It always happens to me when I have a high dollar bowie or folder on the table.... invariably, someone grabs it up, then gasps when they see the price.
Where the "offense" comes in for me is when that individual literally drops the knife back on the table....I had an instance of that at the Blade Show a few years ago....a guy grabbed up a $2k bowie without asking, then when he saw the price he literally tossed it back on the table....and in the process damaged not only the bowie, but two damascus folders. Suffice to say I was a bit more then "offended".
Ed, I'm just curious, were you standing when he did this?
Just thinking he would have to have some serious marbles to do that!
I honestly do not know if I could keep my cool,
if someone did that to me! Its so disrespectful, I would have to make sure THEY KNEW WHAT THEY DID,
NOT MENTION HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO FIX IT!!! I doubt they could be held responsible!
It is the perceived notion of the value of a knife! It probably has something to do with the "WalMart mentality",
Where EVERYTHING is disposable and nothing is built to last no more than a few months depending on the product!
You would almost have to think that, "If they are attending the BLADE SHOW,
they would have some sort of knowledge of what we put into a single knife! Seems like there is a stray that walks in from time to time!
I was talking to a friend a while back, that used to do the "Gun and
knife" shows around here, he quit doing them, because there was always someone
that was standing there with a brand new Remington 700(ADL) with a brand new Khalie scope on it, total package costs:
Rifle- approx $800
Scope-approx $1400 roughly about $2000 dollars give or take a few bucks, while standing there holding that, they would try to talk him
down on the price of one of his very nice, Hunter's in the (Canadian belt knife style), that would have premium wood and usually CPM steel,
that he had priced at or a little above a $100.00!!! (Although this Show Specials I think were either 1084 or 1095, he had a load of that steel!)
Now that's a deal if I ever seen one, it would usually be his, "Show Special",
as it was his best seller that needed no advertising, his repeat business was huge! That alone PIS....err, I mean ticked him off
so bad, he QUIT doing them! I think that was his last time, he got put in this NEW section for "hand made" items,
which put him in between 2 duck call makers! He could barely talk without someone honking one of them! He was livid!
Tried to move to any other section of the building, informed them he would NEVER BE BACK! I think that ticked him off!
You'd think that at a knife show, someone would have a lot more common sense! I know, I know, common sense isn't so
common any more! Given the value of those knives, you'd think the show officials would have done something!
You know they have to be insured for such a thing, it would go along with protecting merchandise in the case of theft, you'd think anyway.
I still can't get past him throwing it or even tossing it back to the table if you were standing up! You ain't exactly a short
fella, and I KNOW you STAND UP when you talk to customers! I can see maybe the last day of the show and after all the hours
already spent standing, that you'd be past tired of standing, but I still think you'd have to be standing!
Just my thoughts! Rex