Drat! Really cool knife design is expensive!

Triton

Triton

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Sigh... Okay up front I'm sure you guys have known about these for years, but I mostly do swords not knives. I go to the Bladeshow every year however and this year I started playing with microtech otf autos. VERY COOL. Like them lots! Thought the prices were kind of rich and figured it was just a show thing. No such luck!!! Turns out that they are way expensive (for a guy that doesn't mind spending hundreds on swords but mostly carries a buck crosslock or a crkt pointguard)! Great just great... now I've got something ELSE to spend money on...
 
Well, go with it :D
 
I feel your pain...
I was looking for a new knife in the $200 price range and ended up ordering this just a couple of hours ago:
http://www.lightfootknives.com/predback.html
I've always had problems finding left-handed knives that I really like.
Ordering custom allowed me to be able to just find a knife that I liked,
now Greg gets to worry about making it all "backwards".
Nice guy, feel good about giving him my business.
 
I was lucky to score a new Scarab at a recent show for $400.00, although I found out the other dealers doing little business at the show were ticked-off at the guy who was selling them so reasonably. I've seen them on internet sales for $450 and up. No wonder. But it is very cool. Fun to spring on friends and family. In a good way, I mean .... like at a local cigar bar with folks you know (or who know you!), take an OTF out to nonchalantly cut the cigar tip off.
 
Laceration said:
...and have the off duty LEO behind you club you over the head with a lead sap.
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Autos are not illegal everywhere, in FL, they are considered to be very much like a regular folder, and it is perfectly legal to use them for general utility work, even if there are still a few cops who think of them differently.
 
Boink said:
I was lucky to score a new Scarab at a recent show for $400.00, although I found out the other dealers doing little business at the show were ticked-off at the guy who was selling them so reasonably. I've seen them on internet sales for $450 and up. No wonder. But it is very cool. Fun to spring on friends and family. In a good way, I mean .... like at a local cigar bar with folks you know (or who know you!), take an OTF out to nonchalantly cut the cigar tip off.
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Very cool! Did you get the double edged version?
 
You don't need to spend $400+ on a Scarab to have some double-action OTF fun. You can get an older Ultratech 6 for not much more than $200 these days. It doesn't have the S30V or HAIII, but it's still a nice knife. Or an UT6-II for less than $300. Or if size isn't important, a UTX-70 for less than $200.
 
Planterz said:
You don't need to spend $400+ on a Scarab to have some double-action OTF fun. You can get an older Ultratech 6 for not much more than $200 these days. It doesn't have the S30V or HAIII, but it's still a nice knife. Or an UT6-II for less than $300. Or if size isn't important, a UTX-70 for less than $200.
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Yeah but if you are going to get one you might as well go with the best... sigh...
 
Well, I saw Protech Godsons at a couple of gunshows in the Columbus, OH, area last summer for around $275.
 
FullerH said:
Well, I saw Protech Godsons at a couple of gunshows in the Columbus, OH, area last summer for around $275.
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Don't know what that looks like, will have to check it out...
 
I had a tough time justifying one Triton, but in the end, it was worth it. They are too much fun. I have the UT6 II and now the Scarab Executive is calling me.
 
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