I agree,but only on the DLC blades blacksteel...if you go with the stainless steel or the Mirrior finish blades prices are reasonable..Even with Step I had the Black steel runners and also Step vsteel(Mirrior)runners the only difference I found was the Blacksteel runners did not show nicks and scratches like the Mirrior runners do,other than that edge life was the same every 3 or 4 games or practices I would re sharpen them..