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CarbonFiberNut wrote:The only thing keeping me from ordering one of these is funding. I wish I could put one on hold and pay for it in a few months :D

Nishijin is so pretty....
Yeah, I may have to put some knives up for sale this evening to pay for one of these. That glass fiber and ZDP-198 look like a wicked combo.
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kbuzbee wrote:But I'm such a sucker for CF.... And a thin ZDP can get pretty sharp ;)

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It actually isn't CF. It's glass fiber. But still very nice looking :)
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Jay_Ev wrote:It actually isn't CF. It's glass fiber. But still very nice looking :)
Yeah, I know. I'm not one of those who draw a strong line between the two. I like them both, equally.

But I should have been accurate.

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Phew! Snagged one. I've been waiting a long time for something like this. The D'Fly is may favorite Spydie :D

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senorsquare wrote:Yeah, I may have to put some knives up for sale this evening to pay for one of these. That glass fiber and ZDP-198 look like a wicked combo.
I keep thinking that I could sell just one of my Busse fixed blades and buy a couple of nice CF/glass Spydies.... hmmmmmmmmm
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Is it the first time that Nishijin and ZDP have been paired together?
:spyder: Centofante3 (C66PBK3), ParaMilitary2 (C81GPCMO), Endura4 (C10P), GrassHopper (C138P), Military (C36GPCMO), Perrin PPT (C135GP), Squeak (C154PBK), Dragonfly 2 Salt (C28PYL2), Military M390 CF (C36CFM390P), R (C67GF), ParaMilitary2 CTS-XHP (C81GPOR2), Tuff (C151GTIP), Ladybug & Perrin Street Bowie (FB04PBB)being the newest.
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These are trickling in at other shops too. Nobody has many in stock, but they are at least showing up. I hope these continue to come in slowly, because it's just not in the cards to buy one at the moment, and I REALLY want one...
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I haven't been seeing many or any.

It is supposed to be a run of 700.
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KardinalSyn wrote:Is it the first time that Nishijin and ZDP have been paired together?
I think all Nishijin runs have been paired with VG-10 until this one.
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Got email from Howe's. TOMORROW.

First picture I've seen. REALLY nice looking knife.
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jackknifeh wrote:Got email from Howe's. TOMORROW.
Oops, maybe I shouldn't have been so impatient. I nixed my Nishijin Dfly order yesterday and had them send me a Ti Chaparral instead. It's a win for me either way, but I may regret letting the Dfly go.
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jackknifeh wrote:Got email from Howe's. TOMORROW.

First picture I've seen. REALLY nice looking knife.
My email said arriving Friday, shipping Saturday. How'd you do that? ;)

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Maybe Jack is in a different timezone. One that puts him in Thursday already. :p
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Was this ever announced? First time I heard of it was through an email from Howes

Hmmm... What's up with the clip not being the wire version like the others?
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FCM415 wrote: Hmmm... What's up with the clip not being the wire version like the others?
Maybe it's a nishijin thing - the R, Lum Chinese, and Cricket have metal clips too.
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The Carbon Fiber Dodo has a wire clip, but yeah, glass fiber must be different.
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Gosh, I'm a ZDP freak at this point... I actually just bought a DFly BRG from the Shoppe and its coming in tomorrow. BRG collection almost complete, just need Manbug and Delica.

I might use the clip as an "excuse" not to buy because I'm really stretching my dough this year already.
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kbuzbee wrote:My email said arriving Friday, shipping Saturday. How'd you do that? ;)

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My bad. All those years in the 3rd grade and I still can't keep up with the days of the month. :) I was thinking today was the 18th. :(
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jackknifeh wrote:My bad. All those years in the 3rd grade and I still can't keep up with the days of the month. :) I was thinking today was the 18th. :(
I SO get that, Jack. Most days I feel like Wally's comment about Crocodile Dundee: "Doesn't know, doesn't care. Lucky b2stard!" ;)

When I get emails like this one I have to open my calander to see what it's really saying....

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I don't see this knife on Spyderco's site catalog yet. Is it a dealer exclusive or sprint? Or is it just not there yet?
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