Patrik...

Yes I have the Spyderco sharpening rods which makes it nice to get at the serrated edge.  Thanks Patrik.

Here comes the bug.

Oh, my wife claimed this one also to go with her mini's.

Hi Billy the bug is an outstanding keychain knife maybe little bit expensive for what it is but spyderco quality is there and you can rely on it. 

My new (old) Delica 3 (I Think) arrived yesterday this knife is almost 14 years old and was beat up pretty bad but after some hours of loving care some profiling, sharpening and cleaning and here is the final product.  I love that spyderco puts out products that withstand almost everything and even after more than a decade of hard use you can still bring it back to life and have the same level of performance like it was release yesterday from factory.

I need to get a Delica. I don't have one of those.

I highly recommend  the  Delica bud be warned if you buy one you will want more :)

Finally have time to do some photo organizing. Here are some of my Delica's. Out of all spyderco knives I highly recommend to start or have at least one.

Patrik....

Love the Delica.  I have have had several but given them to my son and nephews.  Here is a few Spydies I have.

Hi Billy you will not regret it !!

Hi Clint  thank you for sharing those nice pictures you have some extreme nice selection of fixed spydies ! 

Hello friends got something disturbing to report.

Came today from work and id wathceed the new produkt vid from blade HQ

In that vid was a new spyderco knife with the name Matriarch 2.

I folow all new releases from spyderco and could not find this knife anywhere on the spyderco website, catalog or sprint run anouncment.

Maybe anybody has some infomramtion if yes plase share I suspecting that maybe this could be another China conterfait attempt to copy spyderco popular knives that are long time out of production.

Here is the vid : http://youtu.be/eemcCw5pZG8

 Here is the picture

Indeed it sounds ironic and sad that ones invention is not listed on the inventors main source of information. Time will tell sooner or later.

Patrik.....

I called Spyderco Marketing and talked to Nikol who is Joyce's assistant.  She told me the Matriarch knife of which you speak is brand new and not out on the market therefore not in their catalog.  She was surprised BladeHQ had one as they have not been released.  My guess Michael sent them one.  I watched the video and I can tell you the knife in the video is a genuine Spyderco.  I have experience in the bogus knives with my traveling from one hell hole to the next. 

Patrik I appreciate your spotting this.  It is always good to keep an eye out for the fakes and let your brother and sister knife collectors to be on the caution.  I for one appreciate your vigilance.

Thank you Clint This this is what I wanted to read. I appreciate your proactive action and calling them. I'm proud of my spyderco collection and i feel personally responsible to maintain a pristine quality track record for all spyderco knives it would be a blow if some fake, counterfeit spyderco clones would damage the name and reputation of the company usually people don't know (or don't care) that they buy fake knives. Nowadays all that maters is the right price but quality costs some extra. The man and woman at spyderco they don't cut corners they are on spot and they working hard to deliver the final product with the most best quality possible.  As I trust   this company and are willing to pay not a small amount of money to them I want to be sure that I get the level of quality for that I have pay for. We live in troubled times the China made copy's are flooding the world. It is up to us to do something.  There for I invest my free time to be  informed I scan trough eBay and other online mega web stores and auctions to spot and report if I found something that is suspicious. So i try to do my part to preserve what is god and trustworthy. We have the knowledge we have the power   to not use it is the same as like to support all those who want to rip us off.  I cant allow that i hope we all agree on that. 

Clint one more observation. I dont know what is doing the marketing or shipping department at spyderco but blade HQ is not the only one who has them on sale right now and I can tell that is no just one presentation piece they had more of them and they are sold out.

look here:

http://www2.knifecenter.com/item/SP12SBK2/reviews

Patrik....

Good question.  However, Marketing knows what is on the market and what is not.  BladeHQ shows the Matriarch 2 but shows out of stock.  My be is knife center shows the knife but will tell you it will be in any day.  I tried to call them but they were closed.

Yes I know that tactic sparkling the interest of the customers and then put them on back-order. But a read in the comments that on blade HQ they were sold out in 5 hours after listing  them on the site.  Who knows what is going really  on. We will see in a few day. Thank you for your help.

Clint one more observation. I dont know what is doing the marketing or shipping department at spyderco but blade HQ is not the only one who has them on sale right now and I can tell that is no just one presentation piece they had more of them and they are sold out.

look here:

http://www2.knifecenter.com/item/SP12SBK2/reviews

Patrik....

A salesman at The Knife Center said he had a few of the Spyderco Matriarch 2 from the Premier shipment and some from a friend who is a member of the Spyderco Family.  In talking to him for a while, the cop kicked in and I was smelling Tuna.

Thanks for the offer Keijo it would be sweet from you to buy me one but I could not accept it.  I do not have a problem to believe that it is a original spyderco I'm just sharing my opinion so that nobody does to have be a victim of possible fraud. Clint did speak with a spyderco representative and they conformed it so it is closed deal. BTW mysecond spyderco matriarch sprint run with brown FRN and plane edge if on his way I hope to receive it the next weak so I can share some nice pictures with both matriarch that I will own.   

