Are Spyderco boxes PRINTED in China?

I'd like to see the boxes printed here even if it adds a little to the price. I'd pay it to keep fellow American's in a job.
 
As a collector, I would naturally prefer a more robust box. The bubble pack bags do help a bit, but the new boxes still arrived damaged more often than the grey ones did. This is especially true when the knife weighs over 100 grams.

As an old fart, I'd prefer a less gaudy, more refined looking box. Have to agree with u812 and Josh K that the grey one was much classier looking. I also think a robust but "eco-friendly" natural color corrugated box could look classy with a small well designed label.

As a realist, I know I represent the confluence of two very small metrics and, much as it "sucks to be me today" where the packaging is concerned, am sure Sal is doing what works best for Spyderco and its dealers.

Paul
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The Deacon said:
As a collector, I would naturally prefer a more robust box. The bubble pack bags do help a bit, but the new boxes still arrived damaged more often than the grey ones did. This is especially true when the knife weighs over 100 grams.

As an old fart, I'd prefer a less gaudy, more refined looking box. Have to agree with u812 and Josh K that the grey one was much classier looking. I also think a robust but "eco-friendly" natural color corrugated box could look classy with a small well designed label.

As a realist, I know I represent the confluence of two very small metrics and, much as it "sucks to be me today" where the packaging is concerned, am sure Sal is doing what works best for Spyderco and its dealers.

Paul
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Sal mentioned the dealers wanted nicer display boxes, but with the "green/eco" thing being the "thing" now, I would like to see some plain recycled cardboard boxes with a simplistic design.

Dealers can get display mats or cases I think. You could really bring out some vibrant colors and larger designs that you can't fit on a box.

I know what you're saying about the durability. My red boxes get more damaged then the old gray style.
 
GIRLYmann said:
outsourcing printing to China in many instances actually works out cheaper (and this includes the cost of freight it over as well!), when compared to having such material printed domestically...go figure!
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Just GUESSING, but I'd spose that the Chinese boxes go to Seki City, Japan and get shipped over HERE with the knives with Seki paying (or absorbing) the cost.

Like in the Henry Ford (rumor ?)

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/79903.html?1233059301

I also heard that story about the floorboards being made from transmission boxes.
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uh, interesting theory, with only one thing in mind though...packing takes labour and the Japanese (having made nothing from the production of those 3rd party boxes could possibly be subjected to local import laws and tax as well, sounds a messy arrangement?) and could also cost more than having the outsourced boxes shipped in and products individually boxed statesside.

also, consider the book publishing industry, which has for sometime now chosen to have their precious material printed and bound in China. it's the low production cost that keeps drawing interest...
 
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David Lowry said:
Go back to the grey box if it keeps it made in the USA.

I would rather have you send it in a paper lunch bag than have it printed in China.

This also explains why the red paint seems to be showing up on the handles of a lot of the knives I get in the new boxes. At least the knives that don't have a plastic bag blister pack around them.


It's just so hard for me to grasp that it's cheaper to have something printed in China and shipped over here than it is to just have it done here. Wow.
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heh it's a box my friend :)
 
I would prefer to see the boxes say; "NOT MADE in CHINA!" Actually, that is what I would like to see on everything in the stores I shop in.
I go out of my way to buy things that are made in the United States of America. :thumbup:
 
I keep the boxes and the Made in China on the red boxes makes me grind my teeth.
This is a very classy box in my book ^^^
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Maybee cutting down on the Red China ink could save some costs and would make them more economical to produce in the USA?
 
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Hey, I got a bunch of those boxes!

Meh, I'm somewhat of a collector and do keep ALL my knife boxes but all I really care about is quality: Hornady, Spyderco... Great quality. While boxes SHOULD be made here, in the end... It's just the damn box.

Never had red ink or any issues on my knives due to China boxes. I'm sure a vast majority of products we buy have packaging from China and 99.99% of them are ok.... Rip them open with a knife and on they go to the trash(ex. TV boxes etc).
 
Never ever have I thrown away a Spydie box from the first knife to the last knife I have bought and the next one I buy will have a box or I don't buy.! Should be against the law to throw away a Spydie Box ~~ to everybody who throws there Spydie Boxes away ~~ don't -- send them to me as I have a good place for them.!**** TYVM
 
I wish people werent so obsessed with boxes on regular knives. I understand it with CRKs and limited runs.

The only reason I keep any is because people freak out if there isnt one and I decide to sell.
 
Making tiny cardboard boxes isn't exactly high on the list of jobs I'd like to see returned to Americans.:confused: It's just a box! ;)
 
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skyhorse said:
Making tiny cardboard boxes isn't exactly high on the list of jobs I'd like to see returned to Americans.:confused: It's just a box! ;) In the words of the infamous Hildebeast herself. :eek:
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While I do see the sarcasm in your post, when we ask "What difference at this point does it make?" I feel this is how we arrived at the slippery slope that we are descending. :(
 
BradT85 said:
I wish people werent so obsessed with boxes on regular knives. I understand it with CRKs and limited runs.

The only reason I keep any is because people freak out if there isnt one and I decide to sell.
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^ Exactly! Why the obsession over the boxes? Imaging if you kept the boxes in a similar fashion with other things.... Garage heap to the ceiling with empty pop cases, appliance and poptart boxes. That said I wouldn't mind keeping the printing here but I'd still through them away if I knew I'd never sell that knife.
 
skyhorse said:
Making tiny cardboard boxes isn't exactly high on the list of jobs I'd like to see returned to Americans.:confused: It's just a box! ;) In the words of the infamous Hildebeast herself. :eek::barf::barf::barf:
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Take your politics elsewhere,came here to read about knives not politics
 
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