Expensive folders

[pathwinder14]

I have recently heard about expensive folding knives. I mean $500 - $2000 for one knife. Bodegas, Hinderers, Curtiss F3, Shin, Lightfoot, etc...

I am strictly a user of my knives...a hard user. I broke the torsion bar in my Brawler for heck's sake.

Anyone ever hear of these knives or even own one? Why/why not? I'm no ttrash talking anyone who does. Heck knows I have had my share of expensive "toys". What do you get from one of these knives besides the name? Is the quality that much better?

[Number5]

Way outta my budget for EDC. My wife got me a nice Case folder in Damascus with jigged bone scales a couple years back. It's my "Sundays and special occasions" knife. Don't think it crossed the 500 dollar mark, but definitely more than I'd usually spend on a knife though.

[Cwi555]

Expensive does not automatically equal quality in this day and age.

The adage "you get what you pay for" comes from the saying 'the bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten'.

Now we see items sold based on brand only with no inherent value or quality.

[pathwinder14]

I try to read or watch reviews of things before I purcahse them. I look at negative reviews to see what the problems were. I look at positive reviews to see what good things were. I look for commonalities in all reviews to garner accuracy. But even then, some "Things" can be expensive when they don't need to be. I'm trying to understand why these are that expensive. I used to think a Zero Tolerance folding knife was over the top.