My Spydercos and Some Questions

[aztaco]

I have three Spydercos I have had for a long time.

The first one was a Q that I ended up chipping the blade years ago and wasn't even doing any hard cutting... ... does anyone know if I can get a replacement?

I also have one of the Golden made Natives . Post Camilius 440A. That one was an easy ID based on the markings.

The other one is a first generation? Delica? Seki City on blade. Was my first Spyderco.

Not really sure the exact models.

Thanks for looking!

 

[blanex1]

him! i always thought that 1st gen.natives with the BRK marking where made overseas!can't help with your replacement!sorry.

 

[aztaco]

him! i always thought that 1st gen.natives with the BRK marking where made overseas!can't help with your replacement!sorry.

Hopefully this clears it up on the Native

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/213872-BRK-Natives?s=

Hi. I've heard your requests for the "story" behind the BRK Natives. Apologies on my end for being slow. Lots going on at this time. I'm impressed that you would be interested, thanx.

When the Native was first designed, oit was scheduled to be made by Camillus in New York as a subcontractor. The plan was for 440A. The Native was to be a less expensive offering than the Delica at the same size.

Camillus made a large number of blades out of 440A. They were very nicely made blades. For a variety of reasons, Camillus could not produce for us at the time, so we brought the mold (that Camillus made) into Golden and produced the GIN-1 version for years. Then we changed the blade steel to CPM-440V, the price jumped, and will probably stay with the exotic steels in the near future.

Blue Ridge Knives, a long time and very good distributor for Spyderco knives put together a plan to use the perfectly good
Camillus made blades, Camillus would make the locks and springs, Spyderco would provide the Native handles and Camillus would assemble them in New York. This made it possible to make the less expensive offering. All in all, it's a nicely made USA made piece, and as mentioned, for the price, its hard to beat.

Blue Ridge Knives had the plan and made it possible. So BRK has exclusive rights to the distribution of the model.

Hope that helps.

We'll still be making the Native in Golden from CPM steels. There is also a Seki-City variation variation coming out later this year.

sal

Spyderco does not have a replacement blade for the Q so it is shot, they were nice enough to offer a credit but I got 20 years out of it for a 30 dollar knife.... I'm not expecting or wanting a credit. I may Karma it away on this forum to a Q owner looking for a handle in great shape.

The delica I had when I was in the AF and on a flight crew and wanted to carry something fully serrated that could cut through belts, rope, or rigging in the event of an emergency. Needs have changed since I got out so it is retired but it flew all a round the world with me. It was a handy knife to have at the time. I replaced it in 07-08 with a benchmade 14200 as EDC.... so I carried it for 12-13 years