What happened to SpeedTech??

fracmeister

fracmeister

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My links to their website are busted and I can't find them anywhere.

Surely, one of you knows right off the top of your head. Thanks

(might as well post a knife pic)

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I believe someone asked this question not too long ago. Unfortunately, SpeedTech went out of business.
 
Well that stinks. Did any one happen to buy the "rights""patents" or whatever for the one piece handles?? I thought that was a good idea. Oh well.


Blades
 
They had promise, but obviously didn't sell enough knives. That one piece handle was a good idea. They've been gone about a year now.
 
<font face="Times Roman">Well this just flat out blows chunks man. :( I have a Synergy and I really like it, and I'd really like to buy another one.

Does anyone know of any vendors that still have any in stock?</font>
 
Originally posted by Roogalator


Does anyone know of any vendors that still have any in stock?</font>
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There were no vendors to begin with! SpeedTech only sold the Synergy throough their website...."factory direct" of sorts.
 
Only factory direct? Kinda hard to generate a lot of interest that way. Look at Apple vs. IBM/Microsoft! If you want to choke off your own distribution options, good luck getting everyone excited about your product!

Never having played with autos (not allwed to in Canada), I too liked the speed techs as far as design goes. They were very interesting, and sexy too.
 
Crayola: You probably nailed down the reason for the Speed Tech demise. Poor marketing of a very good product. If you can't get your anxious paws on the knife at a local B&M dealer, you seriously limit your market penetration. A pity the company went belly-up.
 
Originally posted by Crayola
Only factory direct? Kinda hard to generate a lot of interest that way. Look at Apple vs. IBM/Microsoft! If you want to choke off your own distribution options, good luck getting everyone excited about your product!
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Then again, look at DELL !! (But they do believe in advertising.)

Cool looking knife. I'm kind of embarrassed to say this is the first one I've ever seen. Do they have any "collector value" yet? Thanks for posting the picture, fracmeister. Kind of brings to mind one of those curvy, flashy Vegas showgirls. What does Doris think of this one, Buzzbait? :D
 
Those are great looking knives. This thread brings some reminiscences to me, Speedtechs were among the first folders that caught my eye when I began to look for information about knives over the Internet.
 
... I was just sharpening my Synergy when I saw this thread for the first time. Great knife. I love the THWACK that one piece handle makes. And I'm totally spoiled on contoured grips now.
 
<font face="Times Roman"><b>Dexter Ewing writes:</b> <i>There were no vendors to begin with! SpeedTech only sold the Synergy throough their website...."factory direct" of sorts.</i>

Ach. This is what I was afraid of. I bought mine direct from their web site, but for some reason it hadn't occured to me that they wouldn't have regular retail channels. Feh.

Anyone know offhand if any of the SpeedTech principles still have stock on hand they'd be willing to sell? And if so, any contact info?

This just reinforces my belief that when you find something you really like, <i>buy more than one of it</i>.</font>
 
Originally posted by knifenerd
Crayola: You probably nailed down the reason for the Speed Tech demise. Poor marketing of a very good product. If you can't get your anxious paws on the knife at a local B&M dealer, you seriously limit your market penetration. A pity the company went belly-up.
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The way I heard it was that the pricing was way out of line with the cost. There are plenty of custom makers who are maintaining volume without dealer channels, they simply adjust their margin to reflect the lower volume.

The Synergy was an expensive knife to produce, and was done in extremely limited numbers, but the price was far less than, for example, TiNives, or a similarly sized and decorated CRK folder.

Another reason not to complain about the people making a reasonable profit. We want our friends to stay in business!
 
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