Does packaging effect your purchase?

Only for gifts. Love the Kizer Clutch and might be a gifting favorite anyway, but the VIP packaging it comes in makes for a great gift presentation.
 
To me ot does not effect my decision to purchase...but..if i I get a knife in very nice packaging I am more likely to purchase again...if they pay that much attention to packaging...to me that shows they pay a lot of attention to everything else...attention to detail shows...I really appreciate nice packaging...lol...I still have almost all of my boxes from all my knives
 
Grasshopperglock said:
If the knife came in a curly maple, velvet lined case. You bet. It's the same with watches. Everyone wants a nice well made box.

It's that first opening. Showcasing the object. It's classy. Gives the buyer an extra-extra.

Then there's cardboard boxes. Like Spyderco and Benchmade. And like it or not. The original box to the knife is always worth something. Because folks like opening things. The presentation.

If Spyderco came in a black walnut case, red felt lining, stainless hinges. If Benchmade came in a Cherry box, green felt, brass hinges. How would feel about it?
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I brought a White River Fillet Knife that comes with a really nice big wood box. I told them to keep it and ship me the knife only. They obliged. The box takes up too much space and I don't need bulky items taking up space.

Unless you have a dust free dry safe a velvet lined wood case is going to require taking care of from time to time. I would hate a big velvet lined case. If it was tiny (this size of the knife) and sealed when closed maybe.

I have found the 3 knife roll up knife storage sleeves that Ryworx supplies to be useful unlike other huge presentation cases that hold only one knife.
 
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Don’t really care about the packaging, but do appreciate cool shit!!
Thought this was pretty cool!
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Monofletch said:
I’m just curious if the way a knife is packaged or what comes with the knife has any effect on your purchase. The reason I ask is I ordered a Vosteed knife and it arrived today. I have never seen a knife so well packaged! It had a sleeve with a tin inside. Inside the tin was a zipper pouch. It came with a cleaning cloth… 2 patches… a decal … information card about the knife. Here is a quick pic. All this for a $50 budget knife!!!

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It made me think about other new knives I have on hand.

Benchmade…..

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Spyderco…..


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And for kicks a Custom Biryukov….

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I have paid A LOT more for a knife that was just a plastic bag in a box. I know the silly extras might not appeal to some, but I like all the goodies!! Does it help are hinder your decision to buy?
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The packaging aesthetics are not what draws me in typically. I own a number of quality pieces that were packaged with little to no extras. That being said, I am always pleased with and impressed by the extras that accompany the quality pieces. Cheaper blade manufacturers will add extras that are just to draw someone in. If the extras are all a person is after, go for it. But I really don't care about the packaging so long as the blade and materials are worth the purchase. My blades, no matter the price, get to see use in the field and in my leisure time. I have spent significant hours using my blade and never really thought much about the impact of the packaging to the purchase. You raised an interesting question.
 
I was looking at the Strider/Medford .75 AR and that looks like it comes in just a bubble wrap bag and a box. Pretty minimalist packaging. But it wouldn’t keep me from buying the knife if I wanted it bad enough. So although I prefer nice presentation and packaging , bare bones packaging wouldn’t prevent me from getting the the knife I want.

I just bought a LionSteel M3 and that was pretty much just a brown cardboard box and a plastic bag containing the knife. And I love that M3.
 
Whiskey-Tango-Whatever . . .

Packaging? Seriously, does the BOX make me want to buy the knife? That is the question?

I b ought a Randall fighter for a pile of money and waited four years for it. It came in a brown cardboard box wrapped up i n paper. After it came, I bought a Chris Reeve Green Beret and paid as much for it as the Randall back then. The DRK came in a nicer cardboard box cushioned in a neoprene(?) zippered pouch with some paper work. If I had bought either or both knives over the counter at a gun showI would have been happy to have carried them home in a plastic bag. I was buying the knives as potential EDC users for a warfighter.

Now, with that said: If I were buying a custom knife as an investment, I would be sure to keep it all together in as-received condition in the box with all packaging and papers. That goes for all other types of collectibles such as fine wrist watches (I watch Antiques Road Show).

I have seen a Limited Edition 50th Anniversary gold plated Hasselblad camera kit (incl lens and acdessories) that was kept in it's factory sealed box . . .the guy shrink-wrapped the receipt and other correspondence with it too. At the collector's meeting we egged him on some to open the box just to prove that there was a camera in it . . .he wouldn't!
 
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