What happened to the Rick Hinderer section, and what happened!!

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OP - pictures of your RHK collection or it never happened (I am serious as I suspect trolling).

As already said, increased production contributed to the decline of prices. Also IMO the collaboration with ZT devalued RHK, significantly.
 
This is the same thing Rolex does with their sport models.

They keep production of the Submariner, GMT etc to limit supply so everyone goes nuts trying to get one.

Keeps prices up/investors happy and the "exclusivity" factor going. If they started cranking them out, prices would plummet

Just so happens it's an excellent product. This business model wouldn't work if the product wasn't good.
 
sharp_edge said:
OP - pictures of your RHK collection or it never happened (I am serious as I suspect trolling).
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I was curious, so I read some of the OP's posts in the now-defunct RHK subforum. They have some gorgeous knives.
 
What has been a bit strange is that the customs have dropped right along with the productions. It seems to be not just a supply and demand situation, but also a return to reality.
 
sharp_edge said:
OP - pictures of your RHK collection or it never happened (I am serious as I suspect trolling).

As already said, increased production contributed to the decline of prices. Also IMO the collaboration with ZT devalued RHK, significantly.
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Oh yeah, this most definitely nothing but trolling.
 
Good old days when u buy a custom for $700 and sell it for $2k.
What are the customs going for direct and aftermarket today?
 
Dadpool said:
I was curious, so I read some of the OP's posts in the now-defunct RHK subforum. They have some gorgeous knives.
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OK then he must be for real. Still strange that someone with a good collection of Hinderer knives does not know what's been going on here with the brand and its prices.
 
sharp_edge said:
OK then he must be for real. Still strange that someone with a good collection of Hinderer knives does not know what's been going on here with the brand and its prices.
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That’s what I was thinking. Or that 10 minutes of Google or forum searching could have easily explained what happened, not that it’s difficult to just deduce.
 
mag1 said:
Good old days when u buy a custom for $700 and sell it for $2k.
What are the customs going for direct and aftermarket today?
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been a little bit since I priced, but the firtacs customs were listed for about $1800 at dealers(I believe). I was able to pick up a nice custom 3" spanto for under $900 which included $200 in Steelflame extas. And that was through a commission dealer, so they got 25% less.
I paid about the same($900) for one of the original firetacs
likely you can get them for even less, but I don't see many for sale

In the day I remember one custom XM-18 going at auction for $15,000
 
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Rykjeklut said:
No matter how hard I try, I just can not feel sympathy for someone's "knife investment" not paying off.
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Yup. Any musicians in this thread? The same stuff happens with boutique effect pedals, people buy and flip for ridiculous prices that drive the market up, and once in a while the value of something will drop and they're all boo hoo. As far as I'm concerned, if you buy something like a knife and don't use it then you aren't in it for the love and should stick to collecting stamps.
 
Ron Sabbagh said:
This is the same thing Rolex does with their sport models.

They keep production of the Submariner, GMT etc to limit supply so everyone goes nuts trying to get one.

Keeps prices up/investors happy and the "exclusivity" factor going. If they started cranking them out, prices would plummet

Just so happens it's an excellent product. This business model wouldn't work if the product wasn't good.
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you can easily pick up a Submariner at multiple outlets in any big city at retail prices. They make north of 800,000 watches a year. It’s not a supply issue that keeps prices high, it’s the cost of production and brand cache.
 
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OrangeBlueOrangeBlue said:
you can easily pick up a Submariner at multiple outlets in any big city at retail prices. They make north of 800,000 watches a year. It’s not a supply issue that keeps prices high, it’s the cost of production and brand cache.
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OrangeBlueOrangeBlue said:
you can easily pick up a Submariner at multiple outlets in any big city at retail prices. They make north of 800,000 watches a year. It’s not a supply issue that keeps prices high, it’s the cost of production and brand cache.
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At least for the last couple of years this hasn't been the case. May have changed post covid.
 
Insert Beanie Baby for Hinderer and you'll have similar stories all over.

Except a quality knife is actually still useful.
 
You guys should have seen the full ti flipper I had back in the day. Machined ti scales and full custom Pre XM-18 for $250

Sold it for $250. :confused:
 
Boombats said:
Yup. Any musicians in this thread? The same stuff happens with boutique effect pedals, people buy and flip for ridiculous prices that drive the market up, and once in a while the value of something will drop and they're all boo hoo. As far as I'm concerned, if you buy something like a knife and don't use it then you aren't in it for the love and should stick to collecting stamps.
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Yep. And it's stupid because most boutique pedals are no better (and a lot of times are worse) than. A good old boss or Ibanez pedal. Love how they always tout they are true bypass, when that is what kills your signal. More pedals, more signal loss, so you need to add a buffer or a signal booster to get it back. I hate using cables over a certain length and too many pedals because it deadens the top end.

Even pedal modders kill me. I modded my own sd-1 and it was easy. Just a few resistor and cap changes, thing breathes fire as a boost now.

Of course, some people can't read schematics and follow instructions and it's easy to destroy the traces on the boards lol

If you want to invest in musical gear, vintage guitars and amps can pay off, but I wouldn't bet on it.
 
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