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Originally Posted by Kensei
Actually debaser your talking from the point of view of someone who doe's not know much about knives really. Go to a good gun and knife show, you can get good custom made blade starting around 250, and yes, on up to 1,000. You can pay too much for anything, and people who don't know a lot about blades but think they do always throw around the 1,000 dollar fantasy figure. It's a real figure of course if you don't know of what you speak. Custom knife should nt be costing that though my friend, that's getting into custom sword territory, not custom knifes, they ake a heck of a lot less time then a sword to make. Now a custom sword, they start around 1,500 in the states, but you can buy them from over seas for a fraction of that. Later.
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Ok, pal. I'll just check out that "Chronical of Riddick knife" you recommend then. Oh look, they are a bargain basement 9.95 on Ebay! To think of all the money I wasted...
I payed just over $425 for my Strider MB Karambit. If you think you can get a quality custom knife for $250, you are fooling yourself. Any monkey can buy a blade blank and slap some micarta on it. It takes a true craftsman to forge, shape, and properly temper his or her own blade, and that costs money.
What you are refering to is a cobbled together blade, not a custom made one. People who don't know a lot about blades often confuse the two.
And just so you know, a good production sword (Albion or AA) costs around or over $1000. Good custom swords (not Czech wall hangers) cost upwards of $5000.