Feeling left out (dark green Para 2)

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kwik9

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The dark green Para 2 on pre-order at Knifeworks was sold out before I even knew of it's existence. I am very sad about this, as I REALLY like the dark green with the premium steel.
Does anyone know if it will be offered by another retailer, or am I S.O.L. ??
I know many bought two so they could either use one and "safe" one, or keep one and sell one at a premium. I will not pay this "premium". If I have missed out, I will just lick my wounds and wait for another Para 2 to strike my fancy.
 
I believe it's a Knifeworks exclusive, so it won't be offered by another retailer.

However, many times people preorder and then for whatever reason they don't end up purchasing the knife (or knives). So those knives get put up for sale at their website and you gotta be quick to get one because they sell out quickly. This is the way I was able to get myself one of the Knifeworks exclusive CPM-M4 Military, as I had missed the boat originally.
 
You can also be $ure that $ome will be for $ale on the $econdary market...
 
Is this the Green sprint run with CTS-204P steel? If so, Spyderco has it listed on its Exclusives page with multiple dealers.
 
Or get 2 of the next sprint run and use one as trade bait for a green Para2. Bound to be someone who misses the next one and has an extra green.
 
dman62 said:
Or get 2 of the next sprint run and use one as trade bait for a green Para2. Bound to be someone who misses the next one and has an extra green.
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That's not a bad idea, if I can afford it when the time comes.
 
Because of the inability to predict the number produced that will pass QC, KW may have presold a conservative estimate. (At least they should have) The point being is that they are likely to receive a few more than they presold and have some that placed orders not follow through.

So there should be another opportunity or two to order this knife when the order arrives at KW and when they finish collecting the balances due.
 
dman62 said:
Or get 2 of the next sprint run and use one as trade bait for a green Para2. Bound to be someone who misses the next one and has an extra green.
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I've already been offered a different sprint Para2 in exchange for one of my dark green 204Ps.
 
With how fast these went, Knifeworks could easily sell twice as many in very little time.

I might get one, not a huge fan of the green G10, but would love to try the steel.
 
kwik9 said:
That's not a bad idea, if I can afford it when the time comes.
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That is want I am doing! I preordered two 204p green ones in hopes of trading one for the orange one I just missed on! Unless of course, I really like the 204p more or if I see some reviews where people state the 204p steel is better than the XHP steel! :D
 
I missed out on the Dodo for the same reason. I'm patient though and there's plenty of stuff to cut things with around here in the meantime while I wait for another Dodo sprint. Like others have mentioned, (unfortunately) your two best choices are either to wait for the next sprint and forget about the green PM2, or buy up two of that same next sprint, and flip one for the one you missed.
 
You can email the retailer and they will put your name on their backup list in case they get more knives in to sell.
 
I was bummed too but 1) I don't use knives often enough to want to try every new steel and 2) on a long enough timeline, there will always be something better :)
 
Turbo Tension said:
I was bummed too but 1) I don't use knives often enough to want to try every new steel and 2) on a long enough timeline, there will always be something better :)
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I don't usually buy sprint runs because of this very thing, there's always something "better" just around the corner. However, something about this color/steel combo really peaked my interest.
 
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