Sal

[Rookie]

How did you come up with the name Spyderco?



In the land of knives, Spyderco is king.



Edited by - Rookie on 1/10/2002 4:30:13 PM

[yog]

Legend has it (and somebody will correct me if I'm wrong), that Sal's first product was a device for holding/supporting things, sort of like an artificial hand.
Coincidentally, one of the rests (supports) used in snooker is called a spider.

Not sure is the original device was called a spyder because it looked like one, or whether spyder is another name for a supporting device.

"Walk softly, but carry a big stick."

[CalypsoKid]

The invention that the company was founded on is (no kidding) a device that is used to hold things (like electronic circuits during manufacture) with aligator clips on 4 movable arms. It resembles a spider. From there they became Spyderco. Also, the 'y' in Spyder aludes to performance as in sports cars such as the Fiat Spyder <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

This is all I know, anybody else?

~C

[sam the man..]

That's ALFA Spyder dude! <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> Sal's really into high performance vehicles.. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sam

have spydies will travel

[sal]

Those mentioned are the reasons. thanx.

sal