Your first Spyderco?
Your first Spyderco?
Just thought it might be interesting to see what Spyderco model drew folks into the fold ...
Mine started innocently enough - I picked up a Spin to do double duty as an EDC and a money clip ... and that was all she wrote ...
So, let's hear some stories of your first Spydie, and how you came to own it ...
~ Edge
Mine started innocently enough - I picked up a Spin to do double duty as an EDC and a money clip ... and that was all she wrote ...
So, let's hear some stories of your first Spydie, and how you came to own it ...
~ Edge
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice ... In practice, there is."
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Endura drew me in. I wanted one since I was tall enough to see into the glass at a knife/outdoor store. Got one when I was 16, but lost it camping.
C95 is what drew me back in but stupidly enough, I've never owned one for a significant period of time. I think the C95 is responsible for my interest in knives as an adult period, not just Spydercos. I guess I should get another one. I guess I'm holding out in hopes that there will be a sprint.
At this point though, the one model that keeps me around is Spyderco's business model :) .
C95 is what drew me back in but stupidly enough, I've never owned one for a significant period of time. I think the C95 is responsible for my interest in knives as an adult period, not just Spydercos. I guess I should get another one. I guess I'm holding out in hopes that there will be a sprint.
At this point though, the one model that keeps me around is Spyderco's business model :) .
Bought a NIB Endura stainless SE on ebay in June 2007. Bought it thinking I would turn around and sell it. Over fifty spydercos later, I still have it and I'm still buying.
The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
My first Spyderco was a blue Lum Chinese folder. I got it to use as a gent's folder, but it was bigger than I was expecting and I rarely carried it anywhere. I went 10 years with just a minigrip and the Lum before finally picking up another knife. It would have been a Calypso Jr in my pocket all those years if I'd known how to close a mid-lock back one-handed back then.
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My first Spyderco was a Tenacious. I ordered a plain edge from Amazon in order to see if Spydercos appealed to me, but I recieved a partially serrated. I didn't like it and returned it immedietley. It took my a couple months to make the decision to try it again, and so i orederd a plan edge Tenacious (and recieved the correct one). I fell in love with the knife, and went ahead and made my first major knife purchase, the Sage 1. That was last summer, and now I have 14 spydercos.
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My First Spyderco was a Lava. I fell in love with the design and just had to have it..... Kind of obsessed about it you could say. Sadly at the time there were none to be found. Determined to find one I searched high and low. I found one at Terä-Asekeskus, a store in Finland if you can believe it! I live in Los Angeles! After a week of more searches on the internet I happened to come across a store in Riverside (about 50 miles away from me) that had one. One single solitary Spyderco Lava.... Paid $228 for it with tax and shipping but i cared not! I finally had a Lava in my hot little hands. I have around 30 Spydies now and not a single regret :D
Mine was a Native i got off of craigslist for 30$ last year whilst i was getting frustrated at waiting 5 weeks for another knife company's warranty "process". Ever since i've had at least 20 different Spydercos and currently own 8.
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My first Spydie was a Terzuola, but didnt know about Spyderco and traded it for a hewhoshallnitbenamed Benchmade AFCK. They both had round holes...I didnt know!! So, me real first Spydie was a black almite Cricket. Used it as money clip until you couldnt fly with knives. That buy was in early 90's. I didnt buy another Spydie until 2008 when i decided I wanted EDC money clip when not flying...Spin...and the rest is history
You are obviously highly intelligent!! :D :D :DOn Edge wrote:Mine started innocently enough - I picked up a Spin to do double duty as an EDC and a money clip ...
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2011: G10 Dragonfly ^ Breeden Rescue ^ Bug ^ Honeybee ^ Centofante 3 ^ Woodcraft Mule ^SFO Visit Buys = Frn Stretch & Native 4 CF!! ^ Salt 1 ^ Burgundy Calypso ZDP-189 ^ Walker Blue Almite ^ Native 5 ^ Squeak ^ Chaparral ^ Urban Olive Green ^ STREET BEAT!!...
2012: Caly Jr (vintage/NIB!), SS Navigator-fave LBK of all time, Jester, Orange Dodo, CS Orange PM2,Techno, Bradley! AIR!!
2011: G10 Dragonfly ^ Breeden Rescue ^ Bug ^ Honeybee ^ Centofante 3 ^ Woodcraft Mule ^SFO Visit Buys = Frn Stretch & Native 4 CF!! ^ Salt 1 ^ Burgundy Calypso ZDP-189 ^ Walker Blue Almite ^ Native 5 ^ Squeak ^ Chaparral ^ Urban Olive Green ^ STREET BEAT!!...
2012: Caly Jr (vintage/NIB!), SS Navigator-fave LBK of all time, Jester, Orange Dodo, CS Orange PM2,Techno, Bradley! AIR!!
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My first Spyderco was sharpmaker.
Shortly after that I purchased Native for $40 at Walmart to try S30V. A month later Kopa Cocobolo, than Tiger and Apple Corals................
Shortly after that I purchased Native for $40 at Walmart to try S30V. A month later Kopa Cocobolo, than Tiger and Apple Corals................
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My top choices Natives5, Calys, C83 Persian
My top choices Natives5, Calys, C83 Persian