Kershaw Ruby

ldc43 said:
It's not a big issue when you are one of lucky ones that was able to place an order. For those of us that got screwed out of an order, we may have a different point of view. Congrats on your purchase though!
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Yeah, you are right but i went into this expecting a crap shoot at best and was not keeping my hopes up. I knew there were only a handful of knives and tons of buyers, issues on the 454 the last go around, a website that is not used to extremely high volumes of concurrent connections among other things told me to expect issues and all types of randoms.

Either way, I hope others were able to get one and hopefully we can see some videos and pics when they come in. It is alot of $$ to spend on a Kershaw but i am trusting that KAI will pull through like they always do on the LEs.
 
I got one! Had to refresh a couple times. the counter went from 152 to 0, the 90 to 0. Somehow one made it into my cart and I was able to check out and got an email shortly after.
 
I managed to get one too. Had a bunch of glitches that didn't register my clicking on the "add to cart". For future reference, middle click on add to cart once every few seconds until it registers and that should make sure your order gets through.


That being said, this knife doesn't seem nearly as popular as the ZT 0454, so I'd expect a lot of them to go up on the secondary market. My super basic economic evaluation says that this knife won't be going for much more than the purchase price after a month or two.
 
Might not be as popular as the 0454 but sold out just as fast and if not faster! And check the completed auctions on eBay. One sold for $1099. I realize that auctions are all over the place but one still sold for that much.
 
Dogwithrabiez said:
My super basic economic evaluation says that this knife won't be going for much more than the purchase price after a month or two.
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I disagree. Look what a ZDP Leek goes for. Or a ZDP Mini Cyclone (3-5x the retail).

This is a winner. NASCAR placard and all.
 
Dogwithrabiez said:
I managed to get one too. Had a bunch of glitches that didn't register my clicking on the "add to cart". For future reference, middle click on add to cart once every few seconds until it registers and that should make sure your order gets through.


That being said, this knife doesn't seem nearly as popular as the ZT 0454, so I'd expect a lot of them to go up on the secondary market. My super basic economic evaluation says that this knife won't be going for much more than the purchase price after a month or two.
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Um, what? Kershaw made a cool $80,000 in about four minutes. Don't forget that as many people as are on this forum, there are plenty of knife collectors who aren't. So, while people here (I was one of 'em) were saying that this knife wasn't for them due to the price, or the design, or whatever, there are a ton of collectors who all tried to snap one up.

I'd say that at this point, Kershaw could make whatever they want, build it in limited numbers and they'll sell every one.
 
J_Curd said:
$80k. (GROSS) is paltry for 200
knives. Overhead sucks.
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I agree. But the overall point I was making is that Kershaw dangled very limited edition fruit and it was all snapped up, nearly immediately. And I'm betting the secondary market will be full of demand for these, and they'll be at prices that reflect that demand.
 
Yep, same here. Went to the site with the clock showing 6:03pm. The Kershaw rep said the last limited edition went in about 7 minutes. So thinking this could in no way go quicker, with the nascar like graphics and blunt tire black flats. :D But nope, even at 6:03pm Stock said 0. I thought I was tripping so I did a refresh 3 or 4 times and still the same. Congrats to those who got lucky :thumbup:
 
cannonball said:
Might not be as popular as the 0454 but sold out just as fast and if not faster! And check the completed auctions on eBay. One sold for $1099. I realize that auctions are all over the place but one still sold for that much.
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Actually, they were listed for $1099, but the "best offer" was enabled. If you click on them, one sold for $750 and the other for $850. Darn, I could have saved some cash if I did a little research before I pilled the trigger on it. But I won't let that get to me when I have this nice LE Kershaw in hand.
 
The reason I say what I did was because basically, anyone who really really wanted the Kershaw Ruby have generally already got it. Out of those people who really want to own a Kershaw Ruby, how many are willing to pay double the price for it at 800? Only a few ZT 0454s went for that price as far as I can tell(roughly 10?). Any that went above double the initial price were the "leaked" ones, like the Kershaw Ruby that went early on ebay. That makes sense, as some people are willing to pay extra money to get it first.

