SOLVED maybe: From the Spyderco Factory or Aftermarket addition

[Modoc ED]

This Spyderco Native2 C41PS is legit. Does anyone know if the circuit board insert is factory or an aftermarket addition?

 

[Danke42]

I will vote aftermarket.

 

[yablanowitz]

Aftermarket. They did a couple of different inlays, but that wasn't one of them, and they were done on FRN, not Stainless.

 

[sgt1372]

I've seen that knife or one very similar to it on EB.

I am a collector of Natives & that's not factory issue. I assume someone just glued the circuit board onto the handle to make it look "different."

 

[Modoc ED]

The Native came in this afternoon. After carefully checking it out, the faux cyber board is not inletted into the stainless steel scale but affixed to the scale with some kind of super glue - it's really really stuck on - not coming off.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Aftermarket. They did a couple of different inlays, but that wasn't one of them, and they were done on FRN, not Stainless.

That little pup in your avatar gets me every time.

 

[sgt1372]

The Native came in this afternoon. After carefully checking it out, the faux cyber board is not inletted into the stainless steel scale but affixed to the scale with some kind of super glue - it's really really stuck on - not coming off.

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So, you bought it. That's interesting but why take off the circuit board? That's what makes it different & unique.

If you remove the circuit board, it'll just look like any other Gen 2 PS that you could have bought instead.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

So, you bought it. That's interesting but why take it off the circuit board? That's what makes it different & unique.

If you remove the circuit board, it'll just look like any other Gen 2 PS that you could have bought instead.

Looks uncomfortable to me.

 

[Modoc ED]

So, you bought it. That's interesting but why take it off the circuit board? That's what makes it different & unique.

If you remove the circuit board, it'll just look like any other Gen 2 PS that you could have bought instead.

Looks uncomfortable to me.

I'm not going to take the circuit board off. Now that I've got it I like it the way it is and will keep it that way.

It is heavy but it's too nice, at this time, to use/carry. I'll just put it in with the other Natives I have and let it supervise the rest for now.

 

[HP2114B]

Having garbage glued to your knife is never good for the value or aesthetics. IIRC that knife is 100% metal. Drop it in a glass of acetone until the e-waste falls off.

 

[Modoc ED]

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[Peter1960]

Aftermarket. They did a couple of different inlays, but that wasn't one of them, and they were done on FRN, not Stainless.

FRN - are you sure? Because I only know factory inlays in black G-10.

 

[yablanowitz]

You are doubtless correct.

 

[PeteyTwoPointOne]

I had one of those but I had to sell it-- it changed the channel on the cable box every time I opened it.

 

[mennoke]

FRN - are you sure? Because I only know factory inlays in black G-10.

Hi Peter,

Could you please contact me ... thanks!

Menno

 

[BluegrassBrian]

Ok so- I'm a bit confused- am I the only one who has noticed the circuit board on the two knives pictured is different?
So, there's more than one of these things out there?

 

[sgt1372]

Same knife.

It was offered for sale on EB for a long time before ModocEd evidently purchased it.

Have never seen another like it on EB or anywhere else.

 

[gentleman_edc]

But the circuit board is different, on the same side of the knife.

 

[BluegrassBrian]

Yeah

But the circuit board is different, on the same side of the knife.

Right.. unless there are multiple circuit board pieces.. there's multiples of the knife.

 

[sgt1372]

But the circuit board is different, on the same side of the knife.

Never noticed a difference but if they are different then maybe the guy who was selling them made 2 or more of them but, I look almost daily, & I haven't seen another Gen 2 circuit board Native offered for sale on EB for a LONG time.

If I were going to buy a Gen 2 Native with something glued on the handle, I'd prefer something done by Santa Fe Stoneworks instead but I've never seen one of those either.

I've only seen Santa Fe Stoneworks modified Police, Endura, Delica, Harpy & Dragonfly models but that doesn't mean there might not be a modified Gen 2 Native by them out there somewhere.