Sorry to hear you're having problems with buying a knife from Germany. I have not had that experience. I've purchased from dealers, makers, and collectors in England, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Austraila, New Zealand, Poland and Italy, and I NEVER had an experience that was even close to the aggravation I had getting a knife directly from a S. African maker, while he was in S. Africa.
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Shipping even collectible knives out of S.A. is technically an issue since they are not allowed to export "weapons", but "art objects" are O.K.
You cannot get an international money order to S.A. from the Post Office, if you don't believe me, try it some time.
UPS only ships out of S.A. from about 5 shippers located in the major cities, and charges $100 for a 500gm. package.
The first bank check I sent was stolen in the mail. The maker received an empty envelope.
Back to my origional comment, I believe the man was looking for custom folders in the $100 range. The one I described, I have only seen on BladeGallery and AZCK, and at the ECCKS, being sold by Des Horn himself. True, KnifeArt has probably the best assortment of knives from S.A. on the web, or anywhere for that matter, but most are in the $400-$800 price range, which is well off the mark.
Also, PayPal is increasingly used by overseas merchants to avoid the whole exchange rate isssue. You can select pounds sterling, euros, yen or whatever, all you have to do is cruise over to ebay to find that out.
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Now, other than the one custom folder I know of in that price range, and considering Dick Atkinson as well, my best suggestion would be to scope out eBay very carefully. I've gotten some incredible deals there and a few clunkers as well, but for the most part it has been a very cost effective means of enlarging my collection. But beware...Dealers and Purveyors do this as well. Probably the best way of scoring a nice knife at the best price is to use some form of a "sniper software" or a sniper service. You can also find some good deals on the forums, but the $100 price point is limiting. Cliff Polk makes some very nice slipjoints at around $150-$175, and they are quality pieces.
If you are willing to go to a "factory" custom, the field opens up quite a bit. Wm Henry is dumping the Evolution series and there is some pretty good value there. My favorite in this area is Moki, but they are EXTREMELY difficult to obtain. Do a seller search on eBay under "Sunblades", he has the most reliable source, at the best prices that I have found in the U.S. Also, there are some very nice pearl and abalone knives made by G. Sakai that can be had in your price range, but availability is also a problem.