JTB_5
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The glory of the free market is the freedom: it allows people to use their resources as they see fit. The shame of the free market is that people don't always use their resources virtuously. But what is the better alternative?
At the end of the day one has to go back to fundamental priorities; if knife buying and selling knives is a hobby, which it is for many of us (for others, it is a livelihood), then it ought not to so consume our interests as to bring us to grief. Holding things loosely that matter little in the grand scheme of things will ultimately allow the pleasure of the hobby to remain, rather than be robbed by disappointments that cannot be avoided by the current state of affairs.
I'm in the camp of folks who don't have the income to buy knives at a premium whenever I have the desire to do so. I've tried to cultivate an appreciation for the knives I get to see others enjoying who have been able to acquire them. Sometimes I find myself growing impatient or envious, but when I do I step away and try to laugh at myself, because it really isn't different from the kid at the candy shop who is seconds late to get the latest candy bar. Such immaturity does not become a man of integrity, and I'd rather laugh at my foolish moments and put them aside rather than dwell in them blindly.
But anyway, look at this cool knife; it is my favorite GEC (the only one I haven't modified, apparently):
At the end of the day one has to go back to fundamental priorities; if knife buying and selling knives is a hobby, which it is for many of us (for others, it is a livelihood), then it ought not to so consume our interests as to bring us to grief. Holding things loosely that matter little in the grand scheme of things will ultimately allow the pleasure of the hobby to remain, rather than be robbed by disappointments that cannot be avoided by the current state of affairs.
I'm in the camp of folks who don't have the income to buy knives at a premium whenever I have the desire to do so. I've tried to cultivate an appreciation for the knives I get to see others enjoying who have been able to acquire them. Sometimes I find myself growing impatient or envious, but when I do I step away and try to laugh at myself, because it really isn't different from the kid at the candy shop who is seconds late to get the latest candy bar. Such immaturity does not become a man of integrity, and I'd rather laugh at my foolish moments and put them aside rather than dwell in them blindly.
But anyway, look at this cool knife; it is my favorite GEC (the only one I haven't modified, apparently):