C158 Techno

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The C158 Techno was introduced in 2012 and is one of Spyderco's "Little Big Knives".

Appearance in catalogs

The C158 Techno appeared in the following catalogs:

Designer

Marcin Slysz

History, mentionings from the forums etc.

Information from the Spyderco catalog on the web

C158 Techno:

"Polish knifemaker Marcin Slysz marks his Techno folder with a progressive European appearance.

The Techno falls into Spyderco’s “Little Big Knives” category; meaning it has a smaller blade and handle, paired with a hard-duty locking mechanism, exotic blade steel and vault-like construction found primarily on hard-use, larger knives. Spyderco’s first collaboration with Mr. Slysz, the Techno is also the first main-line production Spyderco CLIPIT to use Carpenter’s Steel CTS-XHP. Knife steel metallurgists refer to CTS-XHP as having the steel properties and hardness of D2 carbon tool steel but with the added advantage of chromium to classify it as a powdered stainless steel.

Ground fully flat, the blade has an oversized Spyderco Round Hole and slide-resistant jimping perched on the spine. The handle is titanium with contrasting blue handle spacers leaving the handle open and exposing the inner workings for ease of cleaning. A Chris Reeve Integral Lock (R.I.L.) incorporates the handle’s back scale as the lock. With the handle’s back side doubling as both handle and lock, the need for internal liners is dispensed with, and the knife can be manufactured lighter and slimmer while retaining greater strength. A deep pocket wire clip can be positioned for left-hand or right –hand use with the blade tip positioned with the tip upward in the pocket."

The C158 Techno in Spyderco's online catalog

Variations

The C158 Techno is made in Taiwan and has

SKU Handle Edge(s) Steel From/To MSRP Note Number made Grind Clip Clip positions Collectors club
C158TI Stonewashed Ti PE CTS-XHP Jul 2012- 309.95$ (2013) N/A Full Flat Silver Wire LH/RH, TU Main
C158TI Stonewashed Ti PE CPM-S30V 2015 319.95$ (2015) only one production run by mistake[1] N/A Full Flat Silver Wire LH/RH, TU

Most collectible variation

In early 2015, a batch of Technos was mistakenly produced in CPM-S30V and sent out in error.

Questions regarding collecting the C158

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Technical information

Measurements (mm and grams) of the C158 Techno:

Variation Length overall Length closed Length blade Length edge Hole Ø Blade thickness Weight
C158TI 152mm 87mm 65mm 59mm 13mm 4.5mm 102g

Measurements (inches and ounces) of the C158 Techno:

Variation Length overall Length closed Length blade Length edge Hole Ø Blade thickness Weight
C158TI 5.98" 3.43" 2.55" 2.33" 0.51" 0.177" 3.6oz

References

  1. The entire post from TazKristi can be found here

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