It is my great honor to present to you the next Sage...

[The Deacon]

...2009 "Reeve Integral Lock" Edition. Aside from observing that the good folks in Taiwan really did themselves proud on this one I will allow the photos speak for themselves for a while and post my observations later.

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[spydercofanatic]

And I just found the item that will cause my wife and family to NOT GET ANY CHRISTMAS!!!!! My family will love you Deacon :D when will it be avalible

[rycen]

No CF?

[NoFair]

Looks great Paul :D

Think I would have liked it even more with CF or micarta on the non-lock side.

Nice to have some new wants :)

Sverre

PS! Both sides Ti is very nice Sal
PPS! Gonna buy one :D

[tonydahose]

looks nice Paul is that a grey almite or light blue?

[anthonyc]

second knife from the bottom. is that a cf native?

[Peter1960]

Yes it is the Native 4 CF :)

Nice pictures Paul!

[NoFair]

looks nice Paul is that a grey almite or light blue?

I think Sal said somewhere it would be titanium.. I'm not getting it if it is aluminum..

Sverre

[Hannibal Lecter]

My Dear Friends,

OK - I'm convinced - I need one. :cool:

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Hannibal

[The Deacon]

And I just found the item that will cause my wife and family to NOT GET ANY CHRISTMAS!!!!! My family will love you Deacon :D when will it be avalible

Long as you can get them to hate me, and not you, it's all good. :D

No idea of when it will hit the shelves, you'll have to wait for Sal or Kristi to answer that one. For that matter, am not even sure if this is the production version or not. :o As with the Native IV, I was merely given the honor of getting loaned this one so I could take these photos.

No CF?

Nope, no G-10 either. :p

Looks great Paul :D

Think would have liked it even more with CF or micarta on the non-lock side.

Nice to have some new wants :)

Sverre

What can I say, Sal must have the serenity of Buddhist monk. No matter how he build's 'em, someone wants it different. Very often me. :D Seriously, I believe one of the parameters for the Sage series was for each to duplicate, to the extent possible, the construction of the "iconic" example of that lock, which I'm assuming in this case to be the Sebenza. But I could be wrong on that.

looks nice Paul is that a grey almite or light blue?

Neither, it's TITANIUM.

second knife from the bottom. is that a cf native?

Yes, that's the soon-to-be-released Native IV. More pics of it in this post of this thread.

My Dear Friends,

OK - I'm convinced - I need one. :cool:

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Hannibal

Smart choice Hannibal. :D Heck I need one and I'm left handed.

Weight, for those interested, is 98 grams on my scale.

[Brad S.]

Wonderful pictures Paul!

I got to handle a prototype of these many moons back and was extremely impressed. It reminded me of a custom shop Kimber 1911... Just very well built, and solid as a rock. I never cared much for the first sage, but this one I may have to get.

Let us know more about it when you get a chance.

[Murdoc]

A very, very nice piece.

I do like it even more than the first (CF) variant. It is so simple yet appealing, and the blade and the titanium go together very nicely. That one is very likely to join my collection, more than the original, which was too close to my CF Caly III to really being a must-have for me. This one is different; I don't own a Ti (coated Al?) massive handled knife (ok, got the R2), and no frame lock besides the Volpe. Speaking of that, it seems that the lockbar on this one will opeate much easier than on the Volpe because of its length.

I like it very much!

[The only thing I am not 100% happy with is the style in which "Spyderco CPMS30V" is lasered on the blade. Don't know why, but I like the "normal" way better. Go figure.]

...and now for the details! Deacon, chime in... and reveal to us how you could get one so early! (Let me guess: Sal was nice and let you introduce it to us, just like the prototype Persians... and the Native 4 while we're at it :) )

[EDIT: Some answers already given in the meantime.]

Dennis

[ClockWork]

Sweet mother of Mary!

That thing is beautiful! I must have it!

Anyone know the MSRP? Estimated release date?

-Clock

[Fred Sanford]

That is freakin' awesome!!! :eek:

Thanks so much for sharing.

That's a must have for me.

[SoCal Operator]

Holy cow. The Spyderbenza lives again!!!

[SoCal Operator]

Think would have liked it even more with CF or micarta on the non-lock side.

It still might happen in future versions. I think micarta would be sweet as well.

[mark greenman]

Those should definitley be the photos the factory uses! Beautiful pics.

[NoFair]

Weight, for those interested, is 98 grams on my scale.

That light :) CF on the non-locking side isn't as important any more.

Any hint on ETA Paul? Gotta let my dealer know :D

[THG]

Think I would have liked it even more with CF or micarta on the non-lock side.

What if... You could swap one of the scales on the 1st Sage with one of the second? Because other than that, everything else is virtually the same.

[picobrain]

What a beauty!
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I think this one will be quite popular ... :}


peace