Beautiful Pendray knife as well as the price!!

A. G. Maisey · 4th May 2007, 09:44 PM

Yeah, spot on, Tim.

It pretty much depends on what drives a person to purchase the knife.

Like a car:- do you buy the Ferrari to cruise the beaches, or the Corolla to get you from point A to point B cheaply and reliably?

Or maybe you've got one of each in the garage.

Personally, I see modern custom knives as collectables, just as are jambiyas, keris, pesh kabz and so on.

I prefer the ethnic stuff; others prefer the work of modern custom makers.

Where it can get a bit unstable is where you buy a custom maker's knife to do the job of a tool; if that maker has produced what he sees as a collectable, it gets a bit hard to justify big dollars for what the buyer sees as a tool.

And yes, that is a seriously nice kard.

4th May 2007, 09:44 PM	#11
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	Yeah, spot on, Tim. It pretty much depends on what drives a person to purchase the knife. Like a car:- do you buy the Ferrari to cruise the beaches, or the Corolla to get you from point A to point B cheaply and reliably? Or maybe you've got one of each in the garage. Personally, I see modern custom knives as collectables, just as are jambiyas, keris, pesh kabz and so on. I prefer the ethnic stuff; others prefer the work of modern custom makers. Where it can get a bit unstable is where you buy a custom maker's knife to do the job of a tool; if that maker has produced what he sees as a collectable, it gets a bit hard to justify big dollars for what the buyer sees as a tool. And yes, that is a seriously nice kard.