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Post by Adrian Jordan on May 24, 2019 9:46:48 GMT
It's all in the cost-to-time-to-quality spectrum. As with everything there is an area wherein you can safely trim some corners to save on production costs but still make a good quality, affordable product. The better quality manufacturers are able to better find and stay in this zone. Bad manufacturers will just cut huge, often important corners to maximize their profit. Outstanding manufacturers will take their time, really research the history and design, use the finest materials they can and try to get everything as perfect as possible. That's all very time consuming and expensive, which is why they cost way more.
You can see a hand-made knife for sale, let's say it cost $500. That's a lot of money. You might think it's overpriced. However, what people who think that don't see is that it's made of high-quality steel, requires a very specialized and precise quenching and heat treatment process(which require potentially very expensive equipment), has exotic handle materials(which can get insanely expensive and be terrible, even dangerous to work with), and the geometry and shaping are pin-point precise. Then you add the cost of shop materials like propane, sanding equipment and electricity and rent and boom, that $500 knife nets that maker less than minimum wage for their work hours! It's crazy. God bless these folks. 99% of them get paid a pittance for what they make.
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Post by reptaronice1 on May 24, 2019 9:50:17 GMT
It's all in the cost-to-time-to-quality spectrum. As with everything there is an area wherein you can safely trim some corners to save on production costs but still make a good quality, affordable product. The better quality manufacturers are able to better find and stay in this zone. Bad manufacturers will just cut huge, often important corners to maximize their profit. Outstanding manufacturers will take their time, really research the history and design, use the finest materials they can and try to get everything as perfect as possible. That's all very time consuming and expensive, which is why they cost way more. You can see a hand-made knife for sale, let's say it cost $500. That's a lot of money. You might think it's overpriced. However, what people who think that don't see is that it's made of high-quality steel, requires a very specialized and precise quenching and heat treatment process(which require potentially very expensive equipment), has exotic handle materials(which can get insanely expensive and be terrible, even dangerous to work with), and the geometry and shaping are pin-point precise. Then you add the cost of shop materials like propane, sanding equipment and electricity and rent and boom, that $500 knife nets that maker less than minimum wage for their work hours! It's crazy. God bless these folks. 99% of them get paid a pittance for what they make. I always wondered what made one knife $20 and the next one down $150.
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Post by reptaronice1 on May 24, 2019 15:33:44 GMT
It's all in the cost-to-time-to-quality spectrum. As with everything there is an area wherein you can safely trim some corners to save on production costs but still make a good quality, affordable product. The better quality manufacturers are able to better find and stay in this zone. Bad manufacturers will just cut huge, often important corners to maximize their profit. Outstanding manufacturers will take their time, really research the history and design, use the finest materials they can and try to get everything as perfect as possible. That's all very time consuming and expensive, which is why they cost way more. You can see a hand-made knife for sale, let's say it cost $500. That's a lot of money. You might think it's overpriced. However, what people who think that don't see is that it's made of high-quality steel, requires a very specialized and precise quenching and heat treatment process(which require potentially very expensive equipment), has exotic handle materials(which can get insanely expensive and be terrible, even dangerous to work with), and the geometry and shaping are pin-point precise. Then you add the cost of shop materials like propane, sanding equipment and electricity and rent and boom, that $500 knife nets that maker less than minimum wage for their work hours! It's crazy. God bless these folks. 99% of them get paid a pittance for what they make. I just need to get thru the mindset that a stamped sword is just as good as a forged one if they are the same quality.
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