Nah, OP's not a knife snob - might be working on being a steel snob, but I'm not one to comment.
Most of my knives, by weight, I believe were forged from leaf spring stock from junked buses and trucks - but I think some might have been Mercedes buses and trucks. Then again, maybe not.
There's something about believing "kothimoda" translates into "more money than brains" that just sucks all the shine out.
Spyderco seems to delight in using every steel known to man so I've gotten so confused about the only thing I know I like has "cpm" in the name 'cause I used to live close to Crucible.
I donated my last 2 Randalls - the only stuff I've got left (trying to focus) is HI and Spyderco. There's a SpeedTech and a Sebenza in there somewhere but they're "workers".
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If you think anything less than 2,500.00 for a Japanese fish knife is "going cheap", you might be a snob.
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