First off, thanks for qualifying here...Perhaps if you would have made sure to mention this in your original reply...Hey, I was simply sharing my uninformed thoughts on the subject.

It seems you took my reply a bit personal here, sorry about that, certainly not my intentions. I'll be sure to be a bit more thorough with my responses in the future so to keep these types of feelings from happening.Those thoughts being based on the information (very little) you provided which was simply speedsafe knives outsell manuals by a large margin. You never mentioned research projects and focus groups. If you had it would have supported your claims with credibility and not just the "because I said so" approach. But to the outsider with no basis for an opinion when you simply state sales figures for your reasoning, then to some outsiders it doesn't make much sense given the production numbers in both categories. If you are going to share information with "outsiders" don't forget to include the information that would help them understand the insiders position. I don't think I was being rude or aggressive in my response but the sarcasm and condescending overtones are always appreciated Thomas. I was simply trying to understand how you came to that conclusion based ONLY on the small amount of information YOU provided. If you have addressed it in the past please have some patience with us laymen as I don't read every response in every thread. And I am sorry I question you or your company. I realize it is very hard for you to swallow anything other that praise or silence. But some of us just aren't built that way and I will do my best to trust you when your post has enough information to make sense and make me informed. I am not a man of faith.
Oh, and one more time, SpeedSafe well outsells manual openers with our brands.
