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Buddafucco wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 12:23 pm

I want to support Spyderco's willingness to take a chance on exotic steels like this. Any opinions on which Rex121 Sage5 to get... G-10 or Lightweight?

Do we have confirmation that the G10 version has the CQI pivot? I'm going G10 of it does, FRN of it does not

Bummer I missed the g10. I guess I’ll wait for the LW version and hopefully won’t miss it.

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Mat_ski wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:39 pm

Bummer I missed the g10. I guess I’ll wait for the LW version and hopefully won’t miss it.

Neither version of the ReX 121 Sage has been released to any retailers…you have not missed

sn0wman72 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:34 pm

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Mat_ski wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:39 pm

Bummer I missed the g10. I guess I’ll wait for the LW version and hopefully won’t miss it.

Neither version of the ReX 121 Sage has been released to any retailers…you have not missed

Oh I see!

I assumed if it’s gone from Spyderco website it’s gone everywhere else. I usually buy directly from Spyderco due to Opfocus.

Mat_ski wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 25, 2024 9:24 am

sn0wman72 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:34 pm

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Mat_ski wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:39 pm

Bummer I missed the g10. I guess I’ll wait for the LW version and hopefully won’t miss it.

Neither version of the ReX 121 Sage has been released to any retailers…you have not missed

Oh I see!

I assumed if it’s gone from Spyderco website it’s gone everywhere else. I usually buy directly from Spyderco due to Opfocus.

It’s a regular item so should be back in stock at some point.

Says it's the Lightweight. SKU number looks like G-10? Price also looks like the G-10 version.
KnifeWorks... https://knifeworks.com/spyderco-sage-5- ... c123gborp/


Edit: Out of stock

G-10
KnifeHub... https://www.knifehub.com/product-page/s ... 10-handles

Whats with the $300 price tag? I was thinking about it till I saw that.

I assume the price tag is because the steel is so difficult to work with, but man that's a hard sell.

Wow!

I was really looking forward to this one. Especially in G10. I guess I’m priced out.

Black Friday special but I couldn’t wait.

anycal wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 26, 2024 6:00 pm

Wow!

I was really looking forward to this one. Especially in G10. I guess I’m priced out.

Price is high considering you can get a nice Shaman for less. But to my knowledge this is one of the few REX-121 production knives out there, pretty cool. Not to mention the Maxamet LW version is $246, this version is similar.

I'd be more interested if Spyderco had gone the Mule route for a first (and more cost effective) release for REX-121. I can't seem to steel chase at such ticket admission pricing. To boot, edge retention at the cost of all else bores me, but I do hope these perform as others are hoping for.

I was considering getting one of these just for the fun of testing trying out this ridiculously hard steel, but $400 takes much of the fun out of it. I’ll wait and see where European pricing lands before I make a decision, but usually it’s MSRP + overhead and taxes… so …yeah..

ejames13 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 26, 2024 3:21 pm

I assume the price tag is because the steel is so difficult to work with, but man that's a hard sell.

Very hard and time consuming to grind and another factor that's sometimes forgotten is that that the foundry most likely charges Spyderco a hefty sum for a exotic steel like Rex 121..everything costs a lot more more now than it did just a few years ago and Rex 121 probably has some expensive ingredients in it..

Philo Beddoe wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2024 4:20 am

ejames13 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 26, 2024 3:21 pm

I assume the price tag is because the steel is so difficult to work with, but man that's a hard sell.

Very hard and time consuming to grind and another factor that's sometimes forgotten is that that the foundry most likely charges Spyderco a hefty sum for a exotic steel like Rex 121..everything costs a lot more more now than it did just a few years ago and Rex 121 probably has some expensive ingredients in it..

While not cheap, price is actually pretty good compared to similar steels.

Sage 5 LW Maxamet - MSRP $328
Sage 5 LW REX-121 - MSRP $340

That’s only a $12 difference for a newer “better” steel and everything that it takes to bring it to market. Now if those steels are worth the $100 premium over a Sage 5 in SPY-27 that is a use case, personal preference.

G-10
GP Knives... https://www.gpknives.com/spyderco-sage- ... e-g10.html

Deadwood Knives... https://deadwoodknives.com/p-c123gborp- ... -c123gborp

KnifeCenter... https://www.knifecenter.com/item/SP123G ... 10-handles

Cutlery Shoppe... https://cutleryshoppe.com/spyderco-c123 ... sion-lock/

EdgeWorks... https://edgeworksonline.com/products/sa ... -c123gborp

American Edge... https://www.americanedgeknives.com/spyd ... c123gborp/

Smokey Mountain Knifeworks... https://smkw.com/spyderco-sage-5-foldin ... atin-leaf/

KnifeHub... https://www.knifehub.com/product-page/s ... 10-handles

Another thing about this Sage that has me wondering is the geometry. I remember my Sage 1 Maxamet had much thinner BTE geometry right out of box, and the Sage 5 LW Maxamet that I've handled had some of the thickest BTE geometry that I've handled out of Spyderco, off top of the head. I know all of the Maxamet fracturing complaints had to factor in to that decision, but I hope Spyderco haven't doubled down right out the gate and went super thick for REX-121.

This knife has shipped to some dealers. I hope it will be released to everybody soon. I saw a dealer post pics of the ones that he had.

Have the LW burnt orange’s dropped yet?

I see orange G10 and blue LW in stock but not the orange LW or blue g10 yet. Thanks!