Salty Stretch ! ?

[bobnikon]

I for one will throw my support and wallet (for what that is worth) behind the Salty Stretch. I would be happy with either spine configuration, but if possible would like to keep the liners. I really like the current heft of the stretch.

Just one of the hundreds of "can we have a..." but this is one I would really like to see.

Cheers
Erik

[kennethsime]

I'm more motivated by the performance benefits of tool steels than corrosion-resistant steels, but I would consider picking up an ultralight, liner-less Stretch which happens to be a Salt model in LC200N.

[bobnikon]

I'm more motivated by the performance benefits of tool steels than corrosion-resistant steels, but I would consider picking up an ultralight, liner-less Stretch which happens to be a Salt model in LC200N.

K390 is out there. That is why LC200N is the next logical step. Then you can have the extremes!

Cheers

[JRinFL]

I'm a bit surprised it has not already happened. :confused:

[steelcity16]

I'm curious if the sales of the K390 Straight Spine Stretch will support the notion that an LC200N Straight Spine Stretch Salt would be a worthy iteration? I think the original Stretch just wasn't popular enough to ever warrant plunking down $20K for a new FRN mold to make it linerless.

This also makes me wonder if the reception to the Endela has them planning a Salt version. It is my favorite model at the moment, and it seems to be gaining in popularity. I'd like to see an Endela Salt before a Stretch Salt, but that is just me being greedy! :D

[Evil D]

I'm a bit surprised it has not already happened. :confused:

It's a head scratcher to me too. I wonder how the Stretch sells vs other Seki models? I would much rather have a Stretch Salt than a Pacific Salt just based on ergonomics alone and it would be stiff competition vs an Atlantic.

[FourStringFiend]

I don’t mind the standard blade shape but it seems like the SS will be more popular, that’s based all on talk around here of course.

If they make Straight spine standard going forward I don’t see why it couldn’t happen. If the popularity breeds more versions I’m sure fans of the the OG blade shape would be ok with the change in the long run.

[Wartstein]

....

This also makes me wonder if the reception to the Endela has them planning a Salt version. It is my favorite model at the moment, and it seems to be gaining in popularity. I'd like to see an Endela Salt before a Stretch Salt, but that is just me being greedy! :D

Agreed.
I'd prefer an "Endela" Salt coming out before a Stretch Salt 2. And think it would make more sense, just as the missing middle piece between Salt 2 and Pac Salt.

I also think it would sell really well in the green LC 200N version.

And it would be lighter and slimmer in carry than a linerless Stretch 2. (Since WITH liners the Endela weighs just a tad more than a Manix 2 LW,while the Stretch 2 as "much" as a PM2) - and for me the Seki Salts shine especially as extreme light weight options for days when one wants this.

[cabfrank]

Yes, of course, let's do it! I assume it hasn't happened yet because of sales, but maybe it still will.

[u.w.]

If it were an linerless Salt Stretch-1, I'd buy more than one. Offer it in both Plain Edge & a full Serrated/Spyder Edge too.

Stretch-2 though, not my preference, firm pass.

u.w.

[Wartstein]

If it were an linerless Salt Stretch-1, I'd buy more than one. Offer it in both Plain Edge & a full Serrated/Spyder Edge too.

Stretch-2 though, not my preference, firm pass.

u.w.

Yes, a rerurn of the "1" would be great, at least as a sprint or something... but won't ever happen according to Sal, since the FRN molds do not exist anymore...

[u.w.]

perhaps...

Referencing the "Ayoob Campaign: No I Won't Shut Up" thread,
(viewtopic.php?t=87077&start=20) that was started less than 10 months ago now, might be an suitable example. There are many though,


Enough of us have been around long enough to have learned that sometimes, going back from where we came (or "backwards"), is progress - and/or the way forward...

A "lesson" that became very apparent to me across the various/numerous times I somehow managed to get "lost" in the mountains/woods. Continuing on, was actually not the way forward - though it was in front of me...
When that "lesson" dawned on me, up in Maine in the thick, wild, vast northern woods of Maine, realizing I hadn't seen a blaze for well over 30 minutes (so at least a couple of miles) and there was no semblance of any trail anywhere around, it also amazed me just how vast, or encompassing (or the symbolism of it, if you will) that "lesson" was.
Of course I had known it for a long time, but at that moment... Such clarity...

I was on foot, and roughly in the middle of The 100 Mile Wilderness, which is an amazingly beautiful place, as are so much of the northern woods.

It goes without saying perhaps, that I did as I had done other times when realizing I wasn't were I needed to be, or not really sure where exactly I was. An initial flash of anxiousness, frustration, uncertainty & even a touch of denial; then, I remained calm, smiled, and turned around going back the way I'd come from.
Knowing, that at least for a while, going "backwards", was indeed the correct way, and progressing forward :)

Realizing that "forward" could be just as simple as the way you are facing. Just because it's "behind you" doesn't mean it's it isn't the way forward, and...

At least, in a vast wilderness... :)

So it may well be that a return of the "1" won't ever happen, and/or a drop point salt either,

I can think of two recent threads started on this forum that clearly show, with more than a dozen pages, there is a genuine, and positive interest in such a thing. That the idea has merit and can stand on it's own, so

perhaps...


u.w.

[Freediver]

I would buy a stretch (1, 2 or straight spine) in either H1 or LC200N in a heartbeat.

[Joris Mo]

I'm curious if the sales of the K390 Straight Spine Stretch will support the notion that an LC200N Straight Spine Stretch Salt would be a worthy iteration? I think the original Stretch just wasn't popular enough to ever warrant plunking down $20K for a new FRN mold to make it linerless.

This also makes me wonder if the reception to the Endela has them planning a Salt version. It is my favorite model at the moment, and it seems to be gaining in popularity. I'd like to see an Endela Salt before a Stretch Salt, but that is just me being greedy! :D

I would be interested in a straight spine Stretch Salt, have always liked the Stretches and like the linerless models, also still need to pick up my first straight spine...

Am also most interested in a Salt version of the Endela, Stretch has been one of my favorites for awhile but the Endela has beaten all my previous favorite users.
Have been considering a Pacific Salt 2 but will probably wait and hope for a LC200N Salt Endela!