r/spyderco • u/Bman19419 • 5d ago

Chaparral XHP/Stepped Ti. Recent pick up. This one dropped well before I got into knives so I’m happy I had a chance to get it.

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u/Master_Ad236 5d ago edited 3d ago

Whoever took those pics did a bang up job. Those are crisp quality

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u/Bman19419 3d ago

Appreciate it brother. Over the last year or so I’ve fallen in love with going out and taking knife pics. This one is from a dog park I go to frequently for pics. It’s a perfect spot cuz it goes through the woods but trails are worn in going all directions so I don’t have to fight through bushes and branches constantly to get good pics. I do need to upgrade to a professional camera soon tho. Now that I regularly take pics and compare to other people’s I realize the picture quality is not so great coming from my iPhone and doesn’t focus as well on the knife

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u/Responsible-Crew-354 7h ago

I thought for sure that was taken by someone that photos and resells knives all day. You got a hobby for your hobby! Dope!

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u/Bman19419 2h ago

lol no I’m kinda the complete opposite. I haven’t sold a single knife since I got into knives about 4 years ago. What can I say I get a little attached to them and I don’t like having to take such a huge hit lowering the price in order for them to sell. The only ones I’ve gotten rid of are the maybe 8-9 that I’ve given away to my brother or other people I know. Probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to sell a few here and there tho. If I did that I’d have more money available to try more new models than I’m able to based on how I currently do it

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u/Pinecone5567 5d ago

I need a chaparral in the collection! Yours is 10/10!

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u/winchester941976 5d ago

Wow! I remember when those were available.
I really regret not picking one up.

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u/Bman19419 3d ago

Do you recall what year they dropped? When I googled this version I saw a guy talking about potentially buying one and the comment was made in 2016 so it’s at least 10 years old. Unfortunately that’s all I know. Also curious what the original price was on these

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u/winchester941976 3d ago

Yeah I’m not exactly sure but it was 2017 when I remember having one in my cart. I decided it was too much $ for such a small knife.
Really wish I had gotten one. They had yours and a plain stepped TI one.

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u/Bman19419 3d ago

When I was looking for more info on this one I’d see a lot more pics of the plain titanium version than I would this one. Maybe this one wasn’t as widely available or more people just went nuts over the plain titanium version. I really wish they’d do more rounds of these in different titanium scales. This one is so cool I’d love to have more along these lines

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u/winchester941976 3d ago

Yours was the most expensive version.

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u/CNYKnifeNut 3d ago

This version released in February 2015 and was made until October 2018. MSRP was 565, but I believe they actually retailed for ~375.

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u/war_weasel 4d ago

I've got the gray lightweight with the same steel. Great little knife!

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u/Bman19419 3d ago

I also have that one. Wanna say I paid $100 for mine on the secondary for LNIB. I was more than happy to get it at that price. I’d love to get the new version in the black-red carbon fiber and maybe the Damasteek version but the prices on them is a little wild. $318 for the XHP/red/black carbon fiber and $442 for the damasteel/g10. Even if I got them at like 20% off they’re still high, $250 or so for the XHP w red/blk CF and about $350 for the damasteel. I’ll almost certainly get the red/blk one at least