What year did you buy your first Spyderco?
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I believe that mine was around 1992 or 1993. It was a combo-edge Delica, and I think that at the time they were done with a 60/40 edge. I do still have that knife. It's not in great shape but it's functional. I remember being upset with some side-to-side blade play, so I took to it with a hammer and a punch, and hit that pivot rivet, and really made it pretty tight. I remember lusting after, but never buying, the green micarta Goddard and Goddard Jr.
The first time I ever saw a Spyderco knife was when my brother was in the Army around 1989 or so. He brought home a Delica (I think, but I'm not sure, that it was fully serrated) and showed it to our family, and I remember thinking, "That is the ugliest knife I've ever seen in my life." Nowadays, I think, "Wow, that thing is a work of art!" :p
The first time I ever saw a Spyderco knife was when my brother was in the Army around 1989 or so. He brought home a Delica (I think, but I'm not sure, that it was fully serrated) and showed it to our family, and I remember thinking, "That is the ugliest knife I've ever seen in my life." Nowadays, I think, "Wow, that thing is a work of art!" :p
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Mid 1980s - I bought a C01 Worker from Sal at a show. The next year I bought a SharpMaker from him at a show, too. Bought a Hunter and a Co-Pilot in the late 1980s. I caught the bug relatively early.
I bought my first Delica and Terzuola when they first came out in 1990. Then a full set of Goddards, a Terzuola Jr., Snap-It, and a Catcherman in the early 1990s.
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I bought my first Delica and Terzuola when they first came out in 1990. Then a full set of Goddards, a Terzuola Jr., Snap-It, and a Catcherman in the early 1990s.
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'81-'82? Don't recall, exactly. It was a SS Hunter.
Bought at a B&M store in Louisiana, long befor Al Gore invented the Internet, where I do all my shopping these days.
I'd never heard of Spyderco but the knife just called to me. It saw a ton of use cutting buoy rope and cane pole . I miss that knife.
Ken
Bought at a B&M store in Louisiana, long befor Al Gore invented the Internet, where I do all my shopping these days.
I'd never heard of Spyderco but the knife just called to me. It saw a ton of use cutting buoy rope and cane pole . I miss that knife.
Ken
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Bought a used aluminum Peter Herbst on BladeForums back in 2003. It taught me that right handed liner locks were not the best choice for a left handed user. However, I did hang on to it, probably because it convinced me that the Spyderhole opener was the simplest, most effective, opening device for a pocket knife.
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