COULD get a TRASHY ASH!

Now THAT'S having fun with a name!

I'm not that kinda squirrel.

because
once i see one i like

i have to get it

only thing i can come up with right now

I believe that's covered by "OCD"

Patty says I am OCD about OCD. Now I'm gonna have to be worried about what THAT means!

Hello there little furry buddy.