aznav

Excellent, gentlemen, excellent. What a great forum and great advice.
Thanks for taking the time to write. aznav

David in FL

As previously mentioned, with the higher end knives you're really looking at quality of materials and workmanship. Very often you're talking custom, or non-production knives. For an edc "working" knife, there are plenty of good knives that won't break the bank. Spyderco, Benchmade, Kershaw, etc....

"Good" or relative "worth" is sometimes in the eye of the beholder. This little 3" slip-joint (ordinary non-locking pocket knife) Wharncliffe slippie..... cost me almost $400. A lot of people would say that that's insane (including my wife) and that you could get something that would function just as well for a $35.....and they'd be mostly right. Just as a Ford Focus will get you across town pretty much the same as an S-class Mercedes will. Only you can decide if the additional cost is worth the somewhat subjective benefit.

Autos are a little different. Because of the importance and complexity of the firing/locking mechanism, you really do see quite a quality difference in the better knives. As Rob72 mentioned, if you like an OTF, the MT Halo is hard to beat. I also like the ProTechs and if you really want a tough auto, check out the Severtech Switchblade Knives. Mucho expensive, but bulletproof. Although it's pretty hard to find right now, Spyderco has a new auto that they've just introduced that's supposed to be pretty solid. Available under $200 IIRC.

Hope that helps.....

buckrod73

I carry and use a knife every day all day. I looked for a knife that would do for general cutting chores, but would work well in a self defense situation. I want my hand to be used to the knife so when I go to it everything will be automatic and I will not have to think about how it comes out and so forth. I use a Kershaw Blackout. I truthfully have a lot more knives than I need, but that is part of the fun of it. Another knife I like is the Buck Cirus, but it doesn't fit me hand as well. The choices are endless.

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aznav

Thanks, Buck. I'll check them both out.

ps. check out the reviews. Kershaw K.O. Blackout K1550 - K1550