First of all, I never expected any kind of dissemination or scrutiny of a post that was just a lighthearted expression of positivity toward a reveal where I ultimately may end up passing on most, if not everything that was revealed.
I mean, usually when I see a reveal where very little appeals to me, there's some level disappointment (this doesn't only apply to Spyderco). This reveal left me with a positive impression despite containing very little of direct interest to me.
Some of it is probably just a sub consciously feeling of the reveal as a whole, some of it is maybe based on misinterpretation of what's presented (e.g. it maybe isn't as new as I think or I'm putting to much into it) and some of it is perhaps rooted in reality. It also didn't help that my fingers went a little too quick over the keyboard, english isn't my first language so to avoid misunderstandings it's usually a good idea to proofread at least once before I post. None of that should have mattered much, I was only expressing my own positive feelings about the reveal - so within that scope there isn't really a right or wrong.
I think I touched on most of what made me enjoy this reveal in my initial post, but sure let's elaborate:
- NAND: there has been no shortage of forumites asking for more new designs. With this design there's almost more new than we can handle. It shows that Spyderco is still willing and capable of releasing some radically different knives. A trend? Lets hope so.
- Magnacut Sage: we knew this one was coming, and while a great release in itself, is it not also the first magnacut salt from Taiwan?, or from any Spyderco factory outside the US? I may have my facts mixed up, either way I hope it's indicative of a trend.
- G-10 bugs: As with the Sage salt, I think it's very cool that they did this change/addition to the bug lineup, and it really caught me by surprise. Even I think that hoping for this to indicate a trend is putting to much into it, but it would probably make a lot of forumites happy if this caught on and spread to other models/factories as well.
- Gooney: There's a lot about this knife I'd like to see catch on. The origin story, the blade shape and the materials/construction. I could be wrong here, because honestly I haven't payed too much attention to the Byrd line, but it's my impression that both 9cr and linerless G-10 are new/rare features to the Byrd family. And both addresses some of the main sources to my disinterest in Byrds so far.
- Spynano: hehe.. I think this has been covered already. Let's close this door while other forum members are still interested in this thread.
edit: Oh, and while maybe not confirmed yet, seeing what looks to be linerless micarta backlocks also made me happy, even though I'm not interested in more N5s or Chiefs at the moment.
