This is why I say the q ball is the better knife. Longer blade. Easier to sharpen. And it takes up less space in the pocket.spoonrobot wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 8:17 pmI'd wager the Dodo is probably the least used mainline production knife ever in Spyderco's catalog due to the blade steel and how difficult it is to sharpen properly and reliably. Certainly none of the two dozen+ examples I've seen in real life had any significant wear. I've never seen any examples online with real wear like you see Delicas/Enduras. I carried and used my PE Dodo heavily for years and it took a huge amount of time to sharpen it while maintaining the blade profile. Worse than the Kris even.
Anyway, as far as alternate blade shapes, these concepts were posted here several years ago but I'd love to see them come to fruition (in addition to the regular sinusoidal blade shape back in production!). The spearpoint model would be phenomenal with a full flat grind and a mirror edge. Apologies to the creators of these images, my notes were decoupled from my images at some point.
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It would be nice, but these pretty much exist already as the Q Ball and Poliwog.spoonrobot wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 8:17 pmAnyway, as far as alternate blade shapes, these concepts were posted here several years ago but I'd love to see them come to fruition (in addition to the regular sinusoidal blade shape back in production!).
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Neither the Q-ball nor the Poliwog fit the hand as well as the Dodo, they're much different knives that IMO don't cut nor carry as well. The short blade of the Dodo has always been a primary asset. I can carry it pretty much anywhere without a second glance and it has much higher cutting ability than a knife with a blade/handle ratio closer to 1:1. The Dodo is really in a class of it's own, similar to the Lava.
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I would love to see those renders come to fruition! Especially the wharnie dodo! Love the dodo handle so much!
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Yeah, that Wharnie Dodo looks amazing!
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I think I want a WharnDo even more than a new Dodo!
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Ordered!
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I'm also still holding out hope that they will at some point take my Suggestion for a Larger Scale DODO model. If you had a Dodo with a blade about an inch longer and about 3/4ths of an inch wider that would be a beast of a hard use folder. Especially if they were to do the Dodo in full Spyderedge again.
But if even if they don't consider that idea I do think that the Spyderco company are cheating themselves by not offering the Dodo model in full SE. That specialty folder is a little beast in SE. Oh it's nice in PE but in SE there isn't a package or clam pack or sealed Pallet on the planet that an SE Dodo couldn't open up.
Truly this is something to consider.
But if even if they don't consider that idea I do think that the Spyderco company are cheating themselves by not offering the Dodo model in full SE. That specialty folder is a little beast in SE. Oh it's nice in PE but in SE there isn't a package or clam pack or sealed Pallet on the planet that an SE Dodo couldn't open up.
Truly this is something to consider.
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Me too!
I hope they do a Serrated Edge DLC follow up given the 5 min sell out. And maybe do a larger run!! And beef up their servers!! :D
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2020 needs to be the year of the Dodofly!!!
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I absolutely LOVE both of those renders. Can we get a flash batch?
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That would be cool.steelcity16 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:36 am
Me too!
I hope they do a Serrated Edge DLC follow up given the 5 min sell out. And maybe do a larger run!! And beef up their servers!! :D
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Thank you to Eric, Sal, and BHQ for making this happen :D
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