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Pawnshop find #3 (be prepared to hate me ;) )

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I went to my local pawnshop today to check out their watches, and maybe buy another $20 used Victorinox Swisschamp, their inexpensive watches were all beat up and scratched, and the remaining Swisschamps all had something wrong with them one was so stiff it was unopenable, another one had the jeweler's screwdriver inserted backwards into the scale, cracking it, the other one had a badly abused blade

i was about to leave when a knife caught my eye in one of their upper knife bins....

SpyderHole; check
skeletonized FRN scales; check
SKELETONIZED BLADE WITH THE "BUG" LOGO!!!.....; CHECK!!

I calmly asked to see that bin of knives, being very nonchalant, all the while my heart racing....

This is what i found....
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i picked it up and thumbed it open...
it was a SpyderEdge, serrations were in good shape, there was a little bit of surface corrosion, but nothing a little 000 steel wool couldn't fix....

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i asked how much....

(make sure you're sitting down, and be prepared to hate me.....)

$5.00, yep, FIVE dollars for an extremely rare Spydie that just needed a little TLC, how could i *not* resist it....

i took it home, gave it a thorough going-over with some 000 steel wool, and washed it off, it looked much better (photographic proof above), i still need to give it a good Sharpmaker treatment to restore the Scary Sharp edge, but it's in much better shape now

there's a *tiny* bit of vertical play, but nothing that would cause lock failure, and perfectly acceptable for a rare find like this...

you can be jealous now ;)
 
It's obviously a fake!

Just kidding. That's is the catch of the century! It's so difficult to find one of those even if you were willing to pay top dollar for one. Good one!
 
Very nice find!
Last time I got a gun blued leatherman supertool at a pawn shop for $10. I keep looking for buys like you got.
Everyone keep their eyes open and you never know what you might run across
 
That is one great find and a nice looking knife! I find Pawn shop dealers here in the midwest have high prices on junker knives etc... I quit even looking at the beat up stuff they offer here in Missouri.:eek:
 
My son had one of those several years ago and, of course, he lost it. great find. don't hate you yet but keep it up. later, ahgar
 
pogo said:
That is one great find and a nice looking knife! I find Pawn shop dealers here in the midwest have high prices on junker knives etc... I quit even looking at the beat up stuff they offer here in Missouri.:eek:
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Same here, Pogo. The St. Louis pawn shops tend to want higher-than-retail prices for beat-up low to mid-range knives. Kinda sad to not be able to "hunt" for bargains.
 
How rare is it? My better half got one years ago because it was "cute". Has never used it or carried it, just put it on the mantle for display.
What did Spyderco call it?
 
Bilker said:
How rare is it? My better half got one years ago because it was "cute". Has never used it or carried it, just put it on the mantle for display.
What did Spyderco call it?
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It's the Spyderco "Q", there were different patterns made, the BugBlade was the most common design, they're all reasonably rare, there's a NIB "Q" on eBay that's listing for $50....
 
MacTech said:
It's the Spyderco "Q", there were different patterns made, the BugBlade was the most common design, they're all reasonably rare, there's a NIB "Q" on eBay that's listing for $50....
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Now 112 :O
 
MacTech said:
It's the Spyderco "Q", there were different patterns made, the BugBlade was the most common design, they're all reasonably rare, there's a NIB "Q" on eBay that's listing for $50....
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Over 150 now!!:D
 
That is the most common Q out there. The one on eBay is not going for the normal price. Usually they are $50-$75 depending on the condition and box.
 
I once found a LNIB Gerber BMF (plain spine) at a pawn shop. It was marked at $75, so I asked the clerk (turned out to be the owner) what the rock bottom "out the door" price was, and after handing him $65, I walked out the door with the BMF. I later sold the same knife for $275.
 
You gotta love the occasional pawn shop lack-of-knowledge that leads to the quickened pulse of a knife-lover! Picked up a pair of vintage Al Mar Sere fixed blades (new in boxes with sharpening stones, paperwork and plastic baggies) for $55 for the pair! Both went for around $200 each on ebay.
-Mark
 
Look i 'll give you $10 for it, that's a 100% profit for you, you got to be stupid to turn down a 100% profit. j/k ;) good find, Hello pawn shops here I come!
 
Nice find- I'll have to tell my better half- she spent around $120 for one (including shipping, taxes ect) on one 4 years ago. My only good find was a CRKT Apache in new condition for $40 a couple of years ago
 
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