Don't take offence, should have let him remain excited about his knife. One of my coworkers, about my age, came to work all proud of a chineese knock-off of the CRKT K.I.S.S. he bought from some roadside vendor for "only" $15. He know's I like knives, so he couldn't wait to show it to me. I nodded approvingly and told him it was nice. He asked what I was carrying that day, and I handed him a green bladed, plain edge, LCC-D/A with Ti bolsters and CF scales. He shrugged, said that it was nice too, but that he liked his better, and handed it back. I just smiled and put it back in my pocket. If he's can derive that much pleasure and excitment, out of a $15 knife, then he sure got a better deal than me, why would I want to spoil that for him?