Could Glock make/sell a top performing large Bowie for $59.99?

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Glock's field knife is more of a bayonet than a dedicated survival knife. Outside of fulfilling military contracts, not so sure they have much interest in knives.
 
Murphjd25 said:
Yes it’s doable! The question is, WHY haven’t they already done this!!??
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Why doesn't Glock do a lot of things? Just look how long it took for them to come out with a .22LR pistol, and once they did, well...

In all seriousness, this would be a fun project for Glock (not that Glock does many of those.) Depending on the costs, I suspect they would sell tens of thousands to their existing fan base alone. Once the knives gained a reputation for value, they'd sell a great deal more.

All that said, the margins would be peanuts compared to firearms. Not too many years ago, it cost Glock less than $70.00 to produce a G17, which sold for more than $500.00
 
glock put in a tender and subsequently
won the contract to supply the
Austrian military's
bayonet tender for it's newly introduced bullpup Steyr AUG
http://www.steyr-mannlicher.com/uploads/media/STM_Produktblatt_AUG_A1_A2_press_01.pdf
there were other very similar looking knives
following the required specs..
glock has been a favorite firearms
brand for the mil/paramilitary market.
and the existing knives today,
happen to fit right in probably because
of its competitive pricing for many of
the world's uniformed personel.
sure they could expand into the purely
commercial knife market but its speculative
to think further. it would be a nice wish though.
 
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if schrade could make one using 7cr17mov for like $27 (at least that is the current price), sure, whynot?
I actually like the blade shape of this one, too bad they use that plastic/fake antler handle...
... also, fwiw, there are many good quality condor blades this size using 1075, tough & great for abusive work
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I don't fully understand this thread. Companies are profit driven. If they don't see interest in the market already to make something, chances are they will not do it.

Glock is well known for their guns, not because of the knives (I own one of the field knives and find very little use for it as it is, essentially, a bayonet). Same thing happens with Spyderco and Benchmade (recently discussed in the GKD), they are well known for their folders... while they have fixed blades (several models), they are folder oriented.

I don't think Glock would be able to make a decent knife (along the lines you describe it) that would sell well. Either it would be non-performer (as a knife) or way too expensive.

Mikel
 
SanLuisObispo said:
Depending on the costs, I suspect they would sell tens of thousands to their existing fan base alone. Once the knives gained a reputation for value, they'd sell a great deal more.
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That's purely conjecture, you would need a market analysis to even begin to look into this. Do you know how many of their other knives they have sold outside of military contracts?
 
SanLuisObispo said:
Why doesn't Glock do a lot of things? Just look how long it took for them to come out with a .22LR pistol, and once they did, well...

In all seriousness, this would be a fun project for Glock (not that Glock does many of those.) Depending on the costs, I suspect they would sell tens of thousands to their existing fan base alone. Once the knives gained a reputation for value, they'd sell a great deal more.

All that said, the margins would be peanuts compared to firearms. Not too many years ago, it cost Glock less than $70.00 to produce a G17, which sold for more than $500.00
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Do you feel this venture would allow them to grow and prosper, and reach a new level of success? Maybe they need some help from GSM?
 
jlauffer said:
Do you feel this venture would allow them to grow and prosper, and reach a new level of success? Maybe they need some help from GSM?
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I think it would be trivial financially in the scheme of things for Glock. But a project like this would garner a lot of goodwill among their fanatics who would flock to buy them. I'm sure Glock could handle this project on their own.
 
MarkN86 said:
Glock's field knife is more of a bayonet than a dedicated survival knife. Outside of fulfilling military contracts, not so sure they have much interest in knives.
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I'd say it's more of a bayonet than any kind of knife, to be honest. It's very tough, seems like an ideal tool for sticking in people or prying open crates, but having owned one I say with confidence that as a knife it's not very good. The geometry is remarkably bad for actually cutting things.
 
unwisefool said:
That's purely conjecture, you would need a market analysis to even begin to look into this. Do you know how many of their other knives they have sold outside of military contracts?
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Nah. Glock began selling firearms 38 years ago. Averaged over those 38 years, they sell nearly 300K firearms/year, possibly more based on European sales. That's 11.4M handguns. I suspect the average Glock owner/user has owned/used 2 or more Glocks, so about 5.7 people have owned/used Glocks. Of those 5.7M, let's say half have passed away ovr the past 38 years. Of the remaining, at least 10% (a very conservative number) are Glock fanatics who would likely already own the Glock field knives and would jump at the chance to buy an inexpensive/high quality Glock Bowie. That's 285K people.

So yeah, they'd sell "tens of thousands" of them at $59.99 if they were high quality and a superb design. Done deal. Once word got out that such a superb knife was available for such an inexpensive price, people who did not know Glock due to their firearms, would begin buying them.
 
Mikel_24 said:
I don't fully understand this thread.
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  1. Glock has long produced high quality field and survival knives (their Feldmesser 78 and 81) that can be commercially purchased today for $29.95/unit in quantities of one. That's a known fact, there's no ambiguity.
  2. Now my question. Let me go cut and paste it so it'll be verbatim:
  3. "Could Glock make/sell a top-performing large Bowie that would sell at retail for $59.99/unit (or less), while realizing a profit margin similar to their classic Feldmesser 78 and 81 field knives, which often sell for $29.99/unit? More specifically could Glock produce/sell a Bowie (with polymer sheath) roughly the size of a Randall 9" Sportsman's Bowie, (made in Austria), using the same materials/heat treat/level of finish Glock already uses on their field knives at a cost that would allow it to be sold at retail for $59.99 (or less) with profit margins similar to what they realize now in the sales of their field knives?
 
SanLuisObispo said:
I think it would be trivial financially in the scheme of things for Glock. But a project like this would garner a lot of goodwill among their fanatics who would flock to buy them. I'm sure Glock could handle this project on their own.
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If they're already fanatics, then I'd reckon Glock doesn't need to bother with your knife.
 
After thinking about it, in the end, given Glock's expertise, buying power, and existing sales channel, they could indeed produce a top-quality large Bowie knife of the same materials as their current field knives that could sell at retail for $59.95/unit, while maintaining their current margins. There would be more metal required/unit, and a bit more grinding. In simplest terms (especially if they could use the existing handles) such a Bowie knife would likely still be cheaper to produce than TWO of their current field/survival units which sell for $29.95/unit. Finis.
 
SanLuisObispo said:
I think it would be trivial financially in the scheme of things for Glock. But a project like this would garner a lot of goodwill among their fanatics who would flock to buy them. I'm sure Glock could handle this project on their own.
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Have you contacted Glock about this? You obviously know a lot on this subject and they could really use your help.

SanLuisObispo said:
  1. Glock has long produced high quality field and survival knives (their Feldmesser 78 and 81) that can be commercially purchased today for $29.95/unit in quantities of one. That's a known fact, there's no ambiguity.
  2. Now my question. Let me go cut and paste it so it'll be verbatim:
  3. "Could Glock make/sell a top-performing large Bowie that would sell at retail for $59.99/unit (or less), while realizing a profit margin similar to their classic Feldmesser 78 and 81 field knives, which often sell for $29.99/unit? More specifically could Glock produce/sell a Bowie (with polymer sheath) roughly the size of a Randall 9" Sportsman's Bowie, (made in Austria), using the same materials/heat treat/level of finish Glock already uses on their field knives at a cost that would allow it to be sold at retail for $59.99 (or less) with profit margins similar to what they realize now in the sales of their field knives?
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You haven't addressed the basic issues with your question needed to make this anywhere near a fruitful discussion. You don't need us to hear yourself talk on the subject, as at this point, that seems your motivation with this thread.
 
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