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A butterfly knife is a butterfly knife; you have the two handles, the blade, the latch, and the components that hold all that together. Now when you think of different types of butterfly knives you have to think of design, and what type of material that is being used to make it. Let’s talk about the handles; you can get them in just about any type of material from aluminum to alloy steel, and also titanium. The key to getting and making the right handle is to make it light weight but also strong to whit stand the pressure of your hand when using it. Now the blade on the other hand is a different story, you want to get very strong steel, preferably ATS33 which is some of the best. You’re able to get this imported from China but you will pay a pretty penny for it. What’s good about this type of steel is the fact that you can shape and mold it to the design you want, and when you sharpen it you don’t have to worry about it getting dual or denting like mild or cheap steel normally wood.
When you think of different types of butterfly knives you can spend anywhere from $20.00 up to $2000.00 dollars just depends how much, and what your limits are. I have come across three types of butterfly knives; first you have your cheap swap meet special that uses nothing but low grade components. Second you have you mid range with good handles and a mild steel blade, and cheap hardware. Third you have your top of the line, high quality everything even the little micro titanium roller bearing for the blade, now you know your spending some big bucks. I have five different types of butterfly knives, ranging from cheap to very expensive. There are some very expensive butterfly knives out there but those are for the true knife collector, and I wound not recommend spending that kind of money unless you know what to look for, and also what questions to ask. I have told a story of a buddy of mine who bought one on his own and to make a long story short he was taken for about $800.00 on a swap meet special, I still tease him to this day. At least next time he will listen and take me with him before he goes out and waist that kind of money.
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If you’re in the market for expensive butterfly knives then you want to go custom made for sure. A custom butterfly knife can run you anywhere from $200.00 up to $2000.00 depending on who makes it. I still remember when I bought my first real good Knife, and man was I wandering if I was getting a good deal. The gentleman who was selling it wanted $350.00 for it, and he made it himself but I was not sure of how to judge the quality, and also the material used. After that purchase I realized if I truly wanted to collect butterfly knives I needed to do a little homework. I would recommend if your wanting to be a collector in any field you definitely want to understand, and know all the ends and out of that niche. I have been pretty lucky up to this point where all my purchased either have gone up in value or have held their own.
I wanted to tell you about a buddy of mine who thought he was going to start collecting knives as a hobby. He would come around and look at my collection, and decided one day he was going to do the same thing. So he asks for a few pointers and what to look for, and was on his way to go out and buy some knives. I ask him if he would like for me to be with him, and he agreed to let me be a part. So Brian took a trip down too Las Vegas for some convention for work, and while he was down their, he came across a hunting and fishing outdoor event. To make a long story short he ended up talking to this guy at one of the booths about becoming a knife collector, and what type of butterfly knives did he have. Well of course the guy realizing that this guy was a rookie, and had no idea what was a good knife from a bad one. I guess he pulled one out of the box, and told him this is my most expensive butterfly knives that I have. So of course Brain not realizing that he is about to be hustled ask how much. It was $600.00 and like a dummy he bought it thinking he was going to come back, and show me up. So he pulls it out and shows me, and I had to laugh and then told him he took your money silly. I pulled a knife out of my collection that was an identical too what he had, and ask him how much do you think I paid for this knife? Yea I paid $40.00 at the swap meet, he about feel out of his chair. The moral of this story is, if your going to buy something that is suppose to be of value then make sure it is. So I gave him crap and then told him next time stick to the plan so we can get his collection going in the right direction.
