Someday, David
Someday...
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Someday, David
It would also be a “ridiculous endeavour” to keep every single part of every single knife in inventory in some quantity on the off chance that someone wants to order some obscure combination of said parts at an increased cost rather than buying one of the many combinations of colours/steels etc already on offer would it not?ladybug93 wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 12:40 pmjust as an example, what if i want a manix 2 with dlc and blurple scales with xhp steel? all of these things are produced by spyderco already, but in order for me to get this knife, i’d have to buy a manix 2 in s110v, a blacked out manix in s30v for black hardware, and i’d have to hunt down an old exclusive from cutlery shoppe and completely destroy the frn handle to get the dlc xhp blade. that seems like a ridiculous endeavor for something that shouldn’t be too difficult to get from the factory where all those components could already exist.
I don't think Spyderco keeps XHP DLC Manix 2 blades around. They'd have to do a special run and just hold the blades in storage waiting for your request. They probably have s30v and s110v blades (and BD1n, and Maxamet) but I doubt you'd ever see anything aside from the regular production steel options available.ladybug93 wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 12:40 pmjust as an example, what if i want a manix 2 with dlc and blurple scales with xhp steel? all of these things are produced by spyderco already, but in order for me to get this knife, i’d have to buy a manix 2 in s110v, a blacked out manix in s30v for black hardware, and i’d have to hunt down an old exclusive from cutlery shoppe and completely destroy the frn handle to get the dlc xhp blade. that seems like a ridiculous endeavor for something that shouldn’t be too difficult to get from the factory where all those components could already exist.
should’ve read the next sentence.ladybug93 wrote:i simply wanted to say i know it’s been mentioned often here before and some companies are making it work, so maybe there’s a business model spyderco could look into if there’s enough interest or they want to.
That's why they should CQI the Baby Horn with screw construction and a Golden backlock, then leave it alone.PStone wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 6:07 amBuck has a custom shop. So does Benchmade. I can’t even count the number of how times I’ve gone to their websites and built a cool knife I wanted to buy, or thought was cool. Then closed the knife builder and forgot all about it. But later bought a regular production or sprint or exclusive. And I think most people have done the same thing. A custom shop sounds like a cool idea, but in reality, is just a way to tie up money in parts that may sit around for years and years.
And what about CQI? What happens when a model is CQI’d? Would Golden just have to throw out old parts in place of new ones after a CQI update? Because who would order a custom knife that isn’t as up to date as a regular production piece?
Even limited to Golden models, I would love this so much. At the end of the day, I mostly want Golden models in green G10 or micarta with different steels to try out. If I could order this up from the factory even at MSRP it would be so much better than missing an exclusive direct from the dealer and then paying 2x MSRP on eBay.
you may be right about that, doc. that’s a sweet manix.
wow! that’s cool. i’m sure your customers will understand if it never happens, but if it does, i hope it’s wildly successful for you.