Knife Snobs Enlighten Me. $2300 for a Combat Knife?

[seb5]

I don't have anything more expensive than $200.00 but do have friends with high end knives. Whatever floats his boat if he can afford it.

I would be willing to bet that the knife in question is not simply 440stainless. That seems hard to believe.

Any steel guys know what this is from the site?

440C High Chromium Martensitic Stainless Tool Steel, Hardened and Tempered to Rockwell C58,

[ZoneOne]

I got a Strider as a gift after I received my commission and I thought that was a hell of a price to pay for a knife. I think the model was around $400.

I own a Tom Brown Jr Tracker but you get a sweet deal when you get it from Tom at his course.

[kartoffel]

Knives are like jewelry. Your buddy just bought a Rolex instead of a Casio. If it makes him happy, more power to him.

[SOWT]

Does your buddy plan on using this, or is it only viewed (by him as a collectable?

Can't imagine a PJ bringing that to the shop.

[sgtjosh]

He could have bought a whole lot of training ammo for $2300.

How does a $2300 cut/stab/slice/incision differ from a $230 cut/stab/slice/incision?

[SWATcop556]

Everyone is allowed to spend their money as they see fit. If your buddy was a PJ and had the scratch then it's his to do with as he wishes.

That being said if I'm forking out $2300 for a knife it had better come with an all expense paid night with Natalie Portman in the mood for anything I want and a signed letter of consent from my wife that I won't be executed upon returning home.

[Littlelebowski]

Everyone is allowed to spend their money as they see fit. If your buddy was a PJ and had the scratch then it's his to do with as he wishes.

That being said if I'm forking out $2300 for a knife it had better come with an all expense paid night with Natalie Portman in the mood for anything I want and a signed letter of consent from my wife that I won't be executed upon returning home.

That was beautiful. As in almost as good as the crash of a Prius with an Obama sticker on it.

[SteveL]

I can't even begin to wrap my head around a $2300 knife. In my universe the very fact that it is a knife negates any and all possibility that it could be worth $2300.

[Ricardus]

Here is a link to what your buddy should have looked at when thinking of spending $2300.

http://kyleroyerknives.com/bowies-fighters/

For that amount of money, I woulda bought a Bob Loveless knife. Now Loveless is famous, Fisher, who dat? But even the Loveless knives in the last 10 years have become out of reach to all but some very rich collectors. When a famous, in his lifetime, knife maker dies, it means you have a finite number of knives in circulation. The Randall Made Knives are great mid-range collector knives with great resale value.

Your friend has more money than sense. The internet would have saved him the embarrassment.

[thopkins22]

Here is a link to what your buddy should have looked at when thinking of spending $2300.

http://kyleroyerknives.com/bowies-fighters/

For that amount of money, I woulda bought a Bob Loveless knife. Now Loveless is famous, Fisher, who dat?

I don't want any of them...but those I can understand being that expensive. Makes the OP's friend's knife look absolutely silly.