I have survived the day of endless meetings.
As soon as the last evening meeting ended, I hauled ass down the road to the bookstore to unwind with some browsing before it closed. I made some weird purchases that I suspect I might not have made if I weren’t dazed and confused from the meeting marathon.
Case in point:
I’m not sure where the urge to buy this came from. But sitting here looking through it, I am filled with lust for many of these items. Some of them look like they’re right out of a fantasy novel. Some of them are so elegant it hurts, and some are so baroque it’s ridiculous. There are also some, it must be admitted, that look like a redneck’s wet dream. The engineer in me, it also must be admitted, is drawn to the blades forged from damascus steel, in the same way (but to a greater extent than) I get a little excited about anything made from titanium.
Anyway, after drooling over some of these things for a while I thought “Hey, I’m in Boston, there must be a custom knife crafter or dealer around here. I have a reasonable disposable income, maybe I should pick up something while I’m here.”
A little Googling turned up Knife Legends. I looked through their gallery of recent acquisitions and saw quite a few things I liked.
For instance something about this ornate and vaguely steampunk blade really appeals to me:
“complex opening release”, “extensive fluting and machining throughout”, etc. Pushing my buttons.
Until I saw the price.
Damn. That thing costs more than 15 tricked-out swordcanes! I have never owned a car that cost more than a fraction of what that costs.
I’ve just spent some time looking at lots of other custom knife sites, and while many of them are less than that example, they are all WAAAAY more money that I was thinking about. I guess these are not items that are collected whimsically. At least not by people who earn a salary.
