I've been carrying my Native 4 the last few days. I really like the design, but I want a version with a longer blade.
Sal had this to say on bladeforums:
Sal Glesser wrote:We're in the final touches of refining the engineering on the lock for the new Golden made Native 4. Once the lock geometry is finished, a 4" version would not be difficult.
Anywhere in the 3.5-4" range works for me. FFG, please (without the swedge). My scale preference is G-10 or grippy CF. CPM M4 would make it a dream come true.
Here's a pic of the Native Chief prototype to whet your appetites:
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I have a native 3 and love it . I think it is awsome the way it is. FRN is a good handel material light wieght and grippy. But i am sure there are lots of peeps whom would like bigger blades.
If they did it with a full flat grind like the Forum Native, I'd be interested. Otherwise, not so much. Only steel that I'd cheerfully pay more for than S30V would be Odin's Eye Damasteel, otherwise I'd almost prefer they went in the other direction and used 154CM.
Catamount I'm glad you posed that question for all of us to ponder. Because I have a little testimony concerning the Native. I had been aware of the model ever since I got my first Spyder back in 1995. I had always taken that model for granted and pretty much regarded it as sort of a "Plain Jane" blade and nothing special.
About 18 months ago I had to change jobs and the job I got was a very demanding job which had a lot of really mean cutting jobs associated with it. I had owned a Native model that I got in a trade back in 2004 and it had set in my big footlocker all that time. I got out my SE,440V Golden Co USA made Native and decided that knife was OK to sacrifice and to tell you the truth I didn't think it would last very long.
Was I ever pleasantly surprise :) That knife performed that job well and it also held up through some very brutal punishment and I haven't had anything go wrong with it putting it through ****. The Golden CO Native immediately became a knife I really loved. I really love the pic of that Native Chief and I truly hope that Spyderco will make a SE and PE Native model in a super steel like S90V. I am very much a Native fan and I am looking very forward to a NEW USA made Native and I am really looking forward to the Native Chief.
I would love to see a bigger Native. When I worked at a store that sold Spydies I tried it out, and it just didn't fit my hand very well. I think a bigger version would be perfect since I always liked the blade and wanted one.
Hmm...FFG, PE, G10, multi-position wire lo-pro clip, Compression lock??, S30v or 154cm steel...maybe curve the heel end of the grip around more like on the Superhawk or the Hossom blades....
Yeah I'd buy one!
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I would buy one if it is not a lockback. I would prefer FFG but hollow ground is OK, too.
I'll take VG-10, S30V, S90V, whatever, it must be the New Year that makes me so accommodating today.
I'm pretty excited about the regular size Native 4 USA made version. I would certainly give the larger one a try if it was made available. :)
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I'd be interested so long as it was a scaled up N4. I like the 4 way clip and the FFG. I could be just fine with G-10 or even FRN as a handle material.
Blade steel wouldn't be too important with me on this one and I'd be fine with 154CM.
I will be interested on FFG Native, please no swedge and blade under 4", black G10 would be great. S30V or 154CM is good. Lockback, Ball-lock, Compression lock would be great. No problem with liner lock as well.
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Native doesn't fit my hand well either, but I like the design. I'd love to check out a bigger Native.
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Would sure enjoy having one of those in M2, CPM-M4, VG-10, VG-1. CPM-D2, CPM-154, SKD-11, SG-2, or AEB-L (mostly the first two and the last one :D ), but could even bite if it's other steels.
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It looks very intriguing, but just not quite for me. I prefer the straight spine of the Military for a 4" blade.
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Since the Native 2 is my favorite Spyderco knife of all time .....That would be a yes.I always wished they made a version with a longer blade.I am probably the strange one here by saying I happen to like a swedge grind.I think it gives the knife a little attitude.I hope they build the Chief one day because it would be the knife that ended the perfect EDC knife search......for me anyway.
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