Over priced knives

[Farmer17]

Wow, I guess I'm really a cheap skate compared to the other guys here! I have about 30 or so knives Bucks, Gerbers, Kershaws, Case, Camillius, Old Henry, SOG, Spyderco, Schrade, Victorinox, Cold Steel, Lightning, Ontario Knife Company, etc and I can't really tell the difference between the steel in any of them. My Benchmade will hold an edge a little longer than the other knives but it will still need sharpening eventually but I haven't spent over 40 bucks on any of my knives. I baby my guns but my knives are all just tools used for whatever I need them for, cutting, prying, scraping, chopping, hammering and if one breaks I'm not concerned in the least.

 

[Kanewpadle]

I buy Benchmade only. Although I'm not sure if I'm sticking with them.

Some of their knives are overpriced. Some aren't. They make an outstanding product with excellent customer service.

 

[gunnails]

Nice knives, but I will probably never buy another Benchmade. Seeing how there okay with chopping up guns and donate to anti gun politicians.

 

[Drm50]

Custom knives aside any factory knife is over priced. I have a few but don't collect. The companies business is supported by collectors. They are never going to be used or sharpened so a lot of them are no more than
fancy handles with blade a secondary attachment. A old $1 Barlow from a
HWD store will give most of them a run for their money as far as use.

 

[jpage]

Something my Grandpa taught me over 60 years ago was the fact that a good quality knife was well worth the price. As a result, I've probably gone a little overboard because I have acquired several high quality knives. On the other hand, though, I use a knife every day.

Most of my pocket knives are Case, but a 99-year old Schrade "safety button" knife finds its way in the front pocket of my Wranglers a good majority of the time.

As for fixed blade knives, I have a few Randall knives, all of which are users.

Over priced? Randalls are actually cheap when you realize how much labor is involved. You're essentially getting a hand-forged knife for what is now the high end of production knives.

I like Your taste in autos ! Just picked up this Schrade Presto M2. I've been looking for one for years. Paid a little too much, but worth getting yelled at by the Mrs. Not to many un-issued one left.

 

[kwselke]

These little Spyderco key chain knives keep appearing at my home and demanding to be paired with house keys. Their high end steels combined with a split ring key ring and keys for added grip make them amazing little tools. A Ladybug with V-Toku 2 steel appeared at the house this weekend. I had a key ring for it, but still need to find another set of house keys to extend the grip. It has to get in line with its Ladybug/Manbug brethren for pocket time. I normally carry a bigger knife, but I almost always have my keys with me. If I find I forgot to pack a bigger knife, I pat myself down and there an overpriced exceedingly capable tiny keychain knife is found.

 

[CH4]

I'm another $10 to $300 knife guy. The past couple years I've been attracted to ZT and Tops. Both look nice and are seemingly well made. I appreciate the heft of a couple of my ZTs.

Here's my ZT801 Titanium

 

[nachogrande]

MIXED THOUGHTS

Good steel & craftsmanship don't come cheap. I don't use mine for combat, throwing, splitting firewood, shaving arm hair as a pry bar etc. 8 $ schrade sharpfingers & folders have been my mainstays & worked fine. 2 stainless gerber trout & bird knifes have been with me since the 70's. The most I ever paid was 75$ for a buck kalinga, but it was too pretty/expensive & I rarely used it. The buck 110 & kalinga were stolen, the 119 I sold. YES I can appreciate Randals etc. Just not in my budget. The VERY FIRST knife I ever bought (early 60's), a Dexter Russell 6" filet knife is about the sharpest I own & is used daily by both my wife & I in the kitchen. Best 3 $ I ever spent.

 

[joe44va]

I have a pile of Buck knives. I've added a couple of 110s since I took this picture. I carry a Benchmade 470.

 

[Muss Muggins]

As someone who actually uses the knives he buys, from Spyderco to Benchmade to Randall, you get what you pay for. Making excuses for a cheap knife is just that. But if you're happy, you're happy. I'm not insulting you for your cheap knife choices. Don't insult me for my expensive knife choices. Nothing is overpriced if it sells. When it sells, two people are happy, and they're the only two important people in the transaction . . .

 

[American1776]

IMO, Emerson knives are overpriced.

I like Spyderco and Benchmade generally.

 

[Muss Muggins]

. . . Benchmade will hold an edge a little longer than the other knives but it will still need sharpening eventually but I haven't spent over 40 bucks on any of my knives . . .

Not sure how you can speak authoritatively about Benchmade, then . . .

 

[diyj98]

I normally carry cheaper knives because I use them and lose them. Not for combat readiness, but for opening boxes, gutting game, and cutting hiking sticks. There's defiantly a difference in quality between most of the higher priced knives and the cheaper stuff, but I think with some brands it's the perceived status of carrying an "XYZ combat knife" that inflates the price more than the true quality.

 

[k22fan]

On my right side I have a 1095 carbon steel & Delrin large Stockman made by Camillus. It still shows pitting after a previous owner sanded and polished it bright. I found it at a gun show for $15. On my other side is the 1095 carbon steel & India stag Northfield large Stockman I just paid 10 times that much for. While I can rationalized the Northfield's unique secondary blade shapes might be slightly better for some tasks, I have no illusion that it will hold an edge any longer or has significantly better utility value. This sums it up:

[...] When the price reaches a certain point it's about the art aspect as much or more than the practical aspect.

Since using my new Northfield gives me a bigger smile than looking at the Mona Lisa did, it is debatable whether it was over priced but at $150 the Mona Lisa would definitely be over priced. I'll bet there is an art dealer who would disagree.

By the way series guy, tonight would be a good time to re-oil our S&M Jumbo Trapper. When you decide it's time to sell it to me you'll want it in tip top shape.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Just bought this little used Benchmade Rukus for under $100 at a pawn shop. If you look, good knives can be found at a decent price.

 

[Ματθιας]

I don't collect commercial knives, so I don't know what's "overpriced". The only custom commercial knife I have is a smallish, numbered Dawson double edge dagger looking thing that I paid $50.

I do, however, collect military knives and bayonets. Those, depending pn what they are, are steadily going up in price and reproductions are getting better.

 

[gregintenn]

Speaking as a Rolex and Randle owner,
Not sure that I 'understand ' them.
I wanted them.
I had the money.
I bought them.
Simple as that!

Fine by me. I had the money. I didn't want them. I kept the money.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I got a Dawson that I bought from Dawson.
And I have several Cody Wescotts that I bought from Cody.
Cody is gone now.
So glad that I knew him and feel fortunate to have some of his knives.

 

[nachogrande]

NOT AN EXCUSE!

8 $ At that time, for one of my all time favorite knives is NOT an excuse. A great knife at a great price is about as far from an excuse as you can get IMO. IDK what you expect of your knives. High price doesn't always mean quality. TEHO.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Three of my knives cost over $100.00, none by very much: one of my Benchmades, a GEC, and Ethan Becker's Kephart homage. The knives I use the most cost under $20 apiece, Opinel and Mora mostly. When it comes to cutting stuff, about 99% of what I do can be accomplished quite well with one or another of those.

I own a lot of other knives because I find them interesting, or aesthetically appealing, but I am still a cheapskate so I shy away from expensive knives. If I had more disposable income I might try something like a Benchmade 940, but I doubt I would ever lay out the dough for a Randall or a Sebenza.