Has the Spydie Centofante been discontinued?

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YoungCutter

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Hey, I was just hanging out at 1SKS admiring this pleasant little number, it went something like this:
Hmm, Spydie Centofante, nice - mmm locking liner, nice and convenient, mmm G10 my favorite handle material, hmm extra lock, quite interesting. Look at that sweet blade, those pleasant lines... the description says the hole's been slightly shrunken to improve this knife's streamlining, so how big is that hole? Doesn't say, i'll go at check at Spyderco.com, they always say...
WAIT A SEC, IT AINT HERE!
*search search search*, aint in discontinued, aint in custom collaborations, and it sure aint in their catalog of regular models... what happened to this beautiful piece of equipment?

Inquiring minds want to know...
 
Crap, I also heard the Lum Tanto was discontinued...

Also I heard the Walker went bye bye :(

from what I hear next up is the Spydie Wegner, why do all these great designs get discontinued? :( :( :(
 
Originally posted by YoungCutter
why do all these great designs get discontinued? :( :( :(
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Poor sales.

However, the Lum Tanto in G10 with black blade is still in production.
 
Originally posted by YoungCutter
Does Spyderco even support, under warrantee, discontinued models?
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Yes. There's no time limit on the Spyderco warrantee, as long as the knife wasn't "abused."
 
Hi Youngcutter. Welcome to the Spyderco forum.

try to take a look from a bigger picture view. We must discontinue old models (as any company does) for several reasons. One naturally would be as Carlos said, that sales were not up to snuff to stay in the line. In dropping off older models to make room for new ones, sales are a necessary considerations.

There are also a variety of reasons that sales could be off. The market for that particular model was smaller and once the collectors grabbed theirs, sales dropped off.

Perhaps they were very expensive to make and therefore had to sell for a high price. The market that can afford the higher priced knives is a smaller market.

Perhaps we're making room in the line for a new design by a current collaborator and one will replace the other.

Sometimes they just "run their curve". The life of a knife pattern can be as little as one year or longer, like the "Worker" model, which went 20 years.

On the positive side. Disconinued Spyderco knives often become collector pieces that end up being worth more in time than their original MSRP.

On another note, I say "crap" every time we have to discontinue one so I know how you feel.

Hope that helps.

sal
 
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