ChrisinHove wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:37 pmIf I remember correctly, the mule team project was all but mothballed not all that long ago due to inadequate interest.
It’s ironic that the prospect of scarcity breeds the additional interest that guarantees it.
And I feel that this demand in availability "exclusivity" may perhaps lead to that same fate. I know the aspect of an impending "drop" (release time and date) of limited production knives brings and keeps interest amongst a lot of people in the community; which would only have a positive effect on drawing interested parties in to see what else Spyderco has to offer. If an easy one-and-done secures you a limited run, what else do I need to hang around and look in-to until the next release a few months, or years from now? I feel that in losing that aspect of "the hunt", it will inevitably lead to losing interest, rendering the increase in production numbers to once again stagnate the shelves as deadstock. Obviously, those who have all the mules are no strangers to this hunt and have been successful in the "old ways". It seems even easier now to secure a model with the production increase and limited nature of purchase. There will undoubtedly be installments of updates furthering this availability for all as each release phases out. If it ain't broken, don't fix it, just look for improvements. It's all in baby steps. The time investment seems well spent elsewhere; perhaps on better software to allow smoother transactions on a drop day.
Add a pre-order option if you must and call it a day. Call me cynical, but this is undoubtedly set for one of those "in pleasing the few, it will p**s off the many". Just look at what limiting the purchase from 2-to-1 did with the SRS-13 Mule; though in that case Spyderco was thinking of the all. Time will tell.