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Black blade PE frn Native?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:09 pm
by pmbspyder
Haven't been on the board in a while, but I was holding one of my first (and possibly favorite) spydies tonight wondering why Sal and co never offered it in a black bladed plain edge variant.
For years I have wanted one and wondered why it was never put into production. I can't imagine the demand for the ce is higher than it would be for the PE variant. I remember seeing a pic of one hanging on the wall in Golden, but obviously that was for display purposes.
Any of you (or spydercrew) who've been around a while know the reasoning for this or know where to find an answer? Thanks!
Oh, and nice to be back :D
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:30 pm
by Fred Sanford
They used to offer one. As I understood, it was discontinued because the folks that wanted the black bladed Native got it in SE more often. I used to have an FRN Native PE with a black blade.
Here is an example. It is NOT mine.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:25 pm
by pmbspyder
Say whaaaaa!? It used to be available commercially? Ugh, another spydie bites the dust I guess. Maybe Sal and co will bring it back one of these days. The native in all black pe is just so darn good looking!
I wonder how hard it would be to just run some of the pe blades through dlc in the production assembly. Minimal work I would imagine to start producing that variant...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:26 pm
by rycen
As you can see they did offer that variant. If I recall it was a small run 400-600.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:42 pm
by pmbspyder
rycen wrote:As you can see they did offer that variant. If I recall it was a small run 400-600.
So it was never a standard production model? Maybe there is hope after all.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:57 pm
by rycen
It was regular production as far as I remember. Just a small amount were made.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:06 pm
by xceptnl
I too can confirm. This was my first Spydie ever.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 8:07 pm
by pmbspyder
Bah. I'm jealous. I'd love for these to be ubiquitous enough that it wouldn't be a sin to use one.
Maybe one day these will be run again...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:14 pm
by xceptnl
pmbspyder wrote:Bah. I'm jealous. I'd love for these to be ubiquitous enough that it wouldn't be a sin to use one.
Maybe one day these will be run again...
I snagged mine in 2006 or 2007 I think and they were hard to find then apparently. Mine was an eBay score from a dealer. I can't remember whom anymore.