Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Hi all, my name is Jody. I recently lost my father and in doing so came into his small knife collection. Amongst his collection were a few early stainless steel Spyderco's. I reached out to some people in the EDC community and was recommended to come here in hopes of putting some sort of value on these knives. I don't know a whole lot about them other than that they were More than likely acquired at either the LA County Fair or one of the guns/knife shows at the Fairgrounds. I do know that they are early offerings. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated!
Last edited by JodyS on Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Hi, JodyS:
Welcome to our forum. My condolences for your loss.
Can you share some pictures of the knives? That would be helpful in identifying them. We'll be happy to take a look and help as best as we can.
Kristi
Welcome to our forum. My condolences for your loss.
Can you share some pictures of the knives? That would be helpful in identifying them. We'll be happy to take a look and help as best as we can.
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Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
JodyS, I’m very sorry for your loss. One resource that might help is http://www.spydiewiki.com/. Please do post photos as TazKristi suggests. We’d love to see the collection.
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Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Thank you! I just took some pictures some pictures but apparently I need to resize them as it keeps telling me the file size is too big.
Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Any suggestions on the best way to post pics? It's been years since I've used PHP BB
Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Hi, Jody:
Images need to be 1MB or less per file to upload directly. We have thousands upon thousands of images on the forum, so we have to enforce a maximum file size to ensure everything runs smoothly long term.
Alternatively, here's some helpful information from one of our longtime members.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=83968
I hope this helps.
Kristi
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Take pictures then go to postimage.org choose the photos, click hotlink for forums, paste it.
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Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Hey all, sorry it took me some time to get the pics posted, life has been crazy. Anyways, here they are.
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Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
That Mariner was just like mine. No shackle hole.
It is the second one down.
It is the second one down.
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Worker, Mariner and Rescue. Probably late 80's/early 90's, someone probably knows when they stopped using the blue boxes.
So many knives, so few pockets... :)
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Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
HI JodyS,
Welcome to our forum and sorry for your loss.
Looks like Worker 2nd generation, Mariner 1st generation. The Mariner with the barrel bolt clip was later.
sal
Welcome to our forum and sorry for your loss.
Looks like Worker 2nd generation, Mariner 1st generation. The Mariner with the barrel bolt clip was later.
sal
Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Thank you, all. Now that I know the models, is there any value to them?
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My condolences for your loss. Love the Worker, a great design that’s stood up for decades.
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Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Used as they appear, they are certainly sub $100 knives- maybe $75??? The rescue might go a little higher, but it's not a commonly collected model.
So many knives, so few pockets... :)
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Re: Early Spyderco's, Help Please!
Sorry for your loss! As others have mentioned, I dont think you will get an abundance for them. I would just keep them, personally.
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