{"id":1805,"date":"2010-02-19T14:52:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T20:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2010-02-19T14:53:28","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T20:53:28","slug":"auction-of-rare-spyderco-police-model-to-benefit-our-nations-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/auction-of-rare-spyderco-police-model-to-benefit-our-nations-veterans\/1805\/","title":{"rendered":"Auction of Rare Spyderco Police Model to Benefit Our Nation&#8217;s Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/spyderco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1807\" title=\"spyderco\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/spyderco.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/spyderco.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/spyderco-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Bob Taylor, a Vietnam veteran with very close ties to the cutlery  industry, is also extremely active in organizing support for our  Nation&#8217;s veterans. In coordination with his local Vietnam Veterans of  America chapter in Idaho, he is organizing the third annual Sandpoint  Stand Down, an outreach event for homeless and disadvantaged veterans.<\/p>\n<p>In  addition to coordinating donations of clothing, sleeping bags, and  other personal items for the event, Bob is also auctioning off a 1994  Soldier of Fortune Limited Edition Spyderco Police model. This knife is  factory engraved with the SOF logo and \u201c15th SOF Convention 1994.\u201d It  includes a letter of authenticity on Spyderco letterhead signed by Sal  Glesser and Robert K. Brown. The knife is serial number 003\/060 and is  in pristine condition with original Spyderco box and letter.<\/p>\n<p>Complete  details concerning this auction, including photos of the knife, are  available on the Spyderco forum at this link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spyderco.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=42165\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/spyderco.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=42165<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That  forum thread will also be the official bidding site for the auction,  which ends 1 March.<\/p>\n<p>Please check out this unique opportunity to  own a piece of Spyderco and SOF history and also learn how you can make a  donation to support our Country&#8217;s veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your  interest and support.<\/p>\n<p>Stay safe,<\/p>\n<p>Michael Janich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Taylor, a Vietnam veteran with very close ties to the cutlery industry, is also extremely active in organizing support for our Nation&#8217;s veterans. In coordination with his local Vietnam Veterans of America chapter in Idaho, he is organizing the third annual Sandpoint Stand Down, an outreach event for homeless and disadvantaged veterans. In addition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[323,322],"class_list":["post-1805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-michael-janich","tag-sandpoint-stand-down","tag-spyderco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}