Perhaps knife mods are profitable for Spyderco and should not be discouraged .

[Wowbagger]

e.g. :
I am considering buying one of the Black FRN Endelas just for the black scales ; that's $100 plus .
I bought a K390 Endela JUST TO MOD ; that's $160 .
That allowed me to keep my origianl K390 Endela factory stock so I can enjoy it just as it came to me ; that's $160 .

If I were to not mod then I would have only been into it for the first $160 .

Before that I bought a Gayle Bradley 2 that's ~ $225
then I got so excited about the knife I bought a second one to grind thin . . . another $225 so I could keep the original as it came to me ; BEAUTIFUL and highly enjoyable just as it was from the factory .

I could go on for another eight or ten knives but you get my pattern here .

hmmmmmm


That's all I'm saying so I don't get passively banned again .

[Jesla]

Opens the door to fakes and fraud.

[silver & black]

Opens the door to fakes and fraud.

How so?

[Skywalker]

I could go on for another eight or ten knives but you get my pattern here .

I actually don't get your argument here... Sounds like you bought five knives to have two modded ones.

Spyderco just sold five knives. Where's their incentive to offer factory mods here?

[Enactive]

I don't think Spyderco discourages modding your own knives, they just don't provide warranty support on modded knives.

There are tons of examples on this forum of Sal giving props to modders for their work.

You haven't really made your points clearly, I don't follow what you are trying to say.

[SpyderEdgeForever]

If you had the correct set of machining tools would you feel able to take a Spyderco model that is only produced with a plain edge and cut functional Spyder edge serrations into it, or would there be too much of a possible risk of permanent damage to the blade and heat treatment?

[Jesla]

Opens the door to fakes and fraud.

How so?

Public availability of proprietary factory parts would only invite trouble.

[Mushroom]

Opens the door to fakes and fraud.

How so?

Public availability of proprietary factory parts would only invite trouble.

What?

OP is talking about buying multiple knives and swapping parts around. What exactly here opens the door to fakes and fraud?

What proprietary factory parts are being made available to the public that aren't already available just by purchasing two complete knives to swap the parts around?

[Jesla]

Opens the door to fakes and fraud.

How so?

Public availability of proprietary factory parts would only invite trouble.

What?

OP is talking about buying multiple knives and swapping parts around. What exactly here opens the door to fakes and fraud?

What proprietary factory parts are being made available to the public that aren't already available just by purchasing two complete knives to swap the parts around?

The OP’s post suggested to me he wanted parts that are not currently available to the public be made available, such as blades and handles so he wouldn’t need to purchase a new “parts” knife. There are parts that Syderco doesn’t make available to the public for obvious reasons. For example, parts unique to dealer exclusives are not available. If you damage an exclusive or return it for warranty service that requires replacement of exclusive parts, it will be repaired or replaced with regular production parts or a regular production knife.

[Mushroom]

How so?

Public availability of proprietary factory parts would only invite trouble.

What?

OP is talking about buying multiple knives and swapping parts around. What exactly here opens the door to fakes and fraud?

What proprietary factory parts are being made available to the public that aren't already available just by purchasing two complete knives to swap the parts around?

The OP’s post suggested to me he wanted parts that are not currently available to the public be made available, such as blades and handles so he wouldn’t need to purchase a new “parts” knife. There are parts that Syderco doesn’t make available to the public for obvious reasons. For example, parts unique to dealer exclusives are not available. If you damage an exclusive or return it for warranty service that requires replacement of exclusive parts, it will be repaired or replaced with regular production parts or a regular production knife.

Ok I'm just confused how you came to that conclusion when none of that was suggested here.

The OP was simply expressing the sentiment that Spyderco should not discourage modding their knives...

He was explaining how he made numerous purchases because his goal was to modify the knives. Therefore if Spyderco were to encourage knife modding, that might in turn directly result in selling more knives. Basically saying, if Spyderco encouraged knife modding, they might sell more knives.

How you pulled out a request for proprietary dealer exclusive parts from that post is what's confusing me.

[Jesla]

Public availability of proprietary factory parts would only invite trouble.

What?

OP is talking about buying multiple knives and swapping parts around. What exactly here opens the door to fakes and fraud?

What proprietary factory parts are being made available to the public that aren't already available just by purchasing two complete knives to swap the parts around?

The OP’s post suggested to me he wanted parts that are not currently available to the public be made available, such as blades and handles so he wouldn’t need to purchase a new “parts” knife. There are parts that Syderco doesn’t make available to the public for obvious reasons. For example, parts unique to dealer exclusives are not available. If you damage an exclusive or return it for warranty service that requires replacement of exclusive parts, it will be repaired or replaced with regular production parts or a regular production knife.

