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Thanx much for the input. The "Gooney" is a bit of an experiment for me, so all input is appreciated. If there is interest in a serrated version, we'll consider that as well.

sal

What was the rationale behind using 9Cr14MoV rather than 9Cr18MoV or 9Cr18Mo (GB naming equivalent to AISI 440C ...

My fellow Spyderco enthusiast, you buy a Native 5. You experience the joy of the superb lockup of the Golden, CO, USA, Earth back locks. You fall in love with their ease of disassembly and reassembly. You start buying Native variants until you have to get the Sal Glesser special, the Native 5 ...

Thank you, Sal.

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I've been interested in the Native 5, but
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How do I break this cycle?

My fellow Spyderco enthusiast, you buy a Native 5. You experience the joy of the superb lockup of the Golden, CO, USA, Earth back locks. You fall in love with their ease of disassembly and reassembly. You ...

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I'd like to see the handle forward concept done with a CBBL. The CBBL has a similar self close and bias toward closure to a back lock, with the advantage of being able operate the lock without placing one's fingers in the blade's path of travel.



While I´d love to see more CBBL knives ...

Maybe you just need to practice.
Perhaps. Alternately, perhaps you shouldn't assume that everyone has the same hand strength and dexterity as you


Some other ways to close lockbacks......


Close the blade against your leg, the wall, a desk etc., like a lot of people do with slipjoints


Or ...

Lockback design shouldn't be held back by people who refuse to adapt any more than the spydie hole should have been axed before it reached the market because everyone was used to nail nicks.

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There's something like 5 different ways to close lockbacks other ...

Thank you for all of the comments and suggestions. The test was to see if there was a large enough market to bother to continue with the "handle forward" concept. Putting in special steels, colors or anything else would have created more of a distraction and confusion to the analysis of the ...

If they did a rolling change to 9Cr14 and liner-less G10 with thread inserts much of the Byrd line would become far more attractive to me.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Gooney the first locking Byrd made sans liners? That's even more exciting to me than the 9Cr14 blade steel.

Interesting thought Vivi. Something of which we are always well aware.

I will say that Eric has been working on just such a design for several years and is getting close .

We probably won't use much 440C. We did a lot of testing with 440C and found that it doesn't do well with very thin edges ...

I have one issue with the lock, and that's how I need to position the butt end of the handle into the palm of my hand in order to get enough leverage to unlock it. I can unlock it with just my thumb but it doesn't feel natural to me. You could potentially replace the spring and make it much easier ...

Since you revisited this a couple of days ago, I'll address some of your assumptions.


I own a dragonfly, ambitious, delica, sage 5, pm2, mules and my favorite is the Endela. Obviously a Native 5 should have happened already, but I just can’t click buy.

What’s the use case of the native 5? What ...

Native 5, particularly the S90V with fluted carbon fiber handles. Can pass as a gentleman's folder, extreme edge retention, feels great in hand, looks great, disappears in the pocket with a deep carry clip, mid back lock gives it strong bias toward closure, full blade thickness finger choil makes it ...

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Someone suggested Spyderco mill the inner hole to give it better grip rather than make it smooth.


Who suggested this? Maybe they can explain why.


A fellow knife user who commented to me about Spyderco designs. They think under wet or difficult conditions the finger could slip while using ...

Thank you for sharing. I've been wanting to add a Terzuola design to my collection, and knowing that he and Spyderco are doing another collab is great news!

As mentioned Spyderco already made it, and we were ungrateful. So now we don't get to have nice things.

The last batches of Calys had some manufacturing issues. We as end users also began demanding better fit and finish from production knives around that time. The Caly 3 just couldn't keep up. I ...

I'm fully convinced now. In fact, I like it better than any Endura 4 in my collection. Thanks Guys!

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Nice score on the tan handle Endura 3.

Since you're sold on liner-less knives, you should check out the Native 5. It's Spyderco's most refined back lock, and ...