Whats the most that you will pay for a knife?
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Marshall
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Damn!
You dudes are wealthy! Can I have a loan? Someone said $850.00? Woah! My sphincter puckers at a $100.00
You dudes are wealthy! Can I have a loan? Someone said $850.00? Woah! My sphincter puckers at a $100.00
Drjones,
There's one other thing that Tam left out - the feel! There are makers that will produce a knife for you that have the perfect balance, curvature of grip and angle of blade made to fit your hand like an extension of the very nerves of your fingers. You get to pay a little (or a lot) more for that. I've picked up a couple of knives from makers at shows that happened to meet that description, but I've had to have the others made to fit me. These knives feel as if they are alive yet completely under my control.
If I keep studying rapier I expect to be looking for such a sword as I've described and I don't want to even start to think what it's going to cost me.
Chris Reeves makes the Sebenza to be used, the name means work. I've cut holes in the sides of 55 gallon steel drums and carved PVC while wearing a full face respirator and sliced tomatoes and sisal rope over the years with it and it's never nicked, chiped, bent, or gotten loose. That's the only reason I carry it on me almost every day. Well, maybe because it's a very elegant design that can do all of this may be the other reason.
There's one other thing that Tam left out - the feel! There are makers that will produce a knife for you that have the perfect balance, curvature of grip and angle of blade made to fit your hand like an extension of the very nerves of your fingers. You get to pay a little (or a lot) more for that. I've picked up a couple of knives from makers at shows that happened to meet that description, but I've had to have the others made to fit me. These knives feel as if they are alive yet completely under my control.
If I keep studying rapier I expect to be looking for such a sword as I've described and I don't want to even start to think what it's going to cost me.
Chris Reeves makes the Sebenza to be used, the name means work. I've cut holes in the sides of 55 gallon steel drums and carved PVC while wearing a full face respirator and sliced tomatoes and sisal rope over the years with it and it's never nicked, chiped, bent, or gotten loose. That's the only reason I carry it on me almost every day. Well, maybe because it's a very elegant design that can do all of this may be the other reason.
Schuey2002
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*ahem* .. I said "purchasing this knife", implying "if" I were to buy it..
I haven't bought it ...yet.
Tamara
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I wish my most expensive knife only cost $850...
That "hso" guy is worse than a crack dealer, all the time dangling beads & trinkets in front of someone like me who has about zero impulse control.
That "hso" guy is worse than a crack dealer, all the time dangling beads & trinkets in front of someone like me who has about zero impulse control.
Tamara,
I'm hurt that you would say that.
BTW, I just got something that you gotta see. Unique, only one owner, low mileage, offer ends today, ...
Actually, if any of ya'll need a knife found I'd be happy to include you in my ring, er, circle of clients.
I'm hurt
that you would say that. BTW, I just got something that you gotta see. Unique, only one owner, low mileage, offer ends today, ...
Actually, if any of ya'll need a knife found I'd be happy to include you in my ring, er, circle of clients.
Schuey2002
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hso, got any "one owner, low mileage" reasonably priced Ken Onion folders lying around?
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Harold Mayo
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I paid $500 for a Walter Brend knife several years ago. I thought that was WAY high but I loved the knife. It's worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $1000 now, though.
At present, though, the most I will pay is in the $300-$400 range and no more than that. I don't want art knives and don't want to pay more than that for something that is going to be used. Honestly, I don't really want to pay more than $150 or so but I finally decided to have my favorite maker make a custom knife for me and I have to pay for it or he won't let me have it.
http://www.robertsoncustomcutlery.com/lameytf.htm
It's the Sunrise Fighter at the top...or a close copy of it (no D-2 steel). Kenny Rowe will make the sheath.
I have really gotten to the point that I despise spending a bunch of money on a sharp piece of steel. I can go to the shop and grind down a piece of steel to razor sharpness, do a rough heat-treat, and be good to go. I'm really only paying for the fit and finish and for something that is (sort of) a one-of-a-kind. I just have to have something different than other people.
At present, though, the most I will pay is in the $300-$400 range and no more than that. I don't want art knives and don't want to pay more than that for something that is going to be used. Honestly, I don't really want to pay more than $150 or so but I finally decided to have my favorite maker make a custom knife for me and I have to pay for it or he won't let me have it.
http://www.robertsoncustomcutlery.com/lameytf.htm
It's the Sunrise Fighter at the top...or a close copy of it (no D-2 steel). Kenny Rowe will make the sheath.
I have really gotten to the point that I despise spending a bunch of money on a sharp piece of steel. I can go to the shop and grind down a piece of steel to razor sharpness, do a rough heat-treat, and be good to go. I'm really only paying for the fit and finish and for something that is (sort of) a one-of-a-kind. I just have to have something different than other people.
