Goddard Jr.

[ASBOB]

I'm interested in the Goddard Jr., but I have a couple of questions.

First and most important: I really like the position of the lock, in that it is almost a front lock in pictures of the white micarta version. But in pictures of other colors, such as burgandy, it seems to move back, to roughly a midlock. Is this just the angle of the photo? Or does the position of the lock change slightly from version to version? Or are these counterfeits?

Finally, what colors was it made in? An was there ever a pe?

 

[The Deacon]

The burgundy micarta one is a Sprint Run C20 Baby Goddard, not a C18 Goddard Jr. The original Goddard Jr only came in black micarta, the Sprint version only in white and the lock wells on both versions are in the same location. The original black micarta C18 Goddard Jr came in plain, part serrated, and serrated. The white micarta Sprint came in part serrated only. Lock well on the C20 Baby Goddard is relatively further back than that on the C18. Pictures of all of them here.

 

[phillipsted]

The burgundy micarta one is a Sprint Run C20 Baby Goddard, not a C18 Goddard Jr. The original Goddard Jr only came in black micarta, the Sprint version only in white and the lock wells on both versions are in the same location. The original black micarta C18 Goddard Jr came in plain, part serrated, and serrated. The white micarta Sprint came in part serrated only. Lock well on the C20 Baby Goddard is relatively further back than that on the C18. Pictures of all of them here.

Right on target, as always, Deacon.

I have a set of the original micarta Goddards - and I know they are advertised as "black" micarta... but they look dark green to me. Never understood where that color description came from...

TedP

 

[The Deacon]

Right on target, as always, Deacon.

I have a set of the original micarta Goddards - and I know they are advertised as "black" micarta... but they look dark green to me. Never understood where that color description came from...

TedP

I'd agree they don't look as "black" as many other black Spyderco handles, Ted. There are times I'd call them brown, and times I'd call them an olive green. One of the reasons may go back to something I was told a long time ago - that black is what you get when you mix all colors and that, if the proportions are not exactly right, or if the light source itself is not balanced, it can look brown, blue, purple, or green.