C149 Vallotton

The C149 Butch Vallotton Sub-Hilt Folder was introduced in 2011.

Appearance in catalogs

The C149 Vallotton appeared in the following catalogs:

• 2011 Spyderco Mid-Year Supplement
• 2012 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2013 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2014 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2015 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2016 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2017 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2018 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2019 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2020 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2021 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2022 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2023 Spyderco Product Guide
• 2024 Spyderco Product Guide

Designer

Butch Vallotton

History, mentionings from the forums etc.

• Product Release Announcement on the Spyderco forum.

• Winner of the "Imported Knife of the Year" at Blade Show 2011.

Information from the Spyderco catalog on the web

C149G Vallotton:

"Butch Vallotton, like most knifemakers, started making knives as a hobby, had to start selling knives to pay for his hobby and before he knew it became a professional fulltime knifemaker in 1984 with a waiting list of customers at the age of thirty. A self-proclaimed gadget freak, a good part of his business comes from automatic knives and he is credited with inventing the ambidextrous blade thumb stud.

His collaboration with Spyderco called the Vallotton Sub Hilt Folder features an ambidextrous thumb stud that both opens the blade (in addition to the Spyderco Round Hole) and doubles as a stop pin keeping the blade from rotating open beyond the locked position.

A long time fan of Italian-style, heavy-stock folders the Sub-Hilt bears an international flavor with a modified coffin-shaped handle of polished black G-10 with tongue-and-groove fitted stainless bolsters. Further complementing the handle is a Michael Walker LinerLock® a four-way: tip-up/tip-down, right- or left-handed steel clip and screw-together scale construction.

Crucible Steel Inc. of New York produces the CPM-S30V powdered steel used for the modified Tanto-shaped blade. The blade is hollow-ground at the cutting edge with a convex-grind at the tip and is offered PlainEdged for the best available cutting performance." The C149G Vallotton in Spyderco's online catalog.

Variations

The C149G Vallotton is made in Taiwan and has

• Walker Liner Lock
• Modified tanto style blade
• Thumb Stud

SKU	Handle	Edge(s)	Steel	From/To	MSRP	Note	Number made	Grind	Clip	Clip positions	Collectors club
C149G	Polished black G-10 with Stainless Steel Bolsters	PE	CPM-S30V	2011-	299.95$ (2011)		Regular production	Hollow	Black chrome hourglass	LH/RH, TD/TU	Main

Most collectible variation

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Technical information

Measurements (mm and grams) of the C149 Vallotton:

Variation	Length overall	Length closed	Length blade	Length edge	Hole Ø	Blade thickness	Weight
C149G	221mm	127mm	95mm	90mm	13mm	4mm	176g

Measurements (inches and ounces) of the C149 Vallotton:

Variation	Length overall	Length closed	Length blade	Length edge	Hole Ø	Blade thickness	Weight
C149G	8 11/16"	5"	3 3/4"	3 9/16"	1/2"	5/32"	6.2oz