Whats the real reason we all buy high end knives

I've loved knives since I was an 8 year old (when I got my first). I like nice stuff.

Now I have some money to spend on nice stuff and I still love knives. So I buy knives.
 
my buddy spent i think 35-40 thousand for the lile rambo #8 set.i think on his site he must have close to a million on it.one knife was 10,000.00 and he bought 3 of them.they all sit in vault.and when he sell's them "boom" he'll even have more money.
do you know the name miles???
britt
 
bgudowski said:
my buddy spent i think 35-40 thousand for the lile rambo #8 set.i think on his site he must have close to a million on it.one knife was 10,000.00 and he bought 3 of them.they all sit in vault.and when he sell's them "boom" he'll even have more money.
do you know the name miles???
britt
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I wanna see this guy's site. Got a URL?
 
Because there's no FFL fees? :p

Seriously, good question and good thread. Several posts so far have alluded to the sticker shock of expensive knives. Any hobby or area of interest has high-end gear that is expensive to non-aficionados. I really like flipe8's point that unlike cars or watches or even guns, this is a hobby where the benchmark-level items are actually accessible to me.

I'll never own a Rolex or a BMW, but I've got a Sebenza. I'll never commission a custom car or gun, but I've got a few amazing knives that I have had made for me. After my current round of selloffs, I may or may not spend the proceeds on an Omega Seamaster, but I'll probably come out of it with a LH Military, a CF/ZDP Stretch II (and a G19) instead.
 
Dr Ducati said:
So why then do we all travel the knife ladder.
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Because we can.

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I am not married and I don't drink at all or blow money on cars, jewelry etc so I spend it on knives and I can buy pretty much what I want. :)
 
I think besides my first statement that its also that human nature just drives us to the cause of always looking for the bigger better deal. It is fine to have something that works but if something new comes up that offers features like faster, easier, or better performance its hard for enthusiasts to turn down the opportunity to check it out. I guess this same drive could also be the underlying reason for why so many marriages end up in divorce from spouses straying but anyway, not to go there. The point is why use that nice bronze blade anymore when a good steel one is available albeit a more expensive purchase? :D

For me another reason would be simply this. Because I can.

For others maybe its just to get the wife to roll her eyes one more time over another knife purchase.
For others maybe they just wanted something that didn't clash so much with their way of dress in that $1200 suit or that matched up to that Mont Blonc pen in their shirt pocket and to the Revo eye wear, Rolex watch and high dollar Italian leather shoes, or maybe others just want to see how well high end goes with bib overalls. :eek:


STR
 
For me its just the look, feel, heft of a fine knife...my beat up manix can perform all my cutting functions but so can my high end beauties...that's all the reason I need.


I just hired a guy at work who is more then happy with his "low end" knives and in some ways I envy him...but, if I wasn't spending money on knives itd be on something else.
 
kamagong said:
I'm willing to bet that most non-knifenuts would consider a $60 Griptilian to be a high-end knife. Why spend that much when you can buy a knife at the gas station for $3.99? It's a matter of degree...
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so true. I was talking with a worker at the knife store. I mentioned the possibility of loosing one of my nice knives in the woods. (I was thinking of one of my Busse's that I carry).

She said she lost a really nice one last time she was out camping. A S&W knife worth about 25-30...............and this was some one who worked with knives, and had a great selection of higher end production.


as to folders to compliment my fixed blade knives. I have a CS Recon1 that sees some carry time. Mostly, though I just carry a Busse GW.

I did just pick up a CS pocket bushman, and am really liking it. Absolutely the opposite of high end, but I am very entertained by it for some reason.

I have carried a large Sebenza, and a non fliper Hinderer X-18. Those are the only high end folders I have actually carried. (Both Passarounds)
 
Might I offer a different take, while everything said is right to certain degress. I personally feel that if a knife isn't a titanium frame lock with both handle slabs made of thick titanium, well it shouldn't have been made in the first place. I think everything is pretty much worthless. Just my warped opinion, but that view makes knives expensive because of the cost of the material.
 
If you're judging whether the knife was used by the seller description, you've been misled (caveat emptor).

I'm NOT saying the knives aren't as described, but they've probably been out of the safe more than has been admitted.

Go to a gun site FS forum. Every gun there shoots tiny groups, but they're for sale cause "I'm moving on to another build".

Yeah, right! If the rifle shot like that, it would never be sold! It's just a part of the game we all play.

The knives for sale have probably been admired, tho maybe not carried/sharpened because of the price, until the owner lost interest or was smitten by a new model.

This also applies to women, BTW, except for the resale value.
 
Honestly, I think it is because people are Materialistic. We always want more more more. We could easily get by on a functioning knife like a delica. Because we like knives, we want more more more. Some women like shoes and keep getting more. Some people it is cars or guns or whatever. Most people aquire more and more crap until they die or have a life altering experience. It is something that actually has been bothering me lately, and is something I want to work on.

The economy works on this need for people to have more and more crap. Eventually more will not exist and this is when more will only be had when we consume ourselves. Sadly, sometime in the not to distant future this will be a reality.
 
STR said:
Ego. Its that simple really. It feeds the ego.

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And personal standards. Some people need to know that they carry the best of what they love. When you truly love knives, you make it a point to understand standards and justify them.
 
Its not all ego. A Sebenza is priced as it is for a reason, but the need to have one has a lot to do with ego. However, the product has nothing to do with mental misgivings.
 
Flashpoint said:
I can understand moving up in quality/cost as one gains appreciation for the workmanship/art of the knife. What I don't understand is how one can spend $300-$500 for a knife, that's not so fancy that it wouldn't be a user, and still not use it. Unless they just get the knife not like enough to use it.
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There are many reasons and criteria for collecting knives - or anything else for that matter. You obviously fail to see a knife as being collectable just because it isn't "fancy". If you feel the need to use every knife you own that's your prerogative. I prefer not to use my more costly knives because that would de-value them too much, and anyway I already have more knives than I could use up in several lifetimes.
 
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