What’s your max?

Iv'e owned customs from Mayo to Martin(RJ) and to many more to remember, paid up to 1600.00 for a custom but could not justify carrying something that expensive so I sold them all and currently buy mostly high end production knives.
So now the most I'll spend is 200.00 but generally stay in the 75.00-150.00 range.
 
My maximum knife budget is determined by my current financial reality...

I can't help but think "could the money be better spent elsewhere".
Especially when one is in dept, as I am.
Student loans, credit cards, car payments, impoverished brothers and sisters, etc...

If you have 1000 bucks on a credit card, with 20% interest, then why in the heck would you spend 1000 bucks on a knife?


Of course humans are contrary creatures...I have friends who have had teeth removed because they couldn't afford a root canal and crown, yet they have over 2000 dollars in tattoos....
 
So pretty much everyone here has a stash of guns?!
Wow.

Mind you my archery kit cost me about $1500.
 
Right now, my max would be around $200. However, I also understand why people go much higher when I look at my other interests. I'd be hard pressed to admit how much I've spent on a fishing rod when a $10 rod from walmart can catch a fish.

Me personally, I could never spend a substantial amount of money on something I don't use. I understand the allure of why some people collect "safe queens", but that's not for me.....So for the people who spend $400+ on a knife and carry/use it, THAT I get. It's with you every day, and if budget permits I say absolutely.
 
Up around $2k is the most i have spent. Prefer to keep it under $1K
 
AntDog said:
My wife thinks it’s around $200. :)

Man, a bunch of guys are gonna get some good deals on knives after I’m gone.
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LOL Antdog....
Mine says she is going to donate them to Goodwill. Make sure y'all check the Goodwill stores in Cle/Mentor area are when I pass on.
 
My MTB spending went a bit bonkers when I was riding and racing a lot.
I made sure each replacement looked similar to the last.
And just for BF approval, it has a very nicely made steel frame. ;)
 
So far, $375. That was for a used $650 knife (Medford Praetorian Genesis T). New, my max to date is $275 (Microtech Socom Elite).

Most of the time I'm in the $100-$150 range, but I enjoy knives outside that range as well. Like a lot of us, I suspect, price points that seemed astronomical to me ("That costs how much?!") when I first got really into knives have been steadily exceeded over the years. ;)
 
22-rimfire said:
Are black powder guns considered "guns" in the UK? In the US they are not from a legal point of view.
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I don’t know for sure but if it’s gun shaped but doesn’t have Nerf written on it, you need a license.

Airguns up to 12lbs-ft (rifle, 6 for pistol) is about all you can have without one. Or BB guns.

With a license you can get a lot more but still heavily restricted. And definitely no AR type weapons.

But this is the weird thing; my 320fps compound bow (which would kill a bear with the right arrow heads); no restrictions at all. Same with crossbows.

But I’ve shot thousands of rounds from various guns courtesy of the British Army so I pretty much got the gun thing out of my system years ago.
 
Hickory n steel said:
So far the max I have spent is $75 and I certainly have no plans of breaking $100.
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:) When I was growing up , $100 bill was a respectable amount of money . Maybe like a $1000 today .

So , while $100 is not a hard limit for me , but IS a definite emotional / psychological barrier .

I've got to have a very special reason to exceed $100 , and usually haven't felt the need .

:eek: I did just recently splurge on a BNIB Cold Steel AD-10 for 69 cents over the line ! :rolleyes:
 
mndart said:
LOL Antdog....
Mine says she is going to donate them to Goodwill. Make sure y'all check the Goodwill stores in Cle/Mentor area are when I pass on.
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;) Yeah ! She said if I care about my knives , stay alive ...cause they're all a goin' to the Goodwill ! o_O
 
To me knifes, guns and watches are tools and are to be used. General guideline for a carry knife is what I make in a hour. So If I loose it, it would cost me, in theory only an hour of work to replace it.

Watches should cost two hours of work. Guns are at a week’s pay.

So when I was making $15/hour, I carried a Kershaw, wore a Casio and had a Charter Arms .38. Now as a professional and making more, Knives have Ti and CF, watches are Swiss, guns are German , but still the same guidelines.
 
$600. Is my limit. I used to think paying 400 for a knife was insane, but after having a few in the 400 to 500 range, I've increased my limit to 600.
 
I've spent $850 before on one knife. It was a beautiful custom Damascus from a local maker. Ended up really regretting the purchase because I didn't want to use it and it was obviously a safe queen. I use all my knives, and this one really made me regret the purchase so I sold it.

Now my sweet spot is in the $200-$250 range. I will splurge occasionally and buy a sebenza or some sprint run with a different steel of something, but that depends on my mood. For the most part though, I buy knives and use them in that $200ish range.
 
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