Yep - agreed with Talfuchre. Plus, lets face it. Even though I sort of stray once in a while in general discussion and try to teach the masses of the benefits of custom knives, it almost invariable falls on deaf ears. You get hardly any interest whatsoever by most new knife buyers on the merits of customs. They tend to have the false impressions as follows: every custom has a long wait, high price or unknown quality.
Mark my words, regardless of what we think about the price, most folks will flock to Spyderco's bushcraft model. They are really the only production game in town with their product. Look at the woodland series of choppers - they did fine. In fact, even among W&SS regulars, you know that a few folks will pop in with their latest spydy bushcrafter within weeks of sales. Its new, its hot, its what compulsive knife buyers get off of. I'm just super happy the Spyderco decided to turn its eye towards a market niche that I really like. Good job!
