The knives I mentioned above are identical to the knives seen in the links posted by Chantry.
Brand names apparently carry a hefty premium. Which makes me wonder if the adage buy the gun not the name also applies to knives, thermos bottles, hip flasks etc.
Of course it does.
Brand names provide, in theory, an advantage for consumers by Indicating a known level of quality.
Brand names provide, in practice, an advantage for vendors by allowing a higher selling price for any given item at any given quality level, when compared to having no recognizable brand on the product.
