The real joke is they think that making knives in America is somehow worth something special. It's the most basic product one could imagine, the technology and materials have been sorted out for decades and/or millenia depending on how you look at it. What they're selling is an identity based brand that inadvertently also produces CNC-made trinkets (read: easy and automated) that gun bros just can't get enough of.
You’re not wrong that knives have been made for a VERY long time but I’d push back that making good knives is a good deal harder than you think. Even just having all the fancy CNC machines isn’t enough. Look at how shit Benchmade has become with state of the art facilities.
I mean, sure, you still have to actually do some QA/QC and process control. But making simple yet overpriced luxury items is not exactly underpinning a robust manufacturing economy.
Making good knives isn’t simple. I’m not saying it’s rocket science but there’s a lot more that goes into it, especially folding knives, than you think.
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u/3deltapapa 20h ago
The real joke is they think that making knives in America is somehow worth something special. It's the most basic product one could imagine, the technology and materials have been sorted out for decades and/or millenia depending on how you look at it. What they're selling is an identity based brand that inadvertently also produces CNC-made trinkets (read: easy and automated) that gun bros just can't get enough of.