The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Whether we know it or not, I think our HI collections just went up in value. Supply and demand, and the supply suddenly went down.
The same with Auntie Yangdu's inventory. I'm reluctant to say this, but I hope that she prices her inventory accordingly, for the sake of the Kamis.
How are the Kamis going to find work? I look at the Farmcata longingly, and I think I'd personally be willing to pay $200 for one if I knew that it would give some extra funds to help the Kamis and their families weather the storm. (A little rationalization goes a long way when it comes to HIKV) I'd pay $200, but it might be worth $225 to someone, maybe $250 to someone else...
Maybe some auctions by Yangdu could bring in some extra funds for the Kamis? I know the Farm knives are pretty popular, and so are the ASTKs. I hope she has some in stock. And I hope she gets good prices for her existing stock, whether it's by auction or otherwise.