spyderco laguiole????

[Agent_Ohm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3t6-s9ky5g

just found this video researching laguioles, is this for real?

[jonUSA,EARTH]

Sure is and very rare, heres some insight to it from Sal.Its in the 4th post down on this link
http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15535

[The Deacon]

Yes, it's real, was produced for Spyderco, and Sal considers it a Spyderco product. On the other hand, it was marketed as the RAMCO Laguiole, possibly because it did not employ an version of Spyderco's opener, and does not say Spyderco anywhere on it. Even the leather sheath carries a bee rather than a :spyder: . So there's some question, at least in my mind, whether to file it under Spyderco or classify it with Sal's other designs, like the Solo's, which did not employ any implementation of the Spyderco opener patent and were manufactured and marketed under other names. In the end, that's a question each collector has to answer for themselves.

[ozspyder]

One of the few Spyderco's without the Spyderhole. Nice piece, but to most it isn't a Spyderco. As Paul points out RAMCO is on the knife but no Spyderco anywhere.

[chambers]

That is STUNNING... :eek:

[recoil]

It's a nice knife and it holds a place in Spyderco history,
Made for Spyderco, But it's not a Spyderco.
Just my humble opinion. :)

dave

[Zendemic]

I didn't know such a thing existed! I've got a normal Laguiole, and i love it. If there ever was a sprint of this knife, I wouldn't think twice...

[4 s ter]

Nice piece, but to most it isn't a Spyderco. As Paul points out RAMCO is on the knife but no Spyderco anywhere.

I might agree that to "some" it isn't a Spyderco - I don't know if "most" feel that way.

I know this has been discussed before, but it does seem that Sal feels it is a "Spyderco".

A quote from Sal:

[INDENT]Spyderco Laguiole

Spyderco produced a Laguiole "style" knife about 8 years ago. It was a front lock folder designed by Dennis LeMaire. We produced it in Seki. Steel was GIN-1. We designed our own "bee" for the traditional look. Quality was excellent. Came in Plain or serrated. Custom made leather sheath also had the "bee" embossed on the sheath.

It was/is IMO the best quality Laguiole ever to hit the market. We actually lost quite a bit of $ in the project.

Dealer support wasn't there and the model was dropped. One of the Spyderco crew just purchased one of the remaining pcs at the last Spyderco "Crew sale" last week.

They were, however, quite expensive. As I remember, Over $130 retail + sheath.

sal[/INDENT]

[Antonio_Luiz]

I didn't know such a thing existed! I've got a normal Laguiole, and i love it. If there ever was a sprint of this knife, I wouldn't think twice...

+1
Happy to skip on the hole but a spider instead of the bee would be nice - I'm not a fan of Napoleon

[ozspyder]

This one would be fantastic in polished Olivewood !!! :p and a Spyderbug inlay