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[Sharp Guy]

Massdrop (Now drop) does something similar with knives but the lead time is quite long. They've produced some pretty cool collaborations in the last few years with ferrum forge, Bob Terzuola and others made by WE, millit or reate. I paid <$100 for a titanium frame lock with g10 overlays in s35vn (ferrum forge/WE gent). Great little flipper particularly for the price.

However, some folks get really annoyed by their model and the long wait. Particularly if there are delays. Can't please all of the people all of the time. I'd be interested if Spyderco tried this way of doing small runs, but I have no idea if it makes business sense or if it's worth trading one kind of annoyed customer for another. :D

The Super Gold Delica and Endura were done through Massdrop

[archangel]

Massdrop (Now drop) does something similar with knives but the lead time is quite long. They've produced some pretty cool collaborations in the last few years with ferrum forge, Bob Terzuola and others made by WE, millit or reate. I paid <$100 for a titanium frame lock with g10 overlays in s35vn (ferrum forge/WE gent). Great little flipper particularly for the price.

However, some folks get really annoyed by their model and the long wait. Particularly if there are delays. Can't please all of the people all of the time. I'd be interested if Spyderco tried this way of doing small runs, but I have no idea if it makes business sense or if it's worth trading one kind of annoyed customer for another. :D

The Super Gold Delica and Endura were done through Massdrop

Yep. They weren't exactly cheap, but they were around for some time, and even in more than one run iirc. I was in the lucky position that I was fluent when they reappeared.