I hope you're right Bolster. I can cope with the yellow but translucent would be a bridge too far.
Dan
i would just dye it grey and hope for a smoky color or black. i won't not buy this knife.
Me too. I'm not experienced with dying though and don't know how it will go with the translucent material. Either way, I have some dark green (verde oscuro) RIT dye ready to go. I passed on the BHQ M4 LW because I think the Magnacut version will make it obsolete for me. It doesn't worry me that much but I do have corrosion issues with M4 and if Magnacut comes anywhere near it in performance and sharpenability then this LW is going to see a lot of use. This spot was taken by the S110V LW but that one has had a lot of chipping issues so has fallen from favour. My finger keeps hovering over the Mint M4 button and I would already have it if BHQ didn't charge $50USD for shipping to Australia. I hope I don't regret it when it's gone.
i don't have any experience with dyeing knives either, but if this one is translucent yellow, it will absolutely be my first time hitting my handles with rit. honestly, i almost wouldn't even care how it turns out as long as it didn't stay translucent yellow.R100 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 6:28 pmMe too. I'm not experienced with dying though and don't know how it will go with the translucent material. Either way, I have some dark green (verde oscuro) RIT dye ready to go. I passed on the BHQ M4 LW because I think the Magnacut version will make it obsolete for me. It doesn't worry me that much but I do have corrosion issues with M4 and if Magnacut comes anywhere near it in performance and sharpenability then this LW is going to see a lot of use. This spot was taken by the S110V LW but that one has had a lot of chipping issues so has fallen from favour. My finger keeps hovering over the Mint M4 button and I would already have it if BHQ didn't charge $50USD for shipping to Australia. I hope I don't regret it when it's gone.
Dan
Thinking of the news from Amsterdam with that PM2, suggesting there are plans to all/most of the Golden models will get Salt versions, I think it is fairly probable we’ll get both versions.ladybug93 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:29 pmpe magnacut natives are showing up. just a matter of time. hopefully the manix salt will be the star of the next reveal.
spyderco, in case you haven't just been completely ignoring this thread, like it seems, i know plenty of us would still love to see a magnacut g10 manix as well as the m2lw. i'll be buying any of them you release. also, blacked out would be amazing as an option.
everyone thought the pm2 salt was coming a long time ago, back when spyderco hinted at a lw version and also said they were thinking about making salts of the golden models. but nothing was said about either of those things for years after that, so i think most of us just dropped it. as far as i know, there was never an instance of sal or anyone else saying they were carrying a pm2 salt like there was with the manix, so it's just a surprise. it's not a surprise that they'd make one though.aicolainen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:58 amWith the popularity of the PM2, it's not unreasonable to think a PM2 salt has been on the drawing board longer than the M2LW salt, even if they have been more open about the development of a M2LW salt. And even if it hasn't, there's nothing really new here as far as technology goes, it's basically a re-wrapping of the Caribbean.
I've never heard of the Tusk before. Or, I guess the name is somewhat familiar, but I've never looked it up. What an interesting design! Not something I'd need, but really cool.
I do however think that the use of titanium makes it less complicated to achieve salt-level corrosion resistance than what will be the case for a CBBL.
While the PM2 salt took me a bit by surprise, I'm not really surprised that it crossed the finishing line before the Manix salt.
With a presumably simpler and shorter development track, and an end product that is guarantied to sell like hot cakes, I can understand their priorities.
I still think a M2LW salt will suit me better, but I'll wait until they're both released and a proper comparison can be made
I didn't misunderstand you, I just wasn't very good at expressing myself (it happens quite frequently).ladybug93 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:29 am8< ----
the titanium isn't why i brought up the tusk. i bring up the tusk because most people talk about the spring that makes the bbl/cbbl work as being why the manix can't be made into salt, but a spring is used on the tusk's marlin spike. most of us forget that the salt exists and spyderco has already made a salt knife with a similar lock.
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This is why they stopped telling us about prototypes too early. We need to be patient.ladybug93 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:29 ameveryone thought the pm2 salt was coming a long time ago, back when spyderco hinted at a lw version and also said they were thinking about making salts of the golden models. but nothing was said about either of those things for years after that, so i think most of us just dropped it. as far as i know, there was never an instance of sal or anyone else saying they were carrying a pm2 salt like there was with the manix, so it's just a surprise. it's not a surprise that they'd make one though.aicolainen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:58 amWith the popularity of the PM2, it's not unreasonable to think a PM2 salt has been on the drawing board longer than the M2LW salt, even if they have been more open about the development of a M2LW salt. And even if it hasn't, there's nothing really new here as far as technology goes, it's basically a re-wrapping of the Caribbean.
I've never heard of the Tusk before. Or, I guess the name is somewhat familiar, but I've never looked it up. What an interesting design! Not something I'd need, but really cool.
I do however think that the use of titanium makes it less complicated to achieve salt-level corrosion resistance than what will be the case for a CBBL.
While the PM2 salt took me a bit by surprise, I'm not really surprised that it crossed the finishing line before the Manix salt.
With a presumably simpler and shorter development track, and an end product that is guarantied to sell like hot cakes, I can understand their priorities.
I still think a M2LW salt will suit me better, but I'll wait until they're both released and a proper comparison can be made
the titanium isn't why i brought up the tusk. i bring up the tusk because most people talk about the spring that makes the bbl/cbbl work as being why the manix can't be made into salt, but a spring is used on the tusk's marlin spike. most of us forget that the salt exists and spyderco has already made a salt knife with a similar lock.
i'm really not surprised about a pm2 salt. i'd be more surprised if they never made a pm2 salt. what's surprising, and a little disappointing, is the fact that we were told about the m2lw already being made and existing in use, but instead of seeing one, we see a pm2 we haven't heard about first. i'm sure you're right that the pm2 salt will sell well. even i want one and i don't really care for the pm2. if spyderco made a pm2 salt wharncliffe, i'd absolutely be all over it.
i get that, but it's not like the reveal process is working swimmingly either. we're still waiting for a knife from reveal 5 and a handful more from more recent, but long past reveals as well.
i'm with you there. i'd love that, but i'll be happy to take the lw if that's what we get. honestly, i'd like both.
LB , I would rather have a LWT and have an option later after market scales to choose rather than stuck with a one and done color . Passing on the Native has been difficult. MG2
I have a couple of Natives and have in the past several so don’t really dislike . I just want to try the Magnacut steel on my favorite platform first and if I like it will move to other models . MG2