Trends... were are knives headed next

I respectfully disagree with Brian.
The average participant in this forum probably buys more knives in one year than most consumers buy in ten years. And that does not even take into consideration the price range per blade. We may spen more in one year than the average citizen spends on knives in a lifetime.
As far as trends- I see a greater demand for quality and performance and a "blurring" of the lines between tactical, utility, fancy, etc. "dress/carry" is the direction I am taking as a consumer.
 
JW

I think you kid yourself
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There are millions of knives sold each year , world wide...there are 3 and a bit thousand members on this group......think about it.
Not so many years ago, Blade did an article on Schrade and called it the largest pocket knife manufacturer in the world. I don't recall the production figure but it was HUGE. How many Schrades do you have ?
We may be influential in the "upper market" but we are small beer, over all.
Knives are tools.....there are many more "non-knife" people buying and using knives than there are fanatics like us..

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Brian W E
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Money : spend it before it's all gone

 
Your both right.

It all depends on how you define the market. If we are talking about knives in general, then of course we represent not only a small part of the market but also a very non-representative minority of that market. On the other hand the formites are a major part of the market when we look at custom and high end production knives. And if we don't outright purchase everything with our dollars at least we are representative of the market for these items.

[This message has been edited by not2sharp (edited 29 September 1999).]
 
Hey Ken, I caught your article in Knife Illustrated.....very interesting. It was cool to see that knife go from idea, to finished product.

As for trends...... Start something, I'll take a few.

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Clay G.
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In terms of our representation in the world's overall knifemarket, sure we're statistically small. But on the other hand, we're also the small representation that correspond daily with the makers themselves and influence the materials and designs with which they create their masterpieces. While we're a small statistically, we're also the most powerful!
 
Professor,
You hit the nail right on the head!!!
the wealth of imformation gained is invaluable to we knifemakers if we apply it.
Most production knives are sold to the regular guy to use or because he had some money burning a hole in his/her pocket.
However to take a concensus on any perticular topic related to knives. The members on this forum are a wealth of knowlege and willing to share. For me,or any other Knifemaker/factory to not take advantage of this valuable resource is foolhardy.
Aloha Ken
 
Ahh...Ken. You beat me to it. I read Professor's post and was jumping up and down! He's absolutely right! The general knife buying public (non-knife people basically) are reaping the rewards from our input and knifemaker's response to that input. The reward we and they reap is a better overall product.
In the end, we all win with this user/manufacturer dialogue.
Knifemaker's get more business from making a superior product that the public wants and the public gets a better product for their hard earned bucks!
A win, win situation if ever I saw one!
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Life IS good!


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Best Regards,
Mike
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If it's stupid but works, then it isn't stupid.




[This message has been edited by misque (edited 29 September 1999).]
 
I classify two different markets, users and collectors. On the User market, non-stainless steels, combat quality, and attention to detail.
On the collector side, color and texture. Wether the color/texture comes from Mosaic damascus or incorporated into the handle materials seems to matter little.

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Ed Caffrey
"The Montana Bladesmith"


 
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