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Hi Sam. No, James Keating produced the video on his own. We didn't know anout it until it was out.

sal

The base of the clip on the FRN model has a small shelf that your pinky rests on when opening the knife one handed. More difficult to do with the clip removed.

sal

Hi John. Bob T is fairly well know. He has one book out that I know of. He's considered the "Father of Tactical Knives". You might also contact Bob. He's personable, communicates well, and likes knife nuts. The same appplies for Bob Lum. Bob T is in Santa Fe, NM and Bob Lum is in Eugene, O...

Hi Paul. Sorry, there are no neck knife designs in the works. There is an interesting neck knife design for a lady that we're kicking around, but that's all.

sal

Hi WTF? Welcome to the Spyderco forum. You have an interesting point of view, and I'm sure valid in some respects. However it would be a most difficult if not an impossible task to determine the "best" answer with the "most" insight. Perhaps a good answer is one we already know, ...

Stellite, thanx for the research. My chase got lost in the shuffle. Those are the guys that made all of our pins. If they believed there was a market, I would guess they would make more. We've given them permission to sell all of the models they've made for us.

sal

Gonzo. I am not aware of any patent infringement potential. Spyderco owns the patents on the Civilian. We make working red trainers for Endura now with Delica, Gunting and Chinook coming in the future. sal James Keating is Combat Technologies. telephone # 541-938-2175. If anyone can steer you to a C...

Hi Joel. Actually your memory is good. There were two reasons for the tip up choice. 1) as you mentioned, we knew that the lower price would make the knife more popular. Our concern was having a bunch of kids doing quick draw drop openings, either in public (giving perhaps a less than desirable imag...

Hi Kdarmy. We just began making the Goddard FRN in a plain edge. We will certainly continue making them at least until the end of this year.

sal

Hi Clay. We decided yesterday in a SKU mtg that it will be a plain edge. Primarily because the original model 20 years ago was a plain edge. (Well, maybe the forum Spyderco nuts has something to do with it)

sal

Hi Paul. Nothing planned in the immediate future. sorry.

sal

Thanx for the input. I'll be chasing down sheath designers later this year. I know some of them, but I'm alwaysw lookin' for the "improvements"

sal

Hi Automaticman. We've made a few models in Carbon fiber over the years. The demand was not as great as we'd hoped. We're still working on CF models for prototypes and possible future production, Primarily because I'm hung up on "light, strong and fast" (a la Grand Prix) in performance cha...

Hi Gonzo. Welcome to the Spyderco forum. I would check with James Keating. I believe he has resource for several variations and he's produced a video specifically on the Civilian.

sal

The only real drawbacks we could determine in testing with 440C; 1) The large amount of chrome (16-18%) is great for corrosion resistance and the large amount of carbon (1.0%+)is great for hardness and toughness. But... the result ends up producing large secondary carbides that can break out of a ve...

I posted this question on BladeForums "knife test" section a while ago. Got some interesting response and some surprizing response. I didn't feel it proper to pursue the issue on Bladeforums because it is a shared site with other makers and I felt if there was "heat", it should b...

The SS & CF dragonfly has a "screw on" clip. The plstic one would have to have the clip ground off.

sal

Even if we began today, there would not be anything available for 4 -5 months. Patience will be required.

Hit me up again in December. I'll let you know the how.

sal

Scott - No, we don't make autos or semi-autos. We still believe they are illegal (regardless of the arguments). We also found they are difficult to control. With a
Spyderco opening hole, one can control the blade. Stop the opening and reclose. Open at different speeds, etc.

sal

Onehand - I'll see if I can dig some up. sorry 'bout the email. I have a stack waiting for my attention. I've been travelling and I'm travelling quite a bit for the next month or so, so email probably won't happen other than critical stuff.

Send Olive your mailing address via email.

sal