Have people started panic buying knives?
I definitely think prices have gone up.I think steel has become a bit more expensive (though Pabs will chime in and say that the cost of the steel is a fraction of the price) and perhpas the knife market is just a bit 'hotter' lately. But even kitchen cutlery seems more expensive.
Starship steel is $1.40 per pound, and I can't imagine that knife steel is much more.