Why so much money?

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Chadentwistle

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The prices of knives blows my mind!
What is the deal with such high prices?
I can purchase high quality firearms for the prices of lots of knives out there.
So is it supply and demand? I really enjoy the autos, and they are really crazy in price. I get craftsmanship aspect and all but my goodness there is some pretty high end knives out there!
Guns often have tons more milling and hand work and metal involved in making them, and you could easily spend as much money on a production knife, microtech, benchmade as you would on a glock!
Just curious on others thoughts....?
 
I don't know of any production Benchmade or Microtech that cost as much as a brand new Glock.
 
By comparison it's no different from the prices of homes, cars, guns, clothing, you name it. Some manufacturers have very lofty and ambitious goals based on their prices, but it is what it is. Guns are cheap, especially production models; as are production knives. But, you can shoot a knife and you really can't cut with a Glock.

BenLong1018 said:
I don't know of any production Benchmade or Microtech that cost as much as a brand new Glock.
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Have a look at the Gold class Benchmades or the Halo V production models. Easily will cover the cost of most Glocks and have enough left over for a nice dinner.
 
Chadentwistle said:
The prices of knives blows my mind!
What is the deal with such high prices?
I can purchase high quality firearms for the prices of lots of knives out there.
So is it supply and demand? I really enjoy the autos, and they are really crazy in price. I get craftsmanship aspect and all but my goodness there is some pretty high end knives out there!
Guns often have tons more milling and hand work and metal involved in making them, and you could easily spend as much money on a production knife, microtech, benchmade as you would on a glock!
Just curious on others thoughts....?
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Where are you finding Glocks at Benchmade prices, I clearly need to check that store/website out.
 
What's a new Infidel or scarab cost? Just bought a glock 21 for $400 bucks, yes a smoking deal on the glock but....it happened!
 
I don't see what the issue is here. Tell you what. Come back and report on a Wilson Combat 1911 and tell me why I should spend that money on a gun when I can buy a boat or a used car for that price.
 
Chadentwistle said:
The prices of knives blows my mind!
What is the deal with such high prices?
I can purchase high quality firearms for the prices of lots of knives out there.
So is it supply and demand? I really enjoy the autos, and they are really crazy in price. I get craftsmanship aspect and all but my goodness there is some pretty high end knives out there!
Guns often have tons more milling and hand work and metal involved in making them, and you could easily spend as much money on a production knife, microtech, benchmade as you would on a glock!
Just curious on others thoughts....?
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I used to think the same way, 150.00 was a lot for me. Now, I have two 600.00 customs on the way, and I really only buy high end/sprint/limited edition production knives. My tastes have gotten more expensive as the years have gone by. I have sold most of my collection to fund buying a few high end knives.
 
Hello? Fill up your tank lately or go to the supermarket?

You can get top of the line quality American made production and custom knives for $150 to $300. Sure, the bling stuff can go for 10 times that much but they aren't going to do a better job for you. For collectors of coins, stamps, knives, whatever, the sky is the limit. So what?
 
Knife prices are a bit up there. But it's all relative. I go through phases. Sometimes I feel like buying a few production models and getting 3 or 4 brand new ones all for under $500. My "value" stage.

Other times I'm focused solely on getting LE's and higher end blades. My "nothing but the best" stage. But in the end I love knives. So I pay what they cost.
 
Not trying to start a fight here, just curious if I'm missing something here. I have a couple of high end knives too. I just seems crazy too me but so does the housing market, vehicles etc...welcome to the American dream!
 
RevDevil said:
By comparison it's no different from the prices of homes, cars, guns, clothing, you name it.
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Exactly correct....

You get what you pay for, higher manufacturing costs mean higher customer end pricing.

People complain about spending a few hundred on a knife...

But will go out and spend $30K on a car, $250K on a house or $500 or more on the latest gadget or $200+ on a pair of shoes, $150 on a pair of jeans and not even think about it....

How about the Wife spending $80 to $200 a week at the hair dresser and nail salon?

How about that $5 cup of coffee on the way to work everyday, start adding that up..... ;)

When you can buy a can of coffee for that, make their own for pennies and drink it on the way to work....

Eating out 2 times a day or more.....

Not even getting into talking about Booze and what that costs.........

But that knife costs way too much.... Yeah... OK.... ;)
 
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I buy mostly old USA made Camillus, Schrade, Ulster, etc. The prices represent a great value, and the knives are excellent. Most often I spend less than 30 bucks per knife.

These are cases of getting more than you pay for.
 
I can get a Marlin Model 60 for under $150, or I could spend around $1000+ for a Anshultz rifle. Both shoot .22lr so what's the difference?

Same applies to varying prices on knives.
 
As in most areas of consumerism there's a slope of diminishing returns.

You can get a knife with S30v steel G10 handles etc. for under $100 that's more knife than 99.9% of people ever need. The rest is just subtle things that are more desire than need, some put a high importance on subtle improvements in fit/finish/blade steel, some want something unique/custom, some want to use what they spend on things as a status symbol.

It's no different than guns, you can get a perfectly functional good quality 1911 for well under $1000. You can also go spend $5000+ on a wilson combat that functionally is no where near 5x as good. You gain some customer service, and fit/finish, and hopefully improved quality control. For some with the expendable income, or those that 1911's are their passion it may or may be worth it.

The other point is good, I know guys that drop $100 a week eating out, at the bar, at starbucks etc. etc. So for many people if they really wanted to save $500 to buy a knife, it would not be that hard. Is that knife 5x the knife as a $100 knife, most likely not at least in terms of function.

Also frankly as long as consumers will spend that much, knife companies will keep charging that much. Look at the ridiculous prices people are paying on the secondary market for limited edition production knives.
 
A gun and a knife are both tools, yet used for a completely different purpose. I do not understand your comparison
in price between the two items.
 
Halfneck said:
I can get a Marlin Model 60 for under $150, or I could spend around $1000+ for a Anshultz rifle. Both shoot .22lr so what's the difference?
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Or you can shop, watch, and be patient and nab a Mauser ES340 for $400, a Winchester M75 for $325, a Winchester 62 for $350, a Remington 511 for $150, a Walther KKJ for $500, etc, etc.

Buy quality vintage, and buy it used. That's where the true value is.
 
You gotta pay to play.
Such is the nature of this little thing called life. :)
 
There are knives at all different price point and quality. Same thing with guns.

Production knives are generally a lot cheaper especially massed produced ones with common materials. The higher end ones may be using high end and expensive materials which are harder to acquire, manufacture, cut to size, paying for better fit & finish, more on R&D since less are sold that get's passed to the consumer, etc. Price starts adding up quite quick, a block of a high end metal may cost $5 more over the normal stuff, but it may take far more resources to get to the end result which could make it cost $30 more to use to the manufacturer and those resources could have been used for something else so the price goes up more to cover lost money there so it may shoot the price up even more.
 
Same as with any high-end product, you're paying for exclusivity. And with high-end custom knives you're paying for the maker's name, artwork/engraving that can take many hours, and/or exotic materials.

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