How I pay for my knives

I moonlight as a sea kayak guide/instructor and that cash usually goes to paying for play-stuff. Most of the time, selling older gear helps offset the costs of purchasing new gear as well.
 
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I'm not married. I've got no children. I have a vasectomy. I don't drink/use/smoke/gamble/etc. I don't buy designer clothing. I don't "go out" ... whatever that is supposed to mean.

This allows me to focus on what's important... Knives.
 
link2derek said:
I buy, sell, and trade knives of all kinds. I guess that's my hobby "on the side" - LOL!

No, but really, if I see a knife that I want to try, I'll just sell-off or trade-away something(s) not being used or otherwise enjoyed. That way, the collection is constantly changing, and I get to try even more knives than I would if I kept everything I acquired all the time.
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This is what I do also, along with restoring older blades to their former glory and selling them. Also, last year I picked up a night class two days a week to help bring in some extra money.
 
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My only vices are porn, profanity, and ... these...

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Interesting stuff here! There's so many ways to be able to enjoy this hobby...I love capitalism!
 
I build things and sell them, motor cycles, classic cars, some small fabrication pieces
Here's the latest bike, I had for 29 days before someone flagged me down and bought it on the spot!
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Rleo said:
I build things and sell them, motor cycles, classic cars, some small fabrication pieces
Here's the latest bike, I had for 29 days before someone flagged me down and bought it on the spot!
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Awesome bike!
 
I just feed the kids every other day rather than once a day. Pretty soon I can get another knife.

Kidding
I don't have any kids.
 
all it does is remove the thin layer of grime
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totally

I worked for a while with high end European cars (think Audi A8). We had a guy who's only job was fixing fisheyes in paint and buffing. He could take a plastic cover similar to that that had pretty deep abrasions in it from an accident or shipping damage and run his power buffers over it an it looked factory perfect.

Takes more than tooth paste. In fact when I was a little kid I always read that I could buff the paint on my model car builds with tooth paste. NEVER made any difference.
 
I have 2 kids in daycare and a car payment, so had to get a part time job to have any fun money (part goes to my knife hobby, some to dinner out, most taking the kids to do fun stuff, some for whiskey lol). I am a life long night owl so started driving for Uber hauling drunks home from the bars. Its pretty fun actually, and money is decent. Most people are pretty chatty being drunk, and in a good mood having just left a party.
 
WuGod said:
I have 2 kids in daycare and a car payment, so had to get a part time job to have any fun money (part goes to my knife hobby, some to dinner out, most taking the kids to do fun stuff, some for whiskey lol). I am a life long night owl so started driving for Uber hauling drunks home from the bars. Its pretty fun actually, and money is decent. Most people are pretty chatty being drunk, and in a good mood having just left a party.
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Man if I had a car (besides my wife's) that was uber friendly I would probably go out a few nights a week and uber. What a great way to buy knives! Uber is awesome...If we know we're going to be drinking any booze at all we take an uber no questions asked. I'll pay $100 for a ride before I pay $10,000 for a DUI. Rides for Knives!
 
With my full time job, i work around alot of valves we have to replace. So all the old ones we take out, im aloud to pop the brass cores out and bring them to the scrapyard. Brings in decent amount for something that takes just a minute to do everyday. A month or so to fill up a 5 gallon bucket that brings $120-$150.
 
Sigsog226 said:
With my full time job, i work around alot of valves we have to replace. So all the old ones we take out, im aloud to pop the brass cores out and bring them to the scrapyard. Brings in decent amount for something that takes just a minute to do everyday. A month or so to fill up a 5 gallon bucket that brings $120-$150.
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Do you work around gas BBQ grills? If so, keep an eye out for Lynx brand--they have 18 pound brass burners that are prone to rusting out and developing hot spots. Also older barbecue's galore Turbo BBQ's and some of the old Bull Outdoor Products use brass burners as well. I've made thousands recycling those things over the years!
 
Wow, that would be some cha ching though. I work for a gas company, and when we move meters out of peoples basements or replace service lines i get a valve or two. Ill keep that in mind though about the grills.
 
Sigsog226 said:
Wow, that would be some cha ching though. I work for a gas company, and when we move meters out of peoples basements or replace service lines i get a valve or two. Ill keep that in mind though about the grills.
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$20-$25 per burner where I live! We end up with a lot of steel, brass, etc. when we replace grills. They recently stopped paying for plain steel but they'l still accept it as a donation...something to do with China no longer needing it. Brass still pays well though, and copper even more so. Stainless still gets like $.15/lb. so if I show up with 700 pounds I'll make a little chunk that I usually split with my partner...that's pretty good knife money!
 
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