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I was at Acedemy Sports today and they had a few Benchmade knifes. They were app. 200-300 dollars. What makes them so expensive? Are they that much better quality? Is the steel?
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Damned good knives. What are you looking for? Purpose?
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I am not really looking, I use Gerbers and Buck knifes. I was just wonder why they are so expensive.
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Partly because they are damned good. Partly because of manufacturing and components. Partly because of name brand, marketing, etc.
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I recently purchased a Benchmade Saddle Mountain Skinner. Was a little over $100. It's damn sharp. Can't wait to try it out this fall. The boys and I drew deer tags in unit 44 in Idaho.
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For those prices of $250 + I'd much prefer a decent custom makers work. Benchmade is a great knife for $125 or a bit more. Going over two bills plus I'll buy a good used custom or save my pennies until my name comes up on the list and get a straight up great knife from a quality blade smith.
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I can't imagine any knife sharper than a $10-$15 Mora.
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I can't imagine any knife sharper than a $10-$15 Mora. Work on your imagination. You can go cheap, if you like sharpenin twice a day. Benchmade can be a good value, depending on the blade steel and design, which, assuming good heat treatment, is 90% of what you're payin for. You pay for design and steel. Don't pay for a name.
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I love craftsmanship, however I need a knife that I can abuse or that i might misplace without worrying about the massive loss and replacement cost. I've been happy with a Camillus or CKRT that has good blade steel. Usually pay $35 to $40.
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I have some Benchmade knives. They are darn good knives. I've never paid much over $100 for one though.
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I am not really looking, I use Gerbers and Buck knifes. I was just wonder why they are so expensive. Because their marketing dept is so top notch that they've convinced multitudes of suckers that their knives are worth that much.
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I can't imagine any knife sharper than a $10-$15 Mora. Work on your imagination. You can go cheap, if you like sharpenin twice a day. Benchmade can be a good value, depending on the blade steel and design, which, assuming good heat treatment, is 90% of what you're payin for. You pay for design and steel. Don't pay for a name. Do you own a Mora? Are you an expert on everything?
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Bought a benchmade nimravus fixed blade. Feels so good in your hands that's its almost perverse. It's a great hunting knife and that combined with a separate benchmade gut hook makes short work of elk or deer. I used it last year to bone out an elk in the field. It's perfect for carrying as its fairly light, yet substantial enough to really carve your way around those big bones to peel all that meat off in one fell swoop. Kept edge throughout, before a touch up sharpening before deer season.
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Don't need to be an expert of any type to realize that there are better choices than a knife that sells for $15.
Maybe there's a reason for that.
Use your imagination.
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I can't imagine any knife sharper than a $10-$15 Mora. Moras are good sharp knives but not as robust as I like for general use. Nowadays, for $30.00 you can get various full tang hunting knives that are in my opinion 95% as good as anything available.
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I have a few Benchmades - carry a 710 most days. The Axis lock is a good strong, safe lock, and Benchmade often collaborates with top custom knife makers, like Elishewitz and McHenry & Williams.
They do make a number of knives from exotic steels, such as CPM-M4 tool steel, M390, and Elmax. That's appealing.
Some their knives appreciate significantly. So buy one, put it away, and you might make a decent profit in a few years.
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I'm more in the Mora camp and can find a lot of good knives out there for under $40 . Nothing wrong with appreciating a custom knife but all of the discussion about the different steels sounds about like Frasier and Niles at a wine tasting event. I don't know what a lot of folks use their knives for but I find a lot of decent nives out there that I can field dress a couple of deer with before sharpening. I'm in the habit of giving my knife a few passes over the steel in the garage every time I pass by and it will shave your arm.
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Grind out a few on your own and then figure out what the price should be to pay ones self a reasonable hourly wage.
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I'm more in the Mora camp and can find a lot of good knives out there for under $40 . Nothing wrong with appreciating a custom knife but all of the discussion about the different steels sounds about like Frasier and Niles at a wine tasting event. I don't know what a lot of folks use their knives for but I find a lot of decent nives out there that I can field dress a couple of deer with before sharpening. I'm in the habit of giving my knife a few passes over the steel in the garage every time I pass by and it will shave your arm. Great argument. Ya got me. I'm gonna go out and buy a buncha 5 cent condoms.
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