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eskimo
11-03-2009, 18:49
Hi does anyone know why the Fallkniven F1 has jumped up so much in price recently. I recently aquired one from this site (Thanks very much Jus_like_that)

However I was looking for a second for my wife but am sure they used to be £60, cheapest now is between £80-90.

Does anyone know where to get them cheaper?
mace242
11-03-2009, 18:55
I suspect exchange rates are the issue.
eskimo
11-03-2009, 18:59
Here in Sweden they are still 931.51SEK (Approx £80) plus I am not sure about laws bringing them back to the UK.
mace242
11-03-2009, 19:06
Hi does anyone know why the Fallkniven F1 has jumped up so much in price recently. I recently aquired one from this site (Thanks very much Jus_like_that)

However I was looking for a second for my wife but am sure they used to be £60, cheapest now is between £80-90.

Does anyone know where to get them cheaper?

One going on british blades for £85.
Nonsuch
11-03-2009, 20:12
I checked the historical Kroner/Pound exchange rate over the last six months and it's pretty stable, so someone somewhere is making plenty of money !!!
C_Claycomb
11-03-2009, 20:47
What you have neglected to remember is that Fallkniven are made in Japan, so you have to compare with the Yen. If you do, you will see that the Euro, Krona and Pound all dropeed in value against the Yen back in September 2008 by roughly a factor of 0.7 (£1 = 200yen in 2008, now £1 = 140Yen). I know its more complicated that this, but if you multiply £60 by 1.4 you get about £90 now.
eskimo
11-03-2009, 21:42
That would also explain it been no cheaper in Sweden.

Cheers
Nicklas Odh
11-03-2009, 21:50
Also, if you look the other way. In July you paid about 5,95 Swedish Kronor for one US Dollar. Now you have to pay around 9 Kronor for it.

It all started with some real estate agents in the US giving loans high and low, then the nice-to-have-stuff got a whole lot more expensive :(
Kerne
11-03-2009, 21:59
Funny you should say that...

I bought a Fallkniven u1 (from Wanderingblade - very good price) but I had noticed that on ebay and some other sites they had gone up in price by about £30 since Christmas. Assumed it was an credit crunch/exchange rate thing, but clearly I was wrong.