Some price increases are inevitable

Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist ,

As others have said, thank you for being open about your rising costs and price increases. I'm sure your loyal customers understand, and new ones will continue to be attracted to the performance and quality of your knives, along with excellent service.

One sure way to lose customers is to lower your quality, which one of your competitors has done with crappy finishes and mediocre edges. Who wants to pay $200-$500 or more for a knife, and the first thing you need to do is sharpen it before you can use it. Keep your quality high and prices reasonable, and your existing customers will keep buying and so will new ones. Keep up the good work!

Thinking about finishes, I was surprised and happy to open my BFK package and find the satin finish – it looks nice!

Gene
 
I could care less if he quadrupled his prices, the reality is no one out there is putting out the quality that he does and I’ve been all over the high end market and nothing comes even close to what Nathan and his team are doing so I don’t even waste my time with any other brands anymore. I think the customers from the beginning should feel grateful that they got the deals and prices that they did back 5-7 years ago but (as all things do) economies and markets change. We also cannot walk into a burger shop and get a burger, fries and milkshake for 15 cents anymore either. If it takes price increases to continue the quality that you get from the Carothers team then so be it. I personally don’t think Nate owes me or anyone else an explanation for anything he does with his business but I think it also shows how much he cares about his customers and fan base and that’s quite rare in these times. All I know is I’m a fan for life and I’ll keep buying no matter what because nothing makes you feel the way a Carothers Performance knife (or sword) does when you put it in your hand and use it.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Some price increases are inevitable.

Nate
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I’m never buying anything from you ever again.

#ripoff



I don’t understand why you cant just continue to hemorrhage money, keeping your family destitute, constant poverty so your forumites can enjoy knives. Selfish bastard.


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Nathan, I wouldn't worry about folks like Matt Gregory. Last I heard, he was in hiding somewhere near the Yukon spending his time equally between flint knapping, making bannock, and tik tok. Raising prices will also ensure you have the resources to enjoy a place at the gala among customers from good families.
 
In a world in which folks are buying and selling second-hand factory made slipjoints made, by the hundreds, with cheap 1095 steel, for $300 and more on the regular, I'm kind of thinking that an extremely well designed and made 6 inch utility fighter in Δ3V with a nice sheath and customizable handle options for $350 is a screaming deal.
 
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