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~$12 cat?! That's insanity!

Peter1960 wrote:This thread impresses me a lot!
My greetings to Kansas and good luck for your Spydie-hunts in future :)

Thanks and greetings to you in Austria. I visited Vienna during a European concert tour about 13 years ago and got to perform in the wonderful Musikverein. Your country is full of amazing history and culture. It was nice to see statues of great composers along streets named after Bruckner, Mahler, etc. I'm looking forward to visiting Vienna again, hopefully soon. I even bought a souvenir at a small knife shop there (but it wasn't a Spydie ).

Next, after almost believing I had missed the boat on this one, I had a brief opportunity to grab this CF, CPM154/S90V Para 2 sprint from a dealer. This was a 300 piece sprint run that came out of nowhere. It was very expensive, and very difficult to obtain, selling out everywhere almost instantly. But I really wanted to keep my collection of sprint run/dealer exclusive Para 2s complete, so I'm very glad to have this one.

Knife # 183 - March 2014.

gbelleh wrote:I know my last knife was a Cat, but while browsing Amazon, I came across the Cat for $11.60 shipped. I went ahead and placed an order to see what would happen. A few days later, I got this genuine, NIB Spyderco Cat!

The pocket clip has a slightly different bend, and the clip screw needed to be tightened out of the box, but other than that, it's just as nice, solid, and well made as my $40 Cat.

Knife # 182 - March 2014.

I think I may have gotten one of these Cats for $30 from a dealer on eBay several months back. Mine is the jimpless type. Does you $40 one have jimping?

Neither of my Cats have jimping.

gbelleh wrote:Next, after almost believing I had missed the boat on this one, I had a brief opportunity to grab this CF, CPM154/S90V Para 2 sprint from a dealer. This was a 300 piece sprint run that came out of nowhere. It was very expensive, and very difficult to obtain, selling out everywhere almost instantly. But I really wanted to keep my collection of sprint run/dealer exclusive Para 2s complete, so I'm very glad to have this one.

Knife # 183 - March 2014.

Wowzers! I'm aware of what these go for on the secondary right now but do you mind if I ask what they retailed for?

I believe MSRP was $469.95, and most dealers didn't discount it much at all. IIRC, the cheapest price I remember hearing was about $370 from a dealer.

gbelleh wrote:Next, I found a great deal on this Sage 2. I already knew pretty much what to expect from having the Sage 1, but until this point, I was not a fan of all metal handles. So this would be my first all titanium handled knife. I also decided to continue and collect the whole Sage series. I ended up carrying it very little because I didn't want to scratch up the scales. It does see occasional carry and use, but at this point, I'd still rather not scratch it up too much.

If you ever decide to use this one more, a green scotch-brite pad (sold as pot scrubbers at the grocery store) will restore titanium to something very like an original factory matte finish; just gently rub the scuffed area using a circular motion and mild to moderate scuffs blend away. Bigger digs will still show and the finish isn't an exact match to OEM, but this technique can keep a well loved/used knife looking sharp!

Wow, no wonder why they're $800 on the secondary. Wasn't there supposed to be more made in the run but there were issues with getting enough steel? Does it preform well, if you've used it (I probably wouldn't lol)?

gbelleh wrote:Thanks and greetings to you in Austria.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in Vienna and that you like my country. We have a long history, that's true and about one century ago we were the empire in Europe.
Many Americans also like to visit Salzburg, one of our small capitals in the western part. It's native city from Mozart

Peter1960 wrote:Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in Vienna and that you like my country. We have a long history, that's true and about one century ago we were the empire in Europe.
Many Americans also like to visit Salzburg, one of our small capitals in the western part. It's native city from Mozart

Yes, I'd like to visit Salzburg very much!

dubya3 wrote:Wow, no wonder why they're $800 on the secondary. Wasn't there supposed to be more made in the run but there were issues with getting enough steel? Does it preform well, if you've used it (I probably wouldn't lol)?

As I remember, Spyderco was offered a small amount of this experimental steel from Crucible. They accepted it, and used what they had, but it only resulted in 300 finished knives. I don't know if there was a set number planned, but not much steel was available. It should perform just like S90V (it's just clad with CPM154). But I have only used mine very lightly, for opening mail, etc.

gbelleh wrote:I believe MSRP was $469.95, and most dealers didn't discount it much at all. IIRC, the cheapest price I remember hearing was about $370 from a dealer.

Actually, I paid a bit over $300 for mine in the luckiest score ever from New Graham Knives. I missed it when it was released, but then someone returned it, if you can believe it! I snatched it up immediately :D

dubya3 wrote:Wow, no wonder why they're $800 on the secondary. Wasn't there supposed to be more made in the run but there were issues with getting enough steel? Does it preform well, if you've used it (I probably wouldn't lol)?

As I remember, Spyderco was offered a small amount of this experimental steel from Crucible. They accepted it, and used what they had, but it only resulted in 300 finished knives. I don't know if there was a set number planned, but not much steel was available. It should perform just like S90V (it's just clad with CPM154). But I have only used mine very lightly, for opening mail, etc.[/quote]


That makes sense then. I didn't realize it was clad, for some reason I thought it was a mixture of the two from something I had read.

Peter1960 wrote:

gbelleh wrote:Thanks and greetings to you in Austria.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in Vienna and that you like my country. We have a long history, that's true and about one century ago we were the empire in Europe.
Many Americans also like to visit Salzburg, one of our small capitals in the western part. It's native city from Mozart

My ex used to work for Salzburg Seminar, so I got to tag along twice for her trips to Austria.

Austria is awesome! Some day I hope to go back, but for now the great memories will have to do.

Next was this Super Blue Stretch. I gave away my FRN Stretch and missed it, so it was nice to get this version.

Knife # 184 - March 2014.

The Delica is one of my all-around favorite knives, so I had to get this Super Blue Delica while it was still available. This one has been carried and used quite a lot so far.

Knife # 185 - March 2014.

Next was the Manix 2 Lightweight with S110V steel. A handy, lightweight, and very capable knife at a great price.

Knife # 186 - April 2014.

Nice! Love this thread, keep it coming!

Next was one of my favorite LBKs, the Dragonfly. Now in Super Blue.

Knife # 187 - May 2014.

you went on an FRN kick!