Four Custom Spyderco Knives, one price.

robotech · Apr 19, 2012

I am going to put these up for a couple of days to see what the interest is.
Prices are FIRM, as these are CUSTOM knives. I won't do these, again.
NO LOWBALL OFFERS, they WILL be ignored.
I won't break up the set.
I MAY ship Internationally, PM or email FIRST to find out.
Prices include PayPal fees and Medium flat rate shipping with tracking.
As per the Forum Buyers Guideline, ASK ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE saying you will take this set. While withdrawing is acceptable in some cases, an excuse like "I saw them cheaper on eBay" will not fly with me. You back out once for some silly reason, I will never sell or buy from you again. I promise.
Don't crap on my thread!
It's a shame I had to post all that, but I have had some doozies, lately.

I decided to do some mods to the Spyderco Value Line knives I had. I call this my Citrus set. All were NIB and come with boxes.
Lime - Resilience, Orange - Tenacious, Ruby Red Grapefruit - Persistence, and Lemon - Ambitious.
All have coarse textured G-10, custom standoffs, acid etch, stonewash, updated screws, and custom Titanium clips (my attempts at making my own, LOL).
$265.00 for the set.

CaptinRedBeard · Apr 19, 2012

That's some very nice work. They look great. I especially like the Tenacious. Spyderco should do a sprint run of them in that color.

robotech · Apr 19, 2012

CaptinRedBeard said:
That's some very nice work. They look great. I especially like the Tenacious. Spyderco should do a sprint run of them in that color.

I like that orange, myself.

EZ Bake · Apr 19, 2012

Looks way better than the NutnFancy version

Do they come with any of the missing factory parts?

robotech · Apr 19, 2012

EZ Bake said:
Looks way better than the NutnFancy version Do they come with any of the missing factory parts?

No. The problem with this value line is the screws are metric (and need metric drivers), the screw steel is weak, and Spyderco uses something to lock the screws down, that even heat won't loosen well.
They didn't want these things to come apart.
I ended up destroying at least one screw and scale on each one of these to get them apart.
And I know what I am doing as I have modified scores of Spyderco folders, and have the correct tools, metric and US.
And each model has a different size "well' width that most USA knife parts places don't carry. So hand fitting standoffs and replacing pivot bushings was a must on each knife.
From .140 to .160, ALL four were different.
When I said I won't do this again, I meant it.

nuckingfuts · Apr 20, 2012

Wow!! Those are just gorgeous!

I know what your saying about the screws on these knives. I just bought a tenacious I havent been able to even take the pocket clip off, one of the screws started to immediately round out and dont want to go crazy and completely ruin it.

robotech · Apr 20, 2012

nuckingfuts said:
Wow!! Those are just gorgeous!

I know what your saying about the screws on these knives. I just bought a tenacious I havent been able to even take the pocket clip off, one of the screws started to immediately round out and dont want to go crazy and completely ruin it.

I got a new Tenacious yesterday and plan on a RADICAL custom.
I actually managed to get the thing apart with only minor damage to the screws and none to the scales. But, the screws are so soft, I would never put them back on a knife. Good thing I wasn't going to use them again, anyway.
There is RED loc-tite on the screws. THAT'S why they are iffy. You may have to apply heat to break it loose. Use a soldering iron, and be careful not to burn the G-10 scales.
I actually used Endura bolts on the Lime. I plan on doing the same for this Tenacious (blue G-10, too).

robotech · Apr 20, 2012

Just a note on the cost.
I have 150.00 in the stock knives. (All are NIB). Each custom standoff was $2.45 and I used 10. $24.50. The scale material cost $22.00 for all four. I used an Endura Lightweight Kit hardware for the Lime at $14.95. Etching Solution about $2.50. Titanium strips for the clips about $12.00. Screws and bushings about $4.00. Medium Flat Rate shipping $10.85. PayPal fees $9.25. That is a total of $238.00 out of pocket. So I want $27.00 for 20 hours labor to do four CUSTOM knives.
Anyone else would only take $1.20 an hour for their labor?
Didn't think so, LOL
Oh well I just put these out to see if they had any value to anyone else.
They go back in my collection.
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