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  1. 03-02-2007, 03:54 PM #1
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    kicking yourself...

    i'm curious -- what spyderco knives do you kick yourself about not buying when you had the chance? ie., when they were relatively cheap (on closeout or special) and still available.

    for me, i'd say:
    -- the earlier centofantes
    -- shabaria
    -- WALKER ALMITE (ugh, ugh)
    -- SE lum chinese

    current close-out spydies i'd like to get before they vanish...
    -- spot
    -- ATR
    -- R2
    -- karambit
    -- yojimbo

    too bad cash is so limited...
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    Perrin FB04, said "tomorrow" one time too many on that one.
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    I recall Sierra Trade Post had a Dodo for 49.95. I didn't have a chance to get one .

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  4. 03-02-2007, 04:29 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by wec12
    I recall Sierra Trade Post had a Dodo for 49.95. I didn't have a chance to get one .
    you'll pay $15 more, but it isn't too late... there are still a couple out there... try using froogle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wec12
    I recall Sierra Trade Post had a Dodo for 49.95. I didn't have a chance to get one .
    I did get one, but should have gotten at least 2. Didn't realize how much I would love this knife. Should have picked up a few Spots at the same time since they were only $19.99. I don't really like the Spot, but $19.99 is too good.
    My wife got me a green Chinese folder BNIB from some website for $115 less than a year ago. She said that when she ordered it, they had both PE and SE in stock. If I had known, I would have liked to get more than one. By the time she gave it to me, they had all sold out.
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    Ti ATR,
    Lum Chinese,
    those are the ones i can think of right now....
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    1) Shabaria.
    2) Perrin FB04.
    3) Lil Temperence PE Leaf.
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    Hell, I kick myself like once a week when I see what spyderco some lucky SOB got for a steal on ebay!
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    Plain edge JD Smith..... I never really had an opportunity/nor really looked for ...a Mass Ayoob model....but can't wait for the Sprint Run version....!
    btw....the SE Navigator2's are at Knifecenter for less than $40!

    oh yeah Clovisc, u can't go wrong with either an R2 or a Yojimbo....
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    A few extra Persians when they were $62.96 at Sierra Trading Post!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gollum
    A few extra Persians when they were $62.96 at Sierra Trading Post!
    The same here, plus Dodo and Temperance at the same place.
    One time there were many Viele2 on e-bay for about $60 and I got only 2. One of them for my father-in-law. Should get a couple more, but I did not.
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    Red face Would have, could have, should have

    I wish I had bought at least 4 of the C-56 Zowada models with VG-10 blade steel when they were available for the very brief time you could get them . I love spear point blades. I am currently on a serious quest for a C-50 Centofante II for a user as well. Working closely with a good Spyder brother on that one as we speak .

    I also wish I would have bought at least 2 each of the Stainless Rescue models i.e. the C-14 & C-45. Those stainless RESCUES I think are the most solid built Spyders ever made. I also wish I would have had the foresight when I renewed a CD back in 98 to have put all that money in all of the C-27 Jess Horn models that I could have got my hands on .

    Last but not least I get mad at myself on a regular basis for not getting one of those Spyderco bread knives model K01SBK I never could figure why some of those Spyderco kitchen knives never sold well. Because all of the Spyderco culinary knives I have are top notch.
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    of late, the FB temperance.

    earlier, right out ot high school, before i knew the value of a knife:
    Lum Chinese and Tanto, Shabaria, Dyad Jr., Zowoda, Herbst, origional Chinook,

    i had my 2002 catalog right in front of me, and i just posted all the knives that were circled...
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    i have a blue se dodo but i wish i had got a black pe one before they all disappeared
    also one of my favorite knives is the green chinese lum and i should have got one while there were still a few in stock from places that would ship internationaly
    finaly the pe leaf blade lil temp

    i never found any of these knives on offer or close out but i should have just got them when i had the chance

    better to have a knife and not need it
    than to need a knife and not have it
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    RH Carbon Fiber SE Police, yes I know it's TD only but that was a sweet knife. Heard the prices are loony now a days.
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    Original Jess Horn. I had the spydie bug, and given a summer's hard work, enough cash. I figured at the time that the horn looked too 'old fashioned'.! Doh!

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