Carbon fiber Civilain?

[nu2knives]

Hey there knife knuts! My grandfather recently passed away, and I got one of his knives. I'm not sure what it is. The blade looks like the civilian blade and the scales(?) are the carbon fiber ones. Is this a civilian?, or is it something else? the blade says ATS-55 and it was made in japan. If you have any ideas about this knife and its value, please let me know. Thanks

****** I'm thinking about selling this knife, it is a carbon fiber civilian, i found out. But it has no number, if I get a good offer I'll take it!*****



Edited by - nu2knives on 1/14/2002 2:32:04 PM

[ruxton]

sorry to hear about your grandfather, its a rare limited edition carbon fiber civilian, only 500 made i believe, 225 right handed plain edged, 25 left handed plain edge, 225 right handed serrated edge, 25 left handed serrated edge.
there should be a number etched into the blade (mines 451 <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>)
welcome to the forum
MAT

[Hoosierdaddy]

Nu2knives,

Welcome to the Spyderco Forum!

Sorry about your grandfather!
It sounds like a Civilian to me. They retail for about 230.00 but can be bought for 137.00 Did it come with a pouch? Is the blade numbered? It is a great knive, don't use it for general applications as this will void warranty!

[RYAN]

Mmmmmmmm.....Carbon Fiber Civilians. <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> The &quot;bug&quot; is spreading. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

[mschwoeb]

hey hoosier- you have invented a new word: knive! or how about knifes?

[ruxton]

i vote we all say knive and knifes from now on in honour of hoosier <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
MAT

[Hoosierdaddy]

Mschwoeb,

Cut me some slack... I aint got but a therd graed edgimication! I'm always inventing new words. Have you heard of that daredevil Knival Caknival? I thought so <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

[Sword and Shield]

Hi Nu2knives! Welcome to Spyderland! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sorry to hear about your grandfather. Losses like that are always hard, especially if you knew them well.

Look again on the blade. There has to be a number on a CF Civilian. At least one of the Spydernuts here will definitely make you an offer once they know the numbers on it.

Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.

[bengaiser]

Welcome to the forums! I am also sorry to hear of your loss.

I just wanted to add that I have a CF Civilian without a number also. They must have slipped through, I wonder how many are out there without numbers?


Ben

[sal]

Hi nu2knives. Sorry about your loss. Your Grandfather probably knew more about knives than the average person. The Cabon Fiber Civilian is an exotic limited edition model.

sal