Ok I'm just confused how you came to that conclusion when none of that was suggested here.

The OP was simply expressing the sentiment that Spyderco should not discourage modding their knives...

He was explaining how he made numerous purchases because his goal was to modify the knives. Therefore if Spyderco were to encourage knife modding, that might in turn directly result in selling more knives. Basically saying, if Spyderco encouraged knife modding, they might sell more knives.

How you pulled out a request for proprietary dealer exclusive parts from that post is what's confusing me.

Confusion on your part does not require an explanation on my part, you have enough information.

[Mushroom]

What?

OP is talking about buying multiple knives and swapping parts around. What exactly here opens the door to fakes and fraud?

What proprietary factory parts are being made available to the public that aren't already available just by purchasing two complete knives to swap the parts around?

The OP’s post suggested to me he wanted parts that are not currently available to the public be made available, such as blades and handles so he wouldn’t need to purchase a new “parts” knife. There are parts that Syderco doesn’t make available to the public for obvious reasons. For example, parts unique to dealer exclusives are not available. If you damage an exclusive or return it for warranty service that requires replacement of exclusive parts, it will be repaired or replaced with regular production parts or a regular production knife.

Ok I'm just confused how you came to that conclusion when none of that was suggested here.

The OP was simply expressing the sentiment that Spyderco should not discourage modding their knives...

He was explaining how he made numerous purchases because his goal was to modify the knives. Therefore if Spyderco were to encourage knife modding, that might in turn directly result in selling more knives. Basically saying, if Spyderco encouraged knife modding, they might sell more knives.

How you pulled out a request for proprietary dealer exclusive parts from that post is what's confusing me.

Confusion on your part does not require an explanation on my part, you have enough information.

That's assuming you even could... Which you cant.

[Jesla]

Well, you know what they say about assuming…. But carry on.

[Mushroom]

Funny how fast you ran away from the actual discussion.

[Jesla]

Is it? Or are just looking for fight like you did last weekend as well?

I gave you an explanation that confused you, little chance I can change that by repeating myself.

[Mushroom]

Is it? Or are just looking for fight like you did last weekend as well?

I gave you an explanation that confused you, little chance I can change that by repeating myself.

I got a kick out of it. Also, I didn't even know I was in a fight last weekend, thats news to me. I hope the other guy is okay.

Asking questions does not equal fighting. It's part of communicating things clearly to one another. But nope, "Jesla" doesn't wike mr. meanypants mushwoom and he wefuses to talk to him.

You clearly have something personal against me. I don't know who you are.

The only thing you explained was how you misinterpreted this thread. I tried to give you the chance to correct yourself but you doubled down on being wrong. At this point, you're on your own.

_______

Anyway back to the actual, easily understood, reason for this thread -

@Wowbagger The mods sound cool! Did you ever end up grinding the second GB2 thinner? Would love to see that.

Swapping parts between two knives is definitely a fun way to modify knives. I've done it myself and you're right, it directly lead to more sales for Spyderco.

Any specific mod plans for the black Endela you're considering purchasing, or is that just a scale donor?
What kind of mods did you do to the K390 Endela?

[Jesla]

Speak for yourself….

[Mushroom]

Classic!

[Jesla]

Classic shroom…

[BeggarSo]

Lol it's Saturday again stick up your dukes no trolling below the belt, may the one with the biggest internet muscles win!!!

Oh and somewhat back on topic Buck recently drained my wallet pretty good by allowing me to customize a Hunter 110 gift using there web options, yes Spyderco is indeed missing a revenue stream by not doing this.

Buck 110 my choice of steel Magnacut chosen, inlays elk, bolsters Nickle, finger grips.

It took over 8 weeks to receive there was an issue with the Magnacut not being up to their standards and yes someone always answers the phone and can tell you where they are in the progress. I also had to make a change and remove the engraving.

So if Spyderco would offer let's say an Endela and offer let's say VG10,SPY27, K390,MAGNACUT, S30V, S90V with VG10 as the base steel and each steel costing more.

Then offer SE or PE.

Then offer FRN, G10,Carbon Fiber, Micarta for Handels.

DLC, SATIN, Stone Washed, Polished.

Blacked out hardware, standard hardware, Stone washed hardware.

Back Spacer differeny colors, titanium, plastic.

I could easily blow $200.00 more over a base model after paying Spyderco prices which are higher than dealers.

Would I do it. Uh yeah, total no brainer here.