Opinions have weight. Some opinions are based on prejudice or random feelings. Some are based on facts or logic. Iâve offered the latter.
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This is a solid point. If someone is okay with counterfactual logic, accepts the epistemic limitations, and wants to engage in the economics of âwhat ifâ; theyâll still run head first into this for lots of products. The people making counterfactual arguments about âlostâ or âstolenâ sales tend to conveniently ignore it. To flesh out that point:
What percentage of the people who do buy a cheap Bolex were ever in the class of potential customers for a Rolex in the first place? This is an important reason to separate copied designs from counterfeits. Counterfeiters might be able to trick a person from that class into paying thousands of dollars for a fraudulent product. However, very few of the people spending $100 on a Bolex would ever dream of spending thousands on a Rolex, assuming they could afford to buy a Rolex in the first place.
Further, some of the people in the class that constitutes both potential Rolex customers AND people who bought a Bolex might be people who have purchased both. One of those people might get a Rolex for fancy occasions, business meetings, etc.; but wear the Bolex while mowing the lawn or shopping at the local Walmart.
Now, if you really want a headache, consider the class of people who buy a Rolex BECAUSE of their experiences with a Bolex. For instance, Person A gets a Bolex to see if they like the style or whatever, and then buys a Rolex once they know it is for them. Person B gets a Bolex when they are relatively poor and then graduates to a Rolex once theyâve âmade itâ. Such cases occur, are non-counterfactual when they do, and support a counter-argument versus the unsupported counterfactual claim: the existence of Bolex actually increased the sales of Rolex!
Here in the US, gas and food prices continue to rise. Milk and gas were the same price per gallon recently. Simply staying home with the family often saves enough on gas to buy a new budget knife. It has everything to do with those in power. Speaking of offending people, Letâs Go Brandon!
I recently skipped a trip over the mountains and into a neighboring state to see my elderly mother. Besides the cost and other hassles, mainstream media still has her so wound up about COVID that she wonât see her kids and grand kids unless we all wear masks, despite being in perfect health and up to date on vaccines. I literally saved enough on gas to buy the Civivi Chevalier I modded and carried today.
More often than not I carry a Spyderco MANIX 2 GRAY FRCP MAXAMET
There is not a one of the many other knives in various steels that stays as sharp for as long.
I really need to pick up an RSK,
Hogue makes a great knife and I really like the Ritter blade shape. I Should probably sell off some stuff and just do it,
PF is very interesting to me. I love the one that I have, i got it for ~20$! (PF818 g10 + d2)
now all their models have been released in the 50$ price bracket⌠a few are still in the 35$ range.
I think iâll stick with SRM knives. I picked up a new FRN version of their hit axis model.
SRM 9201-PL is the model number. they went with 8cr this time. itâs smooth and the handle is really light, but i prefer the d2 model with the beefier handle⌠itâs only a bit more, plus itâs got much better materials.
but for 20$, the SRM 9201-PL really was fun to try out, recommended for those keeping the budget tight
I have a laser goniometer,which measures the edge angle geometry and condition of a knife,but it is difficult to use it.
Is there some video showing the process please?
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