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Inphernix
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Sep 16, 2018
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Theres no point paying an exorbitant price on any knife. Most knifes can be constructed, of high end materials, and still be reasonably aquired at a fair price. Once you get above a few hundred, your paying for a brand name, not a knife. The most I have been willing to spend on a folder is $140. And that was a top end knife at the time. I can see paying up to $250 if a knife was made of special
materials that are exspensive to process, or that was made by a master artisan that only makes a few knifes at a time, and that does masterful work, but only if I really wanted said knife, and had a little spare cash to work with. Typically I dont like to spend more that 40-75 bucks on any knife. As I pay for quality, and reliability not branding. It also depends on the overall size of the knife. Ill pay a little more if there's more length and there for more metal required.
Dhill21
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Sep 21, 2018
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InphernixWell you have to do your research that's for sure. Some knives are a get what you pay for situation, other's are a rip-off. The price often goes up with how much human involvement is in the process. Materials etc, can all be bought and replenished, but a maker uses his/her time and experience of which can never be replaced. Some people like to have something that no one else has, or are just attracted to a design or feature that are proprietary. For the longest time, the Benchmade axis lock was exclusive (and most of their knives are out of that 45-75 dollar range). There's a lot more to it; a lot of the time I think of it like art; oil paint and canvas are relatively inexpensive materials but depending whose hands they are in, the value of what is created varies drastically (kinda cheesy example but hopefully you get what I mean). I personally use my Benchmade and ZT's the most, mainly because the materials are above average, they feel great when using, and they both have awesome warranties where if anything breaks it can be fixed for cheap or free. But the reasonableness of any given knife's price is hard to define; it's also relative to the individual. My definition of reasonable is at least never paying above the MAP. I'd never buy a knife at Outdoorworld, Bass Pro, or Cabelas because the mark up is ridiculous.
Dirthole04
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Sep 24, 2018
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Inphernixyes you are correct you don’t need to spend 200$ 300$ plus
have you tried a Tuya Knives ???
amazing
knives
ceramic bearings
ect .
titaium , ect
Inphernix
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Sep 24, 2018
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Dirthole04I hadn't heard of Tuya knives. But Ill be certain to look them up. Thanks for the heads up.
Inphernix
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Sep 24, 2018
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Dhill21The knife I paid $140 for was a benchmade. Quite a few years ago at that. So I know the quality. And I agree that the work of artisens deserves a mark up. Thats why I said as much. But even coming from a great maker, a knife of standard materials shouldn't break your bank. And I wouldnt go looking at an artisens shop unless I had extra money to work with, and was willing to pay for the time. Just how I look at it.
Kavik
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Sep 25, 2018
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Dirthole04Hmmm, the couple I found on Amazon have a very familiar feel to them from the pics....curious which factory puts them out
Kavik
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Sep 25, 2018
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Dirthole04Thanks for the tip, i do enjoy finding pieces who's quality surpasses their pricepoint. I'll check 'em out some time 👍
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