Forum knives of the past

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Forum knives of the past

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I was looking but could not find past forum knives, does anyone know what they were? I know there was a Military in 440V it is on sale on ebay if anyone is interested going for around $300.00 right now.

Maybe we could start a list here? Looks like in 2013 the Native 5 in S110V

The Military was from 2000.
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Doeswhateveraspidercan wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:27 pm
Looks like in 2013 the Native 5 in S110V
Also the maroon 2015 Forum Native 5 / S90V
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Rutger wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:28 pm
Check this topic:
http://www.spyderco.com/forumII/viewtopic.php?t=59091
Ted wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:10 am
2000 - C36 Military - black G-10 with pearl bug - CPM-440V PE (spyderco forum)
2001 - C41 Native - blue G-10 - CPM-440V PE (bladeforums)
2001 - C41 Native - blue G-10 - CPM-440V SE (bladeforums)
2002 - C66 Vesuvius - burgundy FRN - ATS-34 PE (spyderco forum)
2003 - C78 Native - blue FRN - VG-10 PE (spyderco forum)
2003 - C77 Spyderhawk - blue FRN - VG-10 PE edge (bladeforums)
2005 - C102 Adventura - steel engraved - VG-10 PE (spyderco forum)
2006 - C110 Lava - steel engraved - VG-10 PE (spyderco forum)
2009 - C41 Native - purple FRN flat ground - CPM-S30V PE (spyderco forum)

2004 - C94 UK Penknife - black g-10 - CPM-S30V FFG PE (british blades design team edition)
2009 - C10 Endura - toxic green FRN with black blade and wave - VG-10 HG CE (USN forums)
2011 - C17 Catcherman - toxic green FRN with black blade - H-1 HG CE (USN forums)
2012 - C10 Endura - olive green FRN with black blade and wave - VG-10 HG PE (Bayou Shooter forum)
2012 - C101 Manix 2 - glow-in-the-dark G-10 - CPM-S30V FFG PE - (EDC forums)
2012 - C101 Manix 2 - glow-in-th-dark v2 G-10 - CPM-S30V FFG PE - (EDC forums)
2013 - C41 Native 5 - glow-in-the-dark G-10 - CPM-S35V PE (EDC forums)
Ted's post there gets us through 2013 (I added a couple dates -in italics- he was missing to the above quote), then we have (that I know of):

2013 - C41 Native 5 - dark green diamond texture G-10 - CPM-S110V PE (Spyderco forum)
2015 - C95 Manix 2 XL - glow-in-the-dark Kirinite - CPM-S30V (EDC forums)
2015 - C41 Native 5 lightweight - burgundy FRN - CPM-S90V PE (Spyderco forum)
2015 - Ladybug 3 - toxic green FRN with black hawkbill blade - H1 SE and PE (USN forum)
2016 - C127 Urban - dark green FRN - Elmax PE (British Blades forum)
2016 - C163 Pingo - dark blue FRN - K390 PE (Edge Matters forum)
2017 - C81 Para 2 - black G-10 with black blade - CPM-S30V PE (Bayou Shooter forum)
2018 - C81 Para 2 - gray G-10 with web insert - CPM-S90V (Spyderco forum)
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I find it really ironic that the 2003, Blue handled, VG-10 PE Spyderhawk at the time was probably the lowest selling of all the Forum knives at the time of it's release. But now I'm finding it the most sought after for collections. I got two of them at the time and I still get my "user" version out every so often to play with it. It's one of the few plain edged Hawkbills I've found actual uses for. It's so strange in a way that many Spyderco models that are a flop at the box office during their run on the main line up tend to be super collectible as time goes on. On top of that I bet you would have a very difficult time even finding a blue, PE, VG-10 Forum Spyderhawk ( new or used).

I think they did do a few of the yellow H-1 Spyderhawk in PE but even those are getting extreme tough to find as well.
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Here are examples of all the ones for this forum, to date:

2000 Forum Military

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2002 Forum Centofante Vesuvius

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2003 Forum Native III

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2005 Forum Dialex Adventura

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2006 Forum Chad Los Banos Lava

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2009 Forum Native

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2013 Forum G-10 Native 5

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2015 Forum FRN Native 5

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NOTE: Despite what it says on the blades, Spyderco made nowhere near 500 of either the Forum Military or Forum Vesuvius.
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It's a nice concept for the knife community here, but i like none of them. I don't like all the extra laser engraving on the blades or logo's in the handle. It's also why i won't be going for the 2018 knife.
The one thing that i do really like is the Diamond-Cut texture G-10 from the 2015 knife. I'd love to see more of that on knives.

