I guess I’m a little more critical of paying a lot for a knife because I’ve forges my own, and bought far more than my share starting at age 6 with though little .49 cent jobs from 7-11.
After all is said and done the really value of a thing is not what he or she or anybody sets on it, but how much you or I think it's worth and are willing to fork over.
I once saw this really cool cross necklace (in my younger day when I wore such things) that was $40.00 I tried for two days to talk this guy down in price; he wouldn’t move; but I just had to have it.
So I give him all the money I had at the time. I wore it for two days and it turned my skin green; it seems brass will do that to you.

But isn’t that the excitement of living in the physical world, all the new things to see, taste, and feel. I don’t know about you but I should get a job being a gear tester……LOL