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    Not a yuge knife guy by any means. Recently saw some damascus steel fixed knives at a gun show and was interested. Just wondering what yalls experience is with these and if they are worth the price tag I saw ($75-120). Thanks
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    TreyG-20

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    Not a yuge knife guy by any means. Recently saw some damascus steel fixed knives at a gun show and was interested. Just wondering what yalls experience is with these and if they are worth the price tag I saw ($75-120). Thanks
    No experience with them personally, but the last time I was at a show a company named Kubey had some Damascus knives I considered buying. I took their card and looked them up online and they sell them on Amazon as well for half the price they were at the gun show. Same range $70-120 at the show or $28-60 on Amazon.
     

    jar

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    Well done Damascus steel is a true joy, takes and holds an edge better than most any other format. Poorly done Damascus steel is a nightmare and constant irritation. Ones in the price range you mention would be ones I'd suspect and likely avoid.

    A James Luman:
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    A Little Hen Camp Knife:
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    A Joe Pardue:
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    A Gedraitis Persian:
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    A Weiland:
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    Moonpie

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    Gunz are icky.
    Like any other steel Damascus runs the gamut between superb to utter crap hammered from a car fender.
    Those cheap knives often seen at gun shows are junk.
    Do not FO.
    The blades are made from shit steel in China/Pakistan and acid etched to resemble damascus. I wouldn’t doubt the crap is made from radioactive shielding left over from Chernobyl.
    Real quality made damascus does not come cheap.
    Typically well known makers pocket knife sizes start around $100. Large fixed blades are north of that.
    Case, Bear, Boker, etc make decent quality knives for the price point.
    Semi-custom to full on custom damascus will be $200+ easy. Full on customs will go $1000+.
    Cruise around the InnerWebZ a bit and scope out some custom makers to get an idea of what is out there as well as costs. There are always a bunch of common makers on Flea-bay as well.
    True damascus is fantastic. It’ll get so sharp its scary.
     

    Grundy1133

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    Damascus or not, it all depends on the steel they use to make the blade. there are tons and tons of different steels used to make knives and to make damascus steel. if you're looking for a nice hard steel that will keep an edge for a long time the knife will probably run you 3 or 4 franklins. I don't mind honing my knives often so I get mid level knives just because I can be rough on my knives and I dont wanna buy a nice $400 knife and ruin it by hacking thru a tree or cutting open cardboard boxes. lol. VG-10 is a nice steel. here's an article with different types of steel and lists their pros and cons. good luck :) http://everydaycarry.com/posts/21773/the-beginners-guide-to-edc-knife-blade-steels
     

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    A well made true Damascus steel knife is a work of art, I used to have several. The price usually reflects the amount of material and time spent in making it, and in that it can be quite expensive. Damascus steel knives are like fingerprints, they may be shaped the same, but no two knives look exactly the same.
     

    FireInTheWire

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    Well done Damascus steel is a true joy, takes and holds an edge better than most any other format. Poorly done Damascus steel is a nightmare and constant irritation. Ones in the price range you mention would be ones I'd suspect and likely avoid.

    A James Luman:
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    A Little Hen Camp Knife:
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    A Joe Pardue:
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    A Gedraitis Persian:
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    A Weiland:
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    So I'm going to have to get me one of those Gedraitis Persian... thats the coolest looking knife. Its sold out.
     

    easy rider

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    There is a difference between steels that are produced in large scale and then shaped into blades and a handmade blade where the steel is shaped to that blade in the process. The cost and quality will be much higher in the handmade blade.

    I'm not trying to say that the blades from a company that mass produces them are bad, just that there is a difference.
     

    Mowingmaniac 24/7

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    Easy,

    Undoubtedly, you are correct, but I can't see paying the kind of money for such a homemade, beauty, but then I own guns (plural) and haven't tried totaling what I've paid in the aggregate and don't dare to...
     

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    Like any other steel Damascus runs the gamut between superb to utter crap hammered from a car fender.
    Those cheap knives often seen at gun shows are junk.
    Do not FO.
    The blades are made from shit steel in China/Pakistan and acid etched to resemble damascus. I wouldn’t doubt the crap is made from radioactive shielding left over from Chernobyl.
    Real quality made damascus does not come cheap.
    Typically well known makers pocket knife sizes start around $100. Large fixed blades are north of that.
    Case, Bear, Boker, etc make decent quality knives for the price point.
    Semi-custom to full on custom damascus will be $200+ easy. Full on customs will go $1000+.
    Cruise around the InnerWebZ a bit and scope out some custom makers to get an idea of what is out there as well as costs. There are always a bunch of common makers on Flea-bay as well.
    True damascus is fantastic. It’ll get so sharp its scary.

    This. Damascus crap blanks can be had for like $20.
     

    jar

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    So I'm going to have to get me one of those Gedraitis Persian... thats the coolest looking knife. Its sold out.
    It was one of the very first folders he made so it's been sold out for about a quarter century at least. But he does make really nice knives.
     

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