£55 is not expensive for a knife
There is nothing wrong with folders so long as they are cleaned which is where the rub lies.
A couple of my CRKT M16's have seen the inside of the washing machine and they are fun to strip down and clean from time to time.
However, a fixed plade has no moving parts so..........
I use an EKA swingblade which is superb. It has a std blade but it also has an unzipper which opens up from under the dermis and cuts up under the fur not trhough it like gut hooks.
Easy to clean up and the grip is grippy even when it get "wet".
One knife, two functions and top kit.
I see what everyone says about £10 knives but if we all worked to that, we would not have such a huge diversity of product whatever elelment of the sport you consider...........
I personally, generally..................always buy the best I can afford not necessarily the most expensive. The most expensive isnt always the best.
But £60 EKA Swingbalde V's a £10 Mora..............not a question where my money goes
Just hope I dont loose the beggar now