Question about some of spydercos "military" edition knives

[Surfingringo]

Hi all. I've got a couple of Seal team buddies that come visit once or twice a year. I always take them out spearfishing and put em on good fish. One of them has a ton of spydercos...a lot he bought, but many that were issued or given to him. He's offered to bring me some down, but I don't have a full list of what all he has. I'm sure that some of them are special editions. Is there anywhere that I can see which spydercos were military personnel only? Anything special I should ask him for?

Thanks

Lance

 

[Cereal_killer]

I'm not at all qualified to name off any special edition spyderco's or anything but I can supply a list of current NSN's assigned to spyderco products.


C10TR - Endura4 Trainer Red FRN - 5110-01-589-2635 (*NATO)
C14SBK - 93mm Rescue Black FRN SpyderEdge - 5110-01-543-4632 (*NATO)
C79PSBK - Assist Rescue Model Black FRN CombinationEdge - 5110-01-586-0695 (*NATO)
C89YL - Atlantic Salt 93mm Rescue Yellow FRN SpyderEdge - 5110-01-562-3848 (*NATO)
C91PBBK - Pacific Salt Black FRN PlainEdge Black Blade - 5110-01-583-9252 (U.S. Navy & USMC)

HTH, I know its not exactly what your asking nor are any of those knives special editions or anything.

 

[riskydevil]

What about the tan and orange ladybugs? Do they count, govt issue at least, probably more with cage # but I'm not sure.
The (2 versions) of sand natives also were/are issued to soldiers in the middle east via lottery.

The military model itself was designed by Sal in response to a request by a soldiers father, for a knife to serve soldiers in the field IIRC, so that would certainly fit the bill but can't say if it was/is ever issued officially.

I guess you'll have to either ask what he has, or take what you get.

 

[The Deacon]

AFAIK, the tan OIF/OEF/O?? C41 Natives are the only "military sales only" models Spyderco has ever sold, although they may have engraved batches of knives purchased by/for some military groups, just as they engrave knives purchased by/for other groups. Beyond that, I know at least one Spyderco distributor use to do a lot of after-market engraving for government agencies, so they may have done knives for one or more SEAL teams.