Spyderco Slysz Bowie Question

Look, guys, some of us may cringe when we see the super high flipper prices and I understand, but that's the free market. Embrace it. If distributors are soured when they see people flipping their exclusives, they could work to minimize it. One thing I would suggest is having a pre-order type situation. Lay your money down and then let the manufacturer work to fill the orders in order of receipt. Keep the order open for a while and actually advertise it. I don't know why you have to belong to some secret society to learn when exclusives are coming. Maybe it's just me, as I'm not a collector. I just want a selection of a few nice tools to enjoy using over the course of this life, to share, give away or whatever. I would be glad to pay my money and wait a year for some of the exclusives and sprint runs I've missed out on as long as I know I'm eventually gonna get what I ordered. I will not hover over my keyboard in anticipation and make it my life to track down the release of the "knife I must have".
Well, with all that out of the way, I was absolutely disheartened when I decided yesterday to look on knifejoy's website just to see what they had and learned the Bowie exclusive was just released and sold out. I didn't even know it was coming. Bummer for a minute. Haha!
Cheer up friends, we are blessed!!!!
 
awd_xtc said:
Why does anyone care what someone asks for something that they own?
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Right. And dealers can notice it and there is exactly zero that they can do to stop it - they are making their cut. Plenty more Bowies will be coming, and those who paid way over might might care, or maybe they won't. Love that Knifejoy took on this project and I imagine that we are going to see a whole lot more from them in the future.
 
Bowie is an awesome model and now hopefully we’ll see more and more coming. Dark gray in K390 would be awesome!

In the meantime... I’ll focus on important stuff ;) weekend is coming, and 1st of May is a beginning of pike fishing season here! Fishing time, with my good old Bowie:

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When the Slysz Bowie was still readily available, I went with the Farid K2 because . . . bigger! Do I need an SB too?

(obviously the answer is "yes," but I'm going through the motions here)
 
Quote from Sal on Spyderco Forums:

"It is an "Exclusive" for a dealer/distributor. Their request. When the model first came out, it was not in demand and it was disco'd. We have no immediate plans to make one at this time. I understand the Exclusive was or is being re-ordered and there are some other requests as well.

Right now, we're not had any problems with the lock bar and wear with the original. The R&D time to re-engineer the lock to have a bar could cause a delays in production. Eric is making that decision.

sal"
 
Danke42 said:
My apologies so many folks have said they want the same steel lockbar insert as other Spyderco models.

Yes everyone loves features the new ceramic ball has brought.
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Not everyone. I STRONGLY prefer RIL locks without any interface insert. KeepItSimple wherever possible. I have and love a Large Inkosi, but I disagree that making the blade the wear-n-tear item is a good idea. Like muffler store lifetime brake pads that wear the rotor instead of the pad.
 
Officer's Match said:
Not everyone. I STRONGLY prefer RIL locks without any interface insert. KeepItSimple wherever possible. I have and love a Large Inkosi, but I disagree that making the blade the wear-n-tear item is a good idea. Like muffler store lifetime brake pads that wear the rotor instead of the pad.
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I have the Slysz Spidiechef with no lock insert and it's great. No stick no problems.

I would say that ceramic ball is a great idea of giving people what they're clamoring for and then face a backlash because it's doesn't feel the same as the old system.

Kind of like the folks demanding the reissue of the Bowie to be exactly like the first run but with a stepped pivot, lockbar insert, spoon clip and it needs to cost less.
 
Officer's Match said:
Not everyone. I STRONGLY prefer RIL locks without any interface insert. KeepItSimple wherever possible. I have and love a Large Inkosi, but I disagree that making the blade the wear-n-tear item is a good idea. Like muffler store lifetime brake pads that wear the rotor instead of the pad.
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Just to clarify what I said earlier: a working RIL without insert is a beautiful thing, I have plenty of them. And the tang will still wear first, as carbidized Ti is harder than the typical blade steel. On a new Hinderer Gen4, you can literally see the tang smoothening while it breaks in.

Just that the insert free locks do not work on my K2s and Tighe Sticks. On the other hand, the locks work beautifully on Ti Military, Advocate, etc. So I don’t trust Spyderco in that respect, not to shell out $400 for a Bowie rerun anyways. Plus, in that price category, i’d buy another Hinderer instead any day, Skinny, tri-way, etc.
 
Random Dan said:
The Spartan SHF is as expensive or more and I haven't heard any complaints about its lack of lockbar insert. Same with Sebenza 21s, Medfords, some Reate OEMs, and probably others that I can't think of right now.
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I would like the SHF better if it did, personally, and that's a factor in why I don't own any SHFs or CRKs.
 
Am I correct that the SB's lock face is hardened and someone even suggested that the blade tang will be worn out first? If both are correct, then it should not be a problem that SB does not have a steel lockbar insert.
 
sharp_edge said:
Am I correct that the SB's lock face is hardened and someone even suggested that the blade tang will be worn out first? If both are correct, then it should not be a problem that SB does not have a steel lockbar insert.
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Yes, it is a hardened lock face.
 
So finally this SB showed up today in the Exchange? $200-$250 mark up is actually not too bad compared to the ebay $1,000 price tag plus shipping ;).
 
Dogdrawz said:
You didn't see the one going for $4k?
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LOL, well the seller is nothing if not optimistic. That particular auction has more watchers than any other for the Knifejoy SB. I guess people just love to watch a crash & burn.
 
on_the_edge said:
LOL, well the seller is nothing if not optimistic. That particular auction has more watchers than any other for the Knifejoy SB. I guess people just love to watch a crash & burn.
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Well the lister posted on another site stating it was intended as a joke, but if someone wanted to pay the $ so be it. Made me chuckle.
 
sharp_edge said:
So finally this SB showed up today in the Exchange? $200-$250 mark up is actually not too bad compared to the ebay $1,000 price tag plus shipping ;).
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Sucks to see fellow blade forum members "asking" $200-$250 over, But that's the way it works. 😒
Dogdrawz said:
Well the lister posted on another site stating it was intended as a joke, but if someone wanted to pay the $ so be it. Made me chuckle.
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I heard it was a joke too!
 
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