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I was recently at a store that had several Spyderco knives in stock and I noticed that on the Native and Military models, the Spyderco name was stamped rather that the usual etch found on other models. The shop owner said it was because of the steel and said it was more cost effective to stamp them. Is this true? I remember earlier versions of the Military model had CPM440V blades and had nice etching done on them. Now they have a plain looking stamp mark on them. Why the change?



Edited by - Obi-Wan on 3/19/2001 4:44:47 PM

Newer Military models, and I believe all 440V models, are laser engraved.

Old Military models were diamond engraved. In a recent thread on BF, Sal said that diamond engraving was not necessarily more expensive, but it does take longer.

Why 440V is engraved, rather than stamped, is the cause of some debate. Many people believe that 440V is too brittle to take stamping.

Laser engraving does look a lot like stamping though. However, if you look at the mark with a magnifying glass or loupe, you can see little lines in the lettering. Those are furrows created by the engraving.