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The cheaper tool comparison is an apt one. I use it all the time to justify my better tool purchases. :D
 
aelfred_allspach said:
Now I get it. It's like why us mechanics go buy snap on when the dollar store wrench turns the same bolt. And whatever floats your boat is cool. I personally really like te looks of them. But I don't buy them because if I did, I would use them. If I used them, It would be my luck they would shatter or become lost
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So you are a mechanic who buys snap on tools and you can't understand why people would spend more than $100 on a knife?
 
Powernoodle has explained it perfectly.

It's all about the feeling your knives give you. We rationalize our hobby/purchases in many ways but when you get right down to it, it's about the FEELING.
 
What powernoodle said. Its a hobby thing. I have many (too many) hobbies, and I kind of go from one to the other and back. I'm spending the money anyway, when I get bored with one I move on to another. Guns, knives, home and car audio/video, clothes, watches, cologne, computers, the list goes on. My current hobby is figuring out how to pay for a 250 person wedding. I used to drool over $1500+ guitars (ended up giving up guitar and drums due to arthritis). Last April for my birthday, I bought and installed $800 on four speakers and an amp for my car.

People bitch and moan and don't understand how someone can spend more than $100 on a knife, when they spend far more on their other hobbies. Do I really need 7.1 surround sound with an 1100watt receiver in my 1200sq ft apartment? No. But I have it.

Hobbies are all about allocating money. The hobbies that interest us most we spend the most on. Hell if we had no hobbies we'd all be a lot, lot richer.
 
Snap-on tools is not a luxury buy, it's the warranty of reliable, durable and safe tools. Are there equally performing brands for less money out there ? Yes. But rougher finish, less pleasant, less reliable, bends, flexes, hurts hands,... Notice we're suddenly talking performance now ? They do look good, yes, but the smooth polished finish is what won me over : way more pleasant to handle, less bruises and pains in the hands at the end of the day. Knives is another story, it's all about "tastes and colours"... But performance can still be judged and you'd be amazed at how well the "cheapies" perform.
 
To all you who post with good comments, thanks. Sorry to yall think I'm a troll, I'm not, but whatever. I came here to ask questions, not get bashed on. Yall have a nice day.

Edit: and to yall who think I post too much, I'll fix that.
 
Regarding the suggestion that knives > $100 don't out perform knives below that price point...

Eeeeehhhhhhh... Agree and disagree.

I use knives a lot, primarily for cardboard and plastic processing. For 3 years, my EDC folders were a Kershaw Clash and Spyderco Persistence, each in 8cr13mov, each for about a year and a half. The Clash had that bead blast finish Kershaw uses so often, and picked up some corrosion spotting. Neither one held an edge well-- I didn't understand sharpening at the time, so I spent a long time tearing cardboard with dull edges.

Jumping over the $100 mark, you quickly get into steels with substantially better performance. S30V (Manix 2), Elmax (ZT 0566), etc. These absolutely perform better than sub $100 folders.

But...

I fully acknowledge that there is a sweet spot around that $100-$150 range, after which performance return is basically nonexistent. Materials in that range are often the same ones used well above that point. I picked up a $384.95 Lionsteel TiSpine a couple days ago, and the blade steel is the same steel used for my $144 ZT 0566. I'm getting no extra performance at all for that extra money. This one was a pleasure buy, no question.

Realistically, the Manix 2 (G-10, S30V) that I got for around $100 was the buy after which I stopped getting performance returns. Spyderco tends to do that.
 
A pile well over $1000...
Eat your heart out op...

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aelfred_allspach said:
One thing I don't understand is why you would spend over 100 on a folding pocket knife. Now I understand having the money to blow. But most people I know, that's a house payment. I think a good sharp buck could beat ANY spyderco, ZT, or whatever else. Everyone knows I keep a sharps 300 on me. That's my one and only folder. I have given away each and every other folder I ever owned and they couldn't compare. Skill beats price tag IMHO. Any one else feel like David( cheap but really reliable folders((buck, kershaw))) beats Goliath?(anything more expensive)
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... says a guy who probably edc's a $600 cellphone
 
aelfred_allspach said:
To all you who post with good comments, thanks. Sorry to yall think I'm a troll, I'm not, but whatever. I came here to ask questions, not get bashed on. Yall have a nice day.

Edit: and to yall who think I post too much, I'll fix that.
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jrawk said:
... says a guy who probably edc's a $600 cellphone
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Aelfred, I don't mean any disrespect by my comment above. It's just the way I rationalize owning several $100+ knives and a cheapo cellphone. :o
 
I have about 10:1 fixed blades to folders. I haven't went over the hundred dollar mark on folders, but have gone 2 or 3 times over that on fixed blades. That's just where my spending/comfort level seems to have set itself , probably because I like fixed blades more .
 
Why would anyone buy a Lamborghini when my Prius does the same thing?


PLEASE note; I don't own a Prius
 
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