Just some quotes from Edge Matters...(BTW, it looks like their forum knife will be a Pingo or an Urban.)
Also FYI, I'm carrying an Urban with a tan handle and a tan Cerakoted blade. It's an experiment that the maker gave us. Eric is carrying a dark gray version with a dark gray Cerakoted blade. So far the coating is holding up. I'm not a big fan of coatings myself, but I thought I'd share the info.
sal
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FYI, we just finished a drawing for a Slippie lite weight Navigator. Don't think it would work for a forum knife as it would be many months away.
sal wrote:We're waiting on a proto of the Police "3" with Titan scales and the full flat blade in ZDP. Once we have the proto in hand, we can go from there.
sal wrote:
As mentioned, I am trying to re-create the D'Allara in a new version that will hopefully eliminate the areas where customers were not happy with the design. We'll make the first run in G-10 to check for glitches and then create new molds
sal
(Boldface mine)
K-390 on hand: Mule Team 17, Police 4 G-10, Endela (burlap micarta), Endela backup, Endura (canvas micarta), Straight Stretch (now blade-swapped with G-10 Stretch), Delica Wharncliffe, Dragonfly Wharncliffe, & Dragonfly Wharncliffe shorty mod Note to self: Less is more.
sal wrote:
BTW, I hand carved the handle for the WTC / D'Allara myself, our of wood, refining with fine sandpaper. It was a personal project for Gail and me, and still is, hence our persistence in evolving the design.
sal
Pretty amazing fun fact I'd say!
A tiger has claws.
A wolf has teeth.
An eagle has talons.
We, have Spyderco.
sal wrote:
As mentioned, I am trying to re-create the D'Allara in a new version that will hopefully eliminate the areas where customers were not happy with the design. We'll make the first run in G-10 to check for glitches and then create new molds
sal
(Boldface mine)
This is good news! I'd really like to carry the d'allara rescue at work. My hope is that it will still have the same grind as the original. I hope there will be an FRN version.
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sal wrote:
BTW, I hand carved the handle for the WTC / D'Allara myself, our of wood, refining with fine sandpaper. It was a personal project for Gail and me, and still is, hence our persistence in evolving the design.
sal
Pretty amazing fun fact I'd say!
I'll say! Artifacts like this should be on display in a special high security museum room at the SFO :eek:
Niles wrote:
DougC-3 wrote:
sal wrote:
As mentioned, I am trying to re-create the D'Allara in a new version that will hopefully eliminate the areas where customers were not happy with the design. We'll make the first run in G-10 to check for glitches and then create new molds
sal
(Boldface mine)
This is good news! I'd really like to carry the d'allara rescue at work. My hope is that it will still have the same grind as the original. I wish there would be an FRN version though to keep the price point down. My work knife tends to get abused so I like to not have a lot of money invested in it.
That's the plan, just like the new Stretch 2, to make a "first edition" in G-10 and run it by the Spydernation to check for popularity and see if any minor changes need to be made before creating the expensive FRN molds.
I hope there are plans to bring out a drop point version as well in PE and SE, and CE would be nice too!
K-390 on hand: Mule Team 17, Police 4 G-10, Endela (burlap micarta), Endela backup, Endura (canvas micarta), Straight Stretch (now blade-swapped with G-10 Stretch), Delica Wharncliffe, Dragonfly Wharncliffe, & Dragonfly Wharncliffe shorty mod Note to self: Less is more.
tvenuto wrote:The model I handled in Amsterdam was a FFG drop point in PE, which is probably the most practical choice. Unsure about future edge type variants.
gaj999 wrote:Was the handle still nice and hand-filling?
No, being of "slab" construction, the knife didn't have any thickness contours. Obviously the hand-filling contour of the original is really the thing that sets it apart, so I was a bit let down by the feel of the version I handled. However, we shouldn't get too worked up about it until an actual version comes out and then we can judge. I'm confident that, in the end, the newer FRN D'allara will possess some form of contouring.
DougC-3 wrote:I hope there are plans to bring out a drop point version as well in PE and SE, and CE would be nice too!
The model I handled in Amsterdam was a FFG drop point in PE, which is probably the most practical choice. Unsure about future edge type variants.
I had known that, about the drop point; I even mention it in my signature. I got so caught up in the recent thread which is mainly about the D'Allara Rescue, I was thinking the current prototype was a Rescue. I'm pretty well stuck on both now and am actually glad the new one is a drop point. So I guess the question becomes, will the drop point be followed by a new Rescue, and I think the answer is YES :p because I think the new drop point model will be very well received. Also, since it's a proto at this point, it may not be engraved in stone that it'll come out first in drop point, though I think it's very likely. However I still want at least one example of the hollow ground drop point, and I seem to be getting back my old fondness for CE blades, so I'd like to have one of those too :)
I think it's great to see the naked BB lock remaining in production.
K-390 on hand: Mule Team 17, Police 4 G-10, Endela (burlap micarta), Endela backup, Endura (canvas micarta), Straight Stretch (now blade-swapped with G-10 Stretch), Delica Wharncliffe, Dragonfly Wharncliffe, & Dragonfly Wharncliffe shorty mod Note to self: Less is more.
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K-390 on hand: Mule Team 17, Police 4 G-10, Endela (burlap micarta), Endela backup, Endura (canvas micarta), Straight Stretch (now blade-swapped with G-10 Stretch), Delica Wharncliffe, Dragonfly Wharncliffe, & Dragonfly Wharncliffe shorty mod Note to self: Less is more.
I wasn't sure if Sal had ever mentioned the hand-carved WTC handle before but I'm glad it's in here. I'm also glad to see all the D'Allara discussion. I'm in for any and every model that comes out: rescue, drop point or something new.
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Can we change the name of this thread to
"Let me share my feelings Thread"
and then open another thread for bombshells? Some people subscribe to this for actual bombshells.
From the "Jump aster" thread (spell corrected Jumpmaster :) )
I think this is a little bit of a bombshell, for Jumpmaster fans at least.
sal wrote:Hi Branden,
We appreciate the depth of the conversation. This is a deeper crowd, in my opinion, and the communications are often more than just discussion of the knife. Why do you think what you think? is commonly queried
I've just completed the first version of a clip point Jumpmaster model. Waiting on the proto from Roque, our proto guy. I'd like to add it to the line. Both the sheepfoot Jumpmaster and the clip point XXXXXXX are planned to be available with Kydex sheaths with the "leg strap" sheath as an accessory.
sal
K-390 on hand: Mule Team 17, Police 4 G-10, Endela (burlap micarta), Endela backup, Endura (canvas micarta), Straight Stretch (now blade-swapped with G-10 Stretch), Delica Wharncliffe, Dragonfly Wharncliffe, & Dragonfly Wharncliffe shorty mod Note to self: Less is more.
