Numbers etched next to spydie logo

SilvaSpyder

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I recently bought a new Spyderco Knife from a website and when it arrived there were numbers etched beside the Spyderco logo which I’ve never had happen before. Does anyone know what exactly they mean? I read something about them being collector club numbers. Any thoughts or information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
Yep, Collector's Club number. It doesn't really add value unless you can find someone who collects that number and needs your knife to complete a set.
 
Do you think it’s something I should return if I plan on reselling it or hang on to it. Thanks for the info and help.
 
Do you think it’s something I should return if I plan on reselling it or hang on to it. Thanks for the info and help.
Dont understand what you mean. CC shouldn't hurt the resell value, a collector just might pay more of you can find the collector.
 
Dont understand what you mean. CC shouldn't hurt the resell value, a collector just might pay more of you can find the collector.
I had just read that some find the number worthless and ugly as they think it just clutters up the face of the blade and others don’t have a problem either way. I just wasn’t sure but I appreciate your help. Thanks
 
If you like it, keep it and use it. I find the number interesting, Benchmade will mark their first production runs knives, but can live with it or without it either way.

I doubt it will harm trade or resale value either way.
 
If the number is 200 or below w/a V (for "variation") following the number, it's almost certainly a Collector Club knife; most likely a Sprint variation.

However, there are certain knives that have numbers less than or greater than 200 and these may or may not be a Collector Club knife but a "limited edition" knife that was instead made in collaboration w/another company.

For example, I've got a vintage Spyderco Peter Herbst designed Ti knife made in Germany by Solingen that is numbered over 900 (on the clip side; not the show side next to the Spyder logo) but that number is apparently meaningless because I was told that those knives could have been made w/pre-numbered blades in no specific order.

Don't know if it matters whether the number is located next to the Spyder logo or not but I think all Collector Club numbers are on the show side next to the logo.

I also contacted Spyderco in Dec 2018 to inquire about joining the Collector Club myself. I was sent a variety of information, including a list of 136 numbers that I could choose to select from which ranged from 018 to 197, which means that there were only 64 members of the Collector Club at the time of my inquiry, who may have chosen the number they had themselves or were given it arbitarily by Spyderco.

So, I do not think that the number on any Spyderco knife should affect its value in any way and I'd buy the knife only if I wanted/needed that particular model and I could get it for the price I wanted to pay based on its condition, regardless of whether it had a number on it or not.

Also, if I had a choice, I'd rather buy a knife w/o a number on it, because I think it looks better w/o a number on the blade and the absence of a number avoids any issues about whether its worth any more/less than another simply because it is numbered.
 
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I don't think it makes a tremendous difference in resale, but if I had the option to buy the same blade, same price, and one had a CC number, I'd opt for the clean one.
 
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