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well you are apparently all to happy to support a company who rakes us over the coals with raising prices and who have screwed the one guy who has fought the most to support knife rights, but thats non of my business.
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The knife market bubble needs to happen
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Buck, Spyderco, Hinderer, Becker, Busse, ZT and Ruana get my money.
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Send me the knife and I'll make the sheath.Congrats Makael! Make a BC sheath and pick me as the winner...
Or I might have the knife, which one.?
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No need for this. We all buy what we like and want. If the price goes up, I usually ease off for a while, but frankly, little changes and I get what I want even with the price increase.
Thanks for proving my point. The imported knife will be more expensive than the domestic knife.
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ok Shakespeare, the only ones getting salty are the 3 or 4 guys who seem WAY too happy to pay higher prices or who try to justify why they pay so much for something that realistically costs a fraction of what it should. All I said was that I disagree with it, then all the keyboard warriors and old farts who think they know everything had to chime in with everything from economics to fucking knife rights, like seriously its OK that other people have a different point of view so calm down and take your Zantac or go rub one out to the Spyderco catalog or go count all the money you guys apparently have.
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Dang, I'm 52. I don't like price increases. I just understand why they happen.
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careful what you say man or the ninjas will get you....
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I hate to say this but the fact that people can buy a brand new Spyderco Sprint then a week later sell it for a profit means the original price is too cheap.
Knives are relatively cheap so IMHO it's all a matter of perspective. I know guys who blow more then a couple of spyderco's going out and having a few drinks on the weekend. Heck I know guys who have blown 1000's on video games. At least with a decent knife you own something that's going to serve you for years and years. The better the knife the more likely you can re-sell it if you get bored of it. Try getting a refund from a video game once you're bored lol
Knives are relatively cheap so IMHO it's all a matter of perspective. I know guys who blow more then a couple of spyderco's going out and having a few drinks on the weekend. Heck I know guys who have blown 1000's on video games. At least with a decent knife you own something that's going to serve you for years and years. The better the knife the more likely you can re-sell it if you get bored of it. Try getting a refund from a video game once you're bored lol
This doesn't sound at all like "OK " with a different point of view.
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How about this: instead of worrying about some sort of "bubble" that would only realistically affect manufacturers and retailers, how about we just keep on buying things we can both afford and enjoy, and just see how things play out down the road? There's not much reason to stress over it if you don't have skin in the game.
There will always be nice things we want but can't afford. But so long as there are enough people who like those things but can't afford them, there will be people designing down to your price point. You might not get exactly what you wanted at exactly the price you wanted (hey--we'd all love world-class custom knives for free, after all) but you can get preeeetty darn close.
I'm actually constantly amazed these days looking through distributor catalogs and being unable to tell at a glance whether I'm looking at a top-dollar knife or an economy model, both because high end knives have gotten so over-the-top extravagant in appearance (to the point of resembling jarbenzas, in my opinion--just plain tacky) and because economy knives are now able to be found with surprising degrees of complexity to them without being rendered total garbage.
This is more like a golden age than a bubble. There are certainly a lot of "flash in the pan" makers these days, but that's partly because of the combination of advancements in manufacturing tech and the way social media lowers barriers to entry for finding an audience. And yeah, it's a saturated market that's hard to make it big in, but that's the case with most mature markets and you'll see lots of little startups come and go. It's just the revolving door of industry. There's still plenty of us in things for the long haul.
There will always be nice things we want but can't afford. But so long as there are enough people who like those things but can't afford them, there will be people designing down to your price point. You might not get exactly what you wanted at exactly the price you wanted (hey--we'd all love world-class custom knives for free, after all) but you can get preeeetty darn close.
I'm actually constantly amazed these days looking through distributor catalogs and being unable to tell at a glance whether I'm looking at a top-dollar knife or an economy model, both because high end knives have gotten so over-the-top extravagant in appearance (to the point of resembling jarbenzas, in my opinion--just plain tacky) and because economy knives are now able to be found with surprising degrees of complexity to them without being rendered total garbage. This is more like a golden age than a bubble. There are certainly a lot of "flash in the pan" makers these days, but that's partly because of the combination of advancements in manufacturing tech and the way social media lowers barriers to entry for finding an audience. And yeah, it's a saturated market that's hard to make it big in, but that's the case with most mature markets and you'll see lots of little startups come and go. It's just the revolving door of industry. There's still plenty of us in things for the long haul.
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How about this: instead of worrying about some sort of "bubble" that would only realistically affect manufacturers and retailers, how about we just keep on buying things we can both afford and enjoy, and just see how things play out down the road? There's not much reason to stress over it if you don't have skin in the game.
There will always be nice things we want but can't afford. But so long as there are enough people who like those things but can't afford them, there will be people designing down to your price point. You might not get exactly what you wanted at exactly the price you wanted (hey--we'd all love world-class custom knives for free, after all) but you can get preeeetty darn close.
This is more like a golden age than a bubble. There are certainly a lot of "flash in the pan" makers these days, but that's partly because of the combination of advancements in manufacturing tech and the way social media lowers barriers to entry for finding an audience. And yeah, it's a saturated market that's hard to make it big in, but that's the case with most mature markets and you'll see lots of little startups come and go. It's just the revolving door of industry. There's still plenty of us in things for the long haul.
Why do you always have to make so much sense?
As always, thanks for your insight and your ability to say what many of us can't put into words so eloquently!