Begg Bodega: Why is everyone selling em?

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I saw Todd's new Bodega flipper at the Blade show, and it seemed like a decent knife. So why is everyone selling them? Seems like they're everywhere. I thought this was suppose to the Begg "grail" knife to get? I was really thinking of picking one up, but with so many on the market I'm hoping the prices will come down closer to the makers asking price.
 
It's basic economics I reckon....supply and demand and the hope/idea to make a profit.

Marcel
 
I understand the whole profit thing. But even so, it's like everyone is trying to sell. I hope it's a good using flipper. Anyone had field/EDC time with this?
 
Check the USN forum. There is a long thread about using the knife. I suspect people are selling because the knife is a mid tech and goes for around $1200 to $1400 on the secondary market.
 
I'll speculate that this knife is purchased at an intention for collection OR profit. Although I'm sure it would work HARD, it's built with a lot of decoration and extraneous machining, therefore it's simply a LOT of money to chance using it for 'field' use.

It's following a natural cycle: buzz, desire, acquisition, and potential return.

Others would scoff, but I'd never open a cardbord box with it, although I'd LOVE to own one. Losing 30-40% value upon use isn't so hard when it's a $400 knife. A $1000 knife starts to change that outlook.

And if you don't need or use a $1000 collector's knife, then you consider moving it.

Good opportunity for you when the smoke clears. Good for Todd that these are in the buzz.

Coop
 
I have EDCd a Begg CIGG for several years now. It is a great knife! The flipper action on mine is as fast as many autos. I doubt they are being sold for any reason other than to make a few $$$. Todd's work is top notch :)
 
We are going to be working on a video to demonstrate the handwork and tedious duties that are required to make a Bodega. Just recently we did a calculation that it takes 48 man hours to make one Bodega. Now of course we are working on that to get streamlined to bring those numbers down since it has only been a year with men in training, but that's just a fact. The only thing that is outsourced is the Blade grind, which is hand done by the way not CNC ground. They were at first but that has changed. We send out to heat treat and double disk grind. Now of course we are sending out for Cerakote and laser after coating but that's it. We make everything and these part's don't just fall out of a mill, every one of these knives has tons of handwork to be done. The mill ruffs the shape, but our guys do the rest. Only two guys can do this and only one guy can do some of the shaping for the new pierced titanium inlays, which are all hand shaped to fit seamlessly. Antonio was trained by Todd for one year and is the only dude there who can pull this off. This has only been possible with the strict training and supervision of Todd and the natural ability of Antonio. If he didn't have it, Todd would not have spent the time it took to make this possible. These designs are very difficult to produce due to the fact that they are full of organic free flowing radius lines, which all have to be gone over and hand shaped to perfection. If not it doesn't pass the inspection, period!!! We are committed to giving people knives that are as close to a Todd Begg custom as possible. Now of course if you want a hand satin finished frame or a mirror polished frame or a hand satin finished blade or a hand ground blade by Todd's own hands or a hand shaped from square to radius and lots of amenities from Todd's own hands then you are talking custom and a 6 year wait time. Who has time to wait 6 years? lot's of people don't, thats why we are making these,to fill the vacuum of that crowd who always wanted one of Todd's custom knives but didn't have the change or the patience to go the distance or just want one to hold them over. Yes a custom has what they like to call a soul but don't think Todd's soul isn't in each one of these knives, because he sweat blood and tears to make this possible and the few guys we have that Todd has leveraged himself with are passionate about following Todd's lead. "DNC" Damn near custom!
 
I've been wanting one for a long time now and placed an order this weekend, expecting it to show up tomorrow. I must say it is expensive for a mid-tech, but if the knife looks as good in person as it does in pictures/videos I would say it's well worth the price.

As somebody already mentioned, I think those who purchased this knife thinks it's way too expensive to carry/use, and they can flip it for a small profit so perhaps that's why there are so many for sale.
 
The Logical One said:
I've been wanting one for a long time now and placed an order this weekend, expecting it to show up tomorrow. I must say it is expensive for a mid-tech, but if the knife looks as good in person as it does in pictures/videos I would say it's well worth
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They are well worth the price. You will be more than happy, you will be thrilled.
 
Begg Bodega: why is everyone selling em?

Buy 'em while you can. At some point Todd will move on to another model/design. Or he will simply stop making 'em. IMO, the Bodega folder is unique to itself that is becoming a bench mark. Knife enthusiasts old and new will continue to enjoy it for many years to come. Doesn't matter to me if its a full custom or a damn near custom as long as its a Begg knife.


Cheers.
 
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Seven1Niner said:
Begg Bodega: why is everyone selling em?

Buy 'em while you can. At some point Todd will move on to another model/design. Or he will simply stop making 'em. IMO, the Bodega folder is unique to itself that is becoming a bench mark. Knife enthusiasts old and new will continue to enjoy it for many years to come. Doesn't matter to me if its a full custom or a damn near custom as long as its a Begg knife.


Cheers.
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Thank you guys for your kind words we do really appreciate your support and you are right we don't have much blades left for these Bodega's and we will stop making them soon because we have limited amount of mills to make these knives.We can really only work on one design at a time, so it is possible we start going down that road where we get on other designs and who knows when we can revisit a design again, if at all. This knife is going to be featured on our new reality show we have coming out on the largest internationally syndicated television network in the world (undisclosed for now until announced). This knife gets a lot of play on one of the episodes, which in turn will make these Bodegas gain a whole new level of exposure and we all know what that does for a product, none the less we all know this knife stands on it's own with or without a tv show,I will just be so happy for the few people who hold one in their hands and plan to keep it there. Everyone in the knife world can say we already know, you guys are late to the party good luck getting one.

Seven1niner very good insight on this, you pretty much hit it on the head.
 
Seems there's cycles and have you ever noticed when you look at a type of car suddenly you see them everywhere- they were always there you just never noticed.

Seems like there was a slew of JW Smith knives for sale 9 months ago on the secondary market then there was nothing.
 
The Bodega is a great knife in every aspect, from design to execution. People are selling because of the lunacy the secondary market has become.
 
blackend said:
I saw Todd's new Bodega flipper at the Blade show, and it seemed like a decent knife. So why is everyone selling them? Seems like they're everywhere. I thought this was suppose to the Begg "grail" knife to get? I was really thinking of picking one up, but with so many on the market I'm hoping the prices will come down closer to the makers asking price.
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It is simple supply and demand. From what I understand, there is a ton of manhours needed for the bodega and he is very far away from meeting is supply with the demand.
To boot, the secondary knife market is beyond crazy because there are so many people that are willing to pay double and triple of what the knife is actually worth. Therefore, there are many people willing to buy up all the knives they can just so they can dump them on the market to make money. I personally detest the practice because the practice puts those blades that much further out of reach from those that actually want it. But hey, that's capitalism for you.

In this hobby it seems that you have two options: be the early bird or be a vulture.
I have had other hobbies where this is the case and I was very good at being the early bird, but it was also much cheaper than knives
 
The cow said:
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And....you are both A Cow and late to the party....which makes you DINNER!:mad:

The knives are in demand and hard to produce, and still in greater demand than they are to produce....thusly, a good investment on the primary market.

Best Regards,


STeven Garsson
 
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