It is a pleasure when I run into a knife collector sharing his joy for our hobby. Well, it happened again.
I know “Joy” isn’t a word we often use when talking about knife collecting. Typically our hobby is associated with more manly words.
Joy is defined as a feeling of great pleasure. It is more commonly associated with things like- words in Christmas songs, evidence of one’s faith, and propagating, but knife collecting?!
On his website, this collector tells the story of how and when he started collecting at a young age. He then describes a few of the antique knives still in his collection and that are kept in his cabinet- in everyday sight.
It was his expression of joy that stood out to me; it was very refreshing. He tells his story, and then ends with-
“Still, there is a certain childish joy I get when I look over at my antique knives there in the cabinet…. I know it (the joy) will never get old no matter how long I live.”
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-Let us not allow the joy of knife collecting to get old either.