Scheuy,
Yep, but first we have to define what "reasonbly priced" means. Email me if you're interested in a very early KO.
Yep, but first we have to define what "reasonbly priced" means. Email me if you're interested in a very early KO.
gryphon
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I wouldn't spend more than $150. There are too many quality blades out there for that price or less. It would seem foolish for what I need to pay more. YMMV.
Schuey2002
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Email sent, hso.
Carlos Cabeza
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Just over $165 for a Benchmade w/ carbon fiber-cocobolo grip and semi- serrated 3.5" blade
tengu
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Capitaine Nemo
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I bought a Rat Cutlery RC-4 and a sharpshooter sheath for 150$ total and that's all I'll spend on a knife for now. I'm not against paying over 300$ for a Randall or a Busse, but I don't need any at the time.
So answer me this. At what price range would you refuse to use the knife? I spent $200 on a Civilian back in the day, have had it for years, and refuse to cut so much as a string with it. I know it's a self defense knife, but if I was armed with the Civilian and a pool noodle, I'd use the pool noodle and then go hand to hand, simply because it cost $200, and I want to keep it mint.
I have complete faith in it as a self defense tool, but I can't stand the thought of bad guy blood and guts on it.
Am I weird?
I have complete faith in it as a self defense tool, but I can't stand the thought of bad guy blood and guts on it.
Am I weird?
45Guy
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Wow, 5 1/2 year revival!
I think $80 for my CRKT M16 when they were kinda new was they highest I've spent. Next up was like $55 for my Ka-Bar.
I don't know if I could justify spending more then $400 on a knife.
I think $80 for my CRKT M16 when they were kinda new was they highest I've spent. Next up was like $55 for my Ka-Bar.
I don't know if I could justify spending more then $400 on a knife.
JTW Jr.
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Maker doesn't markup the price , the secondary market does. Make a knife , find out how much time you have invested , and how long it takes you to perfect the skills needed , the come tell me how much you are willing to sell it for.
Most I have paid , cant recall exactly , $650 ? It was a Ken Onion MidTech Boa .
since then I put a cap of about $500 on a user , though the 3 I use most now are $300 , $350 and $375.
45Guy
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What knives are those?
Rupestris
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I've spent $100 a couple times. Not often but I do. My most expensive is a Mike Wilson Custom Damascus and stabilized maple burl with mosaic pins. Cost me under $200. It was an anniversary gift from my wife. Every knife nut should have at least one custom, right?
I haven't used it yet. Kinda saving it for a special ocassion. Possibly a deer this season. With as little time as I have to spend in the woods, It'll probably go unused for a bit longer than I hope.
Chris
I haven't used it yet. Kinda saving it for a special ocassion. Possibly a deer this season. With as little time as I have to spend in the woods, It'll probably go unused for a bit longer than I hope.
Chris
Valkman
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This thread is amazing as I hadn't even thought of making a knife when it was started and now sell some for $350 plus $50 for a sheath.
I've bought a couple of knives in the $425 - $450 range. One was a Trace Rinaldi custom that I bought the Damascus for and is worth way more than I paid for it. JTW has seen that one.
The other was a Strider SnG in a Strider pouch, very special as it had no markings. Strider wanted it back so I traded for another SnG plus a sheath and t-shirt. I lost that SnG and when Strider found out they replaced it. Unbelieveable people there.
I would spend much more if I had the money but I don't.
I've bought a couple of knives in the $425 - $450 range. One was a Trace Rinaldi custom that I bought the Damascus for and is worth way more than I paid for it. JTW has seen that one.
The other was a Strider SnG in a Strider pouch, very special as it had no markings. Strider wanted it back so I traded for another SnG plus a sheath and t-shirt. I lost that SnG and when Strider found out they replaced it. Unbelieveable people there.
I would spend much more if I had the money but I don't.
JTW Jr.
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Ken Erickson 3.5 EDC Slipjoint $300
Strider PT CC ( $350 )
Rinaldi Matrix ($375 )
from top to bottom: Strider PT CC , Rinaldi Matrix , Ken Ericson.
most
Paid $625.00 for a balisong made to my specifications. Two year wait. In the interm both hands developed kind of severe arthritus. Too painful to flip.
Could no longer justify it. Made a call and sold it. Had it two days after a two year wait.
Such is life.
Paid $625.00 for a balisong made to my specifications. Two year wait. In the interm both hands developed kind of severe arthritus. Too painful to flip.
Could no longer justify it. Made a call and sold it. Had it two days after a two year wait.
Such is life.
TimboKhan
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Theoretically, I would be willing to spend up to around $3-400 bucks, but I don't think that is actually likely. Just today I spent the most I have ever spent on a knife: $90.00 for a Benchmade Griptilian.
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