Lava new sprint run?

[Michal O]

Any chances for next sprint run?

[sal]

Hi Michael,

Depends on demand (here) and if the tooling is still available?

sal

[Infinite Zero]

I’m in!

[TomH]

I'll take at least one.

[w3tnz]

Yes please!

Bright orange G10 would be my pick.

[Mushroom]

I feel like I remember seeing the last blue sprint run in stock for years after production. Longer than any other I can remember, actually.

For me personally, this one would be a long way down the list of knives I'd like to a sprint run of. It's a tough sell in my opinion.

[Michal O]

I propose list of people interested. Copy and post.

1. MichalO
2. Infinite Zero
3. w3tnz
4.TomH
5.

I would like to see it in green or brown, polished linen micarta.

Blue G10 is probably not that popular choice.

[aicolainen]

There's so many Spyderco models that I have to look up models all the time to refresh my memory.
This is one such knife.
And oh my, did the internet deliver on my look-up. This seems to be a very polarizing design.

The handle design is intriguing, but I'm not sure I'm down with a blade that short, that's all belly. Makes the revised/shortened Urban blade come across as a cutting monster. If it came in a wharnie config I might not be able to resist though.

..Actually.. come to think about it, a stainless steel (pinned please), wharncliffe Lava would have been kind of cool.
After getting my first stainless steel folding knife a while back (a Harpy), I ended up being much more enthusiastic about the stainless knife concept than I had expected. And so I started looking for other models that had a more versatile blade shape for EDC, as well as a more locked in handle shape to mitigate the slick nature of SS.
After a bit of research and looking around, I didn't find anything that got my heart pumping, so the idea lost momentum.
A wharncliffe Lava however, could very well be such a knife.

[Infinite Zero]

I propose K390 or PD#1 with the appropriate color g10 scales.

[Michal O]

It's design from Hawaii. I would go with some more rust resistant steel and micarta or plain SS version to keep it slim in pocket.

[TomH]

It's design from Hawaii. I would go with some more rust resistant steel and micarta or plain SS version to keep it slim in pocket.

I agree.

[StuntZombie]

There's so many Spyderco models that I have to look up models all the time to refresh my memory.
This is one such knife.
And oh my, did the internet deliver on my look-up. This seems to be a very polarizing design.

The handle design is intriguing, but I'm not sure I'm down with a blade that short, that's all belly. Makes the revised/shortened Urban blade come across as a cutting monster. If it came in a wharnie config I might not be able to resist though.

..Actually.. come to think about it, a stainless steel (pinned please), wharncliffe Lava would have been kind of cool.
After getting my first stainless steel folding knife a while back (a Harpy), I ended up being much more enthusiastic about the stainless knife concept than I had expected. And so I started looking for other models that had a more versatile blade shape for EDC, as well as a more locked in handle shape to mitigate the slick nature of SS.
After a bit of research and looking around, I didn't find anything that got my heart pumping, so the idea lost momentum.
A wharncliffe Lava however, could very well be such a knife.

It's funny, but I think I've proposed a wharncliffe version a couple times over the years. It makes sense with a knife that's not really going to be used for cutting on flat surfaces. I've always seen it as more of a package opener type knife.

Actually, after looking at the Manbug Leaf, I bet that shape would work very well in a Lava.

[VandymanG]

Umm no idea what the Lava knife is. I’ll look it up but maybe someone should submit a picture just to help.

[MrGibson]

Umm no idea what the Lava knife is. I’ll look it up but maybe someone should submit a picture just to help.

I lost my blue g10 years ago, but it’s a fun knife and I’d love any flavor of sprint!

[VandymanG]

Oh wow I like a lot. Yes please. In Super Blue steel please.

[aicolainen]

Oh wow I like a lot. Yes please. In Super Blue steel please.

I'll take any steel as long as it's a pinned stainless and wharncliffe

Super Blue would be nice though, as it's a steel I have yet to try.

[TomH]

I would prefer the original blade shape and not a wharncliffe.

[Infinite Zero]

I’m interested in either blade shape, but not if it’s stainless scales.

[RadioactiveSpyder]

I have both and carry the blue one regularly at the office, they’re basically akin to a Dragonfly in size. I’d post pics if Imgur would properly provide the links… A new sprint run would look identical to the blue one but with a different color scale and blade steel (?). It wouldn’t be a true “sprint” if the blade was switched to a Wharncliffe, so I highly doubt Spyderco would consider that unless the designer Chad Los Banos really pushed for it. Cheers, Radioactive

[Michal O]

I think if Balance got sprint in Spy27, there is room for Lava. I don't care much about steel, but maybe magnacut and yellow polished linen micarta?