I am guessing this one has an agreement with Spyderco

[tonydahose]

for the use of the hole but i thought i would just throw it up here, interesting design too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-RARE-ONE-KIND-YUNA-MINI-ZEN-KNIFE-SPYDERCO-/140528908885?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item20b82cfa55

[Sithus1966]

I'm almost certain that Yuna is licensed to use the Spyder hole.

[rosconey]

yuna is a class act-i have one of his prototyes-

i would bet he pays for the use

[tonydahose]

with the price of the knife i was pretty sure it is licensed. For small time builders (under 50 knives a year IIRC) Spyderco only charges a buck a knife but you have to meet their criteria.

[2cha]

Description is pretty strange though,... first time I've ever seen "hand forged" on the same knife with "pure ZDP-189" though it could be done I guess, I just don't see why anyone would.

[phillipsted]

Description is pretty strange though,... first time I've ever seen "hand forged" on the same knife with "pure ZDP-189" though it could be done I guess, I just don't see why anyone would.

I'd probably chalk that up to the overactive imagination of the ebay seller. A lot of sellers sell "NIB" items that are made of recycled materials, for instance...:)

I concur about Yuna's blades - I had the opportunity to handle one once. Beautiful, high quality stuff.

TedP

[rosconey]

his older stuff was laminated zdp189-now its not-thats the "pure zdp189" thing-he even writes it that way on his web sight-the hand forged quote maybe misstranslation on yunas part

[defenestrate]

I think this is actually a kind of cool design. A little busier than I would like, but the basic materials and ergos look pretty nice. Would like to hold it and see what my hands felt about it.

[rosconey]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/rosconey65/hard2.jpg

here is mine-

[Evil D]

Very interesting knife...sort of Yojimbo-ish. I wouldn't trust that tip for much more than self defense though. Then again, i wouldn't be EDC'ing a knife i paid $825 for lol.