A while back I would have said a Sebenza. Anymore, they still are great knives but the number of equally great folders for that price has risen drastically. The one knife I would suggest the most is a Spyderco Slysz Bowie. It's not perfect and I'm not in love with the blade shape for my daily uses but it is a build quality untouched at it's price point. Everything about the one I have makes me wish Spyderco simply made a $250-$400 line of that knife in different sizes, shapes, blade steels, etc. It doesn't fit every collection but it was a knife that opened my eyes to what was beyond the $50-$150 knife world and what extra money can buy. It is a knife I would suggest to everyone getting into collecting as a bridge between normal production knives and midtech/custom knives. It will let you know if there is interest in spending more on a folder than the typical beginning knives cost.
