Early spyderco mariner

[j williams]

I recently aquired an

Thanks guys, I appriciate the help.....

 

[j williams]

It also does not have the teardrop cutout in the handle. Did not all of them come with this?

 

[DaveH]

If the serrations are gone I don't think SPyderco can restore them. Some years ago I used to see very early mariners for around $100.

IMO, I'd restore it enough to use, but not worry about any collector value.

 

[j williams]

The serrations are there, just not factory sharp.

 

[Murdoc370]

Then it is no problem for the spyderco crew to restore them. (But anyway, we need pics, of course! )

I sent them an old Police in about the same condition as your mariner and they restored the serrations to "like new".

For more pics see here.

Before:

After:

I'd say send it in and let them do their magic, you will get back a knife you will hardly recognize! And don't forget to include the $5 to cover the postage


Dennis

 

[The Deacon]

Spydero will resharpen the serrations for you. Just send it in with $5 for return postage.

Refurbish is a rather vague word. What some people would consider an almost miraculous improvement in appearance and be overjoyed with, others might consider less than perfection and be disappointed and bitter over. That said, they can generally improve the appearance of a knife considerably for a fee. I believe that is currently $20, but it would be best to contact Warranty & Repair first to confirm that. Mechanical problems are another story. Most of those cannot be fixed on all stainless knives, so if the blade wobbles now, it would very likely still wobble when they returned it.

Value depends on how old, how rare, and how mint. The really old slab sided ones are worth more than the later, beveled edge handles. But even those, in right hand serrated, rarely bring over $100 in "like new" condition with the original box and decent users go for around $60 or less.

The Mariner was in production from 1982 until at least 1999. It does not appear in the 2000 Spyderco catalog, or later ones, but may have been manufactured well beyond that for the Japanese market, since they are still available from Japanese dealers. If there is no steel marking on the blade below the SPYDERCO name, then yours was made prior to 1992. If it lacks the drying vents (teardrop shaped holes) it probably has slab sides, and, if so, would probably have been made prior to 1988.

There is also a just-released all H-1 steel version called the Mariner Salt

Paul

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[j williams]

Thanks guys, I think its worth it to send it in, Its the unbeveled full slab w/o drain holes, and has no blade play whatsoever. Probably worth it to have some tlc performed, and then stick it in the safe...........