OK, this isn't so much of a forum issue as a Spyderco.com issue:
When searching for a particular model of a knife at Spyderco.com, I've noticed the search box is seriously unintelligent.
Just One Example:
Search for "Stretch K390" and you get "No Results Found for Products."
Enter "Stretch", sort through 7 results (2 of which are not Stretch) and there is the K390 Stretch.
Enter "Stretch 2" and you get 8 results (with several of the results being different than searching "Stretch.")
Enter "Stretch FRN" and you get nothing.
Enter "Stretch Lightweight" and you get one discontinued result (but misses the Stretch 2 XL LW).
Enter "Stretch XL" and you get nothing (though "Stretch 2 XL" gets 2 hits).
Above results are very similar with other searches...the search routine "can't even." It's as if search words have to very closely match the title given on a particular page, or the search gets seriously confused. What's up with that? How can a search box in 2020 be so...clueless?
Inaccurate Search on Spyderco Website
Inaccurate Search on Spyderco Website
Steel novice who self-identifies as a steel expert. Proud M.N.O.S.D. member 0003. Spydie Steels: 4V, 15V, 20CV, AEB-L, AUS6, Cru-Wear, HAP40, K294, K390, M4, Magnacut, S110V, S30V, S35VN, S45VN, SPY27, SRS13, T15, VG10, XHP, ZWear, ZDP189
Re: Inaccurate Search on Spyderco Website
Spyderco, please: Search for 'Police Lightweight' and the search can't find anything... Screenshot of the Police Lightweight below.
Steel novice who self-identifies as a steel expert. Proud M.N.O.S.D. member 0003. Spydie Steels: 4V, 15V, 20CV, AEB-L, AUS6, Cru-Wear, HAP40, K294, K390, M4, Magnacut, S110V, S30V, S35VN, S45VN, SPY27, SRS13, T15, VG10, XHP, ZWear, ZDP189
Re: Inaccurate Search on Spyderco Website
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Steel novice who self-identifies as a steel expert. Proud M.N.O.S.D. member 0003. Spydie Steels: 4V, 15V, 20CV, AEB-L, AUS6, Cru-Wear, HAP40, K294, K390, M4, Magnacut, S110V, S30V, S35VN, S45VN, SPY27, SRS13, T15, VG10, XHP, ZWear, ZDP189
Re: Inaccurate Search on Spyderco Website
Can't find MicroJimbo if there's a space between the two words...
Steel novice who self-identifies as a steel expert. Proud M.N.O.S.D. member 0003. Spydie Steels: 4V, 15V, 20CV, AEB-L, AUS6, Cru-Wear, HAP40, K294, K390, M4, Magnacut, S110V, S30V, S35VN, S45VN, SPY27, SRS13, T15, VG10, XHP, ZWear, ZDP189
Re: Inaccurate Search on Spyderco Website
Search for "manix back lock" finds nothing... and yet... there it is...
Steel novice who self-identifies as a steel expert. Proud M.N.O.S.D. member 0003. Spydie Steels: 4V, 15V, 20CV, AEB-L, AUS6, Cru-Wear, HAP40, K294, K390, M4, Magnacut, S110V, S30V, S35VN, S45VN, SPY27, SRS13, T15, VG10, XHP, ZWear, ZDP189
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Re: Inaccurate Search on Spyderco Website
The Paramilitary is a fun one. You get different results for Paramilitary and Para Military. Also, capitalizing different letters will sort the results differently. para military, Para military, paraMilitary, etc.
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Re: Inaccurate Search on Spyderco Website
I have found the best way to search the spyderco.com product listings is to use the SKU prefix. e.g., for Paramilitary (1 and 2) variants, search for "c81". (This won't return any Para3 variants, since those all start with "c223".) Or for Manix variants, search for "c101".
Re: Inaccurate Search on Spyderco Website
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Steel novice who self-identifies as a steel expert. Proud M.N.O.S.D. member 0003. Spydie Steels: 4V, 15V, 20CV, AEB-L, AUS6, Cru-Wear, HAP40, K294, K390, M4, Magnacut, S110V, S30V, S35VN, S45VN, SPY27, SRS13, T15, VG10, XHP, ZWear, ZDP189