The Ash specifically, by the Aussies! It' a plan to conquer the world. First they buy up all the Ash knives then they systematically release them to moles they have planted in countries all around the world to destabilize the knife market by flooding it with Bargain basement prices on the Ash blades. They then will use the money to buy up essential companies thereby becoming able to jack up the prices of essential goods, basically holding the world hostage to their whims.