Hello
Please consultation with respect to unusual knife. Interested in any information. How much could be released and when? In the catalog it was not, but judging by the box is not custom as a series.
Thank you.
(Sorry for my English, I use Google-translator)
It's definitely not something that was ever offered by Spyderco. I'm still leaning toward it being an aftermarket modification. However, given the Japanese market box, it could be something G. Sakai, who made the Lum Tanto for Spyderco, did for their own custom shop in Japan. My guess is that only someone at G Sakai could tell you whether or not it is their work.
Gofannon wrote:Maybe a anodization of the titanium model. Anyway is a very beautiful knife!
Yeah that would be my guess as well. Those G-Sakai Spyders in those white Japanese boxes are a product line all their own. I've been able to get a lot of Spyders through them that you would have never been able to get here in the USA. For a long time they were the only source for a plain edged Harpy model. I couldn't find a PE Harpy anywhere here in the USA except on fleabay. AS nice of a job that was done on the LUM model I'm quite confident that it is a legitimate aftermarket production made by G-Sakai. If I had the money to get that blade I wouldn't hesitate for one second to buy it.
It's obviously one of the older/first run of the C-46 model because the later ones had VG-10 blade steel and the one in the picture has ATS-55 which was offered in many Japan made Spyders from around 1998 to around 2000-01 or thereabout. It's a beautiful version of the C-46 Lum and I do envy you.
The Deacon wrote:It's definitely not something that was ever offered by Spyderco. I'm still leaning toward it being an aftermarket modification. However, given the Japanese market box, it could be something G. Sakai, who made the Lum Tanto for Spyderco, did for their own custom shop in Japan. My guess is that only someone at G Sakai could tell you whether or not it is their work.
Hello, Paul. I noticed the two threads from 2010 and 2012 about the "blue anodized TI" Lum Tanto, and I agree. That knife is coming off my wish list because it is not factory and a no-no for the collection. Therefore, I have a similar question (since I can't seem to get the Forum's search engine to work for me finding a past thread): What exactly then is a Japan-Model Cricket (white box assumed), that is called "rainbow anodized" SS? I see it on the website below (about 3/4 the way down), but do you think it is factory (Japan Model that is)? Thanks and be well.
SpydieJay wrote:Hello, Paul. I noticed the two threads from 2010 and 2012 about the "blue anodized TI" Lum Tanto, and I agree. That knife is coming off my wish list because it is not factory and a no-no for the collection. Therefore, I have a similar question (since I can't seem to get the Forum's search engine to work for me finding a past thread): What exactly then is a Japan-Model Cricket (white box assumed), that is called "rainbow anodized" SS? I see it on the website below (about 3/4 the way down), but do you think it is factory (Japan Model that is)? Thanks and be well.
It's an all stainless Cricket that has been anodized (or undergone a similar electro-chemical process) in a way that results in a multi-color "rainbow" or "oil on a puddle in sunlight" effect. If you scroll almost to the bottom of that page, you will see one. As mentioned, they were made by Sakai for the Japanese market and never sold by Spyderco in the USA. However, as with other JM Spydercos, some have been privately imported. I'm fairly certain that the Rainbow Spyderfly was the only rainbow anodized SS knife Spyderco sold in the USA.
