What is a Spyderco Sprint Runs?

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Hi All,

I have seen a lot of references to Sprint runs on Blade forums and on ebay listings.

Is a sprint run just a special run of a discontinued knife?

I have noted on the ebay listing that sprint runs appear to make the knife more expensive. Does this make sense? (I assume the knife cuts the same as a non sprint run :) )

How does one determine if a knife is truly a sprint run?

Thanks,

-Paul
 
Sprint Run

A limited, one time only, production of a knife design/model. Production numbers are less than 1500 pieces.
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As quoted from the Spyderco website. Very often they'll take a regular production model and change up the color, handle material, blade steel etc.
 
Thanks for the feedback. I have a quick question. I recently received a large knife collection. In it are a few (~30) Spydercos. How can I tell if they are a sprint run. One knife for example is a C11PBLE Delica EF 072V (072V is the serial number). It has a ZDP-189 blade. From all of the searching I have done the only C11 PBLE Delicas that have this material is a Sprint run or is listed as being hard to find. I have other examples as well with a Military (C36GSE) with CPM440V instead of the S30V. Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
The Military with the 440V steel is just the steel that was used for that model back when it was being produced. (I'd say the 90's) The Delica I believe is limited, how many I don't know. (that's one model I have none of) The Spyderco forum here would be the place to ask.
The number on a blade means the first of a run and doesn't necessary mean it is a sprint run. Sprint runs will have numbers too, on the first made. A sprint run is generally a few hundred of a discontinued model, brought back with something a bit different, from the original.
 
By "serial number," do you mean that 072V is stamped on the blade? If so, it's just a collector's club knife, and the V means it's a variant of the designated reference model. CC knives actually have less value to Spyderco collectors than unstamped ones, but it doesn't really matter.
 
jill jackson said:
I think CC# ones bring a bit more on eBay, here it doesn't seem to make a difference.
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Good point, some buyers on ebay seem to like CC ones. But I've seen a lot of people on the Spyderco forums refuse to buy a knife they would otherwise buy just because it has a CC number on it.
 
I don't mind Spyderco's way of numbering a blade (with just the number) But, I don't care for the way Benchmade does it, with all that pre production stuff and the number.
 
I'm one of those who won't buy one with a CC# if I can help it. It's basically meaningless (i.e., there's nothing different about a CC#'d knife from a regular one except having the additional writing on the blade), and there's too much writing on blades even without them.
 
Spyderco Sprint Run:

Spyderco often produces limited edition models, referred to as sprint runs. These limited runs are generally versions of discontinued models with different blade and handle materials, though some are completely new models, such as the Kopa; a "dress knife" with several variants, each with a different handle material such as micarta, evrina, and tiger coral
 
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