Monthlyknifeclub.com?

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Anyone have any experience with this company? They advertise an "Onyx" package where they claim that you receive a $149 - $250 knife with a monthly $105 subscription.

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I'm curious as to what people have received or if anyone has even signed up for this. A $105 subscription to anything is pretty expensive...
 
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Every knife box club I have looked at and watched youtubers receive has generally fallen into the category of disappointment.
 
Those prices are probably based off MSRP prices.

Example : Spyderco Assist is MSRP of $150 but actually sells for less than $85. It is currently on sale for $75 at Knifecenter.

I think you'd be a lot better off spending money on something you will like. I don't find these things to be worth the money most of the time except for Busse grab bags where you can easily atleast make your money back.
 
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Just looking over their website, They will send you knives of their choosing and they are dealing with Chinese brands, Gerber, China Kershaw and Spyderco.

I'm seeing it as a way to dump economy line "brand name" knives on people. I would bet that for every Spyderco you receive, you will get 11 (not models that you would've picked) Kizers, "Smith & Wesson", etc.

Save your money and buy the knives and models that YOU want to try from reputable dealers!:thumbsup:
 
Pay $105+sh for 1-3 knives each month ranging in value from $149-250. So, even if I was guaranteed three knives I'd want in that range (let's say a Case, an Ontario Rat and a Kabar) I certainly wouldn't want that every month. The sales pitch itself sucks. And you're probably gettin Besr Grylls Gerberd instead.

Even if your desire was to turn profit on the knives instead of use/display them, I doubt you'd come out on top regardless.
 
I would rather join the Jelly of the Month Club and pick my own knives.

Surprise me with jam, beer, cigars.... whatever, not NOS knives that nobody wants.
 
I agree with those who say this is not a good deal. Save your money and pick out your own knives. Search for the best deal from reputable dealers, or right here on the Exchange. I buy most of my knives here on the Exchange and I've never had a problem.
 
BadComrade said:
Hm, thats a shame. If someone could get it right, I think that would be a pretty cool program.
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It's a nice idea. But it's pretty much impossible to pull off. Since you have to sell "crap" to be profitable, how would it work if you send out knives every month that are cheaper than anywhere else? Volume. And the only people who sell knives in big volume are the large retailers.
So the only way it would work is if it was done by a big knife store who uses it as a way to get rid of overstock/items that are collecting dust. The problem with that then is the internet community who'd ruin their reputation in a heart beat as soon they get a knife they don't like.
Imagine this: The Knife Shop Grab Bag Extravaganza™, you subscribe for 6 Months, you pay 150$ a month and are guaranteed 1200$ value, on paper that's a 300$ win for you. You end up the first month with a a 220$ ZT0220, nice, already in the green, then the next month you get a CRKT Homefront for 100$, YOU might think, okay fair enough, but somebody is gonna gripe right away, complain publically. The next month another person gets a 120$ for their 150$ and won't consider possibly getting another 180$ knife the next month. It's too much of a hassle for anybody who COULD pull it off.
My two cents. (Of course it'd be nice to get expensive knives for cheap.)
 
Thanks for all the input. I guess these subscription services would be difficult to pull off in the knife world... A friend of mine uses a wristwatch version of these and most of the time he's happy... pays a lot for it though.
 
That 105 a month comes to, well, I'm sure you can do that math, and if you just save that much each month you can have one premium knife (or two, or three, depending on your definition of premium). To me that's a lot better than a drawer full of junky knives.
 
They can be decent for people starting out wanting to experience many knives and after a year maybe you cancel and you have a pile of knives of varying quality that you can gift, trade, or sell.
 
I wouldn't call it a scam, but it's still a pretty good way to waste your money. This business model is currently popular with watches, where there is LOTS of space in the retail profit margins for batch resellers like this to whittle down the price. Basically, these subscription companies buy from manufacturers/distributors already knowing how many watches they're going to sell (from the number of people subscribed). The prices are lower because they don't have to invest in inventory (Well, that and they're comparing their prices to MSRP, which are grossly inflated anyway). Maybe they're not even shipping the watches themselves.

Unfortunately, this means that 1.) they're not always picking great products because they don't have to curate a solid inventory like a good retail store; and 2.) customers can't choose what they get. These subscriptions are for people who like unwrapping gifts to themselves every month, not people who like knives/watches/whatever.
 
PirateSeulb said:
They can be decent for people starting out wanting to experience many knives and after a year maybe you cancel and you have a pile of knives of varying quality that you can gift, trade, or sell.
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Getting a bunch of random, crappy knives sent to you just doesn't seem like the best way to learn about knives.

Heck, if that was the case you could just order one of them late night gajillion knife packages and become a knife genius!
 
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