SOLD Extremely Rare and upgraded Spyderco Vallotton Subhilt. Auto Conversion by Butch!

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I'm selling my very rare Spyderco Vallotton Sub-hilt G-10 Automatic Conversion knife.
As far as I know it's never been used or sharpened. It's in new condition and I cant find any marks or scratches on it at all.
number 491. The conversion to make this automatic was done by butch himself and is very nice.
The 3 screw holes on the bolster that normally appear on these sypercos have been covered and welded up by WValtakis and look super good. When I received this knife, I had no idea that there was even supposed to be holes there- that's how good it looks!
There is a jeweled pattern on the spring that looks really good. hard to picture but looks amazing in person!
FEEL FREE TO REQUEST MORE PICTURES, VIDEOS, OR ASK MORE QUESTIONS! I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE MY TEXT # WITH ANY SERIOUS BUYERS!
SELLING THIS KNIFE WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX AND PAPER FOR $SOLD shipped to you!
No trades.

Here is a little writeup from bladehq about a similar one:
This Spyderco Vallotton Sub-Hilt folder has been converted to a dual-action automatic by Butch Vallotton. It features a scale release and automatic action that is simply terrific! This knife is marked on the back side of the blade with Vallotton "V" and serial number.

Butch Vallotton, like most knifemakers, started making knives as a hobby, had to start selling knives to pay for his hobby and before he knew it became a professional fulltime knifemaker in 1984 with a waiting list of customers at the age of thirty. A self-proclaimed gadget freak, a good part of his business comes from automatic knives and he is credited with inventing the ambidextrous blade thumb stud.

His collaboration with Spyderco called the Vallotton Sub Hilt Folder features an ambidextrous thumb stud that both opens the blade (in addition to the Spyderco Round Hole) and doubles as a stop pin keeping the blade from rotating open beyond the locked position.

A long time fan of Italian-style, heavy-stock folders the Sub-Hilt bears an international flavor with a modified coffin-shaped handle of polished black G-10 with tongue-and-groove fitted stainless bolsters. Further complementing the handle is a Michael Walker LinerLock® a four-way: tip-up/tip-down, right- or left-handed steel clip and screw-together scale construction.

Crucible Steel Inc. of New York produces the CPM-S30V powdered steel used for the modified Tanto-shaped blade. The blade is hollow-ground at the cutting edge with a convex-grind at the tip and is offered PlainEdged for the best available cutting performance.
 

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For the record, the screw holes in the bolsters were not welded up by Butch. I did the bolster work on this piece, and all of the conversions have the "jeweled" pattern on the spring. Here's my original sales thread with the information.

 
For the record, the screw holes in the bolsters were not welded up by Butch. I did the bolster work on this piece, and all of the conversions have the "jeweled" pattern on the spring. Here's my original sales thread with the information.

Thanks for the info. I had no idea that you did the work. looks fabulous!
 
Thanks for the info. I had no idea that you did the work. looks fabulous!
No problem, it is VERY rare... that's the only one on the market without the hideous bolster holes😂
 
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