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Glad to hear this is still simmering on a back burner. Looking forward to it.

I see all this talk about blade to handle ratio. I get it; in a perfect why would you not want to maximize the amount of usable edge for a given model? However, I live and work in an area that has a 2.5-inch limit on blades. In this case, I prefer an inefficient knife in this respect. Why? I've come ...

Please explain to me the LT3LW. I look at it and just don't get it. Its stubby and thick. I tend to like thinner - like a chapparel in 15v or K390. I know there are many spyderco designs that I look at and until I have it in hand I don't get but what is it that makes the LT3LW sing for you?


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The Shaman LW has been promoted in a YT short from Spyderco. I gather it should hit the market soon. If sales are robust, maybe we can assume price is the culprit?

This just popped up on my YT feed.

Also a Spydie with a crossbar lock feels wrong. Back lock all the way.

Wasn’t there some issues with the blade of the Mantra 3 coming too close to the finger when closing the compression lock? Maybe I’m not remembering this correctly, or maybe it was one of those YT tempest in a teapot scandals that try to drive clicks.

I hope the fate of the Jumpers didn’t cause Spyderco to rethink this project.

Are votes to the contrary also allowed here? I'd love all the large Seki models with compression locks instead of backlocks. The same with the native chief. I love the designs and just accept the lock. With compression locks I'd love them through and through


I don't want to extrapolate too much ...

endura3 wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 20, 2025 8:18 pm

It's tough to pick because most of my favorite models are from Seki, but I prefer Golden and Taichung strictly from a manufacturing perspective. Still went with Seki, but I really do appreciate what each factory has to offer.

My thoughts exactly.

Just saw this on YT. Nice teaser video!

Does Larrin's Knife Engineering book go over alloys and how they keep chromium in solution? I know bits and pieces of information, but clearly not as much as some of you all.

Condolences for the loss.

How hard would it be to make a knife with the rolling lock? I believe Spyderco sends some of the proceeds to the family. Might be more trouble than it's worth, but it seems like a fitting way to honor a knife maker.

Dredging up this old thread to say that I am shocked how much of a difference a Wharncliffe blade makes on the Delica. What a great little knife. The only thing I don't like are the teal scales (picked up a distributor exclusive), but that is solved rather easily.

Evil D wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 3:04 am

Looks like these are still linerless and use helicoils for the clip screws??

Forgive the ignorance, but what are helicoils? How do they compare to say the brass inserts in some Salt models?

I totally forgot about this thread. There were some very interesting suggestions.

I still hope the Military 1 goes out with one final run of the titanium framelock and carbon fiber. End on a high note.

I’d like to some sprint runs with hollow-ground blades. I bet the Lil’ Temp and Bodacious would be amazing in this configuration.

Lil Native LW

https://i.imgur.com/hi0fezv.jpeg

It's nice but my initial impressions aren't entirely positive. First thing I noticed was the opening hole needs to be sharper for more traction. My thumb slips out if I'm not careful about it. I'll expand on my first impressions a little bit more ...