Once you go nice, can you go cheap?

I have cheaper knives that I get more enjoyment out of than my higher dollar knives. I won't name brands but for me it's a lot of tradition. I can buy x brand knife that all my relatives carried and know the kind of work and abuse they were put through for the last 50 years or I can by another brand that has been out for 5 years and costs 5 times as much and the only thing I know is from reading internet reviews posted by who only knows. ( a buddy of mine weighs 350lbs, with a failed stomach lapband surgery and gives out all kinds of fitness advice in fitness forums.lol) So some of the newer more expensive knives don't have the same history/allure as some of the older, proven in real life knives.
 
For sure. But I think going nice can also make you realize the quality of some of the more affordable options.
 
It's all preference. At one time I had 15 knives in my rotation. Now I have one I carry just about all the time, a large CRK 21 and two I carry sometimes, a PM2 and a Griptilian. These are just the knives that have withstood the test of time for me, price doesn't have much to do with it.
 
Not cheap, inexpensive! Pick up a Douk Douk or Mercator black cat, good stuff.
 
Just because it's inexpensive doesn't mean its junk or doesn't hit that spot. Spend $25 on a CRKT while you're looking at Microtech, who cares. Personally I love my crkt keramin as much as my bm42. The best part about cheap knives is you can buy 5 or 10 or 20 and put them in the closet for price of something nice and NOT hate yourself if you lose it. You can throw them at people you like/don't like, try out new edge angles, practice spine filing, slash tires, remove floor tile. You know, all the things you SHOULDN'T do with Sebenza.

As for de-assisting, there's a bunch of them I'd like better without a spring. But hey, I'm "not supposed" to use an "exposed blade" at work, so closing it quickly is just as important to me.
 
In the begining I started buying $25-$35 locking folding knives. They looked decent, i do not have a single one left. Either the blades broke, screws stripped or just plain fell out etc. so i moved on to better. Now i find myself only buying cold steel, spyderco, zt, emerson. But... What i find funny is i will still by inexpensive slip joint knives. $25 to $30. I Just cant by locking knives that are inexpensive butbi find there are less problems with "cheap" slip joints.
 
The Rough Rider and Colt slip joints are probably the best in the economy class. I don't really have anything "that cheap" that the screws stripped, broke, or fell out. That is just below my starting standard for knives. However, I seldom ever tighten or loosen the screws on knives, so stripping is not a problem generally. If they are that bad and need that much attention, I just toss them into my knife Rubbermaid tub and forget about them.
 
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