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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2274171" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>The Tri-Ad lock is a thing of beauty. Designed by Andrew Demko. If you have time, check out the AD-10 - it's his custom knife that he later collaborated with Cold Steel on for the Cold Steel American Lawman (which I own). I will say this though, Cold Steel offers knives at affordable prices, but is charging way more than they should for a Taiwan-made AUS8-bladed knife - once you get into anything with higher-end steel, things get way more expensive where as Kershaw and Spyderco tend to hit that mid-range price-point on import-made knives with decent mid-level materials (Benchmade, not so much - they tend to go cheap or expensive).</p><p></p><p>When it comes down to expensive knives - you have to view them like any other expensive specialty tool. Use it for what it was designed to do and enjoy the upgraded materials, fit/finish, customer-service (should anything go wrong), etc.</p><p></p><p>Before you know it, your $200 knives aren't the most expensive ones in the collection <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>What's really a B!+@# is when you're carrying around a limited run knife that only cost you ~$150 but is now worth over $350 (and can't be replaced as it's no longer made).</p><p></p><p>Not all expensive knives are worth it, but most of the popular Mid-Techs and Customs are - and the difference is very much easily understood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2274171, member: 229"] The Tri-Ad lock is a thing of beauty. Designed by Andrew Demko. If you have time, check out the AD-10 - it's his custom knife that he later collaborated with Cold Steel on for the Cold Steel American Lawman (which I own). I will say this though, Cold Steel offers knives at affordable prices, but is charging way more than they should for a Taiwan-made AUS8-bladed knife - once you get into anything with higher-end steel, things get way more expensive where as Kershaw and Spyderco tend to hit that mid-range price-point on import-made knives with decent mid-level materials (Benchmade, not so much - they tend to go cheap or expensive). When it comes down to expensive knives - you have to view them like any other expensive specialty tool. Use it for what it was designed to do and enjoy the upgraded materials, fit/finish, customer-service (should anything go wrong), etc. Before you know it, your $200 knives aren't the most expensive ones in the collection :) What's really a B!+@# is when you're carrying around a limited run knife that only cost you ~$150 but is now worth over $350 (and can't be replaced as it's no longer made). Not all expensive knives are worth it, but most of the popular Mid-Techs and Customs are - and the difference is very much easily understood. [/QUOTE]
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