My knife collection started as one for each use case

[Hitman01]

I told myself I would keep it simple. One for the kitchen, one for everyday carry, one for hunting and something for camp. Then a few more showed up along the way, including a dive knife from a phase and a collector piece I never touch. At some point it turned into a small collection that I never really trimmed down. Every knife made sense when I bought it and somehow they all stayed.

 

[Adaams]

At some point the system makes sense, it’s just the inventory that keeps growing beyond the original plan.

 

[Alan]

What starts as a system usually ends as a collection that quietly outgrows the original plan.

 

[Greyjoy]

It always seems to work that way. You pick something up with a specific purpose in mind but then each one starts telling its own story, so nothing ever really leaves.

 

[Homey]

One for each use case is genuinely how every collection starts. Nobody sits down and says I want seventeen knives. It just kind of happens and the drawer won't close.

 

[Alexx]

The “one for each use case” rule always gets you. Before you know it, you’re explaining a dive knife to someone even though you don’t dive anymore.