>>2676496 let me try to explain the excitement for knives.
the great thing about knives is their relative simplicity regarding both construction and use, they've been with us as humans since before written history.
they allow for a very large freedom and diversity of design both in regards to materials and shape. They can be masterpieces of art and craftsmanship while still being able to serve their basic but essential tool function of cutting stuff. this gives then a cool factor especially to us as men, that aspect of usability that regular jewelry doesn't have.
And because they're so relatively simple, and relatively small, you can afford something very high end for a relatively low price. For a low 4-digit price you might be able to get a damascus blade hand forged by a master craftsman, with a handle made from the fossilized ivory of extinct megafauna.
If you wanted something to that standard and material fancyness but in a car (or a gun, a watch or heck even a washing machine or dinnertable) you'd need to spend orders of magnitude more money, if one is available at all. but with knives there's so many makes that there's something for everyone.
and even if you don't go quite that fancy there's all sorts of cool stuff like titanium and supersteels and clever mechanisms and perfect machine finishing. so much stuff to obsess over and pick what you like best. is it necessary? no, but it's fun. perhaps the fact that we can get a perfectly serviceable Mora for ten bucks means that we're all the more free to play around when we get to the high prices.
