Breaking my $300 rule

Charlie Mike

Charlie Mike

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So I have this rule... the $300 rule. I'm rarely disappointed when I abide.

If it costs less than $300, don't buy it.

I guess I should make an exception for Cold Steel folders. I already own a pair of Rajah 2 folders and I recently got a Tiger Claw folding kerambit... now I have a Spartan on order and I'm contemplating an XL Counter Point.

I feel kinda dirty... but I like it.
 
What if a knife is $299.99? Do you automatically write it off? Or does the added costs of shipping and handling come into play?

:D
 
Charlie Mike said:
When they make a 5"+ ...
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That make the Gigantes that has a 5" blade.

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[video=youtube;hkm0ZewooIk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkm0ZewooIk[/video]
 
My $300 rule is if it costs more than $300, don't bother looking unless it's a fixed blade or custom/handmade knife.
 
Congrats on being happy about a new purchase :).

We do have very, very different priorities/purchasing behaviors though. I really don't look at anything over about $60-70 or so, fixed, folder, or otherwise.
 
Charlie Mike said:
I guess I should make an exception for Cold Steel folders. I already own a pair of Rajah 2 folders and I recently got a Tiger Claw folding kerambit... now I have a Spartan on order and I'm contemplating an XL Counter Point.

I feel kinda dirty... but I like it.
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Be curious to know what you think of the Tiger Claw?
 
Charlie Mike said:
So I have this rule... the $300 rule. I'm rarely disappointed when I abide.

If it costs less than $300, don't buy it.

I guess I should make an exception for Cold Steel folders. I already own a pair of Rajah 2 folders and I recently got a Tiger Claw folding kerambit... now I have a Spartan on order and I'm contemplating an XL Counter Point.

I feel kinda dirty... but I like it.
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The Spartan is one of my favorite knives... It gives me that tingly special feeling
 
I loved the Cold Steel Caledonian Edge. That was an awesome folding dagger.
 
My rule is to seriously and comparatively consider the performance to price ratio of knives costing over a hundred plastic Canadollars. The only thing worse than junk is expensive junk.
 
I am stuck with Canadian pesos as well. Once I bought my first 300 dollar knife (a used Hoback Kwaiback) it was downhill from there. I bought 2 Sebenzas (used) in one day.
 
Back when Eurodollars were worth a buck and a half, I could buy a lot more knives in the USA. Now I may as well pay the sky-high import prices (unless I'm buying Böker/Fallkniven/whatever) and avoid the customs fees.
 
CM -
Good review of the CS TC - thanks and sorry for sidetracking your thread (but the vid told a good story).
 
$300 rule ... And must be bigger than 5"....Freud would say He is compensating for something... Lol
 
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