Why are you so in to knives?
I get asked this question often. Mom, dad, girl friend, other relatives, co workers friends etc. etc. I have answers that I feel are reasonable. Knives are art and their useful. They could be used to save your life and they may not always be the best cutting tool for certain tasks, but they cover the most cutting tasks in that they are suited for a wider range of cutting tasks than just scissors or a utility razor. To me though, they are truly art. Forms of expression. Knives also represent advances humans have made in materials, production, measurement, art and so on.
BUT....(here it comes)...WHY so many knives? The best answer I have for that is that it is the same reason my girlfriend has so many shoes, my mom has so many plants, my dad has so many hats. Variety of aesthetics is fun! I also like to experience the way different materials feel and perform and the way different steels cut. Some steels are tougher and take a beating, others hold a very sharp edge for a long time. Then there are steels that are extremely rust resistant, and in having these options I've always got a cutting tool in my different activities that is the best suited for that activity and/or task.
After that I don't know....I received my first knives when I was seven. A Swiss army knife and fillet knife. My mom gave them to me for when I went fishing on the beach and showed me how her Dad used to sharpen his knives with an old Arkansas stone that had been in the family. Ever since then I've continued to buy knives that are better in some way or "cooler in some way. At this point I've got Busse fixed blades and Chris Reeve folders and I'm still looking! There's just something about KNIVES!
How about y'all? Why knives? Why so many? Can we even explain it?
I get asked this question often. Mom, dad, girl friend, other relatives, co workers friends etc. etc. I have answers that I feel are reasonable. Knives are art and their useful. They could be used to save your life and they may not always be the best cutting tool for certain tasks, but they cover the most cutting tasks in that they are suited for a wider range of cutting tasks than just scissors or a utility razor. To me though, they are truly art. Forms of expression. Knives also represent advances humans have made in materials, production, measurement, art and so on.
BUT....(here it comes)...WHY so many knives? The best answer I have for that is that it is the same reason my girlfriend has so many shoes, my mom has so many plants, my dad has so many hats. Variety of aesthetics is fun! I also like to experience the way different materials feel and perform and the way different steels cut. Some steels are tougher and take a beating, others hold a very sharp edge for a long time. Then there are steels that are extremely rust resistant, and in having these options I've always got a cutting tool in my different activities that is the best suited for that activity and/or task.
After that I don't know....I received my first knives when I was seven. A Swiss army knife and fillet knife. My mom gave them to me for when I went fishing on the beach and showed me how her Dad used to sharpen his knives with an old Arkansas stone that had been in the family. Ever since then I've continued to buy knives that are better in some way or "cooler in some way. At this point I've got Busse fixed blades and Chris Reeve folders and I'm still looking! There's just something about KNIVES!
How about y'all? Why knives? Why so many? Can we even explain it?