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by Bags14
Tue May 26, 2015 3:03 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: CTS 20CP - Didn't Make the Cut?
Replies: 28
Views: 10645

Re: CTS 20CP - Didn't Make the Cut?

PayneTrain, I am the Product Manager for the Knife Blade portfolio at Carpenter. To put it simply, we have not had a lot of interest for 20CP. The initial order for Spyderco was processed about 5 years ago, before I arrived here. At 2.2% C there are not a lot of folks interested in ordering the mate...
by Bags14
Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:36 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Just landed: Spyderco C160 Foundry!
Replies: 37
Views: 6017

I really liked this project from when I first heard about it, and now that we have an employee among us it seems even cooler. The handle looks good, the blade shape even better, and the philosophy behind it just fantastic. Bags14, what do you think about the project from your perspective? I imagine...
by Bags14
Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:10 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Just landed: Spyderco C160 Foundry!
Replies: 37
Views: 6017

Actually I am a Commercial Manager for Carpenter. I was hired in initially just for the Knife Market, I now have a couple of other markets to manage.
by Bags14
Tue Aug 19, 2014 2:43 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Just landed: Spyderco C160 Foundry!
Replies: 37
Views: 6017

Below is a list of the materials and the intended part we shipped to Spyderco for the Foundry It is all Carpenter except for the screws which were going to be very expensive if we had them produced in a small volume for this project (but don't think we didn't think about it!) The scales were origina...
by Bags14
Fri May 17, 2013 8:27 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: SM-35M50 Micromelt Steel looks amazing!
Replies: 143
Views: 20252

This posting was forwarded over to me earlier in the week. I am the Commercial Manager for Knife Blades at Carpenter Technology. I passed the chemistry around to a number of folks here. After the groaning subsided (as their first fear was I was going to ask them to make it!), CPP (our powder product...
by Bags14
Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:47 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: More CTS-20CP?
Replies: 79
Views: 12599

OK, normally I do not jump into the forums but just read them to get a feel for what is going now. In real life I am the Commercial Manager for Knife Blades for Carpenter Technology and I need to clear the air here. Carpenter is NOT discontinuing CTS 204P. There are a number of custom makers that lo...