Finally!! The Portable Hand!
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I'll add this image to this thread that I ran across in my Spyderco digital files. This is an advertisement from "Popular Science" from 1977 for Sal's "Portable Hand":
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Wow, 6% sales tax in 1977!
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:D Bloke, I rarely reply and there’s no “like” feature on this forum. So just wanted to say I appreciate your injection of humor. :spyder:
Super cool find on this piece of Glesser history! :spyder: :spyder: :spyder:
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Hi Belzaem,
Welcome to our forum.
sal
Welcome to our forum.
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Hi Brian,
The advantage of the Portable hand was that you could clip it to the work, like inside of a television. The instructions that came with the unit has a lot of uses.
I remember drawing that add in the Bread truck.
sal
The advantage of the Portable hand was that you could clip it to the work, like inside of a television. The instructions that came with the unit has a lot of uses.
I remember drawing that add in the Bread truck.
sal
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Sal:
Do you recall who made the components that went into the Portable Hand? Did you do all of the assembly yourself? Any estimates on how many Portable Hands were sold over the years?
Do you recall who made the components that went into the Portable Hand? Did you do all of the assembly yourself? Any estimates on how many Portable Hands were sold over the years?
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Looking for: C04 Executive plain edge, C09 CoPilot plain edge with brass liners and a G-2 marked blade
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Hi CoPilot,
The center base was stamped in Southern California and sent to us. The drill rod, we cut and welded. The ball bearings, cir-clips and alligator clips were shipped in to Colorado and we carried them with us. We carried the welding tanks and the fixtures. We took the photos and printed the instructions in Indianapolis. Manufactured "on-the-road".
I guess we made a thousand or so. Eric's wants to build them again for a run. I would make some changes though.
sal
The center base was stamped in Southern California and sent to us. The drill rod, we cut and welded. The ball bearings, cir-clips and alligator clips were shipped in to Colorado and we carried them with us. We carried the welding tanks and the fixtures. We took the photos and printed the instructions in Indianapolis. Manufactured "on-the-road".
I guess we made a thousand or so. Eric's wants to build them again for a run. I would make some changes though.
sal
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Thank you,Sal.
I love hearing about the early Spyderco products and how things got started.
A new run of the Portable Hand would be great! Perhaps a 50th Anniversary edition in 2026?!
I love hearing about the early Spyderco products and how things got started.
A new run of the Portable Hand would be great! Perhaps a 50th Anniversary edition in 2026?!
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Looking for: C04 Executive plain edge, C09 CoPilot plain edge with brass liners and a G-2 marked blade
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I’d be in for a portable hand! So useful...
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Eric's call.
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I’m in...this thread just got another follower!
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Found this mention of the Portable Hand on page 23 of the old "black cover" instruction booklet for the Triangle Sharpmaker. Thought I would post it here on this thread.
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Re: Finally!! The Portable Hand!
Here's another reference to the portable hand for y'all :)
A tiger has claws.
A wolf has teeth.
An eagle has talons.
We, have Spyderco.
Grails: Abalone Mini Mariner, Ti ATR, WTC, Ti Lum Tanto
A wolf has teeth.
An eagle has talons.
We, have Spyderco.
Grails: Abalone Mini Mariner, Ti ATR, WTC, Ti Lum Tanto
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Couldn’t find one for years and now they are multiplying!! :) The new one I got is in pristine condition!
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Nice! Does this second one have a story with it?
More pics, please!
><> The most important blood trail leads to the Cross <><
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Looking for: C04 Executive plain edge, C09 CoPilot plain edge with brass liners and a G-2 marked blade
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I’ll definitely get more pics when I get home. Here was the response I got back from the guy I bought it from.The CoPilot wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:53 amNice! Does this second one have a story with it?
More pics, please!
“I bought a bunch of old tools from a guy and it was in with them. I didn't think it was anything Special till i researched it. I got a new Snap on 3/4" drive socket set with them also from the 30s. Glad your happy with it. “
So cool to see people accidentally stumble across items like these and have no idea what they are at first.
Rich
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