I remember the first time I gave a hundred dollars for a knife (Benchmade folder). It was a long time ago and I thought that was insane. Lots of hundreds have come and gone since then. When I hear folks say something is out of their price range, I think a lot of times it depends on your priorities. I do realize that there are some folks that 2-300 dollars is seriously a lot of money to spend on something that you dont actually "need". However, for many, if you want one or two knives to carry with you when you go out into the woods, you may be able to afford to pay a pretty penny for them. If you want a couple of dozen to have around for this and that, you may not want to spend that kinda jack on them. I think it is better to have less in number but better quality gear. If we were really honest about it, a couple of well chosen, well made knives would do most anything that we ever needed to do and with the materials available today, we could probably hand them down after we are gone. Why not carry whatever you feel is the best? I may try one of those Busse Nessie's (I hope they are thin too) but I have come close on many occasions to having Koster send me one too! So far I have resisted but he just keeps posting those pictures.
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