How does forged knives differ from factory made and small production knives and how does it affect the price?

Knives in western countries and factory made asian knives are usually done by form pressing and made from readily available stainless steels like 420, 440b, 440c. The sheet metal goes into form press, and it makes the sheet metal into multiple knife blanks within seconds. Once the knife blanks are done, the blank goes through heat treatment oven and after that robotic sharpening line and it makes the blank into proper shape and sharp. The handle is done by putting the knife into plastic injection machine. The worktime and material costs in this type of method is minimal.

The way i'm producing knives is forging them from specialized steels and materials. First the steel for the body is made and shaped into right sized object. If the body is suminagashi, the body is made from multiple steels and forgewelded and layered multiple times. Once the body is done, the high carbon steel for the edge is forgewelded into the body steel. And finally the steel is shaped into an knife shaped object and put into dust and it will go through 24 hour long normalizing cycle in there. Then it's forged again into the final shape and the heat treatment is done by claying the steel and quenched in water. And after this the slow process starts, which includes grinding/sanding/filing and sharpening with natural japanese stones. 

The work process takes atleast an entire day for single knife.

On top of the work process, the materials that I am using are specialised and high quality and therefore also requires extra processes and takes even more time than using more normal steels and materials. They also have multiple shipping costs and taxes before i get my hands on.

So in short, long worktime and materials are ten times more expensive compared to factory made knives.