Spyderco Delivered and Upcoming *discussion*

[horzuff]

I heard that the 15V PM2 LWs are currently being made, but they need enough to send out to all retailers at the same time. We should be getting close.

Great to hear!

[kobold]

Any news on the Rex121 Chap?

[BeggarSo]

Any idea if there will be a Sage 6 in SP27?

[Red Leader]

Got to handle the Button Up today. The model wasn’t really of interest to me, and I generally don’t pursue the Chinese Spydercos and I’m not a big fan of plunge locks. But I do always enjoy seeing and handling new models.

I think it will do well. They did a good job getting the detent to feel close to a ball style, even if it has just a little more grit in it. The button had just a tiny amount of stick (which for a plunge lock I think is good). Surprisingly lightweight. No metal liners. Surface of the G10 was peel ply in nature and felt good. Blade was centered, and had no play up, down or sideways. Lockup was excellent.

In hand, it felt like a slightly longer, straighter Para 3.

The spine had some nice chamfering, but the lack of jimping on the back of the blade is going to make or break some people on this one. I would have preferred jimping.


I came away impressed for what it was, and I can imagine the various wear and contact points smoothing up over time. A lot of these points had a thick grease instead of oil, which I found interesting. I wonder what maintenance will look like on this model.

[Red Leader]

[horzuff]

Is it just me or do the imgbb pics not display for everyone?

[kobold]

it says uploading this content requires registration

i suggest postimg.cc

[silver & black]

Is it just me or do the imgbb pics not display for everyone?

I gave up trying to post images. If it does post, it posts muliples. Most times it just doesn't work.

[Red Leader]

Let me try again, sorry for the photo issues all.

For whatever reason postimg.cc says I'm blocked for a violation...who knows why

[Red Leader]

It’s sorta like a Para 2.5

[Skywalker]

Still a little curious if anyone knows why BladeHQ ended up with this instead of Knifeworks?

But either way, nicely done from Spyderco.

[Evil D]

Still a little curious if anyone knows why BladeHQ ended up with this instead of Knifeworks?

But either way, nicely done from Spyderco.

Very interesting. This might be the first instance of a dealer exclusive combo "changing hands".

Also interesting, I found this old listing on Country Knives that as far as I can tell is the same Military 1 but they say it's a Sprint.

https://www.countryknives.com/shop-by-d ... qhZyFpM1zX

[Skywalker]

Still a little curious if anyone knows why BladeHQ ended up with this instead of Knifeworks?

But either way, nicely done from Spyderco.

Very interesting. This might be the first instance of a dealer exclusive combo "changing hands".

Also interesting, I found this old listing on Country Knives that as far as I can tell is the same Military 1 but they say it's a Sprint.

https://www.countryknives.com/shop-by-d ... qhZyFpM1zX

My recollection and Spydiewiki both say it was an exclusive so Country might just be off on this one.

On exclusives changing hands, I think there was some speculation that the St Nick's Rex76 Shaman might not have originally been their order? But yeah, not quite the same as a well established pattern showing up at a new dealer.

[8th_Note]

It appears that Knifeworks still has the Para 3 LW and Shaman 204P exclusives in stock. Maybe they decided that they couldn't afford to sit on a slower selling model, like the Military 2, if the "hot" models aren't selling

[CDEP]

It has been my understanding that dealer exclusives have to be ordered and paid for *in advance* - whether partial or full payment I don't know - and that the orders tend to run years in advance.

Is it possible that KnifeWorks sold this run to BHQ rather than wait to recoup from retail sales?

[cabfrank]

I have heard the first part too.
The second part, I have no idea, but it seems like they could if they wanted to.

[Mushroom]

Orders are placed many years in advance but dealers are not always required to pay in advance. In this case, they didn't. They placed the order then backed out after it was too late to halt production and BladeHQ was able to purchase the run.

[cabfrank]

Wow, Nick, you've become quite the insider.

[CDEP]

Orders are placed many years in advance but dealers are not always required to pay in advance. In this case, they didn't. They placed the order then backed out after it was too late to halt production and BladeHQ was able to purchase the run.

Thanks, Nick!

I guess the next question is whether or not they have given up that particular exclusive combination of steel and colorway or just bailed on that one order.

[BeggarSo]

And just who is this Mushroom anyhow with all this insider knowledge that keeps coming ing out?

A Spyderco employee?

Maybe Eric himself?

Hmmm, morning ponderings...