Had fun at the Kershaw sale yet again!

[Yalius]

Because of the material and labor costs in ZT components the economics are somewhat different, a 3d machined carbon fiber handle might cost 3-4 dollars in material and 10 dollars in machine time and labor to process it into a finished handle, the cost of assembly labor is marginal compared to upstream costs, so reworking ZTs makes sense instead of selling the knife for just above cost in the warehouse sale.

If Kai was in the business of selling knives for really good deals just because customers asked for really good deals, they wouldn't be in business very long. Even at normal street prices ZT knives are a pretty good value, of course I'd like to get one cheaper, but paying a fair price is better than not being able to get ZT knives at any cost.

I got a chance to speak to Thomas Welk, the director of marketing for KAI USA on Friday. He said that any blemished ZTs would be destroyed rather than sold as blems or rebuilt. He said they decided to do so in order to avoid diluting the brand name.