All of a sudden I'm a knife snob.

I've gone through phases on this price issue. To start I was one of those people that didn't see the point paying too much beyond $20 for a knife. I should admit that was several decades ago now... But eventually I bought some of the powder metal super steels. And the first thing I find is now I have to buy diamond hones to sharpen them without just wearing out hones. Then I hit a phase of those middle ground with all the VG10, 14C28N, BD1 and other middle shelf knives that were more than good enough, still easy to sharpen, and did all the jobs for half the price. Then I bough a Sebenza. And another. And another. But then I hit a wall of why put so much money into something that no way would I argue their worth but do they do anything any better??? I can look at them and see the precision in the design and material so I won't say I regret them. But I'm also right back to favoring something with some grippy G10 with a more middling supersteel that's easier to keep up like M4, K390, S30V, S35VN and so on. I sure the pendulum will swing another direction eventually.
 
ebidis said:
Not sure exactly when it happened, but these days I have no interest in knives that cost less than $300 and don't have titanium or some kind of exotic materials, or unique features or design elements.

I'm not saying that a knife has to cost $300+ for me to like it, but it seems that the knives that catch my interest these days all cost over $300. I seem to have no interest in "budget" knives anymore.

I think it's a sickness. :(
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IMO, you aren’t a snob. It’s called having standards and that’s expected in any hobby. The deeper you are in a rabbit hole, the more you develop preferences and biases.

Snobbishness, IMO, is more about looking down on what others have and enjoy. And being a jerk about it in general. I don’t do that unless it’s for lighthearted humor or genuinely steering away people from bad products. Like if a particular brand has a history of defective knives and I don’t want to see you hurt yourself.
 
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