Trends....

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Dan Amos

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I've seen a lot of trends in the knife industry in the last 35 or 40 years of collecting. Some are ok...most fade off into the sunset much like the Buckmaster 184.
One that completely baffles me.
What is the deal with PB&J???
Why?
Are there Really people, excited, about a knife that sports brown & purple grips?
Really?
 
Ive been tired of front flippers since they started coming out. And whats with the donut knives on blade hq?
 
It makes as much sense as the various dessert warrior knife models. These are stupid right down to the last sprinkle, unless it's owned by a 5 year old little girl.

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DrRollinstein said:
Ive been tired of front flippers since they started coming out. And whats with the donut knives on blade hq?
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Probably someone misspelled desert warrior as dessert warrior (that's the name of those, not doughnut), someone made one with a dessert theme (a doughnut is pretty recognizable) as a joke, and it became popular.
 
Unicorn161 said:
Probably someone misspelled desert warrior as dessert warrior (that's the name of those, not doughnut), someone made one with a dessert theme (a doughnut is pretty recognizable) as a joke, and it became popular.
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I'm also guilty of that spelling choice. I actually started with doughnut, but noticed my pinky was sticking straight out as I typed. Changed it to the modern spelling and it tucked right in.
 
Unicorn161 said:
Probably someone misspelled desert warrior as dessert warrior (that's the name of those, not doughnut), someone made one with a dessert theme (a doughnut is pretty recognizable) as a joke, and it became popular.
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That’s the way bladehq explains it, but it’s complete horseshit.

No, you can’t make me believe that somebody ordered 10,000 “dessert warrior” knives from a manufacturer, and instead of 10,000 OD green and FDE knives they received 10,000 sprinkle donut knives.

It’s a marketing gimmick they planned well in advance and has run its course several times over.
 
AntDog said:
That’s the way bladehq explains it, but it’s complete horseshit.

No, you can’t make me believe that somebody ordered 10,000 “dessert warrior” knives from a manufacturer, and instead of 10,000 OD green and FDE knives they received 10,000 sprinkle donut knives.
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Who said 10,000? I said one. A mispelling someplace and someone made a colored handle as a joke.
 
Unicorn161 said:
Who said 10,000? I said one. A mispelling someplace and someone made a colored handle as a joke.
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Maybe you missed the first sentence. Bladehq actually claims that’s how the thing got started. That instead of ordering a bunch of desert warrior knives somebody misspelled it and they received rainbow donut sprinkle knives.

If you believe it I have a bridge to sell you.
 
Why do people like anything?

The many pages of purple knives here.

The trend here of posting knives with x. Kknives with cats, knives with dogs, knives in trees, knives and watches, knives with hats, etcetera.

For a while people liked the sharpened prybar and it was hard to get one of the knives by that lying poser Micky Berger... I mean Stryder.

How about the trend of knives that have the ridiculous hammer marks? I've seen it explained to give it a more ancient look or something. As if blade makers didn't figure out how to make a blade without dents a couple thousand years ago.

Or the "battleworn," look that rarely looks right because the fake wear is in the wrong locations

FDE or tan on everything.
 
AntDog said:
That’s the way bladehq explains it, but it’s complete horseshit.

No, you can’t make me believe that somebody ordered 10,000 “dessert warrior” knives from a manufacturer, and instead of 10,000 OD green and FDE knives they received 10,000 sprinkle donut knives.

It’s a marketing gimmick they planned well in advance and has run its course several times over.
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I would agree that (like the PBJ stuff), it's a gimmick. However, from a marketing standpoint, it's been genius, because pretty much every run of all the things they make (or have made), they sell out. Not too shabby. You even get big names like Victorninox, Microtech, Benchmade, and others wanting to jump in. And let's not talk about the Case PBJ knives, those sell out in seconds, just like GECs do. Kinda crazy.
 
vjb.knife said:
It makes as much sense as the various dessert warrior knife models. These are stupid right down to the last sprinkle, unless it's owned by a 5 year old little girl.

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That finish is good for keeping sticky fingers from making off with your knife as well as it greatly increases the odds of getting it back if you inadvertently loose the thing.
It could make you the coolest one in the room if you bring it with you to the overeaters anonymous self help group tho.
 
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