My guess would be total cost would average out to $20,000-$30,000 per blade.
Not much of a fan, as although he bragged about him preferring his knives went to users rather than collectors, he told THIS broke college student that his $150 boot knife priced 5yrs previous was now $1200. Also, suchlike when he went to Japan, visited, watched, studied a bit, and made a tanto, he planned/knew then it would be invaluable, marked it, had very fancy engraved certificate made up for it and etc.
Still remember him fueding with forged knife makers, hyping his acid etch mark as stronger than stampings on forged blades, claiming a stamp weakened a blade, which is by and large known to be a quite bogus assertion.
But as with Randall, very few the knifemakers who have not imitated his designs, which were and are elegant, and aging very well, the mark of visionary classics.
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