Reveal 16! Live!

[Manixguy@1994]

+2 MG2

[Manixguy@1994]

Late to the party, but looking at the reveal, the Magna-Sage got my attention.

Top of my list , ahead of the Manix XL ! Dan

[matthewkuhl]

So many exciting variants on the horizon!

[Bolster]

I liked this reveal, mostly for the trends it's indicative of ...

Please elaborate. What trends are you seeing?

[Bolster]

Was anyone surprised to see the Native Chief appear in S110V? A long slender blade with a fine tip...I just wouldn't have predicted S110V for this model.

[aicolainen]

I liked this reveal, mostly for the trends it's indicative of ...

Please elaborate. What trends are you seeing?

You're right. I could have worded myself better. Too early to determine any trends. Let's rather say I'm hoping some of the deviations from earlier releases and practices could be indicative of a trend. Hope that helps, and that the rest of my post make more sense from that perspective.

[Mushroom]

I liked this reveal, mostly for the trends it's indicative of ...

Please elaborate. What trends are you seeing?

He was insinuating (or hoping?) that by Spyderco making the Spynano six hundredths of an inch (.06”) over 2.5” that is somehow indicative of a trend that Spyderco is now following where they do not prioritize what he considers arbitrary legal restrictions.

I personally do not think this is the start of any trends. If anything I think the knife was primarily supposed to be a faithful representation of a Lionsteel design, except with a Spydiehole thumb opener. Since it is a Lionsteel design, they probably didn’t even consider such a localized knife law in a different country to them when designing the knife. It would not surprise me if the blade being 2.56” versus 2.5” wasn’t even a conscious decision and more of just an inadvertent result of making a smaller Myto.

[Deadboxhero]

I begged Eric for that Military 2 in CPM 15V.

Very exciting to see its finally getting closer to being in our pockets.

That's some serious slicing power.

[p_atrick]

Interesting that 15V can be made that big without warping (Maxamet).

[Sildani]

The NAND looks amazing. What a nifty design.

The Gooney will make its way to my pocket at well, eventually. Looks very cool and effective.

[RamZar]

Surprised to see the NAND’s blade length at over 3 inches which doesn’t make it legal to carry in the UK even though it’s a non-locking folder.

[Danke]

[aicolainen]

I liked this reveal, mostly for the trends it's indicative of ...

Please elaborate. What trends are you seeing?

He was insinuating (or hoping?) that by Spyderco making the Spynano six hundredths of an inch (.06”) over 2.5” that is somehow indicative of a trend that Spyderco is now following where they do not prioritize what he considers arbitrary legal restrictions.

I personally do not think this is the start of any trends. If anything I think the knife was primarily supposed to be a faithful representation of a Lionsteel design, except with a Spydiehole thumb opener. Since it is a Lionsteel design, they probably didn’t even consider such a localized knife law in a different country to them when designing the knife. It would not surprise me if the blade being 2.56” versus 2.5” wasn’t even a conscious decision and more of just an inadvertent result of making a smaller Myto.

Putting a lot of words in my mouth there.
I even said that with this specific model being just .06" over the nearest 0.5", it's not a good example of such prioritization. With Lionsteel being a European company, it would really surprise me if they aren't at least as conscious with regards to blade lengths as Spyderco is. I have no idea why it ended up being the length it is, but yes - I'm hopeful that for some short handled knives the priorities will be performance driven rather than too focused on getting under the nearest 0.5". The Spynano is only one datapoint and doesn't tell us anything, but it may be one example of a target blade length not carrying the most weight in the decision process. If that's the case I welcome that.
I also never wrote that legal restrictions are arbitrary, there's usually a reason. But the lengths that are decided on mostly are. 2.5", 3.0", 3.5" are just example of roundish numbers that regulators pick depending on what they feel are reasonable lengths to allow, with little to no research to support their chosen limit. Personally I don't know of any jurisdiction where there's a limit for 2.5" locking knives.. Maybe Chicago? But then again, 2.56" is 6.5cm. That's a pretty roundish number too, so maybe that's a limit somewhere as well.

[R100]

I begged Eric for that Military 2 in CPM 15V.

