Makers~How Many Knives?

I try to make 25-35 per year. This should increase as time goes by to a point.

In my opinion there is one factor that would serve to answer Kevin's question. I believe a maker can help the secondary market by pricing his knives properly in the primary market. This allows the room for the original buyer to rearrange his collection without taking too big of a loss, preferably no loss at all.
Lin
 
lwrhea said:
I try to make 25-35 per year. This should increase as time goes by to a point.

In my opinion there is one factor that would serve to answer Kevin's question. I believe a maker can help the secondary market by pricing his knives properly in the primary market. This allows the room for the original buyer to rearrange his collection without taking too big of a loss, preferably no loss at all.
Lin
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Yep, then as the sales increase in the secondary market it well help support sales in the primary market as higher value in the secondary = higher value in the primary market. In addition, as collectors see a maker's good resale value it will entice them to buy new primary market knives.

The short of it is, managed correctly the maker's secondary and primary markets can play off one another to the benefit of the maker.
 
Short of buying back knives on the secondary market the most positive effort a maker can make to support that market is to agressively market himself to raise his profile. The better known he becomes the interest in his work rises and the better the resale value will become.

I would like you to consider a fellow called Picasso, a person who unabashedly promoted himself and his work until his work became well known.
I think that body of work is holding its value fairly well even now.

Marketing to a small select group may, in the short run, be easier and more profitable but will the value of that work hold up?

Mass marketing to the general public not only increases customer base but increases awareness and demand, if the quality is there in the first place.

George
 
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