But in the end I think there is too little involvement from the forum community in the forum knife design/material. Why would i invest in this when i had no influence? It doesn't feel like a community thing. I don't buy something just because it will be a limited run. If it is ugly or not the knife model/material i like i will just skip it.
You can clearly see that other forum knives were better designed. Take for example the EDC Forums Exclusives. The laser engraving is a nice forum logo (i can tolerate that, just like i like the LC200N or H1 steel logo) instead of some dumb text and it has unique moonglow handles.

I think the Shaman in Micarata + Cruwear would make a great forum knife if it comes to fruition. We had some involvement into the design and like the materials used. And if Spyderco is worried about the funding (Shaman sprint would not be cheap) they could even fund it with a kickstarter. So we as a community sign up/pay for one and then also have assured we will get one. Many of us would hate to miss out on that Shaman sprint we designed. This is also how people got that Creely Mako REX 121 Knife made. With funding secured maybe Spyderco would dare to take a little more risk and listen to the community?
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jabba359 wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:49 pm
Rutger wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:28 pm
Check this topic:
http://www.spyderco.com/forumII/viewtopic.php?t=59091
Ted wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:10 am
2000 - C36 Military - black G-10 with pearl bug - CPM-440V PE (spyderco forum)
2001 - C41 Native - blue G-10 - CPM-440V PE (bladeforums)
2001 - C41 Native - blue G-10 - CPM-440V SE (bladeforums)
2002 - C66 Vesuvius - burgundy FRN - ATS-34 PE (spyderco forum)
2003 - C78 Native - blue FRN - VG-10 PE (spyderco forum)
2003 - C77 Spyderhawk - blue FRN - VG-10 PE edge (bladeforums)
2005 - C102 Adventura - steel engraved - VG-10 PE (spyderco forum)
2006 - C110 Lava - steel engraved - VG-10 PE (spyderco forum)
2009 - C41 Native - purple FRN flat ground - CPM-S30V PE (spyderco forum)

2004 - C94 UK Penknife - black g-10 - CPM-S30V FFG PE (british blades design team edition)
2009 - C10 Endura - toxic green FRN with black blade and wave - VG-10 HG CE (USN forums)
2011 - C17 Catcherman - toxic green FRN with black blade - H-1 HG CE (USN forums)
2012 - C10 Endura - olive green FRN with black blade and wave - VG-10 HG PE (Bayou Shooter forum)
2012 - C101 Manix 2 - glow-in-the-dark G-10 - CPM-S30V FFG PE - (EDC forums)
2012 - C101 Manix 2 - glow-in-th-dark v2 G-10 - CPM-S30V FFG PE - (EDC forums)
2013 - C41 Native 5 - glow-in-the-dark G-10 - CPM-S35V PE (EDC forums)
Ted's post there gets us through 2013 (I added a couple dates -in italics- he was missing to the above quote), then we have (that I know of):

2013 - C41 Native 5 - dark green diamond texture G-10 - CPM-S110V PE (Spyderco forum)
2015 - C41 Native 5 lightweight - burgundy FRN - CPM-S90V PE (Spyderco forum)
2015 - Ladybug 3 - toxic green FRN with black hawkbill blade - H1 SE and PE (USN forum)
2016 - C127 Urban - dark green FRN - Elmax PE (British Blades forum)
2016 - C163 Pingo - dark blue FRN - K390 PE (Edge Matters forum)
2017 - C81 Para 2 - black G-10 with black blade - CPM-S30V PE (Bayou Shooter forum)
2018 - C81 Para 2 - gray G-10 with web insert - CPM-S90V (Spyderco forum)
Thank you very much for such a wonderful answer to this thread. Beautiful collection.
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Rutger wrote:
Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:35 am
It's a nice concept for the knife community here, but i like none of them. I don't like all the extra laser engraving on the blades or logo's in the handle. It's also why i won't be going for the 2018 knife.
The one thing that i do really like is the Diamond-Cut texture G-10 from the 2015 knife. I'd love to see more of that on knives.

But in the end I think there is too little involvement from the forum community in the forum knife design/material. Why would i invest in this when i had no influence? It doesn't feel like a community thing. I don't buy something just because it will be a limited run. If it is ugly or not the knife model/material i like i will just skip it.
You can clearly see that other forum knives were better designed. Take for example the EDC Forums Exclusives. The laser engraving is a nice forum logo (i can tolerate that, just like i like the LC200N or H1 steel logo) instead of some dumb text and it has unique moonglow handles.

