Why so many discontinued? Poor sales.VandymanG wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 3:35 pm
So this started me looking at what was available from Spyderco. And I came away with questions. Why so many discontinued fixed blades? Why the current offerings? Why the limited selection of steels when they have so many awesome steels for the folders? Why a lack of bushcraft knives, maybe I missed one offered by them? Why was the Warrior discontinued? And yeah I have no use for the Warrior except it would make a really cool pizza cutter it’s a quest thing for me in my goal to eliminate my wife’s circle pizza cutter.
Why the current offerings? Because Sal and company are still trying.
Why the limited selection of steels? Because exotic steels cost more to purchase and more to turn into a knife, and "it's too expensive" has long been the number one reason for poor sales.
Why a lack of bushcraft knives? You missed them. The BushcraftUK was first made in O1 steel with a Spalted Maple handle, then O1 with polished G-10, then there was a version called the Proficient, flat grind S90V and carbon fiber. There was also the Zoomer in 20CV and smooth G-10. None sold well enough to stay in the lineup for long.
Edit to add: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. The market has shown that we say we want exotic materals but what we actually want is lower prices.