I like Kershaw too, a lot of value in their lower cost knives. There are a lot of high value low cost knives added to the market lately. Civivi and CJRB both make some outstanding EDC folders in the $30-50 range.Wow, short thread so far but full of some nice looking blades.
I'm a bit of a blade whore, but I realized a while back that I have a hard time retaining daily carry pocket knives. So after losing a couple nice expensive folders, I switched back to cheapo Kershaw knives. Hurts a lot less when I lose a $30 Kershaw than when I lost my Chris Reeve Sbenza and a couple Benchmade's.