Proto Photos - Glesser/Perrin NK & Impala

bcaffrey · #1

You guys asked & Sal graciously said yes so here are some proto pix from the NY Custom Knife Show.

Cheers,

Brian
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kraziekurtis · #2

Image 1 is odd and cool!!!
Image 2 is all right!!!

stu · #3

Thanks for the pictures. They are both very cool. I especially like the "Image 2", good work knife.

Take care,
stu

yog · #4

Hi Bcaffery - thanks for the pics.

Never thought I would own a neck knife, but this one might just change my mind. What was the sheath like ?

What's the deal with the blade cut-out on the lower of the two Impalas ? Looks mighty odd.

"Walk softly, but carry a big stick."

Knife Knut · #5

The blade cut-out on the lower of the two Impalas is a gut hook for zipping open the belly of game w/ significantly reduce risk of piercing internal organs -as opposed to a normal knife blade-, particularary the intestines.

Edited by - Knife Knut on 11/11/2001 7:37:58 PM

Clay Kesting · #6

Brian,

Thank you for taking the time to post all these photos, although I don't think my bank account is going to be very grateful <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>. I've been putting off buying a Perrin La Griffe for years and now I know why. I can't wait to get the Spyderco version and this is one knife I'll be getting with a serrated edge. The framelock Salsa is also high on my wish list but I'm afraid the use of titanium might put it out of my budget, especially at the current exchange rate <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

Thanks again,
Clay

Don't worry that the world might end tomorrow, in Australia it's tomorrow already.

bcaffrey · #7

I always enjoy meeting Sal & getting to talk prototypes only made it better. It was my pleasure to take & post the pix. I wish some of them had come out better but, at least, we now know what they look like.

Yog, I don't specifically recall seeing the sheath but, then again, I was on knife overload so it may have very well been there.

Clay, I'm both a La Griffe & a Cricket fan so the new NK makes me very, very happy. BTW, that is the Ti version of the NK pictured & it's practically weightless. Appearance wise, the steel looks the same.

Cheers,
Brian

sam the man.. · #8

Wow! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

have spydies will travel

#9

Actually, I'd never planned on making a neck knife. I felt that the Perrin "LaGriffe" was pretty well refined. But, we'd had so many requests for a neck knife, both at shows and on the forums, that I decided to try one. We call in the S.P.O.T. (Self Protection Option Tool). The sheath is Kydex.

sal

Bruceter · #10

11-11-01

I like the looks of the neck knife,hope it
is produced.

Any idea on what steel it will be made from?

Bruceter

See spot, see spot cut.

mundele · #11

Any word on the price and availability of the Impala? Will the "real" one be made in G-10 too?

--Matt

Lsaulog · #12

Great pics, thanks for sharing! I LOVE the Impala...guess I'm going to have to save some serious beans for that one!

Hope for the best. Be prepared for the worst. You'll never be disappointed.

shootist16 · #13

The Impala is one that I am really loing forward to. I handled a proto at the Blade show. Very comfortable. Can't wait to get a couple.

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sam the man.. · #14

S.P.O.T. ummmm... sounds like a cool name! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sam

have spydies will travel

ronin203 · #15

Thanks for the pics. I really like image 2. Image 1 is a little odd, I'd have to play with that one first.

ronin203 · #16

Thanks for the pics. I really like image 2. Image 1 is a little odd, I'd have to play with that one first.

kraziekurtis · #17

I just looked at the Impala again, and said "Wow, I like that." (different from 'all right' in my first post <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>)

Any news of when it is coming out?

It's not in the catalog. :

Blades · #18

GARY!!

Blades

toothed · #19

The neck knife looks like the offspring of a Cricket on steroids that had mated with a Perrin LaGriffe. Hey, call it "LaMongrel."

Once you get over the initial "eye confusion", you begin to see the versatility of the design. The butt end of the neck knife can be used somewhat like the horn on the Gunting for non-lethal techniques.

I'd buy one (in Ti). Make it!

liko · #20

The Impala looks like a larger Jester with a linerlock. Might be cool instead of the Pro-Grip or other similar blade styles.