Which discontinued model is your favorite??
Which discontinued model is your favorite??
My question does not include sprints or Mules I realized today that over a third of the 15 Spydercos I own in this category have been discontinued or are slated to be disco'd this year :eek: I really like every single one of these models :)
I kind of understand why this is so. Roughly whenever a model falls below a certain sales threshold it is discontinued and soon another new model pops in. Given the perpetual evolution of materials and styles this makes sense. Given the disco rate I see, I imagine Spyderco's development pipeline must be quite busy
These observations in no way keep me from using and enjoying the disco'd models I'm fortunate enough to have :) It might go week by week, or day by day, but everyoine of these disco'd models are used, enjoyed and appreciated :D
I latched onto the Caspian Salt yesterday :D I've had this simple piece of sculpted H-1 a few years now. Despite it's being designed as a dive knife I find it very useful for a variety of other tasks. The Caspian is light, simple, capable and tough. I thoroughly enjoy the negative blade angle and the properties of H-1. The large finger hole and hollow grind are also appealing. You can't break this model unless you push the H-1 to the breaking point :D
I'll leave with a pic of the Caspian when it was new, also hoping folks with disco'd models to not be scared to use them Let them do what they were designed to do :D [ATTACH]21095[/ATTACH]
I kind of understand why this is so. Roughly whenever a model falls below a certain sales threshold it is discontinued and soon another new model pops in. Given the perpetual evolution of materials and styles this makes sense. Given the disco rate I see, I imagine Spyderco's development pipeline must be quite busy
These observations in no way keep me from using and enjoying the disco'd models I'm fortunate enough to have :) It might go week by week, or day by day, but everyoine of these disco'd models are used, enjoyed and appreciated :D
I latched onto the Caspian Salt yesterday :D I've had this simple piece of sculpted H-1 a few years now. Despite it's being designed as a dive knife I find it very useful for a variety of other tasks. The Caspian is light, simple, capable and tough. I thoroughly enjoy the negative blade angle and the properties of H-1. The large finger hole and hollow grind are also appealing. You can't break this model unless you push the H-1 to the breaking point :D
I'll leave with a pic of the Caspian when it was new, also hoping folks with disco'd models to not be scared to use them Let them do what they were designed to do :D [ATTACH]21095[/ATTACH]
Charlie
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A quick note:
The pic is still pretty high resolution, quite fun to zoom in on some of the blade details :)
What are you're favorite disco'd models??
Enjoy your knives and keep 'em sharp :)
The pic is still pretty high resolution, quite fun to zoom in on some of the blade details :)
What are you're favorite disco'd models??
Enjoy your knives and keep 'em sharp :)
Charlie
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That's an easy one for me Charlie, the Kiwi.
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I hear you Paul :) I bought and used one of the SS Chinese Kiwis before I gifted it to friend advising him to keep it open and to use it as a letter opener :) I can only imagine what an older Kiwi would be like. Terrific blade shape :D
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I love my baby Jess Horn, but I wish I could still buy a SPOT. I love the Perrin holes too Charlie.
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No prize needed :) I realise how easy it is to misunderstand simple words on a page alone without the nuances of tone, facial expression etc. The smilies aren't perfect but they do help :)mikerestivo wrote:Probably the original Manix for me. Or the Dodo, if that still counts.
I think that you set the record for number of emoticons in one post, dbcad. I'm not sure what the prize is for that. It would be cool if it were one of the disco'd knives that we were talking about.
The original Manix would be interesting to check out :) C95??...... Enjoy mikersetivo
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Heck, I had 2 Manixes until a few weeks ago - I could have donated one to the prize pool!dbcad wrote:No prize needed :) I realise how easy it is to misunderstand simple words on a page alone without the nuances of tone, facial expression etc. The smilies aren't perfect but they do help :)
The original Manix would be interesting to check out :) C95??...... Enjoy mikersetivo
Just funning with you on the emoticons. I can't use them because, being a Vulcan, I am incapable of showing emotion.
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Any of the hossoms but I can't say I've experienced them 1st hand the blade shape the micarta and the three different models all add up to a great set of spydies and I'm unashamedly a fixed blade man.
Had a wanted out for ages then removed it and guess what I missed a Bnib day hiker .
Stew a member here even asked jerry himself as he knows him and he couldn't get me one that's when you know they are sought after.
Had a wanted out for ages then removed it and guess what I missed a Bnib day hiker .
Stew a member here even asked jerry himself as he knows him and he couldn't get me one that's when you know they are sought after.
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