pitta-pitta
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OK. Thanks. I wasn't sure where to post it. The point I found interesting on the post
http://www.ukblades.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3364
was there is a view in the UK at the moment on some smaller knife and bushcraft forums over there that British Blades seems to favour certain UK makers, and prices seem to be high, in the same way that Alan seemed to be 'looked after' during this fiasco. (Albeit he is a US maker.) There are a lot of scare stories about buying from the US and UK buyers on British Blades are warned off because of customs grabbing knives coming in from the US which puts a lot of UK buyers off buying from a US knife maker, who seem to be a lot cheaper than UK makers.
I picked up on this thread whilst looking to buy a knife and found it interesting because there certainly seems to be some sort of cartel in the UK market where the same knife makers are pushed. When you consider that these makers charge an equivalent of $300-800 for a simple bushcraft style knife and you can get a similar knife here for say $100-200 I just wondered what makers here thought of that.
The Alan Blade thread I linked to covers this and an arguement between Blade Forum and British Blade members around a similar sort of subject.
I was just wondering what people here thought of all that as the original piece eminated here and obviously this is key forum for US makers? Do any of them here have knives snatched by UK customs? Is it true?
http://www.ukblades.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3364
was there is a view in the UK at the moment on some smaller knife and bushcraft forums over there that British Blades seems to favour certain UK makers, and prices seem to be high, in the same way that Alan seemed to be 'looked after' during this fiasco. (Albeit he is a US maker.) There are a lot of scare stories about buying from the US and UK buyers on British Blades are warned off because of customs grabbing knives coming in from the US which puts a lot of UK buyers off buying from a US knife maker, who seem to be a lot cheaper than UK makers.
I picked up on this thread whilst looking to buy a knife and found it interesting because there certainly seems to be some sort of cartel in the UK market where the same knife makers are pushed. When you consider that these makers charge an equivalent of $300-800 for a simple bushcraft style knife and you can get a similar knife here for say $100-200 I just wondered what makers here thought of that.
The Alan Blade thread I linked to covers this and an arguement between Blade Forum and British Blade members around a similar sort of subject.
I was just wondering what people here thought of all that as the original piece eminated here and obviously this is key forum for US makers? Do any of them here have knives snatched by UK customs? Is it true?