Spyderco Factory Second going sale online this year.

[AR3S]

An $800 Spyderco?! Besides the discount and Made in CO, what's the all the noise about?

Its not even made in CO! Made in Taiwan.

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/det...TI/Paysan/1781

The major chuck on the cost is all of the CNC milling done on the single piece of Ti.

I bought a Factory 2nd Nirvana a few years ago. It was a really nice knife and the fit was great. For $300 it was worth the price. For $800? not at all... There's a ton of local makers that I'd much rather support with that kinda money.

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/C199TI/989

[Little Dutch]

My knives arrived today.

After buying the Native in Blue, I bought an Emphasis ($27) and an Efficient ($17).

The Emphasis and Efficient would be much nicer if they weren't prominently stamped "China" on the blade. To be clear, it's not the actual stamp that bothers me. I was not aware that most of the knives I was interested in at the seconds sale were made in Taiwan and/or China. But, I had never seriously looked at SpyderCo before. So that's on me.

All 3 lock up and open fine, and don't appear to have any wobble or other construction issues. The Emphasis appears to have a large metal void near the pivot point. I'll have to disassemble to see how bad it actually is. The other two don't have any obvious issues. What I got looks to be good value for the money. I will put away my usual edc knife for a while while I try one of these.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up on the online event.

Edit - after playing with the two chinese knives for another few minutes, I don't like either of them. The liner lock on them is difficult to hit, and rather sharp edged. It's sort of buried down in the cut handle cutout. If I want to close it with one hand it's awkward, and the lock ends up just being contacted by the top corner of my thumb. To top it off, the metal has a hard 90 degree corner which grabs my thumbnail when depressing the lock (that's how weird the angle is, my thumbnail hits it). It combines unrefined detailing that prioritized a look over function with poorly finished materials.

The Native seems just fine so far.

[Jer]

My knives arrived today.

After buying the Native in Blue, I bought an Emphasis ($27) and an Efficient ($17).

The Emphasis and Efficient would be much nicer if they weren't prominently stamped "China" on the blade. To be clear, it's not the actual stamp that bothers me. I was not aware that most of the knives I was interested in at the seconds sale were made in Taiwan and/or China. But, I had never seriously looked at SpyderCo before. So that's on me.

All 3 lock up and open fine, and don't appear to have any wobble or other construction issues. The Emphasis appears to have a large metal void near the pivot point. I'll have to disassemble to see how bad it actually is. The other two don't have any obvious issues. What I got looks to be good value for the money. I will put away my usual edc knife for a while while I try one of these.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up on the online event.

Edit - after playing with the two chinese knives for another few minutes, I don't like either of them. The liner lock on them is difficult to hit, and rather sharp edged. It's sort of buried down in the cut handle cutout. If I want to close it with one hand it's awkward, and the lock ends up just being contacted by the top corner of my thumb. To top it off, the metal has a hard 90 degree corner which grabs my thumbnail when depressing the lock (that's how weird the angle is, my thumbnail hits it). It combines unrefined detailing that prioritized a look over function with poorly finished materials.

The Native seems just fine so far.

Actually, the Taiwan steel is very good.

[Little Dutch]

Actually, the Taiwan steel is very good.

Good to know. I was looking for a Caribbean sheepsfoot and they are Taiwanese. I didn't catch one though, maybe next year.

[Jer]

Good to know. I was looking for a Caribbean sheepsfoot and they are Taiwanese. I didn't catch one though, maybe next year.

I saw that one. It's a pretty cool knife and don't let the steel marked Taiwan from Spyderco scare you away.

[beast556]

Nov 20 is the sale this year. I didn't see a time posted yet. Hopefully its not snowing.

[Little Dutch]

Nov 20 is the sale this year. I didn't see a time posted yet. Hopefully its not snowing.

I start a new job on the 15'th so probably won't be able to camp the website like I did last year, assuming they do it online again. Tooo bad. I'm still carrying the blue Native I bought last year. It replaced my high-end benchmade as my EDC. I was a little surprised by that. It's a nice knife that works well for my rather civilized daily knife needs. The S110V holds an edge amazingly well; I haven't had to do anything but light edge touchup on it.


Edit - the 20'th is a Saturday. So maybe I'll be able to get something after all. Neat.

Second edit - looks like it's in-person this year. Double shucks. I won't be able to drive up there.

[zulu01]

How much of a shit show is the sale when held in person? Never been but intrigued. However, I would rather pay full price than deal with a super busy hectic mad scramble of a sale.

[beast556]

How much of a shit show is the sale when held in person? Never been but intrigued. However, I would rather pay full price than deal with a super busy hectic mad scramble of a sale.

Lots of wating in line they only allow so many people in at a time. If it's snowing or really cold you have to really really want a new knife. They do have tons of knives to choose from at a very good discount.