The 2024 F**** K****?

kamagong said:
Price is pretty steep for this one. I think I'm reaching the point where buying a forum knife is no longer automatic, but must be a well-considered decision.
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Ya got that right Christian kamagong kamagong . Seems a lot of guys/gals/youngsters have gone to buying the GEC name rather than the knife pattern throwing practicality and usefulness out the window.
 
I understand that it’s difficult to buy GEC these past few years. Gone are the days they would sit on the shelf and we all got to choose the one we wanted. And for a long time, GEC lived on this forum and a couple others. I’m not a social media person myself, but that seems to be where all the hype started.
New people are supporting the traditional category and I think that’s a good thing. GEC seems to be the top rated US made traditional knife and the price is a reflection of the demand. Overall, I’m happy to see a GEC made forum knife.
 
AusLoX said:
I understand that it’s difficult to buy GEC these past few years. Gone are the days they would sit on the shelf and we all got to choose the one we wanted. And for a long time, GEC lived on this forum and a couple others. I’m not a social media person myself, but that seems to be where all the hype started.
New people are supporting the traditional category and I think that’s a good thing. GEC seems to be the top rated US made traditional knife and the price is a reflection of the demand. Overall, I’m happy to see a GEC made forum knife.
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If you want to take a trip back even further
To trading caravans and outposts where you'd buy one of these for about .80 cents or so and have it last a few decades.
Now ebay resellers are asking $190+
😬🙅‍♂️
 
GPO MAN said:
I’m on the fence as I’m not a big stockman fan. For $250, I have to love it. If I jumped in and ever decided to move it along, I’d be worried about recouping my money.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that the secondary on these will be lower than retail, atleast at first.
 
ShaiHulud said:
If you want to take a trip back even further
To trading caravans and outposts where you'd buy one of these for about .80 cents or so and have it last a few decades.
Now ebay resellers are asking $190+
😬🙅‍♂️
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How many collectors existed back during caravans and outposts? 😂
 
bbfish said:
I have a sneaking suspicion that the secondary on these will be lower than retail, atleast at first.
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This seems very unlikely, but if anyone plans (or later decides) to sell your 2024 forum knife (especially at lower than cost which is almost certainly the morally right thing to do), since we are forum pals and Goldies please contact me first.

I have a well thought out top secret plan to buy all of the 2024 forum knives and destroy all of them except for my lucky number (which must also remain a secret), and I will name it Highlander and put it in a little display box in my closet so I can enjoy it.

Anyway, let me know. Thx!
 
Elgatodeacero said:
This seems very unlikely, but if anyone plans (or later decides) to sell your 2024 forum knife (especially at lower than cost which is almost certainly the morally right thing to do), since we are forum pals and Goldies please contact me first.

I have a well thought out top secret plan to buy all of the 2024 forum knives and destroy all of them except for my lucky number (which must also remain a secret), and I will name it Highlander and put it in a little display box in my closet so I can enjoy it.

Anyway, let me know. Thx!
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I hope I’m wrong. I don’t think I will be though. I’ve never bought one of the forum knives with the hopes to make money off of it, but if I were to go down that dark road, I don’t think I’d start with this one.
 
bbfish said:
I hope I’m wrong. I don’t think I will be though. I’ve never bought one of the forum knives with the hopes to make money off of it, but if I were to go down that dark road, I don’t think I’d start with this one.
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Knives are weird. Some aren’t too popular when they first are released, then become so later on. Stockman patterns never seem to go out of style though… going rate for a 66 is $300 +, same with #35s and #81s. 82s are a little more accessible.

Obviously I can’t say I’m thrilled with the price but it’s not completely beyond the pale for a big, slightly complicated knife, judging by the trend these days. It’s just about at the limit of what I’m comfortable paying, however.
 
TouhouFan said:
I think it’s a sad state of affairs to see traditional knives always with a focus on secondary pricing.

If I wanted an investment I’d just put $250 into my ROTH IRA. If I want a knife, I buy the knife. Simple as.
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IMO it’s 97.8% just the inherent FOMO of limited release things. You buy a knife you think you’ll like, or in case you might like it and it may be hard to find later, then you find that because everyone else is doing the same thing, “boy howdy sure enough, that was a good investment.” For some then (no judgment but it’s a slippery slope) it becomes tempting to do it on patterns they don’t personally like, which further heats up the market. It’s also legitimately fun to horse trade and try new knives, and nobody wants to be the one who is realistically out $10 after a catch-and-release, when it feels like everyone else made $10.

But really, $250 seems a fair price for a cool knife and I personally didn’t hesitate for more than about 15 seconds before putting in my pre-order. I’ll enjoy the knife because I’ve personally been hoping to try a GEC take on a big stockman for a long time. Whether this one is TOO big remains to be seen. I guess we’ll find out in a few months!
 
GaiusJulius said:
IMO it’s 97.8% just the inherent FOMO of limited release things. You buy a knife you think you’ll like, or in case you might like it and it may be hard to find later, then you find that because everyone else is doing the same thing, “boy howdy sure enough, that was a good investment.” For some then (no judgment but it’s a slippery slope) it becomes tempting to do it on patterns they don’t personally like, which further heats up the market. It’s also legitimately fun to horse trade and try new knives, and nobody wants to be the one who is realistically out $10 after a catch-and-release, when it feels like everyone else made $10.

But really, $250 seems a fair price for a cool knife and I personally didn’t hesitate for more than about 15 seconds before putting in my pre-order. I’ll enjoy the knife because I’ve personally been hoping to try a GEC take on a big stockman for a long time. Whether this one is TOO big remains to be seen. I guess we’ll find out in a few months!
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I think it may be FOMO, but a lot of it is this. People know they can make a buck if they don’t like the knife. Moreso, Ebay resellers know they can make more than a buck, just look at the 78 Rozee on Ebay, $100 more than listing price already.
 
Times.... I received this email in 2016 from the late Bob, the GEC dealer, regarding the Waynorth Texas Camp knife. In it he was letting me know that that knife was expected to be quite expensive, for the day. It was a limited SFO of a complicated pattern.
Here is a small part of it:
" If you want a Texas Camp Knife .... will be in two colors of Jigged Bone, Antique Yellow and Cranberry Red......
Also these knives will be expensive, probably around $150.00 USD and BIG at 4 7/8 inches closed."

The actual price, after the knives were at the store, was a bit higher, 189USD. A big amount for a GEC in them days....
I could have, however, bought a couple as they were not as popular then, and the cost was not helping...

So, whether 250 is a lot for a similar size/style GEC knife in 2024 is debatable.
 
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