Very exciting to see its finally getting closer to being in our pockets.

That's some serious slicing power.

This is the one I have most interest in. I missed out on the previous releases of 15V and I haven't bought a Military 2 yet. It will be for me one of the ultimate expressions of what Spyderco does. I just hope I can snag one.

Dan

[Deadboxhero]

I begged Eric for that Military 2 in CPM 15V.

Very exciting to see its finally getting closer to being in our pockets.

That's some serious slicing power.

It will be for me one of the ultimate expressions of what Spyderco does.

Well said.

[Mushroom]

I liked this reveal, mostly for the trends it's indicative of ...

Please elaborate. What trends are you seeing?

He was insinuating (or hoping?) that by Spyderco making the Spynano six hundredths of an inch (.06”) over 2.5” that is somehow indicative of a trend that Spyderco is now following where they do not prioritize what he considers arbitrary legal restrictions.

I personally do not think this is the start of any trends. If anything I think the knife was primarily supposed to be a faithful representation of a Lionsteel design, except with a Spydiehole thumb opener. Since it is a Lionsteel design, they probably didn’t even consider such a localized knife law in a different country to them when designing the knife. It would not surprise me if the blade being 2.56” versus 2.5” wasn’t even a conscious decision and more of just an inadvertent result of making a smaller Myto.

Putting a lot of words in my mouth there.
I even said that with this specific model being just .06" over the nearest 0.5", it's not a good example of such prioritization. With Lionsteel being a European company, it would really surprise me if they aren't at least as conscious with regards to blade lengths as Spyderco is. I have no idea why it ended up being the length it is, but yes - I'm hopeful that for some short handled knives the priorities will be performance driven rather than too focused on getting under the nearest 0.5". The Spynano is only one datapoint and doesn't tell us anything, but it may be one example of a target blade length not carrying the most weight in the decision process. If that's the case I welcome that.
I also never wrote that legal restrictions are arbitrary, there's usually a reason. But the lengths that are decided on mostly are. 2.5", 3.0", 3.5" are just example of roundish numbers that regulators pick depending on what they feel are reasonable lengths to allow, with little to no research to support their chosen limit. Personally I don't know of any jurisdiction where there's a limit for 2.5" locking knives.. Maybe Chicago? But then again, 2.56" is 6.5cm. That's a pretty roundish number too, so maybe that's a limit somewhere as well.

I wasn't trying to put any words in your mouth. I thought I was paraphrasing the part of the post you mentioned me in where you expanded greatly upon what you "hoped was indicative of trend." Also for what it's worth, you did say blade restrictions were arbitrary, you just called them "legal length limits" but there's no difference. Call them what you want though because "arbitrary" is probably one of the nicer things I would call them.

There are many places in the U.S. with a 2.5" blade restriction. Yes - Chicago, IL is one of them. Boston, MA is another and I know of at least half a dozen other cities and towns in Massachusetts that impose the same restriction. As I said though, they're very localized and I wouldn't expect a European company to abide by them with every knife they create.

Like Bolster I'm curious as well now too, if it is not what I thought you meant, what are the deviations from earlier releases and practices that you think could be indicative of a trend? Linerless 9Cr Byrds?

[Steeltoez83]

The grasshopper lineup getting sandvik 12c27 has me intrigued. I was able to score several samples of the previous 15V run and the millie 2 doesn't connect with me how the military 1 does. So I might just skip this 15V launch and focus on getting the rex 121 sage instead. Lots of great knives in this reveal to be excited about.

[gimibala]

I was hoping to see the Manix 2 LW 15V; maybe it will be on the next reveal.

[Guts]

The grasshopper lineup getting sandvik 12c27 has me intrigued.

Just noticed that myself. Hopefully that means some 14C28N models on the way. One of my favorite steels that Spyderco doesn't use (yet?).

[GarageBoy]

I begged Eric for that Military 2 in CPM 15V.

Very exciting to see its finally getting closer to being in our pockets.

That's some serious slicing power.

If the Police 4, Native Chief, and Military 2 were all US made models, which would you pick with 15v?

I could use a rex45 Military 2 to pair with the 15v one