FRN colors

[enix]

i did some searching but came up w/ nothing. how come sypderco doesnt sell different color FRN scales, just the scales. im fully aware that they are interchanable with other knives of the same model but i dont want a whole new knife. I think it would be neat to have several different colors to chose from. just curious as to why they dont do this.

 

[Capt. Carl]

I think it has to do with inventory and tooling costs.
Plus, I think appearance is a large part of sales and more knives would be bought than if you could just change the scale every so often. Variations can raise interest/sales

I'm positive this has been spoken of before. I think it was on the spyderco forum. Search around for it, see if you can find it. I think it was about replacement parts as well.

 

[yablanowitz]

I'm sure that at least a part of the reason is they really don't want to encourage people to take their knives apart. From the number of threads I have seen here by people who have messed up their E4/D4 by taking it apart and not getting it back together right, I can't blame Spyderco for discouraging the practice as much as possible.

Sal has said there will be a new model called the Urban which will basically be modular, so the scales can be changed easily.

 

[enix]

talking about taking them apart and cant get back together right, that was me just a couple of weeks ago. but thanks to the helpful members here everything is all good.