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JonasHeineman
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Mar 30, 2018
Hey everyone, This one has been a long time coming and I’m really excited that we can finally share this with the community. Spyderco is one of the most revered brands in the knife community, and the Delica and Endura (both made in Seki, Japan) are their two most popular models.
Discussions of a Delica and/or Endura started on the Spyderco Forum a few years back, but it was decided that the cost would be prohibitive. While this version costs more than a standard version with VG-10, the size and unique nature of the Massdrop community have let us negotiate a price that is a good value, relative to the comparative prices of the steels used.
Spyderco has plenty of special editions (called “sprint runs”) over the years, but they’ve never made a knife featuring Super Gold steel until now. This steel is popular with top custom knife makers like Ken Onion because of its excellent grain structure and hardness, both of which are rare for a stainless steel. Also called SG2 or SGS2, this steel is normally found only in handmade pocket knives or high-end Japanese kitchen knives.
Normally, Spyderco knives that feature upgraded steels are paired with different colors of FRN; like ZDP-189 with British Racing Green, or HAP40 with Burnt Orange. We did want these knives to have some visible indication of the super-premium steel being used, but we also know that black is the overwhelmingly popular favorite handle color. When Spyderco showed us their new matte gold finish at Blade Show 2017, we knew that we had found a winner. The prototype that we saw had this color finish applied to the whole blade, which just seemed...a little too gold. We agreed that applying the finish to the lockbar only would be the subtle and unique way of indicating the special nature of this blade.
Thanks for checking out the drop, and for being part of an awesome community that is making this possible!
* The price of this Limited Edition Endura will be $129.99, with free shipping to US addresses. * This is a limited edition of just 1000 pieces (max). Due to the time and intricacies of production, we’re limited the first drop to 400 pieces - if the drop sells out, we’ll order more that will be made available on future drops after production is underway or complete. * Knives will not be individually serialized. * This drop will begin at 6:00 am PT on Tuesday, April 3rd 2018. Click the “Request” button to be notified when the drop is live and open for members to join. * Our Estimated Ship Date for this drop is October 31st, 2018.
Carry On - Jonas
PS - In case you missed it, there is a matching Limited Edition Delica available here. https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-spyderco-delica-super-gold