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Yes. The ones you saw on the bay were collector's club knives, and as such, had the Spyderco collector's club numbers on their blades.
actually the first few hundred are numbered on most if not all models, it raises the collector value, a little bit anyway.
generally the first 500 or so are numbered and after that they are not, have no idea why.
has nothing to do with collectors clubs.
generally the first 500 or so are numbered and after that they are not, have no idea why.
has nothing to do with collectors clubs.
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There was/is two different numbering systems on Spyderco blades. Some of the older "upper-end" Spydies had a serial number. They stopped doing that some years ago. I've seen serial numbers above 500. I've always assumed the whole production run would have been serial numbered. A normal production run is often 1200 pieces.
Still continuing is the Collector club. 200 knives of the first production run are engraved for the collector's club. In the collector's club, a person can be a "new model" collector (receives only new models released), or an "all variant collector" (receives every variant of every new model released...so every color and steel of every model). A member of a collector club can choose their dealer. Usually in the collector's club, a collector is supposed to accept ever model they previously agreed upon (obviously until they quit the club), but sometimes a dealer will allow a collector to refuse a model and the dealer will sell that numbered model to someone else. Sometimes a dealer will have one the collector club #'s and sell those off too. Of course a collector can sell of parts of his collection as well.
It is debatable if a collector club # will make a knife more valuable.
Still continuing is the Collector club. 200 knives of the first production run are engraved for the collector's club. In the collector's club, a person can be a "new model" collector (receives only new models released), or an "all variant collector" (receives every variant of every new model released...so every color and steel of every model). A member of a collector club can choose their dealer. Usually in the collector's club, a collector is supposed to accept ever model they previously agreed upon (obviously until they quit the club), but sometimes a dealer will allow a collector to refuse a model and the dealer will sell that numbered model to someone else. Sometimes a dealer will have one the collector club #'s and sell those off too. Of course a collector can sell of parts of his collection as well.
It is debatable if a collector club # will make a knife more valuable.
