Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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weeping minora wrote:
Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:57 am
Pono wrote:
Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:19 am
I think it would be cool if there was a custom spyderco knife website.where you could create your own knives out of a bunch of Sal’s designed handles , locks,clips ,blade steel type ,even custom embossing.there would be different prices on material.Then even a contest where Sal picks coolest designs for spyderco catalog

There has been much clamor and debate regarding this topic. I don't want to dump dirt on your fire, but for many reasons this just could not work, both for business and for customer. It is a nice thought, however.
Benchmade doing fine with their custom shop though.
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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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Benchmade is still twice the size of Spyderco and has been running longer. It also bears repeating, "these aren't Legos".
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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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yablanowitz wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:07 am
Benchmade is still twice the size of Spyderco and has been running longer. It also bears repeating, "these aren't Legos".
Benchmade has a different consumer market. Most people buying Benchmades are just looking for a good one and do knife whereas Spyderco has a lot of returning customers and knife-nuts due to their many options of models, steels, colors, blade shapes, etc.
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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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not to mention benchmade pricing has always been bordering on insane.
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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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Back on TOPIC!

Sal just asked for input on the Superhawk. Mentioned a Wharnie too
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5-by-5 wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:00 am
Back on TOPIC!

Sal just asked for input on the Superhawk. Mentioned a Wharnie too
I’m definitely all in for a Super Wharnie on the same format as the Superhawk and Superleaf. It really seems it would be an easy conversion . MG2
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yablanowitz wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:07 am
Benchmade is still twice the size of Spyderco and has been running longer. It also bears repeating, "these aren't Legos".
Twice the size in terms of what ? Employees ? Maybe, but I doubt Benchmade has as many factories working them as Spyderco for example.

Ultimately, the size isn't really a problem. Spyderco is "smaller" and yet, it works with way more steels than Benchmade for example.

Spyderco isn't doing it for one reason : it would mess with the sprint run business model. Well that and Spyderco being quite old school when it comes to internet.
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Can we keep this thread on topic please, before Kristi has to close it? Thanks!
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JRinFL wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 1:49 pm
Can we keep this thread on topic please, before Kristi has to close it? Thanks!
Thank you JR . MG2
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ladybug93 wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 7:23 am
not to mention benchmade pricing has always been bordering on insane.
Yes.
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Manixguy@1994 wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:07 am
5-by-5 wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:00 am
Back on TOPIC!

Sal just asked for input on the Superhawk. Mentioned a Wharnie too
I’m definitely all in for a Super Wharnie on the same format as the Superhawk and Superleaf. It really seems it would be an easy conversion . MG2
Superwharn would be iconic
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Sounds like Micro P'kal, Micro Jimbo are happening.
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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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twinboysdad wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 7:45 pm
Manixguy@1994 wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:07 am
5-by-5 wrote:
Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:00 am
Back on TOPIC!

Sal just asked for input on the Superhawk. Mentioned a Wharnie too
I’m definitely all in for a Super Wharnie on the same format as the Superhawk and Superleaf. It really seems it would be an easy conversion . MG2
Superwharn would be iconic
Superwharn would be good if the finger choil was deleted to max out the edge.
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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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sal wrote:
Wed May 04, 2022 11:07 pm
Trying to serve a group of very smart and dedicated blade afi's in the world of knife design and function is an interesting challenge. We accept the challenge.

I have had the thought about making a run of Traditional Tanto's as an ethnic series.

sal
Looking forward to this...
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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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in the lil matriarch thread...
sal wrote:
Fri May 20, 2022 1:20 pm
Hi Matt,

I put in the request....as a Salt.

sal
i still hope to see a blacked out and waved matriarch 2 salt. maybe we're a step closer now. :)
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current collection:
C253GBBK, C258GFBL, C101GBBK2, C11GYW, C11FWNB20CV, C101GBN15V2, C101GODFDE2, C60GGY, C149G, C189, C101GBN2, MT35, C211TI, C242CF, C217GSSF, C101BN2, C85G2, C91BBK, C142G, C122GBBK, LBK, LYL3HB, C193, C28YL2, C11ZPGYD, C41YL5, C252G, C130G, PLKIT1
spyderco steels:
CPM 20CV, CPM 15V, CTS 204P, CPM CRUWEAR, CPM S30V, N690Co, M390, CPM MagnaCut, LC200N, CTS XHP, H1, 8Cr13MoV, GIN-1, CTS BD1, VG-10, VG-10/Damascus, 440C
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Usually when I see "Lil" in front of any knife name, I immediately lose interest. No so with the Lil Matriarch (as long as it's serrated).
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Coastal wrote: Usually when I see "Lil" in front of any knife name, I immediately lose interest. No so with the Lil Matriarch (as long as it's serrated).
Same. Other than for pure self defense I believe the lil Matriarch is a much more useful design than it’s larger counterpart.
ladybug93 wrote:
Fri May 20, 2022 3:07 pm
in the lil matriarch thread...
sal wrote:
Fri May 20, 2022 1:20 pm
Hi Matt,

I put in the request....as a Salt.

sal
i still hope to see a blacked out and waved matriarch 2 salt. maybe we're a step closer now. :)
I definitely want to see this with a black handle. I don’t care about blade coating or wave. I’d be fine with or without either of those options.

-Actually, I’d probably choose waved over non waved since I’d have it with me fishing. I’ve had some occasions where I’ve been able to use the Spydie hole or a wave to help dislodge stubborn fish hooks so even on a saltwater knife I could find some practicality for a wave feature.
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sal wrote:
Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:50 pm
Hi Gunsandknives,

Welcome to our forum.

As mentioned, that's not info that we like to give out. I will say that it depends a lot on the steel in the blade (different steels require different lock materials), the type of lock and interface, and hardness (they're all hardened Darby).

sal
This is a precious gem of a bombshell for me personally, if a bit old. Thank you to jfm for reviving that thread and bringing it up. As sensitive as this topic seems, it would explain why my previous enquiries remain unanswered.
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*correction: enduraNCE revived that thread
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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

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sal wrote:
Sun May 29, 2022 9:40 pm
Eric just approved of the sheath for production. They're working on them now. I would guess we'll be shipping in weeks, not months. The knives have been built for a long time. It's the Kydex (Boltaron) sheaths that have been the delay, which we are now overcoming. My apologies. The "Swick" concept has a long history beginning with the S.P.O.T model that we made 2 decades ago. I'll run it down once we're shipping them.

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