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Comparing Mini SOCOM & Wegner Jr......
- Thread starter shivey
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It's being derailed for lack of sales. Spyderco has a huge lineup and from time to time they need to cull the slower specimen's from the herd to make room for newer and hopefully better things.
Stick around.
If there is one thing Spyderco does right, it is finding newer and better products to throw at us that sucks the money from our wallets and purses and plants big smilies on our faces!
As for why is the MT mini more expensive than the Wegner Jr.?
Because people are willing to pay more for it, of course!
Really, I think it has to do with more attention to detail, closer tolerances, semi-custom manufacture process and so on. But don't quote me on that as I really don't know, I'm going by what I've read in the past.
The Spydie is just as good IMHO, and for less $$ to boot!
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Stick around.
If there is one thing Spyderco does right, it is finding newer and better products to throw at us that sucks the money from our wallets and purses and plants big smilies on our faces!
As for why is the MT mini more expensive than the Wegner Jr.?
Because people are willing to pay more for it, of course!
Really, I think it has to do with more attention to detail, closer tolerances, semi-custom manufacture process and so on. But don't quote me on that as I really don't know, I'm going by what I've read in the past.
The Spydie is just as good IMHO, and for less $$ to boot!
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It obviously isn't one of their best models. For a company, good models are the ones they make money on. It can be a very good knife to use, but perhaps it's not easy to get people to pay enough for it to make it a profitable model.
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Urban Fredriksson
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I think the profit margins and sales were low. Also, there are so many Spyderco models that its hard for dealers to stock the whole line.
The fit and finish of both knives are excellent. Probably the Microtech has the edge here. Both have great blades. Microtechs blade is coated which adds to the cost. Design wise only the Wegner Jr has a great handle. The Mini Socom's handle sucks. Cost wise Microtechs Aluminum / Kraton probably costs more to manufacture.
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Roger Blake
The fit and finish of both knives are excellent. Probably the Microtech has the edge here. Both have great blades. Microtechs blade is coated which adds to the cost. Design wise only the Wegner Jr has a great handle. The Mini Socom's handle sucks. Cost wise Microtechs Aluminum / Kraton probably costs more to manufacture.
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Roger Blake
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I read on a thread that Bladetech had advertised discounted Wegner jrs. so heavily that many store owners were complaining they could not sell them. Check the Spyderco Forum for that info.
As for the Mini Socom vs. the Wegner, I see them as completely different. The Wegner is a great utility knife/small skinner. The Mini Socom is a little tactical knife that can be used for utility. There are some construction differences that account for price. The Mini is all aluminum and its liner is titanium. The Wegner is G-10 and steel. The rest of the price difference is due to name and Microtech being a smaller company IMO.
As for the Mini Socom vs. the Wegner, I see them as completely different. The Wegner is a great utility knife/small skinner. The Mini Socom is a little tactical knife that can be used for utility. There are some construction differences that account for price. The Mini is all aluminum and its liner is titanium. The Wegner is G-10 and steel. The rest of the price difference is due to name and Microtech being a smaller company IMO.
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cut finger is as close to the truth as anyone. It was a marketing/distribution mess-up that led to a lack of retail orders, not retail sales.
Blade Tech still has a good supply of the little Wegners, in both plain and p/s.
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Blade Tech still has a good supply of the little Wegners, in both plain and p/s.
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The Wegner Jr. may be an example of the sort of thing that can happen when price competition among dealers takes reduces profit margins.
When I'm the customer, I love low profit margins!
When I'm the dealer, the lower the margin, the more volume it takes to make money by stocking any given product, and so lower margins will mean I can afford to stock fewer SKU's. Having a distributor one or two days away by UPS can compensate to some degree, but not completely.
Life is full of compromises. In law we temper justice with mercy. In steel we temper hardness with resilience. So it is in the marketplace with choice and value.
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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When I'm the customer, I love low profit margins!
When I'm the dealer, the lower the margin, the more volume it takes to make money by stocking any given product, and so lower margins will mean I can afford to stock fewer SKU's. Having a distributor one or two days away by UPS can compensate to some degree, but not completely.
Life is full of compromises. In law we temper justice with mercy. In steel we temper hardness with resilience. So it is in the marketplace with choice and value.
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001