Just got the last two knives in the mail today rounding out my collection of all knife steel varieties Spyderco ever used. Just got the Magnacut Mule Team I missed and the O1 Bushcraft. That completes all 62 production knife steels and all 9 Mule Team only steels.
That's quite the feat, congrats! What a cool way to go about collecting Spydercos. I knew they had used a lot of steels over the years, but I had no idea the list would be quite so large!
You'd better cross your fingers and hope that Spyderco doesn't release a 12" Damacore Chef knife at some point, lol!
Maybe some day I'll get them all out for a photo but that sounds like a lot of work.
I'd guess including all brands there are around 400 total knives and 270ish are Spydercos. I do plan on taking a picture of one of every steel soon.
Do you remember when you bought your first Spydie, and when you started collecting them all, steelwise?
Michael 48 Spydies, 44 different models, 43 different steels . Grail knife, still to be acquired: original Tuff by Ed SchemppFeel free to help me find one at a reasonable price...
Maybe some day I'll get them all out for a photo but that sounds like a lot of work.
I'd guess including all brands there are around 400 total knives and 270ish are Spydercos. I do plan on taking a picture of one of every steel soon.
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Do you remember when you bought your first Spydie, and when you started collecting them all, steelwise?
First Spyderco knife was probably around 2009. I think the decision to collect all the steels probably happened about 8 months ago. I probably had somewhere in the 40-50 range, much like you, and then decided to try to find out how many different steels there really were. Somehow I decided it was within reach and started searching everywhere for what I needed.
If you want to expand your “steel” definition there are two more items. The Tak Fukuta ceramic folder and the ceramic dive probe. Both are real Spyderco models minus the hole. I have never seen the ceramic dive probe in person though I am fortunate enough to have two of the Tak Fukuta folders. The weird thing about the ceramic folders are the magnesium scales. I think Sal told me it was the first ceramic folding knife. Good job on the collection. spyderwa
I have a bushcraft, but I'm very jealous of your (spalted maple handle) variant. That's an awesome catch.
Don't be too jealous... my handle does have a small crack in each side like most did and that's one knife that will never be a user for that reason. I still want a G10 one because I want to use it.
If you want to expand your “steel” definition there are two more items. The Tak Fukuta ceramic folder and the ceramic dive probe. Both are real Spyderco models minus the hole. I have never seen the ceramic dive probe in person though I am fortunate enough to have two of the Tak Fukuta folders. The weird thing about the ceramic folders are the magnesium scales. I think Sal told me it was the first ceramic folding knife. Good job on the collection. spyderwa
Good grief. It's hard enough to find a metal dive probe. I didn't even know there were ceramic knives... yet. Remember me if you ever want to get rid of one of the others though. I'll definitely keep my eyes out now that I know.
You have a good memory. We only did one run of the Tak Fukuta model. Hipped ceramic. I heard it was most popular for chopping Cocaine on mirrors. Rich Guys razor blades?
We never did a production run of Ceramic Probes. Only protos.
Also there are three types of 440C used; wrought, cast (dendritic), and MIM.
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I don't think I'm going actively include the ceramic and titanium blades in my steel collection but I'd definitely be interested enough to grab one up if I ever get the chance and I'll probably add them to my steel list thread as an additional note at the bottom.
I do have the 440C variations.
Thanks for the heads up and the link. I've certainly got a handful of knives from that catalog but there are plenty I'm missing.
That is an impressive collection. I don't have :
S45VN
Z max
Magnacut
DS93
RWL34 ( though I do have plenty of CPM 154 and a bunch of ATS 34 and 154cm )
A couple of steels are not in Spyderco though like Aus 10 ( gave my Native to another member after he did something very nice for me) AEB-L is the other but I have several 13C non Spyderco knives.
I have MBS 26 but not MBS 30 also. That is about it.
My sincerest condolences for you at this time
The money and time you spent looking for these you're never gonna get back
And I also think you'll never finish, Spyderco will keep releasing the latest and greatest CPMXHPZDPZCRUK390MAGNALC200, otherwise how will they gonna get the suckers to buy another PM2
My sincerest condolences for you at this time
The money and time you spent looking for these you're never gonna get back
And I also think you'll never finish, Spyderco will keep releasing the latest and greatest CPMXHPZDPZCRUK390MAGNALC200, otherwise how will they gonna get the suckers to buy another PM2
Yeah. I should have titled it caught up instead of finished but it should be way easier to stay caught up than to try to find the old rare stuff.
The money part certainly hurts but thankfully my job often pays me to waste time so it's not really a waste... unless I think about what I could do with my life if I wasn't a slave to a career and to money... but that's a different conversation.
Congrats Mike this is quite a journey to pursue . Nice accomplishment. Dan
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