Stupid box rant...

dsutton24 said:
For those of you just discovering that you can store those yellow boxes flat, don't band them together with standard rubber bands. They get brittle and stick to your boxes. Use those ponytail bands with the braided covering. You'll thank me later.
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I keep wondering what else I'm missing that's obvious to everyone else... Seriously, I can't believe I have a bunch of unfolded yellow boxes in my garage. I need to rethink my approach.
 
Not to get on the bad side of the "Folded Box Mafia", but playing devil's advocate, do the yellow boxes hold their 'shape' when unfolded. I ask because boxes add to the re-sale value of almost every collectible sold. If the knife is of high value, would the folded down box (unfolded) in a future sale, be an issue ?

EDIT: for me, if I'm buying a vintage knife, box and paperwork included. Paying a premium, say $400 to $600. If the mint box arrived and it was slanted in shape, obviously folded down at one time, and was not mentioned in the listing, I would be irritated, but I could live with it (maybe).
 
Your Name Goes Here said:
Not to get on the bad side of the "Folded Box Mafia", but playing devil's advocate, do the yellow boxes hold their 'shape' when unfolded. I ask because boxes add to the re-sale value of almost every collectible sold. If the knife is of high value, would the folded down box (unfolded) in a future sale, be an issue ?

EDIT: for me, if I'm buying a vintage knife, box and paperwork included. Paying a premium, say $400 to $600. If the mint box arrived and it was slanted in shape, obviously folded down at one time, and was not mentioned in the listing, I would be irritated, but I could live with it (maybe).
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it can be folded back over and made whole again I've tested one...but maybe my eyes aren't as sensitive to a possible slant..ill admit that.
 
I have sooooo many boxes, and because I am so OSD about keeping everything as mint and as original as humanly possible, I could never fold down the box. I think it would physically hurt me : )
 
dsutton24 dsutton24 I've ranted on this several times before without much response. Here's one of my (re)posts. My favorite boxes are the simple size appropriate 2 piece boxes of yesteryear. Gotta be cheaper than these magnetic boxes with sleeves. Really not a fan of the current flimsy foldable flat boxes either. Won't say how many boxes I have to store because it would result in my being called either a liar or an idiot.

Do not particularly care for the box, you could put 10 knives in it. As someone who has to store (more than) 20 knife boxes it is a real pita. All of these magnetic boxes are just too big for what Buck puts in them. I guess it's simpler for Buck to inventory one size fits all.
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Love it ! "called either a liar or an idiot" - I had to go look at my box storage area because of this thread, just to see how much space I have devoted to empty boxes - I was kinda feeling like an idiot. But I know, when I have sold items, originality always brings a premium.
 
Your Name Goes Here said:
I have sooooo many boxes, and because I am so OSD about keeping everything as mint and as original as humanly possible, I could never fold down the box. I think it would physically hurt me : )
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Those boxes were Almost certainly folded Flat when they were shipped to Buck. I have never seen empty boxes shipped any other way. So I can't See how putting them back to their original state, could hurt their value.

O.B.
 
Old Biker said:
Those boxes were Almost certainly folded Flat when they were shipped to Buck. I have never seen empty boxes shipped any other way. So I can't See how putting them back to their original state, could hurt their value.

O.B.
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Yeah, those are called folding cartons in the packaging world. They go to the customer either unfolded and flat, or 'closed', essentially folded in half with the long edge glued. They're formed into a box by the customer, either by hand or machine.
 
I would guess, this is how the box arrives to buck:

"They're formed into a box by the customer, either by hand or machine."

I only guess they don't arrive as a fully complete folded down box, that is then unfolded.
 
dsutton24 said:
Does anyone like the boxes that Buck is using on some of their knives these days? The boxes I'm currently maligning are those black things with the magnetic catches. I know it's terribly irrational, but those things just annoy the heck out of me. If they're in a slipcase they're hard to get out, they're big, it's hard to figure out where the flap is sometimes, they're big, there's just enough of that corrugated paper confetti to get everywhere, but not enough to actually cushion anything. That stuff is the packaging world's version of parsley. They're hard to store because they're so big, they've got to be expensive, and they're big.

They're big.

I keep boxes, the yellow folding cartons they've used for years are great. Open them. fold them flat, and band a bunch of them together. Easy storage.

I fully realize it's a stupid thing to inflict on others, but I despise these boxes.

So there.
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they are overly large. I like them for BOTM and customs, but the small yellow box is best for 90% of their product.
 
Your Name Goes Here said:
Not to get on the bad side of the "Folded Box Mafia", but playing devil's advocate, do the yellow boxes hold their 'shape' when unfolded. I ask because boxes add to the re-sale value of almost every collectible sold. If the knife is of high value, would the folded down box (unfolded) in a future sale, be an issue ?

EDIT: for me, if I'm buying a vintage knife, box and paperwork included. Paying a premium, say $400 to $600. If the mint box arrived and it was slanted in shape, obviously folded down at one time, and was not mentioned in the listing, I would be irritated, but I could live with it (maybe).
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in fact its harder to keep the black boxes because they do not fold. all boxes start there life folded so as long as you keep them someplace flat and dry, the yellow boxes remain almost perfect forever. The black boxes are glued together and cannot be broken down. My BOTM in august, arrived in a blown out box as a result of its rigidity.
 
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