Spyderco History and New PM2

[Java70]

Just ordered a Spyderco Paramilitary 2 (camo G10 with CPM-S30V black blade). Supposedly to show up next Friday. Looking forward to it!

I discovered Spyderco back in the 90's. No idea of the model I had at the time (old Delica? pocket clip was molded into the handle) and some time ago I somehow got parted with it. I recall being so smitten with my old Spyderco almost 20 years ago that I bought one for my boss at the time as a present as he was leaving for a new job. I think I thought it was a bigger deal than he did! It would be great to hear from others who also "found" Spyderco decades ago...

I recently got a Firefly to carry at work (desk job). A lovely little VG10 blade (though way too expensive for what it is). Wanted the PM2 for weekend carry. A little more capable.

Cheers all.

 

[Officer's Match]

I've had this old Police SE a long time. Spyderco was for me the first pocket-clipped, one handed folder - and that birthed a fledgling new knifeknut in the form of me.

 

[Lee48]

I've written my story before but I'll repeat it once again.

My first encounter with Spyderco was immediately after the Delica and Endura were introduced. That was either 1989 or 1990--don't recall when exactly. I was at a gun show with a little cash to spend and a guy had a booth selling the Spyderco Tri-Angle Sharpmaker as well as knives. He had the newly introduced Delica and Endura on display and I immediately became intrigued. They were not the prettiest knives I had ever seen but their innate ugliness attracted me. I bought a Delica and a Sharpmaker that day. Within a few weeks I had lost the knife.

Another gun show was in town about six months later and I attended specifically to see if the guy selling ugly knives was back again. The same booth was there but it was a lady doing demonstrations and selling knives the day I was there. I talked with her for a few minutes and bought a fully serrated Endura. I told her I had lost the Delica and I thought I might be able to better keep up with a larger knife. I kept up with it alright. I carried and used that Endura for around 10 years...used it, dulled it and sharpened it until the serrations were only slightly there. I bought another Endura eventually (along with a couple dozen other Spydercos through the years) but nothing never stuck with me like that original model. I still have it today, retired now, but it's still as tight as the day I bought it.

Later I recall reading that Sal and his wife made the gun show circuits, selling their products. I don't know if it was them at the shows I attended or not. Whoever they were, I'm thankful to them for introducing me to those ugly knives.