I bought this knife off a table at a Pomona, CA gun show, I believe in 1985-6.
It had no box and I think I paid $30.00 for it, an expensive knife, at the time,
for having made in Japan on it. I've carried it daily all these years and only recently
found out that it is a rarity.
Excerpted: The Spyderco Story: The New Shape of Sharp by Ken Delavigne available
from http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Story-New-Shape-Sharp/dp/1581600607
"The Police Model has perhaps a richer history of variations than any other Clipit to date.
Left-handed models have been available on the C07 since the beginning. The blades on
about the first 2,400 of these knives (1,920 right-hand and about 480 left-hand) were
engraved with the words "Pride Integrity Guts" arranged so their initial capital letters, read
vertically, spelled "PIG." I have heard of private exchanges of these models for as much as
$1,200. After this first run, the blades were simply etched "Police Model," because of complaints
about the "PIG" inscription from some nonpolice buyers. Some years later, all engraving was
removed, but more recendy, again due to customer feedback, the word "Police" has been
reinstated."
It had no box and I think I paid $30.00 for it, an expensive knife, at the time,
for having made in Japan on it. I've carried it daily all these years and only recently
found out that it is a rarity.
Excerpted: The Spyderco Story: The New Shape of Sharp by Ken Delavigne available
from http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Story-New-Shape-Sharp/dp/1581600607
"The Police Model has perhaps a richer history of variations than any other Clipit to date.
Left-handed models have been available on the C07 since the beginning. The blades on
about the first 2,400 of these knives (1,920 right-hand and about 480 left-hand) were
engraved with the words "Pride Integrity Guts" arranged so their initial capital letters, read
vertically, spelled "PIG." I have heard of private exchanges of these models for as much as
$1,200. After this first run, the blades were simply etched "Police Model," because of complaints
about the "PIG" inscription from some nonpolice buyers. Some years later, all engraving was
removed, but more recendy, again due to customer feedback, the word "Police" has been
reinstated."
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