Cheap Knife vs Expensive Custom

[Tartar Horde]

I'm glad timelord mentioned the Billhook as in my humble opinion they are one of the most versatile implements to own. Knife wise there is no need to pay above £30 to be honest if you want a good utility knife without any fancy bells and whistles. Mortblanc is bang on the nail when drawing our attention to the style of knives used in the new World frontier, and to be honest butchers knives would be the best style to use for the amount of game that would be proccesed. The geometry of the knife blades shows some stylistic relation to the Saxon Seax, again there's nothing new in knife making. I agree with Timelord about High Carbon blades and the need to look after them if you are to keep them in the best condition, my experience in this only relates to swords as I have never bought a high Carbon knife as to be honest 1095 is perfectly suitable for knife blades. Being contradictory here I see no reason to fork out hundreds of pounds on a handmade knife, unless I specifically want, say for instance a Pattern welded Seax as a working Archaeological reproduction, then I could justify the expense. But will the Wife buy it folks