can you specify your question?
you’re asking a very generic question. Steel, grind, F&F.... there’s so much you can or could be talking about.
a CCK is a decent knife, a good one with some tweaking. But you can get one that is similar to it for $15... I think the CCK is overpriced, even though it’s relatively cheap.
performance is a tricky beast. If you’re just looking for a well performing knife, there’s no need to Spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars. A $600 knife often doesn’t perform significantly better than a $150 knife, and a $4000 doesn’t perform significantly better than either one....
i am sure you understand there’s more to buying and collecting knives than performance. I mean, you’ve been around this forum, right?