It's absurd to say that Olamic is anything but top tier.
I can't think of a single other manufacturer where you can have a vision for what you want your knife to look like and a week later - without even a deposit - they will offer you 2 different versions of what you just dreamed up and offer to sell you one or walk away.
Then there's the fact that the Wayfarer 247 at least is as tough as any other knife in the same dimensions, with absolute reliability, action on the flip that is as smooth as most custom knives on high end bearings.
And then to top it all off, if you want anything at all changed a decade later, they will just tell you to send it in and do whatever you want including change the blade shape for a different shape or steel.
But going even beyond THAT, they are constantly innovating wild new things like proprietary mokume damascus and zircuti scales, carved backspacers, and clips.
They also aren't afraid to apply whatever finish you want.
Please, someone tell me another company that checks off all those boxes.
The reason you don't see them getting what people paid is because they are so customized and even more often because they are absolutely beat up from being carried every day for years.
I edc'd my Wayfarer for 5 years and only switch it out for a bigger knife when I don't carry it. It's one of only 3 flipper knives in a pretty good collection spanning over 40 years that I will never sell.
"If you have to ask, you'll never know."
