Don't fear the hipster

FullMetalJackass

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Howdy sharp folks,

I have a growing feeling knives are becoming the new hipster accessory, thanks to the joined efforts of several brands (ZT being the one I think about the most).


People seems to be more and more obsessed about the hype, the social status and the cool factor more than anything else.

I'm afraid the future of knives will be in the line of:

Eco friendly knives
Durable development knives
Fair trade knives
Organic grown knives
Gluten free knives
100% made out of recycled material knives
iKnives (argh!)
....


Am I a delusional hermit, or did someone else noticed a similar trend?
 
It must be hipsters, your average knife guy couldn't possibly like a really high-quality, functional knife that was all gussied up.
 
Well I have cut several times my morning bacon with my Dustar Dimona and the blade didn't melt so... I'm fine with ethnic/religious =)
 
Nobody is interested in the knife that I carry...

ZT's are nice, but the only glitz that has attracted me is Whitty's blue anodizing...
 
Eco friendly knives
Durable development knives
Fair trade knives
100% made out of recycled material knives

^^I don't see how those are bad things?:eek:
 
A) of the very few things I do fear, hipsters don't make the list.
B) I got a feeling quality steel won't go out of style, unless something truly remarkably superior comes along.
 
gastonian said:
Eco friendly knives
Durable development knives
Fair trade knives
100% made out of recycled material knives

^^I don't see how those are bad things?:eek:
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It's not a thread about perceived values here, topic is more about a potential shift of the marketing sales pitch.
 
As a celiac, I'm in on the first run of gluten free knives. Been suffering in silence for years over here....

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This obsession in the knife community with knives becoming the fodder of "hipsters" is so unbelievably overblown. I don't know a single "hipster" who carries a knife, no less an incredibly un-hip Zero Tolerance, and I'm firmly within the demographic that people would call "hip".

Interest derived purely from hype/status symbol/appearance is about as not-hipster as it gets, it's just insecure and needing the validation of strangers on the internet.
 
FullMetalJackass said:
It's not a thread about perceived values here, topic is more about a potential shift of the marketing sales pitch.
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Hipsters don't carry knives; their skinny jeans won't allow them to. ;)

Perhaps you are thinking of lumbersexuals and getting the terms mixed... :D
 
Haven't a clue what hipsters care about-don't know any. And how would an iKnife work exactly? But seriously I get the OPs point. Would not be at all surprised if these cool folk were to glom onto knives as the next fad. One thing against this happening is that big cities where these hipsters congregate (so I'm told. Again, I don't know any;) are not knife friendly places.
 
I was just going to where's a hipster suppose to put a knife in those tiny jeans :confused:
 
20CV, 3V, and K390 are all gluten free, right? Ok, I am good to go!
 
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