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Ironstone Hunter. It's the Spydie I've owned the longest, am the most attached to, and has never let me down. The thing is a tank.

IG-88 and Golden, thanks for your contributions! Golden, killer auction find on your #049. Way to go! For this project, I defined the engraving as "right side up" if it was properly oriented when the knife was open with the edge down. Thus, your knife's engraving would be considered "...

Some from recent Fleabay auctions: #1378 -- matte scales, plainedge, no Klotzli on blade, bug on clip, clip engraving right side up #018 -- glossy scales, plainedge, Klotzli on blade, no bug on clip, clip engraving upside down #649 -- matte scales (? pic isn't clear), plainedge, no Klotzli on blade,...

It's titanium carbonitride that they called "black-ti". The coating actually did a fair amount to extend the life of the initial sharpening of the serrations before it would finally wear off. The Police and the Worker were the only ones I remembered with coated serrations. It was a long ti...

#1765 -- glossy scales, combo edge, no Klotzli on blade, bug on clip, clip engraving right side up.

Highest number I have seen so far. On Fleabay right now...

#803 -- matte scales, plain edge, no Klotzli on blade, no bug on clip, clip engraving right side up.

On Fleabay right now.

IG-88, nice catch on the ebay ones. I missed those...I've been falling down here lately!

Thanks and congratulations on #1225 (and the other Klotzli as well, I've always loved that guy's stuff).

IG, thanks for the sleuthing and contribution!

A couple more from recent fleabay auctions: #1022 -- matte scales, combo edge, no Klotzli on blade, clip engraving right side up with bug #1438 -- glossy scales, plain edge, no Klotzli, clip engraving right side up with bug #607 -- matte scales, plain edge, no Klotzli, clip engraving right side up, ...

CF Dodo. Love this knife. Love the finish on the thick carbon slabs and minimum use of steel in the handle. The whole point of carbon (and g10, and Micarta before that) was that it is strong enough to eliminate the need for liners, so you could make a really light knife that still feels sturdy. Obvi...

Hey, 80cj5 and M2P. Thanks for contributing to the project. Can you tell us about the engraving on the clips: when the knife is open with the blade edge down, is the engraving right side up or upside down? Thank you!

#1620 -- no Klotzli, glossy scales, comboedge, spyder on clip and engraving right side up. Owned by our own forum member endgame.

Endgame, does yours have the word Klotzli engraved on the blade (I suspect not)? Also, the engraving on the clip -- does it have the spyder? And when you are looking at the knife open, edge down, is the engraving on the clip upside down or right side up? In the thread Senate mentions above, I'm tryi...

Thanks, Senate. You're a true gentleman.

And endgame, welcome to the club.

#013 -- Klotzli on blade, glossy scales, plainedge, no spyder on clip, clip engraving upsidedown. Was on Fleabay.

Thanks, Senate. Those are indeed the pics. We've all seen a lot of pics of spydies, but those shots in particular are exceptional.

In that thread, Rycen mentions:

#277 -- Klotzli on blade, glossy scales...too bad the pics aren't available anymore, so we don't have any more info than that.

Senate and Pine, thanks for contributing and I love seeing #1369 getting actual pocket time! I carry my #213, but it's not as well-loved as yours. Senate, I actually have #014 listed already in Post #3. I have a picture of it from some corner of the Internet with #1734 on a white background. Is it y...

#1651 -- no Klotzli on blade, glossy scales, plainedge, no bug on clip, clip engraving right-side-up. On Fleabay.

Jabba, I dissected my Cat last night and the scales are absolutely the CF/G10 laminate. So, as yours is clearly solid CF, I find it very interesting that there is variation in a run that seemed to have so few make it into the wild. It now begs the question of what percentages are solid and laminates...

CFN, in the case of the Walkers, it's a little more than a steel variation. They are really two completely different knives.

Jabba, your pic is convincing about yours being solid, and it means I'll have to take another look at mine when I get home. I'll report back with my findings...