Numbering on Sprint runs

[RayseM]

Here I am an ardent user and great fan of the Spydies I own (and more that I can only dream of) but still a relative newbie to the world of Spyderco so I ask you:

• When someone is offering a numbered Spyderco how special is it and does it really add value to the knife (from a collector'•s point of view)?

• Is numbering typical of all sprint run knives?

• How can it be that one person can have 2 completely different models of Spyderco knives with sequential numbers - say 147V and 148V?

Just looking to be educated here so that I can be a smarter Spyderco trader/buyer. Thanks for your input.

 

[yablanowitz]

The number doesn't generally add any value, unless you find someone trying to collect that particular number. Not very likely.

The first 200 pieces (give or take) of each new model or variation (including Sprint runs and dealer exclusives) are numbered for the Collector's Club. That is a higher percentage of a Sprint than it would be of a regular production model, so it is more common to see the number on the Sprints.

Some dealers have several CC numbers, often sequential. This ensures that they will get at least a few of each sprint to sell. If someone like me buys two completely different models from a dealer who has multiple CC numbers, it is pretty easy for me to end up with sequentially numbered knives, even though they may have been made years apart. In fact, I know I have several that have either the same or sequential numbers, even though I'm not a member of the Collector's Club.

 

[RayseM]

Thanks very much for the reply. I'm smarter now

 

[Dustinhxc]

The number doesn't generally add any value, unless you find someone trying to collect that particular number. Not very likely.

The first 200 pieces (give or take) of each new model or variation (including Sprint runs and dealer exclusives) are numbered for the Collector's Club. That is a higher percentage of a Sprint than it would be of a regular production model, so it is more common to see the number on the Sprints.

Some dealers have several CC numbers, often sequential. This ensures that they will get at least a few of each sprint to sell. If someone like me buys two completely different models from a dealer who has multiple CC numbers, it is pretty easy for me to end up with sequentially numbered knives, even though they may have been made years apart. In fact, I know I have several that have either the same or sequential numbers, even though I'm not a member of the Collector's Club.

Great write up. I was curious about the numbers as well.

Thanks!

 

[Screwdriver]

I have a SB Collectors Club Stretch, and I wished it did not have the number........but I moved it into EDC rotation and it is getting used and showing it.....So at this point it does not matter. If I was collecting or getting safe queens for resale.......then I would never get a CC model.

 

[The Deacon]

I have a SB Collectors Club Stretch, and I wished it did not have the number........but I moved it into EDC rotation and it is getting used and showing it.....So at this point it does not matter. If I was collecting or getting safe queens for resale.......then I would never get a CC model.

Food for thought: with counterfeit knives becoming a more and more frequent problem, the time may come when finding a buyer for a CC#'d knife may be easier than finding a buyer for the same model without one.

 

[MatthewSB]

I dislike numbers on knives, and do what I can to avoid them. Especially when it says "Limited Edition 145 of 300" or whatever, like Benchmade does, and double especially if they laser it in the middle of the blade where it stands out.