Another good point about these knives is that if you have to surrender it at a security checkpoint there's no real sense of loss like you have with a knife of even slightly higher quality that you like.
I agree, but it's important to note the sense of loss is based on quality, not price. I had a knife from Big 5 that was on sale for $10. I sharpened it, and it held an edge for the 2 years I carried it. The knife recently "walked away" when I set it down for a brief moment at the gym. I have "lost" more expensive knives, but that knife from Big 5 was my all-time favorite pocket knife.
For me personally, there is no real price difference between $1 and $10 if the quality is a substantial increase. It's only $9 more for much less future headache. It's not like the difference between a $100 knife and a $1,000 knife, where the law of diminishing returns comes into play.
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