Are $400 knives worth it?

stabman said:
Same with knives up to a couple thousand dollars.
Above that, who knows? I haven't had the cash to find out.:)
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I agree wholeheartedly. Someone earlier in this thread was comparing knives to watches in terms of singularity of purpose. That's when I respectfully had to intercede on behalf of watches with complications. In no way am I trying to diminish the worth of high end cutlery.
 
MajorLonghorn said:
I agree wholeheartedly. Someone earlier in this thread was comparing knives to watches in terms of singularity of purpose. That's when I respectfully had to intercede on behalf of watches with complications. In no way am I trying to diminish the worth of high end cutlery.
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That's cool.
It always gets weird when people try to compare value between entirely different items. Watches, knives, guns, cars, all are entirely different types of thing, which tend to derive their value from different attributes.
There's some commonality, but not enough to make direct comparisons in most cases, I think.
 
And there are the Norfolk Exhibition and Millennium Sheffield Year knives (now those have complications!), which, no doubt, would exceed the prices of many of those knives on that page.

I think it might behoove Major Longhorn to learn some knife history to go along with his considerable watch expertise! :)
 
stabman said:
Oh hell yes it would.
Of course, to be fair, there'd be some historical watches that would fetch a pretty penny as well.
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Agreed. Though I think the point both of us are trying to make is the statement "a one of a kind knife from the foremost custom knife maker in the world will not command the asking price that a similar example from the watch world will." is probably incorrect.
 
marcinek said:
Agreed. Though I think the point both of us are trying to make is the statement "a one of a kind knife from the foremost custom knife maker in the world will not command the asking price that a similar example from the watch world will." is probably incorrect.
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I know they'd both cost more than I can afford. :D
 
marcinek said:
And I'd love to have either. I do love a great watch. But...I'm a Timex kinda guy.
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For me it's low end or high end.
I have a Fossil watch (not the cheapest, but not snob territory). One day I went to Joseph Anthony here, a store so expensive that there's a uniformed cop inside who has to unlock the door to let you in.
I looked at the Rolexes...the $5000 ones didn't appeal to me. The $9000 ones did.:eek:

I think I'll stick with my Fossil for a few more years.:)
 
I think that most of the time they are worth it. Its been my experience you get what you pay for. I have seen some really good designes be befouled by sub-par materials. CRKT is guilty of that. Im not really a steel snob but AUS-6 and AUS-8 dont always cut it (no pun intended).

The knives you are going to pay $400 for are those that are built like tanks with semi-exotic steel and made by a well known and respected maker. Once they go beyond that I think you are getting into rarity and limited runs (not talking customs).
 
As for the original question yup, $400 knives CAN be worth it. I forget which maker said it but when asked whether he put as much effort into $50 knives as he did into a knife worth $500 the answer was a resounding "No". Admittedly prices all to often are affected and "padded" by demand and reputation but generally a savvy buyer will get what they pay for.

In terms of pricey knives vs pricey watches I can think of a couple Warenski daggers off the top of my head that sold for millions... (I think one cleared 2mil) As for skills employed? Buster had to create a whole new process to get the detail on the handle on the one dagger right. I have the greatest respect for watch-makers but take nothing away from the upper echelon of knifemakers!
 
I have had 4 knives that cost $400+ (strider sj75 stonewash with ranger green g10,2 strider smfs with black Lego g10 flamed ti, one with a tiger striped blade, one digicam blade, and a large sebenza 21 with micarta inlays. I personally didn't care for the sebenza. I currently have all of the striders and have no plans on getting rid of them. I want to try a hinderer, and there's lately been a bunch of cool looking customs/midtechs popping up o bladehq in the $400-$500 price range. My advice is to go for it if you can afford it. However for me I get less enjoyment out of normal production knives since I got into the higher end knives. I figure why have a bunch o those when I can have a few nicer knives. That's just me though
 
.....But of course they are worth it.... Be warned they're the Johnnie Walker Blue Label of Knives, it's worth it if you APPRECIATE THE REASONS as to why it's worth more. If you just want something that will cut like a knife, then just go get a cheaper knife, if you love knives, go for it!!!
 
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