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Titanium is a very hard metal to machine things into. And while its light and very strong, its also very expensive. They use it in the hot section on turbine and jet engines. If it floats your boat, that fine, you get what you are willing to pay for I guess. That amount of money would pay for a few tags or the day rate for Africa. I would rather spend the money on hunting.

Some douche bags will buy it. I imagine it sitting in a heated blind in Texas waiting for a corn feeder to go off. Some hefty. oil well owning Texan will set his coffe cup down, squeeze the trigger and have someone come pick him and the deeer up.

DITTO

God bless 'Merica. If the rich never paid for expensive things us mortals would never have have them either. Certainly nothing wrong with a fine piece of steel, titanium and graphite being built by many hands here in America.

For the fashion coordinated hunter with more money than experience... at least the logo is huge and ugly.

Yea, ain't life grand !!!

Brad, "young" Viking, as so often here, your pithy observation just made me roar in laughter!

Given, the last few years of my life, that is exactly what an "old" Viking, needs! Thanks and keep it up!

Note: I have a couple of big game rifles, a 7-08 and even a CRF Mod. 70 sts shorty .308Win, that weigh under 7 lbs, all up. I have many .270s, .280s and a .30-06 all CRF that weigh well under the magic 8 lbs. that J'OC considered optimal for mountain hunting and I have never found that a single "pound" or so, made ANY difference in mountain hunting.....on my FEET or, as with many of we older guys, around our middles, THAT makes a BIG difference!

KUIU, and many outfits like it are all about trying to BUY instant mountain hunting expertise....and, it just don't work that way.

FIFY.

KUIU is responsible for selling (or one could argue creating an image), consumers are creating the demand. He started it at Sitka "turning clothing into gear", but to be fair, hunting clothing was (and still is) in need of better clothing options....especially stuff that matches your rifle, boots and underwear.

Yeah, I know, I REALLY worry over using my old merino wool in "garbage bag green" as it does NOT "colour coordinate" with my 30 year old Columbia "Treebark" camo fleece suits, bought "on sale" for 40% off circa 1983 or so.

Then, sometimes, I actually WEAR one of these red checked COTTON "doeskin" heavy shirts in the BC mountains, OH, Iago, the pity!

Funny, we who actually live and work(ed) in BC, AB and Canada's north and whose families founded these jurisdictions circa the mid and late 19thC., USUALLY wore such cheap and "unkewl" garb and still do......

For 20+ years, until they finally fell apart, I wore Swedish Army woolen pants in what is now called "Foliage" colour and green British Army "Commando" sweaters over the superb British "Mellofleece" merino longjohns, was NEVER cold, wet and the stuff cost less than a tank of gas for my Toyota 4x4. But, it is no longer available, sorry to say.

BTW, you have misquoted me above, no problem, tho'.

I know I miss quoted you, hence the FIFY (fixed it for you).

There is lots of gear that works, but prior to Sitka and KUIU there was a lack of alternatives in the market. No ned to bag on one option over another, it all works even if some think matching underwear makes them a better hunter.