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I was just interested in how much everybody spent on knives every year in total. Il make this a poll. Its kind of interesting and it doesn't only have to be Spyderco's, all types of knives.

The poll is not public, so dot be embarrassed.

Dude there is no way I can spend more than about $300 per year on knives. I can spend about $100 give or take about every 3-4 months.

That's why I sell a lot of my stuff off so that I can experience other knives. I either trade or sell knives that I have and don't use so that I can buy other knives.

It's gonna be a good 8 months or so before I get to buy something else. :)

Always under $5000, usually under $2000.

I'd say between 1000-1200$ a year depending on what other hobbies I get into during that year. I only bought one or two knives in 2006 but I bought a ton of flashlights and bike stuff, I usually stay around 10% of my take home pay from my student job.

I'd say around $300-$500. I only bought a Spyderfly, Yojimbo, and a Waved Endura last year, but this year I bought a Bob Lum Tanto and Green Chinese, a waved rescue, a military, and an Endura trainer.

I only recently really got into collecting more Spydercos....but in the last few months, I added a Endura 4, a Rescue 93, a Police, a Ladybug II, and a Jester. Also added a Byrd Cara Cara, Sog Paratool, and a few Buck Odyssey knives to my collection.

I had placed an order for 2 police, 2 enduras, a military, the ladybug II and jester, but they were no longer in stock, so I only got what was left in stock. They were very good prices though...lets just say that...and I wish I could have obtained all of the knives I ordered at the price I ordered them for....

Anyway, I still fully expect to get a number of other knives in the near future, though mostly for carrying and not for collecting. Among them would be an EDC hawkbill (in addition to the rescue 93, ladybug II, and jester I carry), a military, and I am on the lookout for a large dyad, rookie, manix, and a number of delica/endura 3/4's, at least one with zdp-189.

However, since I do have plenty of knives I can and do use for EDC as it is, my getting these knives will be of lesser importance to me than that of photo gear - which is my profession as well as a hobby....albeit an extremely expensive one...

too much but its fun and there are worse hobbies.

I've been pretty sporadic from year to year.

Some years I spend around 500 and others it goes right up to around 3000 dollars or more.

The whole Sebenza and Strider phase is what really put it over the top for me.

For this year its been well under 500 so far.

BOK wrote:I've been pretty sporadic from year to year.

Some years I spend around 500 and others it goes right up to around 3000 dollars or more.

The whole Sebenza and Strider phase is what really put it over the top for me.

For this year its been well under 500 so far.

Ditto for me, but replace sebenze and strider with Busse :eek:

This year I am definitely under $1000 and maybe under $500

I am over 5k year after year.

What Worker#9 Said......Doc :D

I limit my self to about two Spydercos a year, so ~100.

don't wanna know, don't wanna think about it. It's probably somewhere around TOO MUCH. Joe

I guess I buy a knife every month or so :o

Not as much as I used to though.

In the beginning of my Spydie madness I got a knife every week or so :eek: :o

Hmmm...looks like we're getting a *trimodal* distribution or so. Interesting...

The Mastiff wrote:don't wanna know, don't wanna think about it. It's probably somewhere around TOO MUCH. Joe

Ditto here. Like my age, I'd rather just not know for sure.

Vincent wrote:I was just interested in how much everybody spent on knives every year in total. Il make this a poll. Its kind of interesting and it doesn't only have to be Spyderco's, all types of knives.

The poll is not public, so dot be embarrassed.

:spyder: :spyder: :spyder: :spyder: :spyder: A, u no, All my 18+ yearz uv buyin knives uv all shapes, sizes, brandz, and prices, I never botherd 2 figure how much I spend a year...? But, just my best gess-now, keep in mind, I buy uther brands besides thu best(Spyderco)...Out uv a now pushin 600 knife collection, brands like Benchmade, MOD, Almar, Emerson, Coldsteel, Swiss Army, buck, KRCT, and also fanticy blaydz, n swordz, I bet in wun year, I dropped uh huge 2grand, at least!

Just in the past year I've spent about $5K. I don't know what's got into me. But I'm winding down now as I've got pretty much what knives that interest me. It's the dang collections I need to complete that's draining my financial resources. But it's a good hobby that I enjoy.

Lol OuchThatsSharp !

Neither of us have completed our Native collection yet :D , then there are the Kopas, then the Delicas, then the.....

I've got a fair few of the blades I NEEDED, now I am on to the ones I WANT !.... $10,000 + LOL :P

Daniel

Two pink D4's have been my only purchase this year, so I fall in the less than $100 bracket.