To Open Retail Package, or Not To Open...

sticktodrum

sticktodrum

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I just got an orange Skyline, and it was just to add it to my collection. I don't intend on carrying it or using it, but the orange models are quite enjoyable. So, do I open it and fondle it, and then leave it without a box? Or leave it in the retail package and admire it as a collector item that will one day be impossible to find? It's the only Kershaw I own that doesn't have a box, so it's a new decision to make considering I didn't buy it for use.

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I bought two of this exact model, dagnabbit. One to use, and one to hoard. Come on - get your thinkin' hat on brother!
 
nothing can beat the new knife smell thats been stewing in that sealed packaging... id say... wait twenty years to open it, and then that new knife smell will be like an aged wine..or it could be long gone. such a gamble...

Life is too short to keep it sitting there in the package..

OPEN IT
 
It's a nice knife but still a Kershaw Skyline. Doubt it's going to be worth hundreds down the road. Open it up and enjoy it.
 
this may be off topic but have been wondering about these "retail packages" lately. is the amount of plastic used in them really less expensive than the much smaller amount of cardboard needed for a box? i understand that they provide retailers the ability to put knives directly on a shelf instead of behind a counter, but that is the only advantage i can think of. boxes are so much easier to organize, store, and re-use. the retail packages prevent anyone from ever selling an item in "LNIB" condition. i have several knives that have done nothing but sit in my display case, and i would hate to have to resell them without any packaging down the road. :confused:


p.s. OPEN IT!!!! :D
 
solidorange said:
this may be off topic but have been wondering about these "retail packages" lately. is the amount of plastic used in them really less expensive than the much smaller amount of cardboard needed for a box? i understand that they provide retailers the ability to put knives directly on a shelf instead of behind a counter, but that is the only advantage i can think of. boxes are so much easier to organize, store, and re-use. the retail packages prevent anyone from ever selling an item in "LNIB" condition. i have several knives that have done nothing but sit in my display case, and i would hate to have to resell them without any packaging down the road. :confused:


p.s. OPEN IT!!!! :D
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Well, to attempt to help that question, here's the plastic insert of the retail package, alongside the boxes of two other Kershaws that I procured today as well... Yep, a R.A.M. and a Talon II. By the way, I blame you guys for my modest collection of 6-8 Kershies growing into what seems like 20 now... :p

So, I opened it. Couldn't help it...and adjusted it accordingly, since the pivot was way tight, and couldn't flip open. Now it glides after a well-placed drop of oil and some flipping. Mmmmm, buttery. This is actually my first Skyline. My best friend carries one for work, and I liked, hence wanting one. Now...I seriously need to get a regular one, the brown one...and hopefully soon, the blue S30V piece. I think I need professional help...

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Too late now. I was going to say not to open in, maybe put it in a picture frame and hang it above the mantel, or mix it with the family pics, but I wont say that now.
 
I understand hanging for display, but the retailer locks their Skylines in a case at all 3 locations I've seen them at. So you need to ask a sales person for assistance. Each location also has a display case with all of the knives out unpackaged for display and testing. I find it unusual they don't display the Skyline similarly and order it boxed.
 
I like the Kershaw flippers. One of my son's friends had me sharpen one. I'd probably buy them, if only they could be carried left-handed.

I'm glad you opened it. I use all my knives and have no safe queens.

Yet.
 
Yep, I live in NYC. Most of the knives I own I can't really carry. It does suck... but I can still collect them and enjoy using them at home and at my workshop/studio.

The Skyline is niiiiice though. As soon as I was done playing with it, I found and ordered the brown/DLC version. :cool:
 
solidorange said:
this may be off topic but have been wondering about these "retail packages" lately. is the amount of plastic used in them really less expensive than the much smaller amount of cardboard needed for a box? i understand that they provide retailers the ability to put knives directly on a shelf instead of behind a counter, but that is the only advantage i can think of. boxes are so much easier to organize, store, and re-use. the retail packages prevent anyone from ever selling an item in "LNIB" condition. i have several knives that have done nothing but sit in my display case, and i would hate to have to resell them without any packaging down the road. :confused:


p.s. OPEN IT!!!! :D
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It's actually not an issue about cost or plastic (though the "new" style clams do use considerably less plastic than the old ones... much more environmentally-friendly). Packaging is determined by our dealers. Some want the boxes because they store better and the knives can be taken out and handled. Others want the clams because they display on a peg and are harder for shoplifters to get away with. If it were up to me, we'd sell everything in a box... they're a lot more convenient. But I think there will always be those retailers who prefer the clams.

And @Sticktodrum - Glad you opened it. Knives are much more fun outside of the packaging. :)
 
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