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Well shoot! Those photos of the Ion are awesome! Thanks Wouter

Thanks Wouter! Many of these I have seen and handled but not all, and its always a pleasure to hear your thoughts and view your photos of them.

I really enjoy Mr. Blonde pictures as well. I love seeing what new knives might be coming down the lineup!

Southard has a 0.531" handle thickness (measured by BladeHQ in their video) and Para 2 has 0.455" thickness.

And while people are sharing their clip mods, here's mine...


If you bend that clip over a little bit, off the lockbar it will slide in and out of your pocket a little eaiser. Sometimes ...

Some great clip mods here guys!

Just curious, What is it that most of you arnt likeing about the clip.

The comments I'm getting the most is

Doesnt match frame, aka not titanium
The tip is a little sharp.

Would love to here if thats how you feel as well.

When is the Southard hitting market?

Has anyone discovered if the lock bar face is carbidized to prevent steel on titanium wear?

It is not carbidized, it is however heat hardened at the lockface, Just like the Chris Reeves Sebenza, or the Spyderco Techno. An excellent way to prevent wear.

I ...

I actually dig this idea. Maybe once I get one of the new flippers Spyderco's doing with me I'll make a video and just load it to my youtube channel.

Any spyderco employees wanna shop for me. Haha!! Time to call my Colorado friends.

Another question for Sal: will this have the same lockbar insert as the Tuff and the Ti Military?

It will not have the lockbar insert as the Tuff or Ti military.

I'm looking into if it is carbidized or not. I can say the production prototype has been flipped thousands and thousands of times, by ...

John grimsmo is gonna be there. Table 20E. Pretty sure he is working on pm2 handles. Bet you could email in a request to pick up at the show

Nice!! I like it.

I think this is one of my favorite photos a Customer of mine ever sent me.

Geoffrey you make me a very happy person!

jossta wrote:Does that mean it still has the G10 lockstop?

You'll have to to wait and see. Or log on British blade forums. :) . Someone posted a link on page 10 of this thread.

The flipper was still the original proto from Brad Southard, same as last year.
It still filipped sweet though :) That knife is soooo nice.
And Sal confirmed that they're going to make it. :D

No it wasnt ;) . It was a production prototype this year. It was still a Concept model last year and was ...

As always Lovely photos, and thank you!

Hi Brad, I missed you this past January. Sal said that you moved away even further? How can I reach you and please, let Sal know where you are. Are you doing OK? I trust you are and i hope to see you at the Blade Show in Atlanta, if you are planning to go there...
Well, good to know you are still ...

My version of it (without the Spyderhole) Is called the AWT. Which I named after one of my favorite authors. A.W. Tozer.

I should also note. That photo floating around is one of my custom prototypes. Not a Spyderco prototype. I really should have never posted that photo, but alas, its far to late ...

I would love to see this happen, regardless of the flipper/no flipper arguments... as it seems to be the only way to get my hands on his work.

Anyone have any news on the status of Brads order book? His site is still in disarray...


Sorry about the site. Im still working on it. But think im just ...

Ever google your own name, and then find threads like this. Its humbling. Thank you guys! Glad you like the knife.

Don't most flipper equipped knives have an alternate opener for those times when discretion is more desirable than flamboyance?


Not all do, but thats the method I prefer. I often find myself in crowds or places where the WHAP of a flipper would be a bad thing, or less desirable, and I really ...