To illustrate what an old geezer I am, I remember very clearly when a REAL Lloyd Pendleton knife sold for $250 to $300! It makes me wonder what a knife personally made by Pendleton would cost today!

Dave, thanks for bringing in a knife for us poor working slobs that sells for less than $25. Sounds like a good "spare" to pack as an extra, heck at the price buy two! If it is a Cold Steal product it will be a good'un.

Pretty. Until you handle a hand made knife you don't know why they are so expensive. After you handle one you wonder why they are so reasonable.

I'm so glad that the article turned out to be about knives instead of sweaters!

I like the cold steel products I've bought and used. Their Latin Machetes are just not quite right, though. Too thick.

To Beekeeper: This one ain't my fault. It's a brand-new knife, and they haven't been able to keep up with the orders, I guess.

If $500 is buying me a hunting/outdoors knife, it's gunna be a Randall.

Both are goodlooking blades, one is too rich for my budget, but very nice nonetheless.

To Beekeper: As Ed Zern once said: "The farther you get from centers of literacy, the more famous I am."

hi_tail, no if $500 is going to buy me a knife it will be a Kraemer or two for the kitchen and I'd sneak one out for hunting, if I could get in line to have him make me one.

Dave,

When is the mutch anticipated review of the new R8 coming? Patience has to be saved for the woods, not on waiting for your prized reviews...

ypuve convinced me... im gonna get one of those 21 dollar ones, 500 dollars is way to much for a knife in my book, is the 21 dollar one hand made as well?

To Chet 45: R8s were supposed to be available in February. I am waiting more or less patiently.

That looks like a good deal however my knife drawer runneth over. The recent purchase of the Buck Ergo hunter put me in the position of needing something to field dress more than needing another blade. I'll have a look at Beekeeper's blade when we go hunting this fall.

Cold Steel makes some nice products and they've been around a while, but the best hunting knifes I've come across is the cutco line. I have both their hunting and fishing knives received as gifts. They stay incredibly sharp and if they fail to do so, you can send them in for free factory sharpening. (although I've not had to do so yet) They also carry a lifetime replacement warranty. The serrated edge makes VERY quick work of field dressing, skinning, and butchering. They're under $100 and one of mine is engraved with my initials. They have blaze orange handles so I can find them even in low light conditions, and they're made right here in the US.

The Pendleton Custom Classic is a fantastic piece of design and build, but $500 is way a lot of cash when you can have the same steel and $400 in change. The only place you can have VG-1 San Mai steel from is in Japan and they also make knives for a swedish knife company called Fallkniven. Have a look in google for Fallkniven F1 - used by lots of special forces guys and made as a survival knife for the sub arctic - lot of knife for $100.

SBW
PS Still want the Pendleton though

Nothing wrong with my old 15 year old or so Cold Steel Master Hunter, their blades last forever. The San Mui construction reminds me somewhat of my elderly Morseth that I no longer use because I am afraid I will loose it in the mountains and can't replace. I even pack one of their tomahawks on my saddle finding all kinds of uses for it from driving tent stakes into rocky ground to splitting elk pelvis easily.

$500 for a knife? Really? Do you just have to tell it "Go skin that deer," and it does it? Dave, I love ya, but you have compeletely lost it. Oh, I know it's a "classic, high-quality, once-in-a-lifetime purchase."

But, comeon man. Who in the real world of working for a living and hunting and fishing when we can would possibly shell out the airfare to a Canadian goose hunt for a knife?

My humble opinion.

After reading the article I called Cold Steel and bought the Lite Hunter. They had just recieved a shipment so it arrived in less than a week. It is a great knife. The price was $17.99 plus $9.00 for shipping.
Thanks for the tip.

Silvertip

I may be biased, and may be ignored because I'm a rookie here, but I will take a Gerber and/or a Ka-Bar any day of the week, and twice on Sunday. They are very worthy of a hunting/fishing trip, and can get you out of almost as many jams as as a good length of rope. Just a thought.