I got one of these from Smoky Mountain a couple weeks ago and it continues to impress me as well as everybody I show it to. I have a couple of friends at work that I show all new knife purchases to. They are always interested but they always hand it back. They've never broken down and said they had to have one of those. Well, the Harpy has broken through that. First one of them last week decided it was the deal that he was going to take advantage of for a present for a friend. Then today he decided to order another one for himself. Then friend number two decided he couldn't live without one either. I called SMK and they still had some in stock so that's two more on the way to Oklahoma.
These things practically sell themselves! It is small enough that people don't turn off immediately like with my full size Wegner. But it's not a toy like the necklace knife. Some co-workers had kind of liked the BF Native but were put off by both price and the etching on the blade. When they handle the Harpy and hear the price they pull out their credit cards. Tell me again why it is being discontinued? Did knife dealers actually get people to pick one up and open it a few times? I know you couldn't make any money selling them for these closeout prices but maybe something in the middle like $55-60 would be good enough. I will be sorry to see it go but at least a couple of my friends are Spyderco owners now!
These things practically sell themselves! It is small enough that people don't turn off immediately like with my full size Wegner. But it's not a toy like the necklace knife. Some co-workers had kind of liked the BF Native but were put off by both price and the etching on the blade. When they handle the Harpy and hear the price they pull out their credit cards. Tell me again why it is being discontinued? Did knife dealers actually get people to pick one up and open it a few times? I know you couldn't make any money selling them for these closeout prices but maybe something in the middle like $55-60 would be good enough. I will be sorry to see it go but at least a couple of my friends are Spyderco owners now!