I've been watching the ZT 0454s on ebay and here, and the price has been dropping like a rock. No one will even buy at roughly 800 Buy It Now and even the one listed on bladeforums for 725 isn't selling. There's no lack of sellers at that price point, as I've seen three or four sellers willing to sell at 800 without any buyers to buy them. Simple supply and demand seems to suggest that the cause for this is because there's more supply than demand at the moment, which generally points to prices lowering even farther-- The last ZT 0454 I saw sold was at 675.

So, with all that in mind, I'd just like to point out that I remember the bladeforums ZT 0454 page running up to what, 10+ pages even before the sale happened? This thread's running a paltry 2 compared to that, which indicates a more lukewarm response to the Ruby. I don't think how fast the knife sells out is any indication of its actual market demand, just that people were likely better at pressing F5 this time around.



Are there buyers out there who, like some people state, don't browse bladeforums and the internet and really like Kershaw? I'm sure there are. But the likelyhood of those same people buying off the internet to drive the prices up are fairly low with the same logic. If anyone really is into Kershaw and it's 40th anniversary thing, and is the sort of person who has the inclination to slam down 800 bucks for this limited edition knife, chances are they also knew about the sale and fought for it. Sure, tons of us fought for it at 400... But how many of us are willing to fight for it at 800 or above? Not nearly as many, I'd wager, and a lot less buyers than the number of Rubies that will be going up on the secondary market.


Is this all anecdotal evidence and pulled out of my ass? Oh hell yeah. But being that I know people can't get rid of a knife that is generally polling to be the most popular Kai Limited Edition, I'd say the Ruby has even less of a chance of coming with a high return value.
 
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Dogwithrabiez said:
The reason I say what I did was because basically, anyone who really really wanted the Kershaw Ruby have generally already got it. Out of those people who really want to own a Kershaw Ruby, how many are willing to pay double the price for it at 800? Only a few ZT 0454s went for that price as far as I can tell(roughly 10?). Any that went above double the initial price were the "leaked" ones, like the Kershaw Ruby that went early on ebay. That makes sense, as some people are willing to pay extra money to get it first.

I've been watching the ZT 0454s on ebay and here, and the price has been dropping like a rock. No one will even buy at roughly 800 Buy It Now and even the one listed on bladeforums for 725 isn't selling. There's no lack of sellers at that price point, as I've seen three or four sellers willing to sell at 800 without any buyers to buy them. Simple supply and demand seems to suggest that the cause for this is because there's more supply than demand at the moment, which generally points to prices lowering even farther-- The last ZT 0454 I saw sold was at 675.

So, with all that in mind, I'd just like to point out that I remember the bladeforums ZT 0454 page running up to what, 10+ pages even before the sale happened? This thread's running a paltry 2 compared to that, which indicates a more lukewarm response to the Ruby. I don't think how fast the knife sells out is any indication of its actual market demand, just that people were likely better at pressing F5 this time around.



Are there buyers out there who, like some people state, don't browse bladeforums and the internet and really like Kershaw? I'm sure there are. But the likelyhood of those same people buying off the internet to drive the prices up are fairly low with the same logic. If anyone really is into Kershaw and it's 40th anniversary thing, and is the sort of person who has the inclination to slam down 800 bucks for this limited edition knife, chances are they also knew about the sale and fought for it. Sure, tons of us fought for it at 400... But how many of us are willing to fight for it at 800 or above? Not nearly as many, I'd wager, and a lot less buyers than the number of Rubies that will be going up on the secondary market.


Is this all anecdotal evidence and pulled out of my ass? Oh hell yeah. But being that I know people can't get rid of a knife that is generally polling to be the most popular Kai Limited Edition, I'd say the Ruby has even less of a chance of coming with a high return value.
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I have to agree. :thumbup:
 
The supply will dry up within the next quarter...then the prices will go the way of the 0600, Tilt, 3600, and 0777....always does.
 
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