Talk:Spyderco
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[edit] Misc
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
I don't know much about the history of the company, and the website is not too informative on that score. My recollection is that they started out in Texas and moved to Golden in the '80s, and that they've since expanded the factory / moved the factory outlet / etc.
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- http://spyderco.com/edge-u-cation/ has some more info. --User24 14:35, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Should the article get into descriptions of specific models? I would maybe come back and describe some of their notable / longstanding models. And the Spyderfly would not by any means be the first example I would think of. It's a popular new model, and has been well-received by people that like butterfly knives, but it doesn't represent the core Spyderco 'thing'. --67.174.98.96 01:56, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
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- I'm not sure it should; perhaps a description of a classic spyderco knife, but really I think an image would suffice (perhaps of the Native FRN; it's got the form, handle and serrations that make a spyderco knife what it is). Agree that the spyderfly is not indicative of spyderco's product range --User24 15:39, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
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Can you cite any neutral sources for the advertising claims you are making in your table of contents?
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- which claims? I've tried to cleanup the 'Steel Pioneers' section (now renamed 'Blade Steels', for one thing). --User24 14:35, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Please cite some sources so that we can verify if they might be true.
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- am doing --User24 14:35, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
When you get down to it, is this article an advertisement or a fan site? It is certainly not an encyclopedic entry. Sam 21:57, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
I don't think it reads like an ad, however more sources need to be added. Most of the collaborators can be found on the company's website, if you hotlink to each one, you'll get accused of advertising. I can help a bit, press releases to the industry often list the different collaborators and designers that work with Spyderco. --Mike Searson 13:51, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] List of Collaborators
I'm in favour of removing this list altogether; the importance of these people is not asserted; are they legends in the knifemaking world or just random designers? (If they are legends, please add some references) I'm also thinking that the 'collaborations' sections needs expanding slightly, at least with references to models that have been collaborated on, and maybe who it was that collaborated. --User24 14:57, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Depends how you define "legend"! Most are definitely notable knifemakers like Walker, Terzuola, Schempp, D'Holder, and Viele. I think it's important as it made me a collector for a long time and it was always intersting to see a new design between Spyderco and a custom maker hit the street. --Mike Searson 13:56, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] TODO list
some things that IMO should be considered:
- see 'list of collaborators, above'
- find some non-spyderco references for the article
- remove the 'needs references' templates (by finding references, that is)
--User24 13:07, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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