I just finished reading all 6 pages of this... WoW! I have no idea how I could have missed this thread as it has been on here for a long time. Some very good points made throughout... I love this site Rhett!

I too have purchased Randalls at what some would consider a high price,...as one of you stated "I never looked back", and never will. If the price was an issue, I would have never bought it to begin with...the knife is what I wanted and I was darn happy to get it! No one has a gun pointed at are heads forcing us to click the "buy now" button.
~dale