Sorry Ron. I disagree. I don't need INFI level toughness in a knife that size and I don't feel a mudder handled (Res-C rubber stuff - SHOULD be cheap even if I like it) should cost $200.

I can buy custom $200 knives with finer quality handle materials, satin finish, VERY worthy quality steel AND that come with a sheath for $200!!!!!!

My Bravo1 in A2 and my Dog Skinner cost WAY less!... and my Bravo1 came with a sheath.


I don't care to "compare" the S5LE to the SAR4 or SAR8 just because they are all INFI. The SAR4 and SAR8 were FREAKIN WAY HIGH priced!... IMO.

I look at the S5LE and see a Res-C handled satin knife. If it had been satin SR-101, I feel it should have only been about $10 - $20 more than the $99 for the CG. INFI just doesn't offer much over SR-101 on the S5 other than corrosion resistance.

As Vic says, that could have been offered in 154CM for under $100.

So, any way I slice it, $200 for INFI was unjustified IMO.

I was willing to pay up to $150 or so - "Maybe" $160 for the S5LE in INFI..... But, obviously others were willing to pay more. Personally, I think it was the Kool Aid that drove the S5LE prices.

Some people might need some "Kool Aid" therapy.

If Scrap Yard pricing starts to mirror or somehow start to reflect Busse/INFI pricing, my days here probably need to become more limited. - For now, I am holding on to the belief that maybe the S5LE was just priced to reflect INFI.

But, speaking for myself, if that is how INFI pricing is going to be, OTHER people can have INFI. I will PASS!

Swamp Rat used to be a value, but prices have gone up with micarta scales.

My finances are tight. So, speaking for myself, I am going to have to keep my eye on what is "Really" a value. And pass on Kool Aid inspired deals.

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