"Inexpensive" Knives are KING !! ??

Dox said:
I order a Kershaw Skyline for EDC. I hope to get it tomorow. I can't wait to try it. I think this is my most inexpensive knife and i'm sure to love it. Not just because it's low cost, but it's the fact of a lot of review that I read about something I want to purchase. All these reviews to know if the knife will fit in what I will be doing with it and what I want from it. Maybe my needs are not the same of you guys. But, even if things are low cost or high end, I alway take a lot of time and pleasure to read on how people review it. Sometime it's help sometimes it's not helping me much. But everytime I read on something I feel I take a good descision when buying it. Always fun to be interested on something new and exciting like a new KNIFE and even more if it's low budget.:thumbup:

Dox :)
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I use mine for serious work and its taken everything I've thrown at it in the field (construction).. My only grip is it rides to high, adn the clip tears up your clothes..

I sharpens easily and holds an edge fair..
 
Gentleman, good thread but bad off-topic: politics.
I will close the thread if this continues.
 
i guess it could be said that as long as you get your moneys worth out of the knife regardless from whom youve bought it, its done its job, now ive been wondering what yall think is an equivelant exchange of money to work

for example i bought a kershaw needs work for $35, and while its not one of my major EDC's these days, its the knife that got me really started in knife collecting/using etc so i would consider that well worth 35 for a great hobby, what about yall?
 
When I was pumping gas that cost 27 cents a gallon,the Buck 110 was about $18 out the door.Fast forward to today if you shop around the new and improved 110 is around $30 or so.Do the math and smile because we're living in the golden age of knife buying.The same can be said about all the big knife companies,Kershaw,Spyderco,Victoinox,etc.All the choices and blade steel options out there today are amazing.You don't have to spend a fortune to get a high quality knife.When you boil it all down the most expensive knife in the world is only gonna be as good as you're ability to keep it sharp.Stay sharp Amigos!:D:thumbup:
 
It's good to get your money worth, but $2 movie and buying a cheap knife hoping it would out-perform a good knife is out of the question for me.

What I'm buying is not just an expensive piece of metal, it's the quality consistency, in another word surprise free.

Surely you can take a jalopy to a car race, it could potencially out-run a race car but you just don't know when it's going to give.
 
i love a good value knife. budget knives that i own like the byrd cara cara2 G10, buck vantage select, etc are worth every penny.
 
Gator97 said:
IMHO, part of the "chip knives are just as good" is the fact that a lot of users do not utilize potential of high end steels. Putting 20-25 per side edge on a knife, or keeping factory edge that thick doesn't give much of a chance for the latest super steel to shine.
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If you are refering to CRK, Strider, or Hinderer most of those companies frequently use s30v which can be had at a cheaper price than all three of those companies typically sell knives for. That's not to say you can't get a custom blade with crazy steel. My point is, most of the popular high end makers use materials that are not far off from more inexpensive knives. So steel quality is more minor in this situation. You can get the edge of a spyderco native just as sharp as a sebbie.
 
riderV3 said:
It's good to get your money worth, but $2 movie and buying a cheap knife hoping it would out-perform a good knife is out of the question for me.

What I'm buying is not just an expensive piece of metal, it's the quality consistency, in another word surprise free.

Surely you can take a jalopy to a car race, it could potencially out-run a race car but you just don't know when it's going to give.
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The entire point of OP's post was to state that inexpensive folders could also be good folders. You can take an older STI which is about half the cost of a new mustang shelby gt500 and out run the Mustang in any race except the one to an empty gas tank. I think you may have missed the initial poster's point entirely. No offense meant here by the way, maybe you misread something or just read the title and not the posts.
 
Like the OP I am also a fan of good knives that don't cost much. I love:
Victorinox
Mora
Opinel
Condor/Imacasa

My Ontario RAT-1 cost me $26 and it's a really nice knife!

Even my Spyderco Endura at a higher price was still pretty reasonable and my Becker knives weren't bad value either ($56 for my BK-2).
My ESEE Lite Machete is well made with a good micarta handle, but cost under $60 and I think I got pretty good value there. My ESEE Izula was also reasonably priced for a good quality little necker.

My funds are very limited but thankfully I've got some pretty nice knives for a very fair price.
 
Murdamook said:
If you are refering to CRK, Strider, or Hinderer most of those companies frequently use s30v which can be had at a cheaper price than all three of those companies typically sell knives for. That's not to say you can't get a custom blade with crazy steel. My point is, most of the popular high end makers use materials that are not far off from more inexpensive knives. So steel quality is more minor in this situation. You can get the edge of a spyderco native just as sharp as a sebbie.
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The prices of those knives aren't just about the steel used, it's the whole package, much more to it than that.
 
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