Box of boxes

[Bruceter]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I'm probably not the only one here who has a box that looks like this. :)


Bruceter

[Mushroom]

Yep, you're right, I have a box full of boxes just like this! Nice collection you got too. :D

[SpyderNut]

Hey Bruceter. Good to see you back! :D

And yup, I've got a similar-looking box too.

[farnorthdan]

Yep, got one just like it, I take good care of mine in case I ever need to sell some,

[Bruceter]

We are remodeling our laundry/storage room and these are getting moved to a deeper storage location. Condensed them into one bigger box and thought I would snap a quick pick.

Bruceter

[Slone]

You stil have room for a extra layer. :)
(Big saves on storage box)

[DutchBlades]

Reorganised my shoe boxes full of boxes friday; you're not alone :p

[JD Spydo]

Yeah I'm guilty as well :D I've probably got close to 250 Spyderco boxes myself. I have several going back to the 2002 to 2005 era but not so many in the past 2 to 3 years. If I ever snag any of these older classics it's nice to know I'll have a box for it. They also make good trade bait for people who are looking for Spyderco boxes of a certain model.

I have lots of Spyderco memorabilia and a great selection of their catalogs as well. Most of the boxes I have are for folders I don't have many fixed blade boxes.

[BTG]

Yep, fixed blades have a separate box too, they lack standard sizes like the standard spydie box, or the bug boxes.

[Archimedes]

Nice, my boxes are a mess in a cabinet. Some are empty and some may have knives in them. Plus I have thrown out many of my boxes. You guys are so organized.

[gingerninja]

Yep got one of those. Just got home and a package with a Native 5 was waiting at the door for me so will add another box to the box of boxes.

[JD Spydo]

Some of the Spyderco boxes that I have that may be getting to the stage of what you can call "collectible" could be Spyderco folder boxes from the early to mid 90s era i.e. the "black & white" boxes like the ones my Renegade & Blackhawk models came in. There was also a "black & blue" box that followed in the era of the late 90s/early 2000s like the box that the original Jot Singh Khalsa model came in.

The fixed blade boxes are of a wide variety>> I did have the ones that my original TEMPERANCE 1 models came in but those got lost for some strange reason :confused: It seems like when you move from place to place things just get lost with no viable explanation.

Mostly what I have are the gray folder boxes and I do have a ton of those. Spyderco memorabilia truly has gone through an interesting evolution process :cool:

[rodloos]

Yep, tons of boxes. I keep debating whether to keep them. I do tend to carry most of mine, so I could never sell them as "NIB", but when I die my daughters may decide to sell off part of my collection (currently around 250-300 Spydies) and they would probably get more for them if selling them with the boxes, but I don't store the knives *in* the boxes (too much trouble to switch out what I'm carrying) and my daughters aren't familiar enough with the different models to match them up with the boxes.

When I die, one of my daughters will probably have to come on here asking for help identifying and pricing them all, but I'm not planning on that happening anytime soon :).

In the early years I didn't always keep the boxes, and some I damaged trying to get to the new knife in a hurry :D.

[Larry_Mott]

Thanks for making my addiction seem minute

[Philo Beddoe]

Yep, fixed blades have a separate box too, they lack standard sizes like the standard spydie box, or the bug boxes.

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That's a bunch of Spydies. Are most of those for collecting purposes or are they all users? Whats the yellow sticker boxes?

I've always leaned more towards using them and having a NIB backup to each of the users in case of loss, destruction etc.

But with the way some of the Sprint and discontinued Spydercos have risen in value over the last few years I'm starting to think about getting more into collecting.

A couple of good examples of that is the discontinued 3V Tuff and Blue Sage 3..they've both went thru the roof since they went discontinued a relatively short while ago.

It seems to me that Spyderco does a very good job at creating a "micro economy" within a economy..not sure if "micro economy" is the correct word for it but it's the closest way that I know how to describe it.

[BTG]

Most are collection, if I really love a knife, I'll get a second one also, currently 12 in the rotation..and all fixed blades are used too, just not EDC'd ..more occasion specific...I think the yellow ID stickers are just random, because they're different years and models...can't find any pattern to it. There are many here who have way more knives, and knowledge on that, mine don't go too far back almost all are from the last 3 or 4 years.

[farnorthdan]

I'm pretty sure the yellow stickers are for serrated blade models, at least that seems to be the pattern I see with mine.

[Ashton]

I got that box!

[aranawhite]

You guys are an inspiration. Or sales men. Or inspired salesmen, Cool thread Bruce.

[Knivesinedc]

I wish i had anywhere near this size collection. I have maybe 8-10 boxes currently. super bummed that my 440v millie box got thrown away. It was the white and blue box if I remember correctly. I still have 2 boxes for spydies I don't own anymore too.