Carbon Fiber Dragonfly ?

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dennis75

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hi,

just bought a mint carbon fibre Dragonfly, fully serrated ats-55 steel, right-handed with steel-colored clip. got it relatively cheap at some outdoor-store who had a sale. i was wondering if i bought a gem or 'just a dragonfly'.....?

anyone knows what these are worth to collectors? :confused: thanks for any help or useful pointers.

dennis
 
i personally like the dragonfly..just got the ss serrated..i am lead to believe carbon fiber is much more expensive material to use than the ss..if you don't mind me asking how much was it..i paid $40 for my ss..i live in the city and there are no knife shows or knife stores..that stinks..i am jealous of your find..are there any others?? if so i'll get one from ya
 
I like my Dragonfly FRN plain blade too. I'd like to have one with the carbon fiber handles also with the plain blade. No knife shows in this area either. I don't even know of any knife shows in this entire state? :confused:
 
The carbon fiber dragonflys are sweet and kind of scarce. I have a plain edge one and it is great. I have a stainless and a couple frn ones too...ed.
 
CF Spyderco are always small batch (approx1000-1500) and repeted maybe 1 or 2 times so they can be defined as somewhat rare...

look out for the CF Harpy this year ;)
 
thanks for your replies guys. i thought since it was CF, it'd probably be worth as much as the CF-Police and such and i'd never seen a DragonFly in CF, but it seems it's not that special after all (got another reply from Spyderco official forum).

i didn't get a real bargain either, since i paid a typical 'European' price of 75 euro's for it. (that's around $98)... :(

oh well, maybe i'll wear it on my keychain, or i'll sell it to anyone who really wants it bad. feel free to mail me.

thanks again for your help.

dennis
 
Denn, do keep in mind that due to taxes, tarrifs, and perhaps somewhat less competition, the price of any knife from a US manufacturer is generally a good bit higher in Europe than here in the US. As others have said, the CF D'fly, like all the other CF models, was made in relatively small quantity, so the value is quite likely to increase in the future. Plus there seems to be an odd effect where every time Spyderco comes out with a new CF model, (like the upcoming Harpy) more folks start searching for the older ones, increasing their value. That said, the CF D'fly is a great little carry piece too - compact, light, sturdy, and razor sharp.
 
When I looked at the title of this thread, I read Dragonfly as Spyderfly and got all excited. Thanks for crushing my hopes and dreams ;) A CF Harpy should be pretty sweet though. Any info or guesses on a timeline for that?
 
trout #2 said:
When I looked at the title of this thread, I read Dragonfly as Spyderfly and got all excited. Thanks for crushing my hopes and dreams ;) A CF Harpy should be pretty sweet though. Any info or guesses on a timeline for that?
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Joyce said Fall of 2005... :)
 
I have two CF dragonflies. They are OK, but check the lock for up and down blade movement. If you take the clip off and screw the pivot tight, there will be no blade movement, but it will be a bit tight and not have that last bit of closing tension to keep the blade closed in the handle.

I do not think the blade movement is a safety issue.

I think the SS ones largely do not have the blade movement.

I think spydie makes the CF models when they feel there's not much to refine in the FRN and steel ones anymore.

Great knife, tip down, and unlike the normal draggies that are tip up. The draggie is one my all-time spydie favourites.
 
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