SKU

SKU is short for Stock Keeping Unit. The SKU is an identifier for products - knives in this case. Spyderco's SKUs can be divided into the following:

Spyderco C-SKUs

All SKUs used by Spyderco that begin with a "C" are reserved for folding knives (maybe derived from ClipIt)

Spyderco B-SKUs

The SKUs starting with a "B" indicate the knife to be a Balisong knife. There are only three knives that were assigned with a "B"-SKU:

• B01 SpyderFly
• B02 SmallFly
• B03 SzaboFly

Spyderco FB-SKUs

SKUs starting with "FB" designate the knives of Spyderco's fixed blade line.

Spyderco J-SKUs

The SKUs starting with "J" are reserved for the Jester models:

• JBK Jester
• JBMP Jester
• JGR Jester
• JFG Jester
• JPR Jester
• JSS Jester

Spyderco K-SKUs

SKUs with a "K" at the beginning are reserved for Spyderco's kitchen knives:

• K01 Pro Culinaire Bread Knife
• K02 Pro Culinaire Cooks Knife
• K03 Pro Culinaire Carving Knife
• K04 Pro Culinaire Utility Knife
• K05 Pro Culinaire Small Utility Knife
• K06 Pro Culinaire Filet Knife
• K07 Pro Culinaire Flex Bone Knife
• K08 Pro Culinaire Santoku
• K09 Pro Culinaire Paring Knife
• K10 Kosher Butching Knife
• KX01 Kitchen Experimental 1
• KX02 Kitchen Experimental 2
• KX03 Kitchen Experimental 3
• KX04 HomeMaker
• KX05 Sashimi
• KX06 Yin/Yang Kitchen Knife

Spyderco L-SKUs

The SKUs that start with an "L" belong to the Ladybug models:

• LBK Ladybug
• LBL Ladybug
• LCF Ladybug
• LFG Ladybug
• LGY Ladybug
• LPN Ladybug
• LRD Ladybug
• LYL Ladybug
• LBKII Ladybug II
• LBK3 Ladybug III
• LORP3 Ladybug III
• LSS3 Ladybug III
• LWHS3 Ladybug III

Spyderco MT-SKUs

The SKUs that start with "MT" belong to the Mule Team Knives. Until today the following models are known:

• MT01
• MT02

Spyderco T-SKUs

Until today only three models hold an SKU starting with a "T". These are the TC07 Tie Clip, the T01 SpydeRench and T02 SpyderSaw.

SKUs that fall out of this System

Spyderco also used some other SKUs that fall out of this System because they either consisted completely of numbers, they are completely different to all other SKUs or an alphabetical character was used for a model that was never used again for another one. These models are:

• 2001 Pre Diver
• 2002 Probe
• 2003 Mini Probe
• 3001 Mini Mariner
• 3002 SpyderKey (Hummingbird)
• MN07 Mini Police Necklace
• RL01 Ramco Laguiole
• SC01 Eduard Bradichansky Spydercard
• SP-M120 Utility Paring Knife
• SP-M240 Carving Knife
• SP-M300 French Cook Knife
• WTC World Trade Center Rescue

In addition all Spyderco sharpening tools

Acronyms used in Spyderco's SKUs

The acronyms below can be found in the catalogs, on knife boxes, etc. In addition to the letters they are used to describe the knife regarding edge configuration, colour of the handle and materials used.

Edge configurations

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CE	Combo Edge or Combination Edge, not to be found in SKUs but used by fans/on forums
P	Plain Edge, used in SKUs
PE	Plain Edge, not to be found in SKUs but used by fans/on forums
PS	Partially Serrated (i.e. Combo Edge)
S	Serrated Edge (Spyder Edge)
SE	Serrated Edge (Spyder Edge), not to be found in SKUs but used by fans/on forums

Colours

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BBK	All black, i.e. black blade and black FRN handle
BB	Black Blade, almost always all black usually in combination w/ G-10
BK	Black
BL	Blue
BRG	Burgundy
BRGM	Burgundy Micarta
CB	Cranberry
FG	Foliage Green / Forest Green
GR	Green
GY	Gray
OD	Olive Drab
OR	Orange
PNK	Pink
RB	Rainbow Coloured
RD	Red
SL	Silver
TN	Tan
TR	Actually no colour, means „Trainer“, blunt blade, always red handled
WH	White
YL	Yellow

Materials

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A	Aluminium
AC	Apple Coral
ATU	Tufram coated Aluminium
BM	Black Micarta
BQ	Black Quince
CB	Cocobolo
CF	Carbon Fiber
ET	Etched
EV	Evrina
FRN	Fiberglass Reinforced Nylon
G	G-10
GB	Giraffe Bone
GP	Gold Pearl
JB	Jigged Bone
MOPA	Mother Of Pearl and Abalone
MP	Mother Of Pearl
PA	Pearl and Abalone
PB	Pacific Blue Bone
RB	Red Bone
SW	Stacked Wood
TC	Tiger Coral
TI	Titanium
TQ	Turquoise