cheap knives are cheap for a reason.

bikes are the same way.

it has always seemed to me that you get what you pay for up to a certain price point, and then the excess costs are for little r&d things that don't make too much difference in performance, but are important for pushing the quality and craft forward.

cheap knives... bleh!

note, the dumpster mutt was inexpensive NOT CHEAP!

(not that anyone called the dm cheap, just throwing that perspective out there)