I've never been overly interested in knives and don't know a lot about them. I've always viewed knives as tools nothing more nothing less and certainly nothing worth paying a lot of money for. Nothing I have done in my life has required me to spend 100 dollars much less 200 dollars on a knife.
As a matter of fact I've only had 5 knives and 1 multi-tool in the first 49 years of life. A pocket knife my dad gave me when I turned 6, a Buck 110 my HS sweetheart gave me for my 16th birthday, a Ka-Bar I bought when I entered the army in 82, a Gerber folder to replace the aforementioned 110 I lost after I divorced her, another 110 to replace the Gerber after I lost it and a leatherman multi tool my brother gave me as a Christmas gift. I still have the Ka-bar and the last 110 but have lost the others somewhere along the way.
Thru the years I've had two buddies who were into knives as well as guns and I have handled expensive nice knives before but they just didn't do anything for me. My 110 and my Gerber cut hay bale twine, 550 cord, nylon ski rope just as good as their expensive knives and mine were just as sharp.
Well, fall of 2013 I went to a gun show looking for an assisted opening knife because I walk with a cane all the time now and using two hands to open and close the 110 was awkward. Well I came across a Zero Tolerance 0300ST. Picked it up not knowing what it was, as I said I'm not into knives. It fit my hand like it was made for it and I bought it and didn't think twice about it. I researched it when I got home hoping I hadn't been ripped off and lo and behold I discovered I got a decent price for a highly regarded knife. I have used this knife for everything in the last year and have absolutely loved it.
Fast forward to last weekend. I was at the Charlotte gun show again just browsing and saw a fixed blade knife that talked to me. Picked it up, a Benchmade, I am familiar with the Benchmade, Kershaw, SOG names as my buddies owned several.
Yep It followed me home. A Benchmade 162-1 Sibert, Bushcrafter. I have absolutely no use for this knife but me likey!
I know CSB but I just thought I would share. LOL!! I think I am beginning to see what my buddies do about nice knifes.