Can you tell me what kind of performance you excpect from different   
   knives?  Aesthetics aside, what do you expect from knives of different   
   costs?  Or why would you buy a knife that sells for $300 over a $30   
   knife?   
   What do you expect from knives selling below $50, v/s $51-$100, v/s   
   200-300 and so on?   
      
   Is there a reason to spend a great deal of money on a knife you use   
   daily?  Or would that be the best knife to spend the money on?   
      
   One of the best buys I've made with a knife were several very large   
   bowie style knifes - 2 were stainless and 1 was high carbon but of   
   fairly poor quality metal.  I used these knives for all my outdoor   
   work - cutting small trees down, felling limbs, digging holes, digging   
   up vegitalbes in the garden.  And I didn't have to worry about messing   
   them up at all.   I paid maybe $50 total for the 3.   I used them in   
   ways I'd never use any of my other knives.   
      
   And I wonder about the new metals & technology they have out now days.   
   I carry a knife with a staiinless steel blade and I don't really care   
   for it too much.  I don't know if it aquires the corrosion it does (It   
   gets a lot of sweat and moisture on it) because it has a beadblasted   
   finsh or if it is just the nature of the SS.  If I were to purchases a   
   knife with the new steels/Tech, would I go "OMG, I can't believe how   
   much freaking better this cuts and holds and edge and is easier to   
   sharpen, OMG!"   Or would it just be something I noticed?   
      
   So, all you knife fantatics and gurus, please share your knowledge   
   with a humble seeker of truth.   
      
   B__P   
      
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