What happened to the m4 military?

Reeek said:
Yeah, well I'd like two too so I can have another user down the road. To be honest, I tend to use a knife I like a lot much harder when I have another in the stash.
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Exactly the same tendency here.
 
Same for me, I ordered 2 because the military is my favorite knife, m4 is my favorite steel atm, and you never know if you will lose, or have a knife stolen. Its been some years since I had a knife stolen but it has happened on more than one occasion!

On top of that I was thinking about giving one to my brother so I ordered an extra, now that the rule has changed it may be to late for that. I dont care about re-selling for profit I actually want to use them!

I understand the reasoning and am happy to have the knife being made period, but if there is a limit, its better to list this type of thing from the get go IMO.
 
Well I decided not to sit around and wait so I replied to Roger's email confirming I was on the list and reiterated that I want to remain on the list. I asked him what it will take to remain current. Awaiting the reply :D
 
I just tried to get on the list earlier today and was told there are none left at all. I snoozed and I lost out.
 
"So you got Roger to implement a one knife per person policy with this knife after the pre-order was started? But yet you want more than one? Not sure I follow."

No, Roger asked me what I thought he should have Spyderco make for a 500 knife Run early last year.

This is the knife.

If I am lucky I will have a chance to pick up two.
I will have one though. Am sure of that......

Geez......:p
 
Reeek said:
Yeah, well I'd like two too so I can have another user down the road. To be honest, I tend to use a knife I like a lot much harder when I have another in the stash.
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Meh. Just use this one hard and SMART. Plenty of people around here have had hard use spydies for over a decade, and they're still going strong. With this steel and construction, i doubt you have to worry about it being dainty. No reason you won't have it down the road.
 
goodeyesniper said:
Meh. Just use this one hard and SMART. Plenty of people around here have had hard use spydies for over a decade, and they're still going strong. With this steel and construction, i doubt you have to worry about it being dainty. No reason you won't have it down the road.
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Yes, I use my S90V for everything and I don't have a second...wait, I do have a second. My bad. ;)
 
And if you lose your one and only M-4 Ti RIL Military, it'll be the perfect excuse to replace it with, a...
I think we're going to need a second run, in S110V!:thumbup:
 
has anyone talked to roger about how is he going to ask for the deposit (phone, email)?

or do I have to call or email to do it?
 
jiggyfly16 said:
has anyone talked to roger about how is he going to ask for the deposit (phone, email)?

or do I have to call or email to do it?
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I wouldn't worry about it. He has your contact info. I doubt he contacts all the people on the list for a deposit because that means he has to contact hundreds of people twice and run their credit cards twice. When it is time he will contact you or you will hear about it here. We're still months away.
 
jiggyfly16 said:
has anyone talked to roger about how is he going to ask for the deposit (phone, email)?

or do I have to call or email to do it?
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I sent an email yesterday asking if the email for preorder was all they needed right now to hold me on the list and Ashley replied for Roger and basically said all they need is my email for pre-order (from 11/27) at this time and they have me down. If they need anything else they'll let me know.
 
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FlaMtnBkr said:
I wouldn't worry about it. He has your contact info. I doubt he contacts all the people on the list for a deposit because that means he has to contact hundreds of people twice and run their credit cards twice. When it is time he will contact you or you will hear about it here. We're still months away.
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MCM said there was going to be a deposit and I was starting to get worried that I was going to miss the call:

MCM said:
No numbers. Roger is going to ask for a tiny dep.(like $10.00 non refundable) soon to weed out those who are not 10% serious. This might help those on the back up list.
Its over sold and will be limited to one per customer. I have been waiting a looong time for this one.......
Close to a year so far........;)
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Reeek said:
I sent an email yesterday asking if the email for preorder was all they needed right now to hold me on the list and Ashley replied for Roger and basically said all they need is my email for pre-order (from 11/27) at this time and they have me down. If they need anything else they'll let me know.
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cool, thanks you guys that puts my mind at ease.....sort of.:o
 
I know he said that but if you read my reasoning it makes since. If there are 400 (probably more like 600 with the extras) people on the list and you have to call each one and have to deal with missed calls and people calling back and keeping track of who you have and have not spoke with. It takes a few minutes on the phone for each person plus a couple minutes to run the credit card, note in a file that they have paid a deposit and keep track of the receipt to put with the knife when it comes in. All this on top of normal orders and shipments and then to have to do it all over again in 4 months!? It just does not make any since as a business owner and would take probably 3 weeks to work it into normal business operations. When it is time, everyone will be contacted in the order they got on the list and you will hear about it probably a few minutes after the first person is called right here in the Spyderco forum.

I'm not saying the deposit can't happen but I would bet against it. And if it does, again you will hear about it here. There is a limited number of knives and if you got on the list late then you will just have to wait and see how it turns out. I would think if you were at the end you wouldn't want a deposit because then more people might back out because they don't have the money at the time.
 
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FlaMtnBkr said:
I know he said that but if you read my reasoning it makes since. If there are 400 (probably more like 600 with the extras) people on the list and you have to call each one and have to deal with missed calls and people calling back and keeping track of who you have and have not spoke with. It takes a few minutes on the phone for each person plus a couple minutes to run the credit card, note in a file that they have paid a deposit and keep track of the receipt to put with the knife when it comes in. All this on top of normal orders and shipments and then to have to do it all over again in 4 months!? It just does not make any since as a business owner and would take probably 3 weeks to work it into normal business operations. When it is time, everyone will be contacted in the order they got on the list and you will hear about it probably a few minutes after the first person is called right here in the Spyderco forum.

I'm not saying the deposit can't happen but I would bet against it. And if it does, again you will hear about it here. There is a limited number of knives and if you got on the list late then you will just have to wait and see how it turns out. I would think if you were at the end you wouldn't want a deposit because then more people might back out because they don't have the money at the time.
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cool, thanks.

now what happens when they call you and you miss a call? because that is what I fear the most.
 
I tried a few times to send a preorder back in Dec and never heard anything back at all. Hopefully I will get a pleasant surprise contact.
 
is there a list for veiwing so we can make sure that people who ordered on time are on it?
 
Ben Dover said:
If Sal is reading this, perhaps he will consider offering the Military in CPM M-4 as a "standard?"
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Spydieguy4 said:
Probably not after he seen how well that went over with some people regarding the orange Millie.
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I know what you're saying but I don't see it the same for this. Offering a standard military with a CPM-M4 blade wouldn't make this knife any less limited.

Personally, though I love CPM-M4 steel, I'm not a big fan of dual scales (Ti & G10 on the same knife). That's why I didn't get on the list for the KW offering.

OTOH, if we'd see an all G10 Sprint (in whatever color) with a CPM-M4 blade, I'd be all over it.

Better yet, a CPM-M4 Para with a wire clip would be even better.

Ken
 
Okay, now you guys got me paranoid,,, I sent in a pre-order a long time ago and got a repsonse from Roger telling me I'm on the list,,, do I need to do anything else at this time or just wait for it ?

I'll gladly make a deposit if that's required,,,
 
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