Spyderco Knives at 2018 SHOT Show with Eric Glesser

[RamZar]

https://youtu.be/5oj7aGpjrlI

[Peter1960]

Interesting video, thanks for the information RamZar! Techno 2 is my favourit with it's nice blade shape and better practicable blade thickness too. I fear the new prices will habe some cashioning effect to my enthusiasm in general.

[Larry_Mott]

Interesting video, thanks for the information RamZar! Techno 2 is my favourit with it's nice blade shape and better practicable blade thickness too. I fear the new prices will habe some cashioning effect to my enthusiasm in general.

Yeah, that surely put a bit of a wet blanket over the enthusiasm for 2018's purchases.. Good job my primary target is the vintage models :)

[elena86]

That Mantra3 is mine :eek: Not so excited for the rest .....

[Larry_Mott]

I'm circling like a buzzard over the O.G. Mantra which i hope will get a nice discount when disco'd :)

[haayema]

I want them all! Except the axe maybe.

[osprey]

While I understand the decision to use S30V on many of these knives, it has somewhat tempered my excitement.

[xceptnl]

Really excited to try the Amalgam as well as the Techno 2

[dj moonbat]

While I understand the decision to use S30V on many of these knives, it has somewhat tempered my excitement.

Certainly, the switch away from M4 takes the Mantra 3 out of the "definitely" column, into the "thinking about it" column.

[vivi]

those clipitools look slick.

[xceptnl]

those clipitools look slick.

Agreed, and for the price I am likely to pick up a few for vehicle carry if not more.

[Liquid Cobra]

The mantra 3 looks better in this video than it did in the knife news video. I’m not sure why.

I’d still prefer it kept the M4 steel though.

[Hopweaver]

Surprise, surprise, surprise! Delicious new items left out of the new 2018 catalog. I love it.

I originally had a couple of new 2018 knives on my radar from the catalog, but that number has grown. I've already bought the Mantra 3 and Techno 2 and my wallet doesn't even know it yet.

[hoimin]

Likes!
Slimmer closed profiles in general
The Brouwer contains a lot of the elements I like in one neat package! A wire clip coming off the final standoff would put this over the edge.
Comp lock flippers every where!

In general, this is not a very traditional Spyderco lineup of new knives but it is an interesting direction to venture into.

[Doc Dan]

This is going to be an expensive year and I have not gotten the ones that we were told about at the end of last year!

[Mushroom]

Again, Techno 2 is really exciting to finally see more of! Also, big fan of the blade shapes on the Clipitools, will have to give those a try.

I can't help but love the Warrior Hawk! I really don't have as much use for it as I would imagine, but I still need it!

Also would've preferred to see M4 on the Mantra 3 as well.

[abbazaba]

If the new flipper bearing system can satisfy the action junkies, Spyderco will be potentially entering a new level of industry dominance.

[Larry_Mott]

If the new flipper bearing system can satisfy the action junkies, Spyderco will be potentially entering a new level of industry dominance.

Yes, or the ADHD buyers grow tired and the flipper hype train derails *already IMO* :)

[dplafoll]

Mantra 3: Eric told me that they were doing a Mantra 3 with a compression lock and a stainless steel at Blade '16, so that gives us an idea of how long it can take these things to develop. I love my Mantra, but I am super tempted by this one. I prefer the all-Ti look, but I do like this one a good bit. This ought to be a good companion to the Sliverax in the line-up.
Amalgam, Brouwer, Smock: These all look pretty good.
Techno 2: YES. Marcin Slysz had a Mouse II in the Spyderco prototype case at Blade '16, and I was fortunate enough to hold it. I've been a big fan of the Mouse II design and I've wanted to see it in a Techno 2 form for a while, so this is going to probably be a must-buy for me.

You know, I was going to slow down on knife purchases this year, but that's one, maybe 2 or 3 more models to buy, outside of what else they may show us at Blade or Amsterdam.

[zhyla]

those clipitools look slick.

Yeah, definite step up from the previous ones. Not sure about the price point (the old ones made a lot of sense at ~$20). Also the rescue version should still have a bottle opener, that's a bit of a miss I think.