Nobody needs more than a $100.00 knife.

Here are a few knives that I really needed.

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Price had little to do with selection, they all said something to me.

Take me home! Take me home!
 
Exactly Jim. It doesn't matter a damn how much a knife costs as long as it is one that we just have to have. This thread has opened my eyes a little, I have really found what most people have had to post as being very helpful. That one by garand makes me kind of wonder though.
 
I really must say, especially after reading this particular post, but also in the short time that I have been a BF member, how much more I have come to appreciate knifes in general.

I have ALWAYS had an addiction to the blade, loving the vast designs, curves, handles, autos, DAs, Tatictals, SAKs, etc.... After running into a little $$ (and throwing some in for good measure :) ) I started on a knife binge, in the $75-250 knives....Production knives....Now this *before* I had ordered my 1st Small Shop neck knife, and really JUST started to learn, appreciate, and respect Customs in general (now that I have no cash of course -- maybe the new poolstick will have to wait :D ). --Bugs me, spent $2200 on production stuff (which is still fun I might add), when I could have bought at least a couple of customs and still had good $ to burn on some some lower end toys.

What I am trying to say is that you are right, it takes time and some use of productions to start to give the respect the custom makers pour into their love....Knives.

I for one will now be saving for a Crawford KFF in Stainless Damascus (Stamasucs I guess...) - I love to feel apart of something, and am glad there are other "Snobs" out there like myself that want an original piece of artwork to call their own......
 
The upside of your 'sorted tale of woe and misery' is that you prolly got some cool knives to play with...and the fact is, custom or production, quality knives always have resell value.

Some more than others, some for more than you paid, some a little less...So, if you really want to 'get into' customs, list your production knives for trade here and maybe something will come through for you in trade.

Better yet, spend the $30 for a BFC 'Gold' membership, and offer them up for sale here...they'll go quickly if your prices are fair, and then you'll have all the 'custom cash' you'll need...for now. ;)

Mel, on the road
 
E-GAD Man...hehe....Sell my Knives??!!!

Never have sold a single blade, I buy and hold :) (sometimes that turns into drop and loose, but not often :D )

Honestly, I will just have to save for my next/first custom, saw a beatiful Crawford KFF in Damascus - Blade and Handle.....that will be a nice peice once I can save and see how long the line is at the Crawfords.....

Thanks.....

ReaperVelle
 
After I bought my first $1,200 knife I did have one problem......I finally understood what it meant to have a valubale piece of art and I wasted all that money on all the rest. I live to spend my money on great exspensive pieces of art(to love my son of course is first)...and they all fit in my pocket!!!!
 
As frequently happens, after a few score of replies, we loose the sense of the original thread or question.

Knives are first tools. That one can take a tool and honor it by producing "art versions" of it is not something one can argue about. Its been going on throughout the history of mankind, though some tools - particularly those that are also good weapons - have been done as art far more than others.

But it begs the question to argue that one "needs art". Art is nice. There is nothing wrong with art, but people don't need art the way they need food, water, shelter, and well... tools!

My sense of the original question was essentially what can a > $100 knife add (value) as a <i><b>tool</b></i> and not what value it might have as art... Those are two entirely different questions...
 
There is a MAJOR difference in the preformance of a $100.00 knife as opposed to a $600.00 knife made buy Mr.Chew. The longevity of the knife is probably the whole question in short. I have well over 200 knives and wouldn't give a dime for them now after finding the quality difference between my customs and my production's!!
 
Nice thread guys
I'm one of those idiots that carry a
$700.00 folder everyday it's a good tool
and My tool to do what I will with.
some guys need an elcheapO because
they will just lose it anyway..
I can make you a $100.00 knife that will cut as good as
my $700.00 knife but I will tell you the rest won't be built
the same.I'll do it both ways for the guys that trap around here
they want use not looks I can't blame them, hey different strokes aye.._
 
Exactly my point when I started this thread. It really shouldn't matter whether a person buys $10.00 knive or $10,000.00 knives. As long as they are enjoying what they are doing. what I feel comfortable spending on a knife is no one elses business but my own.

One thing I have gained from this thread is an appreciation for the fact that no matter what a person spends on knives it is the enjoyment this person gets from the knives bought that matters. Nothing else is important. I will no longer scoff even at those that buy ripoff knives. This may be the only knives for the money that were of interest to this person and he should not be scorned for doing so.
 
AT BARR says it pretty close here.
Quote:
Do I put the same amount of time in a $325.00
knife as I put into a $800.00 knife? Why,
of course not! But I do put as many hours
as I feel is necessary, to make you and myself
satisfied :end of Quote.

The blade with me will be as able as I can get it
no matter what the price, that is the bottom line.
The fits will be good
and finish will be good,
the complexity and my style will cost you. depending
on the price you want to pay.

* in defense of the custom Maker.
A one of a kind means a lot to many buyers
no body in the whole world has one just like it,,
I know the maker,,
I know he/she did their best for me,,
I know he/she devoted his or her time to this
one knife as he/she built it for me,,
I know it was his baby growing it into a look
and a feel that only he can do with his own ease,and time,
blood swett and tears..some will think I'm kidding..

Swett, some times yes some time no.
Tears, when you smack yourself because the
buffer grabbed that baby spacked it and gave it back to you.
Blood, you grind a knuckle down more that once,or
you forgot and left the blade in a vice hanging out
and you remember where it is the hard way..
this may mean a lot to many and nothing to many others.
I can say, there are no factory
knives out there with my DNA on it. :eek: :D
 
Dan, that to me is definitely part of what makes a custom knife so special. The realization that the maker has put his blood, sweat and tears into the making of the knife. This, along with his vision, artistry and talent, along with a little input from me go into to making up that special knife that is mine and mine alone. That is why I will never think that custom knives cost to much. Sometimes I wonder why so many of them cost as little as they do.

To those that don't understand why anyone would pay so much for a knife, I recommend that you go to knife show, handle some custom knives and talk to the makers of these wonderous things. I would be willing to bet that most of you will then understand what it is we see in custom knives.
 
Well put Keith
I had a guy a short time ago that I made a rather different
knife for, he has a friend that had asked him
why he would ever pay that much for a knife?_
_ he handed him the knife and said feel
it's all he had to do.
I believe it's this same guy
that has an order with me now for a custom.
___ BTW my dad would be the type of guy that would
not pay the money to buy a custom, well to think about it
why would he have to buy one when he has me..:D
_ anyway great thread..

BTW Garand (the real mans knife) link your listing is not working
I'd like to see it.
 
Maslow had it right.

Obtaining ridiculously expensive knives simply fulfills a different need, no less real to some than the need for food is for others.
 
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