Spyderco Factory Outlet Sale... Walk with me...

Hawk45

Hawk45

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This happened in about 30 seconds. Was out in Breckenridge for the week when on the way back the wife said she needed to stop off at REI and return something. We are out of towners so I put it in WAZE for the closest REI (Speer REI is a PITA) which happened to be Lakeland. Then my wife says, hey, isn't Spyderco right around the corner.. and isn't this the weekend of the Factory Second sale? I was like.. hell yeah, good call! Did a U'ey (even though I needed a Chipotle bowl in the worst way). Got in line and within an hour (felt like MUCH longer) we had a basket in hand and ready to get some deals. This is my first time and I didn't expect much. Figured pricing would be off of retail, but WOW.. the deals were amazing!! I picked up 3 paras (2 black/black S30 ($55 each) and 1 blurple S110V ($70), and a black/black Military to replace one I lost 8 years ago($75) and a Lil'LionSpy NIB with case ($100). The wife picked up a BD1 blue Manix LWT ($35), black/black Serg dog tag ($30) and a Mike Draper ($100) because it looks pretty. Grabbed 2 of each Sharpmaker stones in all grits for .50 cents each! I made the mistake of telling my wife while in line that "I know exactly what I'm looking for, so should only take 15 mins". 70 mins later....We were hot, starved, dehydrated but got some amazing deals. You are limited to 25 knives per person.. so dealers or online sellers had like 3 and 4 peeps with them to stock up. So beware of what you see in the for sale. If they have a mark/notch on the blade by the Spyderhole, they are a second. Guy in front of me checked out at $2200.. I'm sure those will be on eBay today/tomorrow. All the factory seconds don't have boxes either. Just FYI to all my fellow knifers.. if you see a "no box/papers" and has a mark/notch by the Spyderhole, it's a second. But the ones I grabbed were as good if not better than my factory originals for smooth opening and blade center. Just wanted to share my experience (on a whim). Picked up several knives as gifts for my buddies on the force that carry crap. I could have spent another $300 ($500) in there easy. Native's have always been too small for my hands.. but put 2 or 3 Maxamet ($75) and S100Vs ($55) in my basket, only to put them back in choice of the Para 2's. Just more knife for the same price (or less). Had a few Para 3's too, but just didn't feel as good as the ol' standby Para2. Honestly, you don't give up much with the P2 vs the P3, in my opinion. It's more like, do you want something round or oval.. depth is the same, just shorter or longer. Anyway.. it was a great experience and the deals were really great! I asked where the section for the Military's that had been accidentally drilled for tip-up were, and a guy didn't get my joke. He did say "That would have to be a really big screw-up". I disagreed, thank him for his cander and went about my search. The staff was really amazing for the chaos they had to endure. Thumbs up the Sal and his crew. They put on an amazing event. Well done!!!
** Sal, serious, Military with tip-up option.. just say'n (wink).
 
Sounds like a great time. I would love to make it out there some year.
 
I saw this at the Cold Steel sale here in So Cal.. people buying stupid volume factory 2nd's and such. My buddy and I got mostly kitchen knives and I got a hand ax. I was not impressed with CS products lately. I saved my money for other knife purchases.
I'm sure unethical people will put those knives for sale as non-factory seconds.
Pretty sad.
 
Wow. Nice haul. Kudos to the wife for the heads up. I hope you took her somewhere nice for a meal (ya know, Arbys, Sizzler, etc)

I'm also a tad jealous.
 
Blues Bender said:
Hawk45 Hawk45 For new members sake, can you post a pic of the factory 2nd notch you mentioned? It might help someone new so they don't get boned on a deal.
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Factory seconds grind marks.
I am looking for the Manix 2 grind mark, since the knife has jimping. I am sure they would go right through the jimping, but how well does it show up?
 
Hawk45 said:
This happened in about 30 seconds. Was out in Breckenridge for the week when on the way back the wife said she needed to stop off at REI and return something. We are out of towners so I put it in WAZE for the closest REI (Speer REI is a PITA) which happened to be Lakeland. Then my wife says, hey, isn't Spyderco right around the corner.. and isn't this the weekend of the Factory Second sale? I was like.. hell yeah, good call! Did a U'ey (even though I needed a Chipotle bowl in the worst way). Got in line and within an hour (felt like MUCH longer) we had a basket in hand and ready to get some deals. This is my first time and I didn't expect much. Figured pricing would be off of retail, but WOW.. the deals were amazing!! I picked up 3 paras (2 black/black S30 ($55 each) and 1 blurple S110V ($70), and a black/black Military to replace one I lost 8 years ago($75) and a Lil'LionSpy NIB with case ($100). The wife picked up a BD1 blue Manix LWT ($35), black/black Serg dog tag ($30) and a Mike Draper ($100) because it looks pretty. Grabbed 2 of each Sharpmaker stones in all grits for .50 cents each! I made the mistake of telling my wife while in line that "I know exactly what I'm looking for, so should only take 15 mins". 70 mins later....We were hot, starved, dehydrated but got some amazing deals. You are limited to 25 knives per person.. so dealers or online sellers had like 3 and 4 peeps with them to stock up. So beware of what you see in the for sale. If they have a mark/notch on the blade by the Spyderhole, they are a second. Guy in front of me checked out at $2200.. I'm sure those will be on eBay today/tomorrow. All the factory seconds don't have boxes either. Just FYI to all my fellow knifers.. if you see a "no box/papers" and has a mark/notch by the Spyderhole, it's a second. But the ones I grabbed were as good if not better than my factory originals for smooth opening and blade center. Just wanted to share my experience (on a whim). Picked up several knives as gifts for my buddies on the force that carry crap. I could have spent another $300 ($500) in there easy. Native's have always been too small for my hands.. but put 2 or 3 Maxamet ($75) and S100Vs ($55) in my basket, only to put them back in choice of the Para 2's. Just more knife for the same price (or less). Had a few Para 3's too, but just didn't feel as good as the ol' standby Para2. Honestly, you don't give up much with the P2 vs the P3, in my opinion. It's more like, do you want something round or oval.. depth is the same, just shorter or longer. Anyway.. it was a great experience and the deals were really great! I asked where the section for the Military's that had been accidentally drilled for tip-up were, and a guy didn't get my joke. He did say "That would have to be a really big screw-up". I disagreed, thank him for his cander and went about my search. The staff was really amazing for the chaos they had to endure. Thumbs up the Sal and his crew. They put on an amazing event. Well done!!!
** Sal, serious, Military with tip-up option.. just say'n (wink).
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right on. sounds like a great day......but....please paragraphs. so hard to read wall of text on phone. thank you Sir.
 
Thanks for posting this. Newbies like me that are starting to accumulate Spydercos need to know stuff like this to avoid overpaying for 2nds.

25 knives per person seems like a lot. More so if one brings 3-4 lackies with pockets full of cash. With 100+ Spydercos, one could set up one hell of an eBay store!
 
Trolling- Don't like a post? Move on
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hermit dave said:
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Um, discuss(?) the post, not the poster.

Lol
 
hermit dave said:
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Next one will have points- If you don't like a post, then move on.
 
How about factory seconds of other brands? I heard ZT would replace the serial # with xxxx. Is that true? Always?
 
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