When you buy a custom knife , you are buying a hand made item. it's the hand work you are paying for, not the materials. I can sell a Bowie for $600 that has less than 75 worth of steel, brass, stag and glue in it. In fact if I don't count the stag or use maple, I have less than $20 in materials in it. What I do have is labor at less than minimum wage.
True... I just can't justify pating $159 for a knife made out of low performance material. The steel performance must support the appearance quality and I'm asking you guys for input as a consumer wanting to maximize his dollars worth.
No offence intended.. except to the cheesy gun show guys that make knives out of junk.
