Professor
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Mr. Glesser, when are your television ads coming out? That would IMO be the ultimate medium for informing the public of the cause.
I spent a long time finding mail order companies that bought in such bulk that they sold knives for not terribly much more than dealer cost. This allows me to re-sell them if I desire to my colleagues for what I paid + shipping. When I do, I (much like a Biblical witness) urge them to join the only organization founded on the protection of their knife rights. I usually cite examples of laws-gone-mad as they pertain to cutlery, and emplore them that their support is needed; not just as martial artists or those looking for a viable alternative to a firearm, but to those I sell to who are fishermen, hunters, even law enforcement and emergency personnel. I compare the AKTI to the NRA, sometimes referring to it as the "NRA of knives," explaining that our right to carry and use is in as much jeopardy as the rights of those who choose to carry and collect firearms. I would guess that about twenty percent of the people I sell to join the AKTI in their own interest.
Just as the television ads would be effective, how about the presidents of the knife companies who are board members allowing a percentage of their dealer sales to go to the AKTI? I'm not suggesting raising dealer costs or the cost to the general public. I'm thinking that trimming profits only marginally and contributing the rest to the cause would be an automatic and guaranteed fundraiser. Even one to two dollars from every Case, Benchmade, Spyderco, and others' individual sale would mean money toward the organization. Even if the price per knife did go up one or two dollars for the general public, I'd still but them as long as it was explained to me why. Sometimes rousing people to join a cause that makes to much sense can be cumbersome, and this would be a viable supplement, would it not?
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Professor
[This message has been edited by Professor (edited 28 June 1999).]
I spent a long time finding mail order companies that bought in such bulk that they sold knives for not terribly much more than dealer cost. This allows me to re-sell them if I desire to my colleagues for what I paid + shipping. When I do, I (much like a Biblical witness) urge them to join the only organization founded on the protection of their knife rights. I usually cite examples of laws-gone-mad as they pertain to cutlery, and emplore them that their support is needed; not just as martial artists or those looking for a viable alternative to a firearm, but to those I sell to who are fishermen, hunters, even law enforcement and emergency personnel. I compare the AKTI to the NRA, sometimes referring to it as the "NRA of knives," explaining that our right to carry and use is in as much jeopardy as the rights of those who choose to carry and collect firearms. I would guess that about twenty percent of the people I sell to join the AKTI in their own interest.
Just as the television ads would be effective, how about the presidents of the knife companies who are board members allowing a percentage of their dealer sales to go to the AKTI? I'm not suggesting raising dealer costs or the cost to the general public. I'm thinking that trimming profits only marginally and contributing the rest to the cause would be an automatic and guaranteed fundraiser. Even one to two dollars from every Case, Benchmade, Spyderco, and others' individual sale would mean money toward the organization. Even if the price per knife did go up one or two dollars for the general public, I'd still but them as long as it was explained to me why. Sometimes rousing people to join a cause that makes to much sense can be cumbersome, and this would be a viable supplement, would it not?
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Professor
[This message has been edited by Professor (edited 28 June 1999).]
