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ICanFixThat · **on:** April 04, 2010, 01:44:12 AM

Michel Jordi Spartan-Plus

J-sews · **Reply #1 on:** April 04, 2010, 01:45:38 AM

Groovy!

thebullfrog · **Reply #2 on:** April 04, 2010, 01:46:43 AM

Well that's....different. Nifty.

rp252 · **Reply #3 on:** April 04, 2010, 02:59:53 AM

Sweet bro! Not seen one like that before.

M.TEX · **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2010, 03:56:03 AM

Is that the one from Ebay

? I couldn't get it...the price was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to high for me.
Congrats.

andre0407 · **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2010, 07:14:19 AM

Looking sweet.

Nice haul mate. Though I'm not usually a big fan of SAKs.. I rather like the detailing on this one.

meanx · **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2010, 07:27:27 AM

Very nice,that's really beautiful

AHB · **Reply #7 on:** April 04, 2010, 07:48:20 AM

That's some piece of work, all right..

donvito · **Reply #8 on:** April 04, 2010, 07:52:55 AM

Never seen one like that, it's really nice

Neil · **Reply #9 on:** April 04, 2010, 10:58:11 AM

I think I prefer your green one $:-\$ You got the pouch too

MultiMat · **Reply #10 on:** April 04, 2010, 11:39:49 AM

That looks a bit Irish

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Love the colour

Chako · **Reply #11 on:** April 04, 2010, 12:09:26 PM

So you are the one that outbid me. I couldn't be at the computer, and lost it.

Congrats.

BIG-TARGET · **Reply #12 on:** April 04, 2010, 02:29:06 PM

Flower Power!!

ICanFixThat · **Reply #13 on:** April 04, 2010, 03:57:19 PM

Quote from: M.TEX on April 04, 2010, 03:56:03 AM

Is that the one from Ebay ? I couldn't get it...the price was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to high for me.
Congrats.

Yes I did get that it from ebay recently. I way overpaid, couple of other high bidders besides me pushed the price up, but they don't seem to show up on ebay.com too often. I've posted more info on SOSAK, but I've seen significantly more and much better prices on European auction sites.

Quote from: MultiMat on April 04, 2010, 11:39:49 AM

That looks a bit Irish .
Love the colour

The Color is a yellowish green and is very nice, one of the things I really love about it. I have a thing for color. The leather case is more of a blu-ish green (but not as blue-ish as shown), but I found both of these colors are very hard to color match, so I expect not every CRT is showing the shading exactly right; which really is always the case, but in this case the slight tint makes a big difference.

Chako · **Reply #14 on:** April 04, 2010, 04:01:36 PM

Yeah. I lost it by 4 dollars. Good thing I was at work when you won it.

At least a fellow member won it.

You are right...I tend to prowl the eBay.ca forums. I rarely go on the US site.

ICanFixThat · **Reply #15 on:** April 04, 2010, 04:57:19 PM

Quote from: Chako on April 04, 2010, 04:01:36 PM

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You are right...I tend to prowl the eBay.ca forums. I rarely go on the US site.

Just to clarify, I was meaning the 'Michel Jordi Knives' don't show up on ebay.com very often, but they do on European sites.

nuphoria · **Reply #16 on:** April 04, 2010, 04:59:56 PM

I, being of a rather dyslexic disposition, was wondering why the hell Michael Jordan was putting his name to a SAK....

However, this Jordi character seems to have a nice idea or two

ICanFixThat · **Reply #17 on:** April 04, 2010, 05:16:21 PM

Quote from: nuphoria on April 04, 2010, 04:59:56 PM

I, being of a rather dyslexic disposition, was wondering why the hell Michael Jordan was putting his name to a SAK....

However, this Jordi character seems to have a nice idea or two

Chako · **Reply #18 on:** April 04, 2010, 05:39:03 PM

I am very happy that you got it.

Dang...there goes another keyboard.

J-sews · **Reply #19 on:** April 05, 2010, 12:09:05 AM

Is it real gold plated?

ICanFixThat · **Reply #20 on:** April 05, 2010, 03:04:56 AM

Quote from: J-sews on April 05, 2010, 12:09:05 AM

Is it real gold plated?

I'm not 100% sure yet, but information so far indicates yes, at least for the emblem. If anyone has the definitive answer I'd like to know too.

Neil · **Reply #21 on:** April 05, 2010, 09:22:53 PM

I'd be curious to know as well. Mine shows no sign or tarnishing but it could have a thin lacquer layer on it I suppose.

J-sews · **Reply #22 on:** April 06, 2010, 03:27:54 AM

Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2010, 09:22:53 PM

I'd be curious to know as well. Mine shows no sign or tarnishing but it could have a thin lacquer layer on it I suppose.

Perhaps you could dip yours in battery acid? If it corrodes quickly and rots away, then its not gold.

Neil · **Reply #23 on:** April 06, 2010, 03:43:37 AM

Quote from: J-sews on April 06, 2010, 03:27:54 AM

Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2010, 09:22:53 PM
I'd be curious to know as well. Mine shows no sign or tarnishing but it could have a thin lacquer layer on it I suppose.

Perhaps you could dip yours in battery acid? If it corrodes quickly and rots away, then its not gold.

You know what... it turns out I'm not that curious after all

duder · **Reply #24 on:** April 06, 2010, 11:45:18 AM

Last year I got some infos from Victorinox about the Michel Jordi knives.
These knives were made in 1995/96 exclusively for Michel Jordi.
There were 3 different models (classic, spartan, climber) in 4 different colors (red, green, black and blue).
The corkscrew and the ring are gold-plated.
The special emblem and the flower-pattern of the scale were made outside of Victorinox (but I guess they were assembled completely in Ibach).
There was also a small special run of these knives with a corkscrew made of solid gold. I have no info about the price of these solid-gold-corkscrew-knives but I guess it must have been very high, especially considering that the normal Jordi knives are quite expensive.

J-sews · **Reply #25 on:** April 07, 2010, 12:41:57 AM

Interesting stuff Duder, thanks for sharing

I would have thought solid gold would be too soft to use as a corkscrew.

But perhaps the correct alloy would make it strong enough?

ICanFixThat · **Reply #26 on:** April 07, 2010, 02:43:16 AM

Thanks duder!

jaydar · **Reply #27 on:** May 21, 2019, 10:48:34 AM

Quote from: duder on April 06, 2010, 11:45:18 AM

Last year I got some infos from Victorinox about the Michel Jordi knives.
These knives were made in 1995/96 exclusively for Michel Jordi.
There were 3 different models (classic, spartan, climber) in 4 different colors (red, green, black and blue).
The corkscrew and the ring are gold-plated.
The special emblem and the flower-pattern of the scale were made outside of Victorinox (but I guess they were assembled completely in Ibach).
There was also a small special run of these knives with a corkscrew made of solid gold. I have no info about the price of these solid-gold-corkscrew-knives but I guess it must have been very high, especially considering that the normal Jordi knives are quite expensive.

Resurrected this from nearly 10 years ago .... but in my defence I have been looking for one for a long time and now I have one I thought the thread should have a gold corkscrew .... not gold-ish

Mechanickal · **Reply #28 on:** May 21, 2019, 11:38:49 AM

Nice...

....

*faint*

comis · **Reply #29 on:** May 21, 2019, 11:52:07 AM

Quote from: jaydar on May 21, 2019, 10:48:34 AM

Resurrected this from nearly 10 years ago .... but in my defence I have been looking for one for a long time and now I have one I thought the thread should have a gold corkscrew .... not gold-ish

Cheers to that, thank you for the info

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