Hey Spydie Friends!!

So my Sprint run Matriarch did came today super fast  and so the collection of 2 is complete.

Hi all so it is official thank you all for the help.

I did received this in e-mail

hi all.

a bit disappointed right now:-( got myself a new ambitoius and went to swap around the clip, and ALL 3 screws stripped(is that the word i am looking for) could understand one of them doing it, but all 3, WTF. tip down sucks, gonna try getting the clip of atleast

anyone know which screw drivers i should get for furher reference on my other spydercos, messing up an ambitious is bad enough, dont wanna mess up my delica or native that i plan on getting? torx/hex? size?

thnaks keijo, i will certanly do that, now to the problem of getting them out what so ever

björn

I would mail the knife to them explaining what you want to do.  The people at Spyderco are very helpful.

i would do that if i were not on the other side of the atlantic:-) be cheaper just buying a new knife, "almost"

björn

You will need a Torx Screwdriver #7 to remove the screws on the Spyderco pocket clips.

bjorn...

Take your knife to a watch repair shop.  They have the tools to tap the screws and remove them.  Order the new screws from Spyderco.

I just tried one of my Spyderco knives and it took the Torx 7.  The T6 was too small.

thats a good idea, i´ll do that if i cant get them out myself. already emailed spyderco about the screws, hopefully they´ll send me new screws. thanks for all the replys guys

Hi Bjorn.

Welcome to the spyderco group.

I have had similar problems on my tenacious. I got all the 4 model and have observed that the china factory is using some kind lock-tight or glue (not on all models) I did Heat up the screw and than no problem with the removal next time please keep in mind this procedure when you are handling China made knives and that should do the trick. 

Hello Spydie friends !

Spyderco is truely a excelent company. Two weaks ago a id requested a spyderco catalog from their website. I did know that I''m no US citizen and probabley  they send those out just to US addresses because it was free of charge I did not expected to receive one. Ussualy I do for myself a large printout every year but gues what the other day I have had mail from spyderco and in the evelope there was a 8 inch version of the 2012 spyderco catalog I do not know if they have also a biger version but i was really happy. Spyderco did have gone the extra mile to send it arround the world even consifering I'm no dealer and for those little things I'm really greatfull. Those people at spyderco do care also for the every say avarige man and that is one big advantege and this is how they made loyal customes. I just wanted to share and now here are some pictures od some of my new spyderco knives.

If you want a Delica you want this ZDP189 version I have not had a sharper spyderco from factory in my hands. Wow this is some amazing stuff.

Here are some other variants:

Classic Endura 4

Delica 4 ZDP189

Delica 4 VG10 FFG green

just wanted to get your thought on the vg-10 vs zdp-189 thing?is it worth the extra money to get the delica with zdp? 30 dollars more seems a bit steep

i have gotten into steels alittle bit the last couple of weeks after playing with some vg-10 and really liking it, so i was looking for the next step up which seems to be the zdp. and i really like the delica so just gotta convince the mrs that the extra money is worth it

Hi Bjorn.

I have had no problem to sharpen the spyderco used ZDP 189 you can sharpen the VG-10 faster but ZDP189 you can go to the level of a laser sharpened surgical scalpel and if you don want to spend extra 30 usd than use ebay there you can find nice deals even used. So i recommend if you don't want to spend so much money but want to try out the ZDP189 steel go on ebay or look around on forums or youtube maybe somebody is selling it for cheap. I did bought my new for 68 USD shipped. Yes and it is extreme hard steel so keep in mind no extreme hard abuse because it could chip or brake. 

Here are my two ZDP Spyderco's 

I did a blade re-profile on my customized Dragon-gnat (originally a Dragonfly 2 ZDP version)  

just fpund out about the zip-tie mod for the spyderco, LOVED it, been looking at the emerson but dont think i´ll bother after using the spyderco. although my wife made fun of me for the mod...... haha

Hi Bjorn.

I love spyderco knives they are outstanding but if you need a extreme reliable hardcore tactical knife and don't want to go the STRIDER way I can highly recommend the Emerson folders. Ernest Emerson is one of the most respected tactical knife makers out there his designs are superb because he is great in making functional design that are used in field. He is using simple hardware and a chisel grind on his knives. His knives are primarily focused for military and law enforcement operators and there is nothing better or a faster opening system on a folder than the Emerson pocket opening feature (wave). If you get one you will be not disappointed nothing against the spyderco ghetto wave but man you ruin the overall knife design. But being spyderco that great knife company that it is they have two knives wit the Emerson opening feature so go get them they are simply amazing especially if you like the delica or endura :-) 

C11PGYW - Delica

C10PGYW - Endura

Hello Spydie friends !

Here is my bad ass new full serrated Endura 4.

