I'd say, it all depends.
If you value the practical over the whimsey, the down to earth over the more flamboyant, then no. It won't be worth it. But if you like a little flair in your life, and go fr a little style over the pragmatic, then yes. People have different tastes, and sometimes it's nice to have something a cut above. Function has nothing to do with it, it's all needs vs wants. I could have bought any Honda motorcycle if I just wanted a motorcycle, but I spent the dollars for the BW's, and to me, it was worth it. Finer in the details kind of thing.
I have a sak soldier, albeit the Wenger SI version. It's a great knife/tool and I like it. It cuts things, fixes things, but I don't love it like a jigged bone or stag scaled traditional. For me, and I guess people in general, one thing will push my button like no other. The Wenger is a great knife, and I appreciate the quality and versatility of it, but it does not speak to me. Yet my jigged bone and damascus peanut pushes some button, and I love it.
If you have to wonder about it, I'd say maybe you shouldn't buy it. Knives, guns, motorcycles, cars, are all the ego/id kind of thing. I think if you look at it, you should feel immediate pull to it, or pass on by. It should grab you right there. If you have to think about it, then maybe you should think about it. Only you know what you feel.
Any Opinel or sak will serve you in day to day life. Anything more is luxuriously feeding our ego. But sometimes that's fun too!
Carl.
