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Kavik
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Oct 1, 2018
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So, we're now up to the same price or higher than other retailers AND no options for deducting anything for a case?
What the hell is the point at this point?
Hatuletoh
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Oct 1, 2018
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KavikFor those who love anticipation. Or maybe its like one of those unanswerable questions that help focus Zen meditation: what is the sound of no knife cutting? Or: If a blue G10, compression-locked Spyderco PM2 w/ S110V blade steel is eventually delivered to house, but no one lives at the house any longer, has it actually been delivered?
Hatuletoh
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Oct 1, 2018
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KavikGod, I was thinking the same thing, why do I even bother looking?
I wonder if Massdrop was actually running afoul of Spyderco's MSRP rules w/ the pouch/lower price gambit, and that's why its gone?
Spyderco is Spyderco, and they ain't changing for you, me, Massdrop, or anyone else. Which reminds me: a cpl weeks ago in some thread, you argued that Spyderco legacy models--Delica, PMs, Native, etc--were actually over-priced because they were so old and basically unchanged that R&D costs had to be nil at this point, yet their prices hadnt gone down as they should have long ago once those costs were recouped.
I'd never thought of that--I'd always mentally filed those knives in the "good deal" folder, and I tend to be pretty price-sensitive, so I was puzzled why that issue had never crossed my mind. Then I looked at my Spyderco collection, and...well...take a look:
There's nary a standard model in the lot. The closest is the BR green Manbug w/ ZDP-189--thats at least always available. And the L'il Vallaton Sub-Hilt looks "normal" but is actually one of those that was converted to a double-action, scale-release auto by Butch Vallotton. All the others are sprint runs or exclusives, and I did not set out consciously to ONLY buy those, but I do only buy knives I feel are a value for the $, whether its $10 or $500. So those knives are like a manifestation of my semi-conscious cost/value assessment. In other words, my favorite thing about Spyderco is their use of exotic blade steels--nobody even comes close to their level of experimentation. And I think those--these--exotic-bladed knives are great deals. But the normal Spyderco configurations never excited me much, and as you can see, I've never been motivated to spend the $ for one (this is my full spread of Spydies, for the time being).
So thanks for the mental prompt that lead to greater insight into the precise nature of my addiction.
I wonder if Massdrop was actually running afoul of Spyderco's MSRP rules w/ the pouch/lower price gambit, and that's why its gone?
Spyderco is Spyderco, and they ain't changing for you, me, Massdrop, or anyone else. Which reminds me: a cpl weeks ago in some thread, you argued that Spyderco legacy models--Delica, PMs, Native, etc--were actually over-priced because they were so old and basically unchanged that R&D costs had to be nil at this point, yet their prices hadnt gone down as they should have long ago once those costs were recouped.
I'd never thought of that--I'd always mentally filed those knives in the "good deal" folder, and I tend to be pretty price-sensitive, so I was puzzled why that issue had never crossed my mind. Then I looked at my Spyderco collection, and...well...take a look:
There's nary a standard model in the lot. The closest is the BR green Manbug w/ ZDP-189--thats at least always available. And the L'il Vallaton Sub-Hilt looks "normal" but is actually one of those that was converted to a double-action, scale-release auto by Butch Vallotton. All the others are sprint runs or exclusives, and I did not set out consciously to ONLY buy those, but I do only buy knives I feel are a value for the $, whether its $10 or $500. So those knives are like a manifestation of my semi-conscious cost/value assessment. In other words, my favorite thing about Spyderco is their use of exotic blade steels--nobody even comes close to their level of experimentation. And I think those--these--exotic-bladed knives are great deals. But the normal Spyderco configurations never excited me much, and as you can see, I've never been motivated to spend the $ for one (this is my full spread of Spydies, for the time being).
So thanks for the mental prompt that lead to greater insight into the precise nature of my addiction.
14themoney
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Dec 6, 2018
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HatuletohNIce collection. I have a friend who is always reminding me to leave my knife collection to him when I die.
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