Hello all,
I come seeking advice from fellow Canadian (and American) users of this forum.
Do I just have to accept that knives cost 20-30% more here? Or are their alternative sellers with reasonable prices?
It seems either I have to pay $20-$30 [if not far more] dollars more to get it locally, or pay that in shipping. And often it is actually cheaper to pay the shipping.
This ridiculous price hiking really came to a head for me recently. I am really interested in the Canadian designed and manufactured Russell Belt Knife (original #1, carbon steel, over flap sheath). But it seems it is far cheaper for the knife to be shipped to a US store, and then me purchase it and it get shipped back to Canada. I have a store that sells every variety of this knife basically in my back yard, but they sell them over 30% more than competing stores (only one store in Canada even sells the carbon steel version).
And my third problem, the only listed dealer that sells the flap sheath, with the carbon steel blade, is going out of business and is out of stock. Does anyone know where I can get this combo? In either country? I have grandparents in Florida right now, who will be driving back in a few weeks to Ontario. So perhaps they can even pick it up from a retail store.
Note: one big problem is the Steel, everyone sells Stainless, but I do not want stainless.
Thanks for any and all help,
Jonathon
I come seeking advice from fellow Canadian (and American) users of this forum.
Do I just have to accept that knives cost 20-30% more here? Or are their alternative sellers with reasonable prices?
It seems either I have to pay $20-$30 [if not far more] dollars more to get it locally, or pay that in shipping. And often it is actually cheaper to pay the shipping.
This ridiculous price hiking really came to a head for me recently. I am really interested in the Canadian designed and manufactured Russell Belt Knife (original #1, carbon steel, over flap sheath). But it seems it is far cheaper for the knife to be shipped to a US store, and then me purchase it and it get shipped back to Canada. I have a store that sells every variety of this knife basically in my back yard, but they sell them over 30% more than competing stores (only one store in Canada even sells the carbon steel version).
And my third problem, the only listed dealer that sells the flap sheath, with the carbon steel blade, is going out of business and is out of stock. Does anyone know where I can get this combo? In either country? I have grandparents in Florida right now, who will be driving back in a few weeks to Ontario. So perhaps they can even pick it up from a retail store.
Note: one big problem is the Steel, everyone sells Stainless, but I do not want stainless.
Thanks for any and all help,
Jonathon