Knife or Gun? Hmmm

[Reinz]

Does anyone else feel guilty/confused/uncomfortable/stupid for spending as much or more for a knife than a gun?

I am a bonified gun addict as well as a knife addict. Sometimes worlds collide after spending $300,400, and too embarrassed to tell the most I've spent for a knife.

Afterwards, I face palm and think, I could have had this pistol or rifle!
But then I coonfinger the cool knife and admire it's awesomeness.

 

[Nightwatch]

People pay thousands for a postage stamp that they dare not EVER touch, let alone coonfinger. Whatever floats yer boat. I'll bet you're gonna be droppin' a few bucks come Sept, now that your choices are expanding. Pics and a full report.

 

[robertc1024]

Interesting. I've got some high-dollar knives, but primarily admire them for their craftsmanship. To me, they are works of art. I wouldn't put any of my firearms in that category, but I've been around enough high-end English, Spanish & Italian double barrel shotguns to appreciate the similar labor of love that went into creating them. The only thing I feel similarly about are things made out of wood. Pull up a few pics of lapstrake canoes or kayaks and you'll see what I mean.

 

[easy rider]

Depends on what you want it for. Before I gave up everything to start over again, I had some beautiful hand made and Damascus steel knives. Most everyone would drool over them, and they were great for show. Would I take them camping? No! On the other hand if you're filthy rich it may be no big thing. Same goes for guns. Do what makes you happy, at the time I was happy to own them, now I don't need them. Although, I did win a hand made knife at a gun show, and I do like it, I just don't hold it in quite as high esteem as I once did.

 

[Hoji]

Interesting. I've got some high-dollar knives, but primarily admire them for their craftsmanship. To me, they are works of art. I wouldn't put any of my firearms in that category, but I've been around enough high-end English, Spanish & Italian double barrel shotguns to appreciate the similar labor of love that went into creating them. The only thing I feel similarly about are things made out of wood. Pull up a few pics of lapstrake canoes or kayaks and you'll see what I mean.

I have both high end firearms and high end knives. All are tools.
I have a Busse limited edition 30th anniversary NMFBM that I decapitate deer and pigs with( faster than a saw)and use to cut branches for ground blinds.
Yeah, they are cool to look at, but looking at the faces of the guys in my hunting club when I peeled the ribs off a deer with one swipe or sent the head rolling off the concrete cleaning station pad with a single swing is far cooler than admiring the steel.

I should make a video of that and post it where the blade nerds will see it and have a meltdown.

 

[Charlie]

Being a poor old man who likes guns and knives, I'd never pay more for a knife than a gun. I have some nice knives, gifts and inherited but I use a knife as more of an everyday tool than an investment, etc. Just my two bits.

 

[TxStetson]

Just my two bits.

You certainly can't get any good knives for 2 bits.

 

[Charlie]

You certainly can't get any good knives for 2 bits.

Nope, my opinion is actually free, and worth what it costs. As is anything on the internet.

 

[45tex]

My Grand Pa always said no watermelon was worth more than 2 bits. And his 2 bit watermelons were often sliced with knives that were so valued that they were left at the fish camp for anyone to use. I see art in the craftsman ship of blades and guns, but they are both just tools.
Of course my Grand Pa also believed that setting watermelons under the China berry tree until after supper was cooling them down.

 

[BRD@66]

The only way to get your money back from a $500 knife, is like with a $1000 bird dog. To recoup, you'd have to trade it for 2 ea $500 cats.

 

[easy rider]

Until now I couldn't say when the last time I heard someone say two bits. Had to open up the cobwebbed door in my brain to remember.

 

[acorneau]

Until now I couldn't say when the last time I heard someone say two bits. Had to open up the cobwebbed door in my brain to remember.

Last time for me was when I went for a shave and haircut.

 

[TXSWFAN]

Collecting firearms is cheaper than collecting custom knives.

This Loveless 3 3/4" guthook can be yours for only $7800.

Maybe you'd rather have his classic Chute knife? It's only $11.5k. These are some of his cheaper ones. Some are six figures.

 

[TheDan]

I have a Busse limited edition 30th anniversary NMFBM that I decapitate deer and pigs with( faster than a saw)and use to cut branches for ground blinds.
Yeah, they are cool to look at, but looking at the faces of the guys in my hunting club when I peeled the ribs off a deer with one swipe or sent the head rolling off the concrete cleaning station pad with a single swing is far cooler than admiring the steel.

I should make a video of that and post it where the blade nerds will see it and have a meltdown.

I have a hard time believing a $500 knife is really 5x better than a $100 knife. You should let me try that NMFBM out sometime to convince me

 

[stdreb27]

I'm a sucker for a nice knife.

BUT I'm a user, not a museum piece buyer. (Too poor)


Basically the most I'll pay for something I'm going to beat to hell is 300 - 400 bucks.

Does it make a difference between a custom edc and a off the academy shelf kershaw?

Yes.

Is it 5 times better probably not. But they sure are nice.


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[AustinN4]

Being a poor old ...

Poor and old both suck on their own, but together is major suck!

 

[easy rider]

As I said, it all depends on what makes you happy or what you want it for. Personally I don't like a cheap knife, but I also don't need one that will break the bank.

 

[Hoji]

I have a hard time believing a $500 knife is really 5x better than a $100 knife. You should let me try that NMFBM out sometime to convince me

It is a $1500 knife. or was until I started decapitating game animals with it.

 

[TheDan]

uh... wow

 

[Hoji]

uh... wow

You are more than welcome to try it out. Let me know the next time you are going to sit out and wait for hogs.