Age Old Question: A lot of Cheapies or a Few Expensives Ones?

I tend to carry my 40 dollar spyderco cat much more than anything else. Hell, i had a sprint run s35vn para 2 and sold that before my cat. I tend to like small knives with under 3" blades but nobody really makes high end small knives that appeal to me. The techno is nice but too thick.
 
It seems to me you're caught between two types of enjoyment from your knives, which is pretty much where I live, the first is the joy of acquisition and novelty. Getting a new knife, regardless of price, always makes me feel like a kid at christmas. I'll play with it, carry it, and generally decide it's the best knife I've ever had for at least a few days. The second satisfaction is pride in ownership. I carry my Cold Steel Voyager about the same amount as I do my Benchmade 710 in M390 but guess which one gets more maintenance, fondling and love? Heck, I probably use my Condors and Moras more than I use my Barkies, but the BRKT knives get a lot more attention. Neither is wrong, just have to balance which is worth more to you.
 
So do you Guys consider the black and blue boxed Benchmades cheap?

I know this is all relative, but I have about 15 BNIB BM knives .

My question is this should I sell some of the benchmade knives and pick up a fixed
 
southernknives said:
So do you Guys consider the black and blue boxed Benchmades cheap?

I know this is all relative, but I have about 15 BNIB BM knives .

My question is this should I sell some of the benchmade knives and pick up a fixed
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Totally cheap. You should just pack them up and ship them to me, heck I'll even cover shipping. :D
 
I have drawers of "inexpensive" knives that I don't even look at anymore, never mind carry or use. I admit to preferring the look and feel of not so inexpensive knife now adays. I have been meaning to give them away to non knife connesoirs as gifts. This thread reminded me to do this. Thanks
 
I used to have a lot of cheapies. I had forty or fifty $20-$50 knives, and I liked them, but I didn't love them. I sold most of them off and bought only $100+ knives that I love. Never been happier with that decision.

A few expensive ones for sure.
 
southernknives said:
So do you Guys consider the black and blue boxed Benchmades cheap?

I know this is all relative, but I have about 15 BNIB BM knives .

My question is this should I sell some of the benchmade knives and pick up a fixed
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Benchmades are not cheap. For some knife snobs on here, Benchmades are crap. When I first started buying knives, $80 was a damn expensive knife. Even though I don't have that mentality now, I remember what I used to think and remember that I am buying a high quality knife.

I do not consider them cheap, and no one else should. They may not be the best quality when compared to some Spydercos and ZTs in their price range, but they are good knives.
 
I wish I would have been interested in knife collecting back when I had some money. Oh well, at least I have a decent gun collection. I recently was re-interested in knives, and decided to focus on Mora and Buck for now. My most expensive Buck's are a Alpha, and the 110 I have on the way, and a 30 year old 102.
My only truly valuable knife is a German Nazi Dagger my Dad brought back from WWII.
 
Always looking for value...great deal. If a knife retails at $149.00...and you happen to find a seller letting it go mint condition for $90...why not. Just the other day, 3am in the morning so seller listed a brand new BM 527 ultra for $60 shipped...heck I buy it...if I don't like it, sell it.

I don't make enough money to keep buying...I just have to shop around, know what I want, what is my limit that I will pay for it...if the deal shows, I buy it....heck, if I am rich...I'll preorder all the nice ones
 
Insipid Moniker said:
It seems to me you're caught between two types of enjoyment from your knives, which is pretty much where I live, the first is the joy of acquisition and novelty. Getting a new knife, regardless of price, always makes me feel like a kid at christmas. I'll play with it, carry it, and generally decide it's the best knife I've ever had for at least a few days. The second satisfaction is pride in ownership. I carry my Cold Steel Voyager about the sayme amount as I do my Benchmade 710 in M390 but guess which one gets more maintenance, fondling and love? Heck, I probably use my Condors and Moras more than I use my Barkies, but the BRKT knives get a lot more attention. Neither is wrong, just have to balance which is worth more to you.
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Yes, that is exactly how I feel about knives!
 
southernknives said:
So do you Guys consider the black and blue boxed Benchmades cheap?

I know this is all relative, but I have about 15 BNIB BM knives .

My question is this should I sell some of the benchmade knives and pick up a fixed
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The two most expensive knives I've bought to date were Benchmades - definitely on the expensive side of the spectrum in my book.
 
in my opinion go for a middle priced knife, not too cheap that it will break, not hold an edge, etc and not too expensive that your afraid to use it
 
Go for quality.
Nothing wrong with a beater. You can get much enjoyment by using one.
There should be a reason other than the price why one pickes up a specific knife.
When I show a knife to a friend, I prefer to talk about the quality or it's characteristics.
red mag
 
It depends on what kind of cheap. Under $20 and quality? Saks, Opinel, Mora, Case Sod Buster, Many Kershaws and Bucks, Rough Rider, etc.? My only expensive knife is a ZT 0200 and it just sits in the truck. So I guess I can say that I'd rather have many cheap knives than a few expensive. My SAK Camper does more than my ZT and then some. If I'm out in the woods, I'd rather have three blades on a Rough Rider Large Stockman than the one blade on my ZT, but that's just my preference based on what I have been using for folders for the last 20 years and what I feel is practical for me. I'm comfortable and happy with it. Whatever makes you happy.

Embrace the edge, Brother.
 
I've never paid more than $200 for a knife. I've been gifted knives WAY upward of that, but I'd personally never shell out that much. I say forget expensive, forget cheap. Everything you need in a knife is found between $50-$200.
 
I'm fairly new to knives but I'm amassing quite a collection. I had to start "cheap" because I didn't know what I liked and thought I would never feel comfortable spending $100 on a lowly pocketknife. I started out by buying everything commonly recommended in the ubiquitous "best xxx under $50" threads and by now could have easily purchased more than one sebenza had I allocated funds differently. However, I now have a pretty good feel for what I like so I'm now looking at more expensive folders. For example, I can say that for the most part my preferences regarding deep carry clips; flippers, spyder holes, and thumbstuds; blade shape; size and thickness; and lock mechanism. I wouldn't have known this from looking at pictures.

Also, just yesterday I was researching some more expensive knives that looked promising so I dug through my collection to find knives of similar size and weight to help visualize the potential purchase.

I'm perfectly happy with how my addiction is being handled :) Unfortunately I've recently felt the need to buy some traditional slipjoints, so I'm probably going to start all over again with 5-7 Rough Rider knives to find my favorite pattern before replacing it with a better brand and better materials. Here we go again!
-StaTiK-
 
I would like to say that a part of me is cautious because I know that I love knives so much that simply buying a few expensive knives will not cool down my interest. I will want more knives whether I buy $25 knives or $450 knives. I am a born collector, and I always want more of what I like. I think it makes sense to shop for quality and be selective, but I also know that there are times when I just have to walk away from the forums and stay out of the store or I will waste my money.
 
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