More etched SS please!

[zenheretic]

I highly doubt that Spyderco cares whether bringing back a model as a sprint run would lower the value of the original, discontinued model. Why would they care about the secondary market? They've already sold the knife and don't benefit from the reselling of the same item. I'm sure there is some prestige that bolsters brand image associated with the collectibility of discontinued models. But, last time I checked they are a business that needs to make a profit like anyone else. If they think a sprint run of an old classic will sell well and generate acceptable margins, I'm sure they would consider it.

Exactly right Slatts. However, Sal has said in the past that sprints will not be exact copies of previous models. He will at least change the blade steel or the handle color for example. Just so the market would not have a new flood of the exact original, thus devalueing the original. It appears Swingshot has taken Sal's stance and extrapolated it to mean that Spyderco goes through some sort of metric to ensure every Sprint run released will not devalue the original through improvements. That of course is impossible and incorrect.

 

[swingshot]

I highly doubt that Spyderco cares whether bringing back a model as a sprint run would lower the value of the original,
discontinued model. Why would they care about the secondary market? They've already sold the knife and don't benefit from the reselling of the same item.
I'm sure there is some prestige that bolsters brand image associated with the collectibility of discontinued models.
But, last time I checked they are a business that needs to make a profit like anyone else.
If they think a sprint run of an old classic will sell well and generate acceptable margins, I'm sure they would consider it.

Why would they care about the secondary market? They've made at least a few knives over the years which are marketed as collectibles.
There is at least some overlap between those who buy and sell on the seconday market and Spyderco's better customers based on sales of current models.
Spyderco have earned a great deal of goodwill over the years, and the odds are they're mindful of that.

You say that a sprint run will bring down secondary values. It may indeed (although a SS model would be heavier and not black, so its not a total sweep.)
Despite my relatively (for me, anyway)
large capital investment in the artificially expensive originals, I still don't give a damn if my investment evaporates overnight if
it means that the world at large can enjoy a superior tool. The Massad Ayoob wasn’t designed to impress idle collectors,
it was designed to save lives, and so I think that withholding much needed improvements on the grounds that it may hurt a secondary market is selfish at best.
Now, if it hurt Sal or Mass’s pockets, that’s a different story.

A Sprint Run certainly wouldn't cause the original Ayoob to become unsalable. Haven't purchased one yet. I've handled the grey one. If a variation were to come about with
a bit more heft i'd welcome it, and it would most likely stop me from considering the older version.

As for selfishness, people who collect discontinued models are selfish sometimes. Me included.

Exactly right Slatts. However, Sal has said in the past that sprints will not be exact copies of previous models.
He will at least change the blade steel or the handle color for example. Just so the market would not have a new flood of the exact original,
thus devalueing the original. It appears Swingshot has taken Sal's stance and extrapolated it to mean that Spyderco goes through some sort of
metric to ensure every Sprint run released will not devalue the original through improvements. That of course is impossible and incorrect.

You didn't say "everyone", but you did infer enough to cause the original to deflate in value.

"Deflate"? "Metric"? Once again, words i did not use.

 

[Hawkbill]

As to the original issue, I'd love to see an etched SS Harpy.

 

[swingshot]

As to the original issue,

You're correct. This thread was derailed. So i'm going to let it lie.

People can take that as (delayed) consideration for other posters here, a sign of indifference, or if they are so inclined an admission of defeat.

Be well, all of you.

 

[stabman]

As to the original issue, I'd love to see an etched SS Harpy.

Me too; that sounds neat.