Mag - I agree - this is more than a $180 knife. I had figured they'd be $225-235 and that was before I realized how beautiful they are in person. Mine isn't going to replace my CGDF, but if I didn't have a user Dogfather, I would have surely wished I'd gotten two of them. I'm blown away by the amazing job Dan did on these - clearly, he didn't let the clock phase him and he took the time he needed to deliver the pinnacle of Scrapyard Blades to us, just in time for Christmas.

Glad you got yours.

(Is that a Cricket in the first pix? I was looking at a Salsa today (woops, Taiwan!) and another little Spydie that had some kind of handle scale lock mechanism. I didn't like it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> On even more of a side note, when the wife and I met James Bond and his family today, one of the first things that James said was "I love your wife's Spyderco!" when he saw her Pink Delica sticking out of her pocket! He had a nice stainless handled Endura with him that looked well loved. Anyways, off of my tangent now...)