I would agree with that Bruce. $40-$50 is what it is, and money is certainly getting a little harder to come by for everybody. Sometimes though, you are actually getting a totally different knife with the LE version. A prime example of that is the DFCG vs DFLE. To me the DFLE is the Cat's meow, while the DFCG is not nearly as high on my list, and it actually has more to do with the full flat grind than it does the finish.