Need Speech Help

[Ricky D. Finch]

Hi
I'm going to do a persuasive speech for my class, I'm doing it on "Why you should buy a custom knife". I need some other's views on this. Any help?

Thanks

 

[galadduin]

Hi
I'm going to do a persuasive speech for my class, I'm doing it on "Why you should buy a custom knife". I need some other's views on this. Any help?

Thanks

That is why I began to make my own knives. The production knife has no soul IMHO, also performance wise, custom made knife is designed for the customers usage, grip, habbits and liking. I made a couple of knives for kitchen use. The users were not handled any custom made before and they were suprised by how a knife would cut and perform that way. If a knife is heat treated and designed properly also furbished nicely, it is not comparable with a production stuff. A simple filework or a mosaic pin would be attractive enough but the cutting performance and wear resistance aligned to the intended use makes the difference. That is why I make custom knives; I like to see the suprised users handling my knives. And thats why they sould buy my knives .

Best wishes
EMRE KIPMEN

 

[Joe Cabaup]

How can I phrase this properly?

I'd stay away from subjective arguements that a production knife has no soul. Instead use these objective or measurable points:

1. Custom knives have better quality control and use the strive towards excellence by Ed Fowler, Bill Burke and Jim Fikes (currently in this month's Blade magazine). This means one custom knife will outlast several Wal-Mart knives when used on a regular basis.

2. Custom knives can be collectible as each one is unique in style and the value usually does not go down. A Wal-Mart knife will never be worth more than you paid for it (well, maybe the Schrades will be)

3. Serious users like chefs, timber framers, butchers, carpenters, hunting guides, riggers or any one else that would use a blade or chisel on a regular basis know that an efficient cutting edge is safer and less time consuming. While a butcher may not have a custom Goddard knife, he or she will have a knife like a Forschner that was designed for the job at hand. The Forschner may be a factory knife now but it was at one time built as a custom knife.

Again, these are my own thoughts

Good luck

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

If you can lay your hands on a copy of the Bill Moran book,"Master of the Forge",it has his old price sheets.They start with,"Why you should buy a custom knife."Maybe a search on the web will turn up the same info.Try"why buy a custom(forged) knife"