Another Forum Knife Idea

[Doc Dan]

How about a Dragonfly 2, orange CTek scales, Elmax blade?

[Sirens1]

You had me at Dragonfly 2......then again at orange........and at Elmax.

[allory]

That is something I would buy. Forum knife, sprint, whatever.

[Xplorer]

I like it! Although I think they might have to use a D'Fly like the G10 version in order to use Ctek scales because I don't think the FRN D'fly2 has the necessary frame to support the ctek scales. Regardless of the semantic details, I'd like one. :D

[SG89]

That would make me own a dragonfly again

[SpyderNut]

I like the sound of that, Dan. An Elmax Dragonfly 2 would be fantastic. Maybe for a Flash Batch if not for a Forum Knife? Heck, to be honest, I'm a bit surprised we don't see more Dragonfly Sprints/Specials/Exclusives. I mean, the HAP40 Dragonfly 2 was an immediate success, as was the Superblue Dragonfly 2. I'd imagine that a K390 Dragonfly would sell quite well, as would one in LC200N.

[The Deacon]

I suspect it would be a hard sell.

Japanese knife, so 1200 piece minimum run size. Granted' Spyderco wouldn't have to put forum markings on all of them, but they'd still have to sell them. Non Japanese steel plus a handle material the maker is probably not familiar with and that, from what I've heard is not the easiest stuff to work with. What could possibly go wrong.

[Xplorer]

a handle material the maker is probably not familiar with and that, from what I've heard is not the easiest stuff to work with. What could possibly go wrong.

Good point. Ctek is NOT easy to work with. It's comparatively soft, so one could be forgiven for thinking it will simply cause less wear on belts or tools and should be easy to work with. True it doesn't eat belts and drill bits like Titanium does but, it scratches, dents and melts far more easily than G10 or any of the other materials knife factories are used to using. This creates a list of production complications. Ctek also has to be polished to get it looking good, and a material that's easy to scratch is not helpful when you're required to have a polished finish that shows every imperfection. It's a great custom accent. But production difficulty is probably the reason we don't see any factory knives with Ctek handles.

But hey...if they'd be willing to make it..I'd buy it! :D :spyder:

[Studey]

Call it blue G10 and K390 then. I'm all for more DF2 sprints.

[Bodog]

a handle material the maker is probably not familiar with and that, from what I've heard is not the easiest stuff to work with. What could possibly go wrong.

Good point. Ctek is NOT easy to work with. It's comparatively soft, so one could be forgiven for thinking it will simply cause less wear on belts or tools and should be easy to work with. True it doesn't eat belts and drill bits like Titanium does but, it scratches, dents and melts far more easily than G10 or any of the other materials knife factories are used to using. This creates a list of production complications. Ctek also has to be polished to get it looking good, and a material that's easy to scratch is not helpful when you're required to have a polished finish that shows every imperfection. It's a great custom accent. But production difficulty is probably the reason we don't see any factory knives with Ctek handles.

But hey...if they'd be willing to make it..I'd buy it! :D :spyder:

I bet raffir noble has the same difficulties (though I like the look of raffir more than ctek).

[Xplorer]

I bet raffir noble has the same difficulties (though I like the look of raffir more than ctek).

Raffir, Kirinite, ShokWood , ShokRes and others like those are all slightly different in their properties but they all present basically the same difficulties. That's why you typically only see these things on custom knife handles...more on high-end custom kitchen knives than anything.

[The Deacon]

I bet raffir noble has the same difficulties (though I like the look of raffir more than ctek).

Possibly, but even assuming it does, there's still the difference between the willingness of Spyderco's Taichung maker to try new and technically challenging things, and the generally excellent results of that. The same cannot always be said for the Japanese.

To put it a different way, the folks in Taichung are world class machinists who happen to make knives. The folks in Japan are world class cutlers, who do their best work when using materials of their choice.

[Doc Dan]

Yes, but if the demand was there it could happen. Our forum would then have a spectacular knife unlike any other forum knife. They would need to give us enough warning for me to save my pennies.

[twinboysdad]

Call it blue G10 and K390 then. I'm all for more DF2 sprints.

I want you all to close your eyes, and now picture her as a Delica.

*Matthew McConaughey "A Time To Kill" parody

[Doc Dan]

Call it blue G10 and K390 then. I'm all for more DF2 sprints.

I want you all to close your eyes, and now picture her as a Delica.

*Matthew McConaughey "A Time To Kill" parody

Ok, torture is not allowed on this forum!


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