Your thoughts: dealing 2nd hand knives support makers?

If you like it, keep it. If you have your reservations, get rid of it. Personally, I wouldn't carry a Strider/Marfione/BRKT. Too many choices out there for me to go that route.
 
Bark River Knife & Tool^^

While not helping the maker directly it can help them indirectly. A good secondary market will make buyers more willing to take a chance on a direct purchase(since they can get most their money back) and also may allow the seller to make another direct purchase. It also does create a bit of advertising.
Still if you like the knife keep it and use it-someone will be-unless you throw it away. Makers are very important to some and not that important to others. You have to make up your own mind on where you want to stand on the issue.
All IMO
 
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Yeah thought so, I've never considered their offerings. Always thought they look like too much like kitchen knives in my opinion. No offense to guys who are into them.
 
If every grain of your being truly resents the maker and the source where the knives originally emanate from, then forget about buying them on the second hand market too. No need to regurgitate the legitimate reasons which have already been put forth.
 
Casinostocks Casinostocks , not trying to bring up reasons or sway people's opinions. I'm just curious as to what people think on this. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has gone back and fourth on this.
 
^ I didn't think for a second that was your objective at all. I have come to the conclusion that even if there are no kickbacks or royalties involved, I rather not deal with someone's products in this field if I happen to find out that the principals are by most accounts unsavory.
 
HAHA, I knew IMMEDIATELY that the scumbag knife was a DOC. Too obvious.

I would not buy a knife, even secondary from someone I don't support. Why would I want to be constantly reminded of my dislike for someone every time I carried it.
 
Could be worse, Could be that stolen Khalid Sheik Mohammed design that Jared West is now producing with Chinese slave labor.:eek::D
 
Buying on the secondary absolutely supports the maker. Perceived demand and stable secondary pricing, allows individuals to buy directly from said maker with little to no risk. Therefore you support the maker with your secondary purchase. If people "couldn't give it away" on a secondary sale, no one would buy direct nor secondary because they would immediately lose money.

The smartest custom knife makers understand this dilemma very well and they work to keep demand high and supply low, so any direct sale will result in overwhelming demand and long term viability in the industry. Makers who are a flash in the pan and fade away quickly, failed to understand how the market works.
 
I very rarely see my knives come up for sale. This is because people buy my knives to use. If/when I get popular enough that people buy my knives for speculation/resale, I'm gonna sell off my equipment.
 
Dfunk1210 said:
The secondary market creates demand. And the knife a knife nut purchased on the secondary market likely won't be the last. If a person likes a knife, he will be more likely to buy others from that maker/manufacturer.
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I buy and sell "lots" of Spydercos here on the Exchange. I appreciate Sal and his company and I give tons of praise to Spyderco. I do buy some new Spydies, but rarely, and only if I cannot find them on the used market.
The Strider crap is getting old, boys. Get a life.
 
T.K.C. said:
If you don't like the maker, the DON'T buy the knives.
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Precisely. Why would I want to carry a knife made by someone whose character I find lacking? Even if I didn't buy it frm him or make him money? That would only reflect poorly on my character.

It's like "Well, this Hitler knife really does cut well."
 
In your case you should get rid of the knife , since it obviously is bothering you-this is a hobby , it should be fun.
 
Someone tired of reading others opinions on strider, not my problem though lol

I think the op has already made his mind up, probably before this thread. I think I know which way he went and agree.
 
Personally, since you already have it and don't want to support the maker(s), I'd say if it doesn't bother you too much, keep it and use the bejeepers out of it. Perhaps you can make them warranty it down the road. If it does bother you too much to use it, instead of destroying it, hang onto it until someone posts on the forum wondering about buying a new one and give it to them. Directly costing them a sale should help assuage your guilt. :D
 
Tjohnson4845 said:
Evening boys, this is a question that I have been asking myself lately. I'm curious to see what the general consensus is. Does buying or selling a knife on the 2nd hand market support/contribute to in any way its original maker/manufacture?

I'm asking this because I recently made a couple purchases on the 2nd hand which I would not of done on the retail market because I don't wish to contribute to these guys bottom line (one of them is a collaboration I call the scumbag knife, both guys are pukes in my opinion). As a result I feel I sold out and pissed myself off a little.

On the flip side, if I want to support a particular maker, does the 2nd hand help them in any way?

Bonus: Can anyone guess the Scumbag knife? BTW, the seller was awesome and the knife is pretty nice.
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When I read your original post I immediately wondered if you bought this knife I always see at knifecenter when I sort high to low on price, I call it the "double d-bag special"--the knife for someone that wants to double down on supporting scumbags . . .
 
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