It's an Andre de Villiers mid-tech Tac Butcher. Probably the finest folding knife I have ever owned. I've had it for about four or five years now and it's been awesome. I really like how de Villiers builds his blades. I'll still be carrying it as my primary EDC knife with the Penasong as a secondary/unique curiosity.
Dan Wesson Specialist. And it's a full Government sized 1911. It does have a light rail on the frame. I absolutely adore it. It's one of the best factory 1911s I've ever shot and rivals some custom 1911s I've fired, like Ed Browns or Les Baers.
Yeah, I don't go for the crazy expensive boutique beads and superfluous shit like that. I do have a couple of knives with lanyards and beads, but I usually buy the beads separately and have never spent more than $30 on a bead, and quite a few of the lanyards I made myself. I actually only bought one lanyard that was pre-made when I bought my Zero Tolerance assisted flipper, because it was a Zero Tolerance lanyard and I got it for like $15 along with the knife and it came with a bead on it. The $30 beads I bought were these walnut sized titanium beads with a sandblasted flamed finish and I used them to make a lanyard/key-pull for my keyring to make getting my keys out of my pocket easier when I'm carrying and needed the beads to weigh down the part of the lanyard that hangs out of my pocket.
But, yeah, the price that people will pay for little beads and spinny tops and other crap is crazy. I mean, if they have the money and it's something they enjoy, then I won't hold it against them. I can't bring myself to care enough to judge someone for spending money they worked for on the things that make them happy, so long as its not at someone else's expense. For me, I'd rather put the money into things like my firearms, knives, gunleather, etc. I see those things as an investment.
