Unique SS CE Native?

[Steelman]

Received this great looking Native from some friends for Chrismas. :D After closer inspection it struck me kinda odd that it would have VG-10, but no David Boye style dent. Has anyone seen one quite like this? Not really sure, thought I would ask the experts.

Thanks,

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[zenheretic]

Must have been sitting on some dealers shelf since before the Dent came along.... Nice piece, I like combi edge.

[Steelman]

Thanks Zen, Merry Christmas by the way. What struck me as being odd is without the dent you would think it would of been the AUS-8 steel would'nt it?

[FedRich]

Mine is almost identical to yours but is AUS-10 vice VG-10, sans Boye dent as well. Nice knife!

[Piet.S]

Maybe the dent grinder went home early.

[Steelman]

Maybe the dent grinder went home early.

You bring up a good point. Is it actually grinded before or after the knife is assembled?

[David Lowry]

I was under the impression that all SS Natives were AUS-10 and combo edge. There were a few plain edge models but not many.

I also didn't think that any SS Native came with VG-10. :eek:

[UK KEN]

Kristi said in an earlier thread that Spyderco had upgraded the steel to VG-10 recently for the SS Native. I have one in front of me here as well as a PE and PS SS Native in AUS-10.

I hadn't noticed that it didn't have the Boye dent! :eek:

Thanks for pointing it out Steelman! Nice photo by the way! :)

Cheers, Ken

Edited to add: The SS Plain Edge Native in VG-10 is a must Sal! PLEASE!

[The Deacon]

I was under the impression that all SS Natives were AUS-10 and combo edge. There were a few plain edge models but not many.

I also didn't think that any SS Native came with VG-10. :eek:David, from the time the SS Native was introduced, around 1998, up until about 2003, it was offered in both plain and combo edge. Until very recently it used AUS-10. While the catalog illustrations, and the "stock" illustrations used by most dealers, have shown a Boye dent for several years, I cannot recall seeing an acutal photo of a stainless Native which has one. So not sure whether this case represents a production anomaly, or merely that art does not always follow life. :D


Kristi said in an earlier thread that Spyderco had upgraded the steel to VG-10 recently for the SS Native. I have one in front of me here as well as a PE and PS SS Native in AUS-10.

I hadn't noticed that it didn't have the Boye dent! :eek:

Thanks for pointing it out Steelman! Nice photo by the way! :)

Cheers, Ken

Edited to add: The SS Plain Edge Native in VG-10 is a must Sal! PLEASE!Frankly Ken, I'd rather see a "dent-free" PE version of the FRN S30V one. :D Recently purchased another PE GIN-1 Native just to have a user Native without the dent.

[UK KEN]

Paul

You aren't a lover of the dent are you! :)

I must admit that I am glad that it seems to have been getting smaller in the latest :spyder: I've been buying. :) Or is that just wishful thinking?

Regards, Ken

[The Deacon]

Paul

You aren't a lover of the dent are you! :)

I must admit that I am glad that it seems to have been getting smaller in the latest :spyder: I've been buying. :) Or is that just wishful thinking?

Regards, KenNow I ask you Ken, when has a dented anything ever been more desirable than an undented specimen? ;) :D

[UK KEN]

Now I ask you Ken, when has a dented anything ever been more desirable than an undented specimen? ;) :D

Paul

You might have a point there! :)

Ken