Will there be a Byrd Stretch?

[SpyderEdgeForever]

What would a Byrd Stretch look like?
Any remote plans to make one?

[ChoilsChoilsChoils]

A broader-handled CaraCara with a hooked butt?

[sal]

No such plans at this time.

sal

[Wartstein]

What would a Byrd Stretch look like?
Any remote plans to make one?

Actually a cool thought.

One thing to note:
The "byrd versions" (if one can call it that) of Seki Spydies are a bit defined by making the change from "ricasso" to actual finger choil (which has both pros and cons imo).
See Endura / Cara Cara for example.

The Stretch (also Seki FRN) has a choil though already, so the above would not be true for a "Byrd Stretch".

But of course a "Byrd budget Stretch" would be a good thing anyway, preferably in 9CR..?

[sal]

Hi SEF,

Talkin' Story;

Our large knives were usually 4.0" in blade length. That was the legal blade length in most jurisdictions at the time. Then laws all over went from 4.0" to 3.5" for legal carry. So we had to bring 3.5" blades into the market for legal carry. Hence the Endela and the Harrier 2. The Stretch was a 3.5" blade as well. The Stretch 2 was an evolved design ergonomically, so I thought I would make a larger version, hence the XL. (The 2 was just an ergonomic improvement over the 1).

The Gooney is a Harrier 2 handle with a different blade shape. I will often look to nature for time proven concepts. I'd been asked, many moons ago, by a forumite named "Albatross", to make a a byrd model called Albatross. (He's not been here for a while. Hope he's OK?). So our "Albatross" model was his fault.

So the Gooney is an "Albatross" shaped blade based on the Albatross byrd. I had planned to call the model an "Albatross", but the name was being used by another knife company, so we decided it wouldn't be right to use the name. "Gooney" is a nickname given to the Albatross, so I decided to use "Gooney".

The fully serrated version is a good performer. Reverse "S" - 9Cr18MoV blade. The maker is doing a good job with the model. It's a bit of an experimental model for me, using some slightly different concepts than I usually use.

Hope you enjoy using the Gooney model?

So with the Harrier 2, the Gooney and another in-the-works 3.5" blade byrd, I probably won't do a Stretch 2 version. At least for now?

sal

[Actinolite]

Sal,

Thanks for the additional info on the Gooney and other Byrd projects. The Gooney blade shape looks like a very useful one, but I waited for the SE version. According to UPS, I'll receive it tomorrow.

[SpyderEdgeForever]

I am so truly happy and appreciative that you replied and helped my understanding on this.

I love how you examine the natural world and get design inspiration. I told my friend who I gifted a Cara Cara 2 to, that Spyderco was pioneering bio mimicry decades before the term became popular.

The Albatross is a cool bird. They can travel thousands of miles over oceanic distances and those beaks are a work of living art.

I am excited to see there is another 3.5 inch blade
Byrd in the works.