Is there anything a $400 to $600 knife can do that a $100 Knife can;t"

Tree, yes and no. A knife could have 450$ worth of features that no one will ever use, or are not beneficial. there are a lot of mid-high knives I don't like the look of because I feel that more money was spent on things that I don't care about. Take two folders I've owned, a benchmade 550hg griptillian and a SOG Trident folder. The SOG has assisted opening, a safety, and a line cutter engineered into the handle. The benchmade has two identical springs. care to guess which one ended up with the better blade steel, better heat treat and is arguably the better knife? I can't remember what I spent on them, but I suspect there wasn't much difference at the end of the day. Which one is a better knife? depends on how much you like adjusting pivot screws.

So there isn't a way to say that there is a theoretical $100 or $500 knife. Leg has it right, When I bought my RC-3 and izula they were among the first..or so (my izula is low 1600s) And as I recall they were not insanely expensive, but not cheap. They have since gone up in price I think, as the market has allowed. (I would replace them at current market price if I needed to) One can also look at the secondary market for a mark of valuation. Some knives have gone up over time as either purely collector value, or due to a desired attribute, and no longer being in production. Take for example some out of production swiss army knives, or older versions (glass magnifier explorers for example) or other categories (straight razors a few years back) Price point doesn't matter as much for hands down performance, there are a lot of other factors (including the manufacture's profit margin and production cost, availability, brand equity) that all come into play before performance when it comes to price.
 
I think that, from a certain pricepoint, you are buying something that isn't even palpable (hope this is the right word), you are buying the idea that your knife is better, and not really a better knife ;)
 
I've owned $300+ folding knives and never spent a penny over $150.
The only knives that I've spent over $200 on, are fixed blades.

That being said, it doesn't matter what the knife costs, you use what works best.
 
I have never purchased a $600 knife. I have almost did so ($600++) with a nice fixed blade by an ABS Master, but opted to keep my money in my pocket. I own some $600 blades, but I didn't pay that for them as they were bought new and the apparent values have risen. $300-$400, yeah, I have those. I'm not in it for the money. Those $ appreciated blades will probably still be part of my accumulation when I die. Then somebody else can deal with them.
 
It's like some knives give you prestige and are luxurious, because of their handle or steel.
Even a 100$ knife would perform the task of a 500$ knife.
IT might lack edge retention, toughness, its handle might be different.
Higher end knives add to your style statement in my opinion.
Heck go get them all!
 
I didn't read many of the responses, so I apologize if this has been rebutted or is a repeat.

In my experience, no. Actually, a lot of my Midtechs and even Customs have had issues that no production that I have owned has had. All could be corrected (other than blade play on a certain midtech, sigh) but still. I am totally confident that a Spyderco Dragonfly is more useful than a Mcnees Killer B, and that a Delica or Endura is gonna be as sharp and reliable, and more safe, than basically anything else.

That being said, I no longer own any productions that weren't gifts. They just don't interest me, and I think that that is why the higher end knives exist. It's fun chasing a knife (the above Killer B is my only remaining Grail... So cheap but so elusive) that you may not find. It's boring to order off line now for me. I wish it wasn't so, but it is.

A Grip, Lockback Spydie, PM2 or some ZTs will do anything you could ever ask of a folder. I think, at least


Mike
 
You get what you pay for, and $100 can buy a nice hand made knife, but $200 buys one much nicer, and if you can part with $400, guess what?
 
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