How rare are these? PT.2

[rycen]

Military 2 screw black blade PE

Cricket ying yang PE

Cricket carbon fiber PE

Cricket tuffram SE

Cricket pink SE

Delica pink PE

Endura olive drab PE

Goddard baby CE

Matriarch grey SE

[J Smith]

I would really like to get ahold of a black blade Milli.

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[recoil]

Rycen,

Having owned or own just about all of the listed folders, I would say that the most desirable/rare would be the black blade Military PE or SE and the original ying yang cricket. I say original cricket since there are widely available Japanese market versions that are not quite the same as the older Spyderco versions. A side by side comparison reveals the true original.
The plastic clip olive drab endura/delica as well as the grey matriarch are also nice finds.

dave

[Ted]

Some are in stock at <A HREF="http://www.hamonoichiba.com/products/sp ... iba.com</A>

Cricket carbon fiber PE - 8100 yen $75
Cricket tuffram SE - 5400 yen (!) $50
Cricket pink SE - 4320 yen (!!) $40
Endura olive drab PE (green handle) - 8100 yen $75
Goddard baby CE - 5400 yen $50

Shipping is approx 1500 yen $14

107 yen = $1

Ted


Edited by - Ted on 12/15/2003 12:13:20 PM

[Joyce Laituri]

All are fairly rare but recoil (hi buddy how are you?) is correct. The black Military and the Ying and Yang we don't see too often.

Joyce @ Spyderco

[rycen]

Dave,
Could you tell me what seperates the 2 versions?

[Stevie Ray]

The original has a tuffram coating on the clip side.
SR

[recoil]

Hi Joyce, I'm fine, hope all is well on your end.

Rycen,

The original ying yang had the 2 colors seperated in the reverse s like a real symbol. picture attached.

The new ones have a straight line seperating the black/white stones.

dave

Edited by - recoil on 12/16/2003 4:26:41 AM

[Stevie Ray]

I'm going to try another upload with a picture or 2 of my PE Santa Fe SW Ying Yang Cricket.

SR

Edited by - stevie ray on 12/26/2003 7:51:47 AM

Edited by - stevie ray on 12/28/2003 7:50:22 AM

Edited by - stevie ray on 12/28/2003 7:53:09 AM

[Stevie Ray]

jeeze ..... How do you guys post pictures ..? I minimized compression and still can't get the file small enough to have the board accept an upload.

[dialex]

It's not about the compression. You may leave it to maximum quality (which, in fact, is desirable, we can see it better). <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
In order to post it here, you need to resize (or resample) the picture up to 400 x 400 pixels. Color depth no deeper than 24 bpp.

<a href="http://users.pcnet.ro/dialex"><font color=blue>(my page)</font></a>

[Stevie Ray]

Thanks Dialex ... After about 4 more tries, I finally got the pictures posted. This Cricket is an older original run PE. Notice how the separation between the (white / black) stones follows the reverse S curve set up by the blade.
SR

[jbake]

A question...
Someone recently posted a link to a rare spyderco site (www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa). They list the Gray Matriarch as being a South African only model, but I found a reference at the Spyderco "History" page that says it was produced in 1999 and doesn't specify a foreign market.

I'm asking because I recently found one and was thinking about picking it up - didn't want to pay too much.

[sc_rebel1957]

Stevie, I'm curious about something.
How does S/F handle the lockside coverage on the conversion?
I can't tell from the pics if its a gem or a metall finish on the back side. thanks, Ron

Edited by - sc_rebel1957 on 12/31/2003 11:23:44 PM

[Stevie Ray]

The one I have has a Tuffram coating on the back side.
SR

[ceya]

Grey Matriarch was made for the South African Law Enforcement Market.

Edited by - ceya on 1/1/2004 10:03:38 PM

[jbake]

ceya, Thanks for the info.
Does anyone know if $120 is out of line?

thx,

[ceya]

Only 500 made I just sold one. It is how badly you want it.

S/F,
Ceya