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Odd man out here. My quit smoking story lacks drama. I walked into the Exchange for cigarettes, found out they had gone up to $0.50 a pack, decided that was too much for coffin nails and walked out without them. That was in 1980. Never underestimate the power of cheapskate.

Welcome to the forum! If you post detailed close up pictures of your new knife, the good people here will do their best to help.

There is no patent, but the comet-shaped hole is a registered trademark of Spyderco, Inc. which does NOT expire. I'm not a legal expert, but that looks close enough to warrant investigation.
@TazKristi

Worst case scenario is you have to grind down the tip as WilliamMunny has demonstrated with a nifty graphic. For the sake of my own knowledge and the OP's though, what would everyone think is the least expensive tool you could use to regrind a tip? Would a Dremel do the trick with enough patience a...

@TazKristi

Reported these to eBay, they looked into it and found nothing wrong. Yeah, right.

Been a while since I've seen these, but they haven't gone away.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/296437477440

https://www.ebay.com/itm/296437461726

Yours is an early model with 2 screw clip. I can't see anything to indicate whether it is 440V or ATS-34 steel.

The problem is, the Fish Hunter uses the same handle mold as the Aqua Salt, which was reworked from the Vagabond and the molds are worn out. Sales apparently didn't justify making new molds, so another run is unlikely to happen.

You are most welcome, and welcome to the forum as well. There is a wealth of knowledge here, yours for the asking.

That is a Tufram coated Aluminum handle C07S Police model. Some runs had POLICE or POLICE MODEL on the blade, some did not. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/kk28/yablanowitz/DSCN2212.JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/kk28/yablanowitz/DSCN2216....

Any news I missed on a Maxamet Military? It's not likely to happen for the Military. That one seems to have been abandoned in favor of the Military2. As for when that will happen, I'd give it a couple more years. The last yime I was out there, they didn't even have machinery in the new factory area...

Why so many discontinued? Poor sales. Why the current offerings? Because Sal and company are still trying. The market has shown that we say we want exotic materals but what we actually want is lower prices. That's an interesting assessment. I have no data to support nor refute your contention, but ...

So this started me looking at what was available from Spyderco. And I came away with questions. Why so many discontinued fixed blades? Why the current offerings? Why the limited selection of steels when they have so many awesome steels for the folders? Why a lack of bushcraft knives, maybe I missed...

Spyderco has been trying to break into the fixed blade market for years without much luck. Really? Their fixed blades are always outrageously priced. There are at least some entry level options now. But Spyderco tries to charge folder prices for fixed blades. Oh, really? When the Temperance came ou...

Spyderco has been trying to break into the fixed blade market for years without much luck. It seems the knife buying market sees Spyderco as a folding knife company, not a fixed blade company.

Plain Edge.

Unless it was custom made, you probably need to schedule a mental acuity check up. The closest thing I know of would be on the Remote Release, and that's not very close. Lol gotta love the response....I know a lot of you would know way more than me. Thats why I wasnt afraid to ask. This would have ...

I've had a couple of transactions declined by fraud protection, and it really ticks me off. Apparently, 66 years is not old enough to decide for myself what I can spend my money on. What pissed me off even more is that fraud prevention didn't stop someone from using Venmo to steal $500 out of the sa...

I don't much care for combo edges at all. Plain or serrated, one or the other.

I have over 50 Police models and not a single one is combo edge, so no, thank you.