I think the Shaman in Micarata + Cruwear would make a great forum knife if it comes to fruition. We had some involvement into the design and like the materials used. And if Spyderco is worried about the funding (Shaman sprint would not be cheap) they could even fund it with a kickstarter. So we as a community sign up/pay for one and then also have assured we will get one. Many of us would hate to miss out on that Shaman sprint we designed. This is also how people got that Creely Mako REX 121 Knife made. With funding secured maybe Spyderco would dare to take a little more risk and listen to the community?
I agree with you on the extra blade engraving it is too over the top it for edc but see nothing wrong with it as a collectors piece or for someone speculating on the resale value.

The steel really should be more exceptional the 2000 military used the standard steel for the time but now with time 440V is no longer readily available so it has some value now IMO.

I for one would love to see another Military as a forum knife but lets have some fun with the steel with something like Elmax. I have 2 of the Lionspy because I love the shape of the blade but it is the expert use of polished Elmax steel that makes that knife exceptional Spyderco got that one perfect.


You also bring up another excellent idea: A Kickstarter campaign I for one would jump all over a MIlitary in CTS-XHP with a DLC Coating and Orange or Red Scales.
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jabba359 wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:49 pm
Rutger wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:28 pm
Check this topic:
viewtopic.php?t=59091
Ted wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:10 am
2000 - C36 Military - black G-10 with pearl bug - CPM-440V PE (spyderco forum)
2001 - C41 Native - blue G-10 - CPM-440V PE (bladeforums)
2001 - C41 Native - blue G-10 - CPM-440V SE (bladeforums)
2002 - C66 Vesuvius - burgundy FRN - ATS-34 PE (spyderco forum)
2003 - C78 Native - blue FRN - VG-10 PE (spyderco forum)
2003 - C77 Spyderhawk - blue FRN - VG-10 PE edge (bladeforums)
2005 - C102 Adventura - steel engraved - VG-10 PE (spyderco forum)
2006 - C110 Lava - steel engraved - VG-10 PE (spyderco forum)
2009 - C41 Native - purple FRN flat ground - CPM-S30V PE (spyderco forum)

2004 - C94 UK Penknife - black g-10 - CPM-S30V FFG PE (british blades design team edition)
2009 - C10 Endura - toxic green FRN with black blade and wave - VG-10 HG CE (USN forums)
2011 - C17 Catcherman - toxic green FRN with black blade - H-1 HG CE (USN forums)
2012 - C10 Endura - olive green FRN with black blade and wave - VG-10 HG PE (Bayou Shooter forum)
2012 - C101 Manix 2 - glow-in-the-dark G-10 - CPM-S30V FFG PE - (EDC forums)
2012 - C101 Manix 2 - glow-in-th-dark v2 G-10 - CPM-S30V FFG PE - (EDC forums)
2013 - C41 Native 5 - glow-in-the-dark G-10 - CPM-S35V PE (EDC forums)
Ted's post there gets us through 2013 (I added a couple dates -in italics- he was missing to the above quote), then we have (that I know of):

2013 - C41 Native 5 - dark green diamond texture G-10 - CPM-S110V PE (Spyderco forum)
2015 - C41 Native 5 lightweight - burgundy FRN - CPM-S90V PE (Spyderco forum)
2015 - Ladybug 3 - toxic green FRN with black hawkbill blade - H1 SE and PE (USN forum)
2016 - C127 Urban - dark green FRN - Elmax PE (British Blades forum)
2016 - C163 Pingo - dark blue FRN - K390 PE (Edge Matters forum)
2017 - C81 Para 2 - black G-10 with black blade - CPM-S30V PE (Bayou Shooter forum)
2018 - C81 Para 2 - gray G-10 with web insert - CPM-S90V (Spyderco forum)

EDC Forum did the Manix 2 XL in glow-in-the-dark for 2015. I have mine stashed away in a knife roll and I'm too lazy to grab it at the moment. I do know that it did not have the year etched onto it anywhere, just the EDC Forum logo, so I searched my email and found the confirmation from February of 2015.

Edited to add: it was done in S30V
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sinnyc wrote:
Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:33 pm
EDC Forum did the Manix 2 XL in glow-in-the-dark for 2015. I have mine stashed away in a knife roll and I'm too lazy to grab it at the moment. I do know that it did not have the year etched onto it anywhere, just the EDC Forum logo, so I searched my email and found the confirmation from February of 2015.

Edited to add: it was done in S30V
Good catch. I should have remembered that, as I have one! I've updated my original post in case anybody references it.
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