AusLoX
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Many times but I have been at this game for a lot of years. I'm sitting here looking at a $400 custom folder that the backspring broke while sitting in a drawer closed. I'm guessing the maker used a factory spring from a well known commercial cutlery company that seems to have had a very bad run of springs a few years ago. I could go on but customs are no more infallible than factory made knives.
Exactly. There was a thread about the topic of price does not equal quality. And that holds true. Price can also be related to time. Some customs are more a work of art than a super durable knife. The amount of time to work some really nice scales will increase the cost as well as the rare materials used; such as gold, rare woods, and so on.