$400 for a knife!!!!

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So, how many of you use high dollar knives and get complaints from the guy/gal with a totally different ( and amazingly useless) obsession?

There are those of us who have spent that and more on a knife. Repeatedly, though I haven't. And there are those who absolutely refuse. Too much, no way they'd spend like that a pocket knife.

But do they have a cell phone? Yeah. How much a month? Thirty, forty? How much is that a year? Smoke cigarettes? How much is that a year? Eat out once a week with the wife/sig other? Bling rims on their ride? Cable/Satellite tv or radio?

You get my point - discretionary spending is very individual and certainly not the domain of someone else's priority list. Maybe it would help to point this out when the subject comes up.
 
People spend that kind of money and more on other things and think nothing of it. Personally, I think to myself, "$2000 for WHEELS!? I could buy a really nice knife for that!" LMAO!
 
Why tell anyone how much your knives cost?

A person may be entitled to a response to for asking a question, but it doesn't have to be actually answering their question. Indifferent silence works.
 
I have spent 2k on rims and lights on my car, and many more than that on the engine. You just see it as something you drive everyday, you dont mind spending money on it. Same with knives, they are an everday part of my life so I have no probs droppin the cash. If you earn the money spend it how you like is my philosophy, just dont tell me how to spend mine:D
 
I don't have a problem with people spending whatever they want on any knife. It's when they say that 1. their life depends on the knife and 2. nothing under $300+ is going to have the quality that will get them through. Hello, the entirety of mankind's history of tool use would like to have a word with you.
 
hardheart said:
I don't have a problem with people spending whatever they want on any knife. It's when they say that 1. their life depends on the knife and 2. nothing under $300+ is going to have the quality that will get them through. Hello, the entirety of mankind's history of tool use would like to have a word with you.
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I agree hardheart, there are plenty of knives under 300, 200 and 100 dollars that are great knives with fantastic steels(ex: Endura zdp-189).
 
Spending $400 on a durable good like a knife that you will use for at least a decade makes the annual cost of ownership drop to a tolerable level. If it is a quality knife, you can still find a buyer for it in used condition.
 
We have a $400 dollar diaper bag for my son... so I have nooooo problem spending $400 on a knife that will last til my son is not only out of diapers but probably back in them in 80 years.:)
 
if anyone can get a copy of the sunday new york times, they have ads for woman's pocketbooks,among other things, that range from 2,000.00 & more;coach just had a 65th anniversary bag for 10,000 dollars.:barf: there was even a 2,800 dollar dog carrier bag ! now that is insane to me, & it makes a 400.00 knife a real bargain.once those bags fall out of style, they will wind up at the bottom of a closet,a good knife is forever......
 
Buy what you like and buy the very best that you can afford. Simple rule, works for me.
 
You cannot afford to go 'cheap' on:

knives
shoes
sunglasses
scotch


I know there's more but that's a start.
 
Yeah, i found that out at work last week. Cheap things dont last long under harsh conditions. Ruined a new (and cheap) pair of work pants working with a grinder and a cutting torch. So i sprung for overalls, and no more problems with 'disposable' pants. I'm trying harder and harder not to see my knives as disposable. But working on boats makes me kind of leary about carrying a real nice/expensive knife....I lost a brand new, and i me brand new )less than two hours old) welding hood overboard yesterday. Thats the kind of thing that justs stinks. And i dont want that to happen to my 400 dollar wonder knife.
 
Guys and Gals,
I'm happy for you if you buy a $400 knife and it pleases you.

But you should be happy for me if I buy a $40 knife and it pleases me.
 
knarfeng said:
Guys and Gals,
I'm happy for you if you buy a $400 knife and it pleases you.

But you should be happy for me if I buy a $40 knife and it pleases me.
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Couldnt agree more. Quality > price. The one thing about any luxury good is that after a certain point extra money yields small increases in fit, finish and preformance. A really good $40.00 knife is hard to argue against. Still, alot of people pay that knid of money for junk. That I would speak out against and just try and point them to a good value line. There is never any reaosn for knife snobery, pride is ok imo. I love ot turn someone on to a good cheap user over a "cool looking" pos.

This isnt to say I dont spend more of course, just that it isnt a must to do so.
 
a friend of mine who is a girl likes to make fun of me for wasting my money on knives. meanwhile, she has more than one purse that has cost her about $1,000. she'll never understand me, and i'll never understand her. that's just how it goes. everybody has their thing. :)
 
tka1 said:
a friend of mine who is a girl likes to make fun of me for wasting my money on knives. meanwhile, she has more than one purse that has cost her about $1,000. she'll never understand me, and i'll never understand her. that's just how it goes. everybody has their thing. :)
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Thats why you find a girl that understands you.....and yes...they are out there. And they are GREAT!
 
Good points by all. More $$$ doesn't always mean more performance, and vice versa; naturally you have to do a little reading and decide what's best for your needs and your budget. Let's say you get a quote from a custom maker on a high-performance knife for $400... and decide to spring an extra $150 for a prettier sheath and shinier finish; nothing wrong with that either. I bet most folks only buy a couple really nice knives in their life; might as well make it as sweet as you want and can afford.

I'd rather have one US-made Gibson or Fender than ten asian knock-off's, I'm sure you guys can relate to that.

I don't own any $400+ knives... this is largely a matter of personal priorities/budget. (Trust me, there are plenty high-end blades I'd like to own.) But when people ask me why I spent $125 on a bowie when a $20 hatchet will do most of the same tasks, I just ask if they really NEED to drive around in their big, empty, $30,000 SUV everyday. Or if they NEED that $2000 entertainment center to watch the news and football games. Usually shuts 'em up real quick. I seldom have to even explain that I can prove my $125 bowie performs better than my $50 bowie.

Realistically speaking, you can dang sure get more actual use/abuse/enjoyment out of a good knife, guitar or gun than just about any other thing guys "normally" like to buy or collect (cars, trophy women, whatever.) I find it pretty amusing that folks who have no problem dropping a couple grand on a special rifle they might take out West to hunt MAYBE once a year, will scoff at me spending more than $20 on a knife I use on a weekly or daily basis. Go figure. There's a limit to everything; I dopn't care how sharp or pretty it is, no knife is worth $10,000 to me even if it's made of gold recovered from King Tut's tomb.

Speaking of good women, mine doesn't say squat about the knives and tools I buy, as long as they're useful and we can still pay the bills. Only one of many, many reasons why I love her dearly. :)
 
cstorr2004 said:
You cannot afford to go 'cheap' on:
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Knives - Got that one covered 10 times over! :D
Shoes - Danner Ft. Lewis
Sunglasses - Prescription Maui Jim Titanium Elites
Scotch - Macallan 18 Y/O :D

A few more:
Belt - Rafter S Gunleather Sharkskin belt
Watch - Seiko Black Monster Automatic
Wallet - Stingray Bifold

There is a certain satisfaction you get when you've got something that you know is going to last. It is hard to get too fond of something that you know is going to be thrown away in a short period of time. Things that will last a lifetime are getting fewer every day. Where do you think the saying "they just don't make them like the used to" came from!? Think that $1,000 purse is going to last 100 years? My knife should.
 
Just to play devil's advocate, I have a $30 CS Bushman on my desk, that will outlast me in any kind of normal use. I say this only to point out that you don't HAVE to spend $400 for a knife you can count on.
 
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