Evil D wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:57 pm....
Regardless, the answer to this thread is the same as it has been and always will be:
Collectors will say NO, low volume means increased value and higher resale value.
Users will say YES, high volume means I won't have to pay what the collectors or flippers want just for a knife I want to use.
I don't disagree. But then there is everyone else in between. Those who use their collection, or those who want to $upplement their hobby. And various other combinations of customers. But at the end of the day, we are all Spyderco customers.
And there is Spyderco - the business that allows all this to happen. A company with a mission, goals, capacity, competition. Sprinkled with passion. And growth. And to what end? Which group are they focusing on? Who do they cater to?
I don't know. Things are complicated. I am just an enthusiast who adapted this knife thing as a hobby, based on something which has always been part of me from a young age - using a knife. And although I am balls deep in it today, things can change tomorrow. So if I miss one I really wanted, I don't sweat it. I don't blame Spyderco or those who managed to get one or two of the one I missed.
And I am few IPAs in, so going to hang up now...