Knife PACKAGING

I keep all of the packaging for possible sale of my knives later. But to date, I ve never sold a knife. (Though I ve given a few to friends and family.)
Maybe one day I ll sell all but a few knives and take a short cheap vacation with the proceeds.
More likely they ll end up in a yard sale after I m gone. ;)
 
If they can manage it in enough wrap to survive a trip across continents, I'm game, but I can appreciate the extra goodies that some brands/models have.

I also love that brand new item smell, be the knife or the stuff inside the box, I will take a long and hard sniff until lung capacity :rolleyes:
 
Take civivi for example they give you a nice box, an elementum sticker, a knife sleeve (i think) a eyeglass cleaner cloth, all which is tied into the purchase price. The first civivi i got i kept the cloth for blade polishing and threw the rest away.
White river knives gives you a sliding wooden box with a certificate. Rosecraft knoves gives you something similar to civivi but without the sticker and cloth.
I ordered a couple Jack Wolf knives and based off the reviews on YT i know how much ex..tras are headed my way...Its all unnecessary IMO
 
Tsujigiri said:
I do like nice packaging and when they include a soft pouch, then I can throw an extra knife in my backpack and not worry about it getting scratched. Rike, We, Custom Knife Factory, the Case x Tony Bose annuals, and a few others throw in a soft case. Benchmade's Gold Class has really nice packaging but it takes a lot of space. My Forever Steel Rebelship came with an acrylic display case that isn't too bulky, another highlight. Protech might have some of the most practical packaging, it's compact and stackable but comes with a microfiber bag. I also really like the Rough Rider Reserve ones, they use a more durable metal tube but have an outer cardboard box so you can stack them.
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I like the Oz soft pouch best, I think. It is less bulky than a padded zipper case, sometimes has nifty fabric, and is perfect for stowing a knife without risking any damage in a larger box, bag, or tote. The microfiber bag isn't awful, but there's no padding or real protection for the knife.

I think it's interesting that so many people dislike essentially any packaging.

Since someone mentioned CPK, I also like their packaging because all their packaging is disposable but very nice for mailing other knives in. My collection comes and goes a lot, so it's nice to have long open-ended plastic that you can waterproof fixed blades in by tying off the end. I often keep a box of packing paper I've received, convenient box sizes, and other things to reuse the next time I mail a knife.
 
Medieval Peasant said:
If I’m spending $500 or more, I expect nice packaging to be included in the cost. It shows that the company cares about presentation.

I also get that some people don’t care about presentation and just want to stick the knife in their pocket and move on with their life. Nothing wrong with that either.
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knifeinanukefight said:
A ziplock bag would be fine with me, I hate how much space the boxes take up (and yet you have to keep them all just in case you want to resell). But knife companies be like:

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MachineWise does 3D-printed screw-apart polymer boxes that the knife and all their accessories literally snap into place in. It's not the worst, because it's not a bulky design. My main thing is the bulk. I want it to protect the knife so I can store it stacked on top of a bunch of other knives, but I want the stacking to be space-efficient and the packaging to actually protect the knife.
 
Recently opened a Cold Steel FM-1 and I cannot stress how nice it was to open a decent PM steel blade Ti handle knife and all it had was a bag in a small cardboard box. No stickers, papers, born on date, wipey rag, candy, spare parts, cloth sack, zipper case, mesh dingle, or otherwise dumpster bait. At one point I had a full tote bin of that stuff.

I kept all the Case little cardboard boxes thinking if I ever sold or gave them away I would put them back together. At this point that would be a nearly hopeless match up.

Side note, I don't care for manufacturers having different packaging for different vendors. I've bought Benchmade and Demko and thought I was being ripped off because a different vendor shipped in a completely different packaging. Very weird to me.
 
My absolute favorite is a COA with birth date. I have collected a number of awesome knives with very important dates to me. It adds quite a bit to the experience.
 
I like a simple zipper pouch, and if it's a custom, then also a little business-card sized certificate listing the knife details and which can live inside the pouch. That's it, nothing else! I don't need a giant Pelican case or a huge wooden box.
 
WedgeAntilles said:
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I have only had two requests ever for this. Both by the same guy. His opinion was I should do it on every knife. I thanked him for his opinion, and explained that just like my knives' ergonomics, geometry, and performance are based on my own preferences, because I care little for such things as fancy packaging, COA, birth date, etc., they are not something I normally do. Knives I make are, engineered for function. But if I am making something extra fancy or involved for someone, I can make up a nice printed info sheet on heavy parchment stock for the knife, which will include a black and white pic of said knife, "birth date", and my handwritten signature. This takes extra time, so I will charge for it of course.

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Otherwise the cost of such a thing is not factored into my work, as a rule.
 
Ordered a CJRB Maximal just because it's DCA's design and I like his videos. Holy packaging junk overkill, Batman. It's a $40 knife that came with all the gobbledygook. I just don't get it. It feels like waste. Or at least for me it all went into the waste bin.
 
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