Why so many Hinderers

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Just counted 10 on the first 2 pages of FSB Individuals. Seems like if I could afford one, I'd keep it. Do folks try them and not like em, or are those guys "pro" flippers

Wondering is all
 
Supply has gone up. And in turn prices have gone down. I think there are more for sale at one time now due to them not selling as fast and usually for a lot less than they were a year ago.
 
I think they are a great knife especially for what you can buy them for now. I was always put off by the price of the hinderer knives but now that the price dropped and I picked one up.......I'm not sure how I ever went without one.
 
Yes, they are a lot less expensive on the Exchange right now. I guess supply is "up." I cannot speak for "demand" but it is true that there is such a wide field of excellent folders out there...today...much greater than two yrs ago, IMO.
I purchased a 3.5 XM-18 Spanto and a 3" Slicer grind...for $750 and $725...maybe two yrs ago.
Very nice knives; they do what they advertise. Just NOT for me. I sold them again right away, and basically got my money back.
That's the nice thing about the Exchange. If you can BUY them decently; you can sell them again with little loss of funds.
 
Don't forget the same thing was said about CRK's before their sale sub forum.
They appear to have slowed down but they're still moving.
 
There has been a lot more around in different places for sale. Second, there has been quite a bit of negativity floating around on various things. I think the combination has lowered the overall appeal and demand.
Typically when things are readily available, the want for that same thing goes down. Simple human nature
 
You can find them at retail now. I always wanted to try them out, so got this 18 and a 24 on the way, this one is really smoothed out and flipping better all the time. No wrist movement needed now to open it everytime.
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I've been extremely tempted by 20cv wharnies and bowies, but the reputation of (and my own personal encounter with) poor flipping action makes me hold off every time.

Don't give it a flipper tab if it doesn't flip. A $400 knife shouldn't need a wrist flick.
 
Hinderers like CRK's are very good knives, but we live in good times and there's many very good knives out there. Many of those are cheaper than hinderers. Market forces at work.

Mike
 
Comeuppance said:
I've been extremely tempted by 20cv wharnies and bowies, but the reputation of (and my own personal encounter with) poor flipping action makes me hold off every time.

Don't give it a flipper tab if it doesn't flip. A $400 knife shouldn't need a wrist flick.
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It flips my friend....very well. Check out my thread in the maintenance and tinkering section. The 20cv steel is the stuff to have!!!

 
Think about it.

The demand for Hinderers is pretty stable. While that maintains, they still build and sell 100s of knives a month which adds to the supply.

This is why most manufacturers come out with new designs every year, the market for high end knives is a pretty fixed number. If you keep selling the same knife for years, eventually everyone who wants one will have one and sales will slow.

This is why you see so many CRKs and Hinderers on the exchange.
 
You also have to flip it different than a bearing flipper. After I learned to use a longer smoother pull on the flipper, I've been able to flip the 18 open with zero wrist movement, even with the blade going straight up. Bearing flippers load up hard and open fast. My Hinderer opens just as fast, just you don't break free of the detent suddenly, so the flipper requires a smooth pull with follow through.
 
Are all these Hinderers made by Rick himself ? Or have they become a 'mid-tech' knife like a Sebenza ?
kj
 
kootenay joe said:
Are all these Hinderers made by Rick himself ? Or have they become a 'mid-tech' knife like a Sebenza ?
kj
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They're not midtech. Almost all of the production has been outsourced. If everything but the screws have been sourced to other companies, would you call it a midtech?
 
bodog said:
They're not midtech. Almost all of the production has been outsourced. If everything but the screws have been sourced to other companies, would you call it a midtech?
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What do they outsource? I am reading they have new CNC equipment and stuff like this:
"Speaking of the pivot, we make our own 17-4PH Stainless steel pivots on a new state of the art CNC turning center thus guarantying precise accuracy. The pivot is a ¼” in barrel diameter with a 3/8″ head. The pivot is drilled and tapped completely through and is mated with an In house designed screw. This system makes for an incredibly strong pivot that is easy to adjust in the field."
 
Oh, sorry. They just added the capability of machining enough pivots for themselves. So screws and pivots. Out of stainless steel, no less.
 
bodog said:
Oh, sorry. They just added the capability of machining enough pivots for themselves. So screws and pivots. Out of stainless steel, no less.
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Do you know what parts they outsource? What they just make the screws and pivots? The blades, handles, ti slabs, everything else is outsourced to other companies and installed assembly line fashion?
 
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