Elmax blade for my Superleaf?

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Elmax blade for my Superleaf?

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I'm wondering if there is anyone with a Spyderhole license who could make an Elmax blade for my Superleaf? Has anyone had a blade made in a different steel for one of their :spyder: s?
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I'd be willing to bet that spyderco wouldn't mind that much having someone make another blade for a knife you bought in the same way they probably don't mind people like tuff-thumbz (I probably butchered that name, sorry) making new handles because you're not stealing their trademark so much as you're just modifying their product.

All that said if you find a knifemaker who is willing to make new blades for existing knives let me know. I have a couple spyders which could really use that treatment too, and most knifemakers won't touch a project like that. Even the re-grinders just aren't interested.
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How much are you willing to spend?

Talk to Sal about doing a production run for you :D

Short of that, I am not sure this post falls within the forum guidelines (I could be wrong).
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Reese Weiland might be able to do it. Not a lot of pimpers are too into doing reblades. Reese has been more receptive and repsonsive than most I have talked to. Jesse Jarosz of Jarosz knives might be willing to do it when he opens his order book back up, but not sure. Also don't think he has a spyder hole license, although not sure if it really matters since he's just modifying something already licensed. Other custom makers I know of using it are Brad Southard and John Barker. Brad is obviously licensed to use the Spyder hole, but I don't know if he'll do a reblade and his order book is closed.

Anyway...hope that helps.
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I talked with Southard (super nice guy by the way) a while ago and he wasn't interested in doing whole new blades.
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That's not surprising. I've heard some pimpers say making a re-blade takes longer than making a whole folder. I think Reese is his best bet, but he's not licensed I don't think.

Super nice is most definitely an accurate description of Brad.
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I had called tom krein once to extend the edge on my superhawk and he declined. Also asked if he could make a new blade for it and he wasn't interested. I miss having a job where I could actually afford such luxuries.
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It could be a luxury, but it could also be choosing to allocate time towards projects that yield the highest profit margins. I can't think of a lot of knife makers that have a lot of excess time.
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I think the ammount of work it would take a custom maker to 100% recreate the blade, to the .001 so everything will work, you could have already paid for a whole custom. It would be REALLY hard to do such a thing I believe.

Why not just comission an entire new knife in elmax? Should be less work, and more people will be willing to do it.
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Just curious...what's wrong with the steel it has and what do you find that's so special about elmax?
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Slash wrote:Just curious...what's wrong with the steel it has and what do you find that's so special about elmax?
Nothing wrong with VG-10, I'd just like to try Elmax in an FFG :spyder: with excellent ergonomics. It seems to offer a great balance of all the qualities I value in a knife steel.

http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52430
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I think if you can find a ZT0551, the knife plus the cost of getting it reground might me less than getting a reblade for the superleaf.
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I happen to have a 0551 available, how convenient, but Catamount already knows that. ;)
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