Are knife sales slow because Blade Show just happened?

Wait and see. Unemployment rates lag the economic indicators in a recession and the government's unemployment figures are considered suspect. You cannot tell that you are in a recession until 6-12 months after it actually starts. The numbers are turning.

A few businesses doing well does not mean that things are turning. I know businesses that did very well in 2008, 2009, 2010, so does that mean that there was no recession??
 
The sales at my workplace are high. I've noticed some of the stock market pulling back and commodities like gold or consumer staple stocks getting a boost. I think people are getting nervous. IMO cash is king right now. I've tried to cut back on my knife spending to invest in some ammo and build another AR.
 
I haven't noticed knife sales going down but it seems to me that prices for the items I watch have been going up significantly. And a lot of them are still selling at the higher prices.
 
I wish I would have started buying knives this year, starting will all the cash I have spent on them through the year, I would have saved a bundle! Customs are so much cheaper right now like someone said on here. Seems like production knives are ever increasing though! Me and my families business took a hard hit in 2008, lost money in stocks too, but now it is doing great, a fairly steady increase since '09.
 
I am a bay junkie and I try to stay under 15 bucks with shipping the Rest I get in local stores .
 
I've noticed the slow down too. The price of knives is the reason why I have slowed way down. The more they cost, the pickier I get on my purchases. Another reason I'm more cautious is that since knives cost so much, I a leery of buying them for fear of not liking the feel, fit etc. Having a brick and mortar store would fix that. For 600.00 I have a lot more itches to scratch.
 
Super steels from Spyderco,Benchmade ,Kershaw ,etc...for under 200 and in some cases under 150 is what is happening,really the market is glutted....i am passing up knives now that afew years ago i would have gladly paid double
 
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