Whether any knife is worth over 60 dollars or 600 is up to you. Are you getting a better product with Benchmade, yes. They use a few different steels, all of which will provide outstanding service. If you pay for an axis lock knife you will get an extremely strong, ambidextrous, and extremely easy one handed opener and closing knife. I own many brands and for the money I feel Benchmade products are worth every penny. With a minimum of care it is the type of product that can last a lifetime and send it on to your kid and he can use it. It is that well made. Still, is it worth the hundred bucks. If you lose things easily, probably not. If you want a sharpened pry bar, probably not. They are my favorite production folders. I love my spyderco's, my sebenza, etc. but one of my axis lock Benchmades usually is what ends up in my pocket. Last piece of advice, try them out see for yourself and please don't buy a knife because its sharper than the other one. You will dull it and you can easily learn to sharpen it as sharp as you desire for your purposes. I read all the time about out of box sharpness and while this is desirable, it is also completely blown out of proportion. Buy a good, or great, knife and then take the same amount of time and learn how to sharpen it properly and whatever knife you choose will work fine for you. As for me, put me down as a positive vote for Benchmade products.
