By the way, please don't take my post to mean I only like scrap yard knives - in fact, I own many more knives from other companies than I do from scrap yard or the other two Busse companies, and some were much less expensive, and some of my favorites are non-scrapyard knives....

But posting here and saying, basically "I don't have enough for your knives, so sell me on something cheaper from another company" just seems kinda crappy to my eyes.

I can list a lot of sub-hundred-dollar knives that are high quality, and in fact if you read my other posts on this forum, you can find a chopoff where I point out a non-scrap yard knife or two that performed outstandingly well, but we're not going to do the homework for you, just so you can spend your money elsewhere.



My advice? either do your own homework elsewhere and find out what's good for the money... OR wait, and buy a Scrap Yard whenever the next release direct from the company is available. Second-hand knives can have a markup of 50% or even more. I've seen the Son Of Dogfather sell for 200 bucks second hand, and I paid a little over a hundred for mine at company prices.



And my second bit of advice - don't look for something that "looks like a scrap yard". That's like buying a Molex watch because it "looks like a Rolex".