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The new Glow in the Dark Delica Knife Kit has now hit the market. To show the size difference I shot a few photos with a Super-Blue Delica for reference. Assembling the kit is very easy. I used a small knife blade to trim the excess plastic from where the sprue attaches as you would on any model kit...

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spyderwa
Rare and Unusual Spyderco Webpage
http://www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa

I plan to be there all three days. Since I am flying in I won't be able to bring any interesting Spydercos with me. It should be a lot of fun.

spyderwa

Rare and Unusual Spyderco Page
http://www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa

It was great talking to the Spyderco forum members at the show. Should be lots of prototypes on display today.

spyderwa

Rare and Unusual Spyderco Page

http://www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa

Seki City in Gifu is quite a bit further south from Fukushima than Tokyo. Radiation levels are monitored closely in Japan. I visited Tokyo and Seki last October after the earthquake and found that though there may have been some heightened concern in Tokyo immediately after the radiation release at ...

I ended up buying this from the estate so I could "retire" it. It will have a good home to rest in. In my travels in the knife world I often see knives that have shared sharpening time with Arkansas whetstones and assorted motorized grinders. The more I see the carnage, the more I apprecia...

Recently I was asked to assign values to a knife collection in an estate. When the knives finally arrived the majority were broken Old Timer knives and similar with no real value other than spare parts. There was one oddball knife in the bunch that caught my eye. This is the most abused Spyderco tha...

Recently I was asked to assign values to a knife collection in an estate. When the knives finally arrived the majority were broken Old Timer knives and similar with no real value other than spare parts. There was one oddball knife in the bunch that caught my eye. This is the most abused Spyderco tha...

If you take the Yamanote line to Ueno there is a old-style shopping area known as Ameyoko by the south exit. In the enclosed shopping area there are at least two knife stores. One of them has a few exclusive Japan-market Spydercos as of last month when I was there. There is another knife store on th...

Probably the best way would be through the Factory Store with an advance warning a week or two before they are released.

spyderwa

Rare and Unusual Spyderco Page
http://www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa

There is always one that you miss out on. In this case an inexpensive Khukri. There really were not a lot of older Spydercos there, but it was nice to see all of the new prototypes.

spyderwa

Rare Spyderco Website
http://www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa

Thanks Oregon. I really had a great time talking about knives. I took a picture of my Rekat Pocket Hobbit which is a folding version of the Hobbit/Warrior design. These are very hard to find and I was delighted to find one this past weekend. Might we see one of these as a Spyderco? Hmmm..... is all ...

Just got back from the Oregon Show. I want to say thanks to all of the forumites that stopped by. I really enjoyed show and tell time with Oregon, (though I hope it was not too overwhelming). As usual this was a great show with some cool treasures uncovered. The Spyderco crew was present with protot...

I will be sharing space with Betty from Double Eagle. Look me up as I will have a lot of interesting, (old and rare), Spydercos with me. Great show each year.

spyderwa aka David

Rare and Unusual Spyderco Website
http://www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa

I remember seeing a few of these at the swap meets three or four years ago. They had soft aluminum handles with a very coarse opening action. The steel was of questionable quality. If I remember correctly they were going for around $5 and were not worth that. They were sourced from China. spyderwa R...

I didn't pay too much attention to the Grasshopper. If I remember correctly it is a larger version of the Honeybee. The Honeybee is far more usable than the Bug. All three knives are aiming for an inexpensive price-point but are actually very nice knives in the Slipit series. I might carry a Honeybe...

The Shot Show is an amazing event for manufacturers and dealers. The public is not allowed unless they have an industry connection as a buyer, seller, media, or celebrity. The Spyderco area was in the lower floor and had an office/meeting area that was enclosed and a storage/break area on the other ...

Unfortunately the knife making business is very competitive. Spyderco has had many instances where their new knife models have been copied by other companies which rush a cheap copy to market bypassing costly quality-control and engineering. These copies hurt Spyderco by reducing the marketability o...

Most pawn shops start with incredibly high prices in the hope that some uninformed person will buy the item. Most shops are negotiable but as always it pays to do your research. Keep in mind that the amount they pay the original owner is pennies on the dollar. Pawn shops can occasionally have an int...