Spyderco blade logo
Spyderco blade logo
What is the real Spyderco blade logo ? In the below pictures logo are slighlty different : see the "triangle". Is it possible that could exist differents logo ?
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Spyderco knives are made under contract in a number of different facilities. It is more than possible for the logo to vary slightly, it is almost certain.
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If you really want to see the difference look closely at the logo on a Taiwan made Spydie. Awsome
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It's difficult to judge if a knife is genuine by the look of the :spyder: logo. Each maker has their own methods of stamping or engraving it and may use different methods on different models or on different blade steels within a single model, or on different runs of a given model and steel over time.
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I agree 100%, they will of course vary by the facility and technique used.
Your bottom pic isn't a real blade BTW, no FRN handled SB folder just says "Super Blue" on the blade, they are labeled "Super Blue/420J1." That pic was one used for advertising the new sprint steel before they actually came out.
Your bottom pic isn't a real blade BTW, no FRN handled SB folder just says "Super Blue" on the blade, they are labeled "Super Blue/420J1." That pic was one used for advertising the new sprint steel before they actually came out.
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If you ask me, the one you've posted with the "SUPER BLUE" on it is a prototype or a rendering. You can see the laminate line and all the laminate blades came with different wording on them.
Each factory seems to have a different engraving. I'll have to pull out some of my Seki models to see if there are any differences.
Each factory seems to have a different engraving. I'll have to pull out some of my Seki models to see if there are any differences.
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As an example, these four :spyder:s are all on models produced by the same Japanese maker, two on different versions of the same model. Note the variety of sizes of the triangle inside the bug's pincers:
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Great post The Deacon, and thank you guys for your advices.
I was trouble in my case, as the bug mouth is different from my firts delica 4 (flat ground black) and my last delica 4 NLEOMF.
I was trouble in my case, as the bug mouth is different from my firts delica 4 (flat ground black) and my last delica 4 NLEOMF.
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I'm just glad Spyderco didn't etch an anatomically correct spider on their knives. I would steel wool each one away...
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^ Egads!^
Why would anyone want that on their neck?!
Why would anyone want that on their neck?!
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NICE work!! SWEET!! John :)Divo wrote:Like this? :p
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Yes, my Sage 3 has a very interesting look to it..like a spiral/maze lazer etching..very cool.Tdog wrote:If you really want to see the difference look closely at the logo on a Taiwan made Spydie. Awsome
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I don't know if this is on non U.S. ones, for certain. But the U.S. ones have a copper color on the inside lines of that logo.
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I searched all over, but my Forum-Search-Fu is weak with this new setup. I recall a thread a while back that showed microscopic closeups of how each of the factories makes the spydie bug etch. Perhaps another can help me, but I know our resident engineer Clip posted this picture in his "Under the Microscope" thread. It is a GB so this the the Taichung logo example.
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