Spyderco mosaic "BUG" pin?

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Spyderco mosaic "BUG" pin?

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Would love to have the little bug through the lanyard hole of my mules. I've seen many designs like frogs, anvils, dragons, etc. So would Spyderco have any interest in making them or having another supplier do it for them?

I'd love to have several colors to match liners, themes or just the flow of handle materials. Anyone else?
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Cool idea, Spyderco pins that fit the mules.
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Have Spyderco lanyard bugs.

Found these on Etsy a while back (bought them out :D)

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standy99 wrote:
Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:44 am
Have Spyderco lanyard bugs.

Found these on Etsy a while back (bought them out :D)

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That is really cool! I'm really confused as to what that bug is setting on, what is that?

Having them in a brass or nickel tube with colored epoxy would put the zippidy in my do-dah :D
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legOFwhat? wrote:
Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:24 am
Would love to have the little bug through the lanyard hole of my mules. I've seen many designs like frogs, anvils, dragons, etc. So would Spyderco have any interest in making them or having another supplier do it for them?

I'd love to have several colors to match liners, themes or just the flow of handle materials. Anyone else?

Great idea.
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legOFwhat? wrote:
Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:34 am
standy99 wrote:
Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:44 am
Have Spyderco lanyard bugs.

Found these on Etsy a while back (bought them out :D)

Image
That is really cool! I'm really confused as to what that bug is setting on, what is that?

Having them in a brass or nickel tube with colored epoxy would put the zippidy in my do-dah :D

It is sitting on a wood burl…. Bit too big for making a mosaic pin though….

I am using these next (micarta or resin whichever comes in the post first)

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How are these pins made, anyway? Through an extrusion process? I think a spyderco bug would be a heckuva lot easier to make (being sort of roundish to start with) than the skull ^ pictured above...

I suppose, with patience and a magnifying glass, you could file a bug of brass and inset it into black epoxy inside a hollow brass rod of the correct dimension...but wow, that would be a lot of work...and love...required.
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