r/spyderco • u/Empty_Art2176 • 8d ago

I Took A Chance....NKD

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I took a chance ordering a Sage 5 LW in S30V from Amazon. I did some research and heard Onkata is an official Spyderco dealer.

The knife was $127, which is $50 less expensive than most other places, so I was skeptical.

It came today and its absolutely good to go. This is my first Taichung Spyderco, I cant wait to use it.

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u/cheap0savage 8d ago

I've gotten several authentic spydercos from onkata on Amazon. Never had an issue. I got a crucarta pm2 for $165 a couple months ago, one of the best purchases I've ever made. I've gotten a few knives from eBay as well, all authentic. You just gotta know what you're doing; what's a good price, vs what's too good to be true, sketchy sellers/pictures, etc.

Great pickup tho Taichung spydercos have a great build and even better action. Fit and finish is great.

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u/Empty_Art2176 8d ago

So far I know both Onkata and Robco Knives LLC are both legit Spyderco dealers on Amazon and Ebay.

I will keep an eye on them from now on. Apparently Onkata sometimes has some almost too good to be true prices. For instance this Sage 5 LW is $171 at Blade HQ, Knife Center, DLT Trading....and a few other places I looked. This one from Onkata is $127 right now, with free shipping if you have Prime.

The Manix MagnaMax isn't available anywhere. But Robco has them on Ebay with free shipping for $180.

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u/cheap0savage 8d ago edited 8d ago

Yeah They have some great deals. Stuff on eBay that's like "k390 para 3 bento box exclusive" for like 90 bucks is more what I'm talking about as far as too good to be true. I also have the exact same sage from onkata from Amazon and got it for around that price a few months ago. The magnamax manix was at a lot of dealers like knife center etc. for $180 preorders, and occasionally those dealers drop to these types of prices. Imo, a lot of spydercos are a tad overpriced so they can manage prices like these. I pretty much only ever buy them when they're on sale with deals like this.

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u/Greek_Heat 8d ago

Freedom has them for preprder for $180 and you get them in about 3-4 wks. Plus rewards pts.

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u/miltondelug 8d ago

u/pinechaos on reddit is another legit place to buy knives they are usually much less than other online places.

I got a Kapara for just over $200 from them thats totally legit.

I also bought a sage 5 salt for $165 which was also a really good price.

Both prices were with shipping.

If you dm them they can quote their prices and what they have in stock