There is a version of the knife hobby where everything costs $200 and has a titanium frame. There is also the version where the job is opening a package, and for that Old Timer still sells four folding knives for less than $30 combined in some cases.
The Heritage Middleman 34OTH is $27.99 and the most interesting of the group: a stockman pattern with three blades — clip point, sheepsfoot and pen — in D2 tool steel, on a gray laminate wood handle with nickel-silver bolsters. Three cutting profiles in one handle, no locking mechanism, backspring tension holding each blade open. The D2 gives it real wear resistance, and it needs the same moisture attention any tool steel does. The detail that makes this lineup coherent is the steel. D2 on a $27.99 stockman is unusual — most traditional patterns at that price use 440A or 7Cr17MoV, which take an edge quickly and lose it just as fast. The slip-joint construction is the real limitation, since backspring tension is what keeps the blade open and a hard twisting cut can close it. Traditional patterns are for controlled cuts, not for leverage.
The 194OT Gunstock Lockblade is $18.99 and takes the opposite approach: one 3.1-inch clip point on a locking frame, 7 inches overall, 2.4 ounces, with sawcut-style scales. It is the knife in this lineup for someone who wants a single blade that will not fold on their fingers during normal cutting. The 18OT Mighty Mite goes smaller still, with a 2-inch clip point, roughly 4.7 to 4.8 inches overall, a handle around 2.8 inches, and a liner lock despite the size. The fourth option in the roundup is a carving-focused set rather than a general-purpose folder.
The honest comparison is against the modern budget tier. A Kizer Swedge at $28.20 gives you a 3.43-inch 9Cr18MoV blade with a flipper and a liner lock in a 3.49-ounce package, and it will out-cut a slip-joint stockman on cardboard every day of the week. What it will not do is give you three blade profiles in one handle or the traditional pattern that has been in production for generations.
For a glove box, a tackle box or a first knife, that is still a legitimate reason to spend $20.