I like to compare expensive knives to expensive guns, and Scotch. I have some pretty costly 1911's and have shot all of them. So were they worth the money? Yeah, I suppose so when compared to my Loveless, Johnson and a few other knives that I own that I have never used nor will ever use. Just too damned expensive to start cutting things with (whatever needs cutting or slicing). So my knives are comparable to what some like to refer to as "safe queens" when it comes to costly pistols. They are nice to have, look at and hold. They are all in a glass case proudly showing my somewhat idiotic desire to own some custom knives that I had to wait a while after ordering to get. Scotch? Same thing. Pick up a bottle of Glenmorangie and drink a dram that night. However, I have splurged on a few bottles down through the years, and the price of them has soared beyond reality. One bottle I could sell at Auction for over $2,000 and I never paid nearly that much for it, but still it coast me a lot more than one's I was drinking at the time. So if my Scotch just sits there and I never drink any of them, yes. too expensive. So not wasted money on any of my guns but by my definition, my knives and expensive Scotch were dollars tossed away.