HatchetmanI know Spyderco has rules on advertised pricing. Massdrop used to get around this by offering to lower your cost if you removed the "free" case from your order. That does not seem to be the case here. Maybe because it is shipping directly from Spyderco?
It is a shame. I might have been interested it picking this one up. The Resilience fits my hand perfectly and have been looking for something similar with better steel and tip up option. I also like the Emerson opener. I may be spoiled now but I wish Spyderco would make s35vn the minimum for their higher end knives. I think they were using it briefly and switched back. Also wondering if that little bit of blade visible through the compression lock cutout will be an issue. And of course the price. I think this money is going towards the Protech/FF knife that drops tomorrow. Looks very nice, way better steel and the button lock sounds interesting.