This was a awesome week for me I was lucky to buy 5 custom modified spyderco knives so I hope soon I can share some nice pictures with you.

very true, unfortunently the knife laws in sweden sucks, your not really allowed to carry anything unless you need it for work and the likes, so a small folder you can get away with but an emerson, not likely, so i was merely trying to rationalize to myself not getting one:-) i will defenently get an emerson down the road, didn't mean to offend any emerson fans out there. although gotta say,seeing the spyderco wave delica, i quite like it. unfortunently it only comes in black, and i am so sick of black g-10 and black plastic. i want color:-) getting the purple delica and i already have a pink griptilian.

nice endura, please keep the pix coming, wanna get some shopping i deas:-)

Thank Bjorn today I have time so I will definitively make a bunch of nice photos. Just need to wait while the battery is charged up. I have a dozen new knives here on the table that I want to share with you but not here because they are not spyderco and I want to keep things in order so  i recomment you to join the following groups: 

Special Ops Group-S.O.G. Knives

Tactical Collectors Club

Kershaw Collectors

BUCK KNIVES GROUP

EDC Club

Cold Steel Club

And I'm sorry to hear about that with the knife law in your country. Here in Slovakia we do not have any knife restriction I hope that it will newer change. 

And if you want a special colored spyderco maybe I can ask my friend he does special custom modification on spyderco knives if you are interested send me a PM.

Emerson E78 (CQC7 and CQC7A auto made by Pro-Tech. MSRP $280.  Emerson does not make auto knives.  One Shot Show back Dave Wattenberg had the occasion to talk to Ernest Emerson.  In this conversation the Emerson auto was born.  Pro-Tech makes two versions of the Emerson CQC7 and the CQC7A in the auto.  Now is the time to get interested Patrik.  The worlds finest knife designer marries-up with the worlds finest production auto knife maker to produce these jewels.  Considering these facts the retail price is not bad.

I know Dave ships these knives to Russian knife dealers who buy up a large part of his production.  So there should be one in a knife shop near you.  If not you can order one from Pro-Tech. 

Yes people, we export American finely crafted products.

What should I say this is a fine exemple of a beatuful executed knife in my opinion there is no need to make them as auto because of the Emerson oppening feature but there are a lot of auto collector and users who prefer them.  I have some autos but nothing fancy but I have on my wish list the Microtech Select Fire : 

http://www.thehollowgrind.com/images/uploads/microtech/selectfire/1...

Yes and Clint autos are not so popular in my country so my local knives suppliers don't really have them maybe because they are expensive you know for somebody is even 25 dollar more than they are willing to pay for a knife so 10 times that much is a big risk for them. Russia is a beautiful big country have some really great friends from there but really don't have the time to go there is just little bit behind the corner 1185 miles to be exact. It is much easy for me to buy from US to tel you the truth.  

ops sorry for straying the thread of course:-) hmm sounds interesting, blue is better then gray i guess 

I dont know from where they get the informatiaon but Blade HQ does have on they website listed as  Expected 2012! the  following products:

Spyderco Caly 3.5 ZDP-189 Folding Knife (Plain) C144CFPE

Spyderco ManBug Lightweight Black FRN Pocket Knife (2" Satin Serr) ...

Spyderco Caly 3 Sprint Carbon Fiber Damascus Knife (Plain) C113CFPD

Spyderco Endura Sprint Blue Jigged Bone Damascus Knife (Plain) C10JBBP

Spyderco Manbug British Racing Green FRN ZDP-189 Knife (Satin Plain...

Spyderco Ulize Black G-10 Folding Knife (?" Satin Plain) C161GP

Spyderco Squeak Pink FRN Folding Pocket Knife (2" Satin Plain) C154PPN

Spyderco Chaparral Titanium Folding Knife (Satin Plain) C152TIP

Spyderco Tuff G-10 and Titanium Folding Knife (?" Satin Plain) C151...

Spyderco Szabo Folder Lightning Strike Carbon Fiber (?" Satin Plain...

Spyderco Cricket Black Nishijin Glass Fiber Knife (1.875" Satin Pla...

Spyderco Rescue 3 93mm Black FRN Knife (3.63" Satin Plain) C14SBK3

Spyderco Lil' Matriarch Flat Ground Blade Black FRN (?" Satin Plain...

Spyderco Delica Flat Ground Blade Black FRN (2.88" Satin Plain) C11FBK

Spyderco Endura Flat Ground Blade Black FRN (3.75" Satin Plain) C10FBK

Spyderco Tenacious Folding Knife Green G-10 (3.375" Satin Serr) C12...

Spyderco Tenacious Folding Knife Green G-10 (3.375" Satin Plain) C1...

Spyderco Native 5 Fluted Titanium Folding Knife (3" Satin Plain) C4...

If the information is correct than some nice nice knives will be released soon.

Hey Spydie Friends!!

Here is my recent purchase The Cricket in Black FRN with ATS 55 blade. I wanted a non SS version for a long time but because the carbon fiber version cost more than 100 USD if you manage to find it I went with the next best thing and that is the classic FRN version that is not made for a long time. Enjoy some quick pictures more will be added to my gallery as soon as I have time to make them. 

really like that one, much better looking than the SS and i am guessing better grip

It is a world of difference would like to have some custom g10 scales.

I think I do want the new Szabo Folder and the Tuff  it was announced in 2011 i hope we see it soon for sale.  I hope that they will not cost an arm and an leg.