Seeing Knife Prices Increase

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Just wondering what people's thoughts are on the cause of the rise in prices? I know inflation may be a small factor, but shouldn't be as high as we've seen. I deal work with tech stuff as a hobby and remember the PC parts market from 2020-2021. I also think about Shoes and other heavily resold/scalped items. They all seem to follow a trend. When scalping gets to be profitable enough for people to live on or so many people are doing it companies look at that as money on the table. We're seeing not only manufacturers raising prices but companies doing the same. I recently saw Eknives selling a Microtech for $200 over standard Table, same with an ATCF from USN. I've been worried this would happen for awhile and have been predicting it would happen when knives sell out in seconds and the bulk end up on Ebay. Just curious what others think is driving the increase.
 
Man, I think this is a multi-faceted and complex thing. The Coof pandemic revealed and exaggerated a whole lot of things.


First, a lot of industries are just now recovering/re-adjusting to the post pandemic World. Right now, the cost(s) of EVERY SINGLE COMMODITY, including steel, is elevated/inflated. Companies are paying more and therefore charging more.

Second, the pandemic really brought to light the willingness to work of the last two generations (*Millenials and Z'ers), the bulk of our workforce. I'm an X'er who was raised by two members of "The Silent Generation". My Parents were more than happy to be employed at ANY job, and didn't mind putting their noses to the grindstone to keep those jobs, doing whatever it took to do so. When they first got married, BOTH my Parents had two jobs to meet the bills. Hell, my Dad was working seven days a week at that time. They instilled that same work ethic in me. My first "career"-type gig had me working 40-60 hours a week and carrying a pager (*and later a cell phone) for when I wasn't at the office. Let's be honest, the current generations are pretty soft by comparison, and just not willing to make the sacrifices.

Third, and alluding to the above, knife making is a "skill". Many companies take weeks/months to train new employees, only to lose those employees and have to start the process over again. That cycle equates to costs. Afterall, "Time is money."

I'm neither an "Economics" graduate, nor an MBA. However, I'm smart enough to know that 2+2=4. I'm sure there are many more aspects to this issue and have only mentioned a few.



*I live in South Texas. There has been a Family-owned restaurant business, in this area, for as long as I can remember. All these years, their Business has had the highest standards, been known for their hard work standards and incredible benefits, and tried to attract the best-of-the-best. Since the pandemic, I have seen their Customer Service/quality/reputation decline. Their employees use to be clean-cut and sharply dressed. Now, many of them have Kool-Aid in their hair and look like a soup sandwich. The other day, I saw a sign, on one of their restaurants, advertising benefits included after a 25-hour work week. All of this stuff is raising the costs on goods and services, and $h!T rolls downhill to the end consumer.
 
Anyone who has the ability to do proper research on the fraudulent system we live in should be able to work it out. For what it's worth I've an MBA and post grad economics research etc...

I won't go into detail re the world wide lockdowns as some may call me a nutter🤣

But the printing of "debt notes" (one cause of inflation) and the effects on supply chains etc... over the last 2 years, fuel/energy increases and numerous other factors would have caussd an increase in raw materials and production costs.
 
Inflation of course, but I think the supply chain problems would make it difficult to get materials and the time frames for delivery all Impacts production as well as distribution. I have seen price increases in models I like to view, I have seen the Benchmade Proper go from about 127.00 to about 147.00 now.
 
In before the lock-

But also, yes- knives and everything I seem to care about is way up. The world has lost it’s damned mind.

Upshot? Most of us are still clothed, fed and sheltered.
 
if groceries gas and cars are up by a huge amount from last year, then it follows that knives will be as well
 
Mannlicher said:
if groceries gas and cars are up by a huge amount from last year, then it follows that knives will be as well
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Yeah- so much this. If the essentials are up, you better believe non-essential goods will be too.
 
If you've been in the game long enough, you've seen knife prices go up regardless of what else is happening in the world at any given time. Nothing new. This is a hobby after all. If you actually only satisfy basic cutting needs, your cost per cut hasn't gone up anywhere near to the degree we see in our luxury cutlery. In fact, I know of more than a few members here that could, and probably will annoyingly argue that high quality cutting tools are at their best prices in history. Think of all the budget imports with not so budget qualities like blade steel, QC, fit/finish, technology like bearings and different locks, etc...
 
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