If you have ever held a truly Fine piece of steel in your hand, then you might understand why some people spend all of that cash on afine knife. I am not saying you would BUY ONE!! But you might understand. And some of the newer knives employ metal laminate. The Falkniven NL1 and NL 2 are big bowies that have a middle layer of very hard (and brittle) steel sandwiched between layers of softer steel. This hard center makes for incredible edge retention and the softer outer layers counteract the brittleness of the center material. this makes the best of both worlds. A knife that holds it's edge very well but is not prone to chipping or snapping.
Cold steel'sSan Mai laminated steel is the same concept.
Then you have hand made knives like the randall. It takes a master knife smith hours to make a knife. The expertese and experience these master craftsman have is worth more (to some buyers) than 8 bucks an hour.
But Even though I have some pretty high dollar knives, I also have some cheap good ones; like the buck 110 and the mora knives. And I have even done plenty of cutting chores with pieces of glass from a broken bottle
You could do all of your hnting with a utilitarian Savage 110 in 30'06 with a 4 power scope. But some people take joy in a fine blued and walnut stocked Weatherby or Kimber at 2-5 times the price.
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