When is the release date for the G-10 Dragonfly?

[Venerable Dawg]

Sal, Kristi????

We know it's coming. So when?

Venerable Dawg

p.s., if there are production problems, please be transparent to prospective customers. If I have to wait 2 or 3 months, that's one thing. If it's 6 plus, that's another. Reveal your secrets!!

SOG Bluto is out June 9. Different knife. different company. Same size range. If the Dragonfly is going to be out in the same 2 to 3 month timeframe, let us know. Thanks.

[Brad S.]

Spyderco doesnt release dates anymore.



patience friend.

[supermatch38sa]

Good things take time to develop, SOG is a great company but we should´nt be pushing Spyderco about release times, this guys work is simply superb and I think they´re well worth our patience and money.
Time passes by, price is forgotten, but quality is everlasting!!!!
Regards:
Jose

[redyps04]

I can relate on this one. My patience has been wearing kind of thin too over the d'fly release, but just because I've been postponing buying any other knives until its release.

[jujigatame]

p.s., if there are production problems, please be transparent to prospective customers. If I have to wait 2 or 3 months, that's one thing. If it's 6 plus, that's another. Reveal your secrets!!

While Sal and Spyderco are often open with us about what may or may not be going on with given knives the tone of your post strikes me as a bit nervy, and it runs through all of the comments you've made in the past few months about this knife. Am I misinterpreting this? Is the call to "confess!!" just some humor on your part or are you that keyed up about a G10 Dragonfly?

[amen74]

Patience is key. I'd like the G10 D'fly to be the one to replace all others. Time is needed to make it perfect.

[noodlefish]

i was gonna buy a white frn dragonfly but im so waiting for the g10 one :cool:

[Venerable Dawg]

While Sal and Spyderco are often open with us about what may or may not be going on with given knives the tone of your post strikes me as a bit nervy, and it runs through all of the comments you've made in the past few months about this knife. Am I misinterpreting this? Is the call to "confess!!" just some humor on your part or are you that keyed up about a G10 Dragonfly?

I guess not. I am as interested as the next person.

[Jay_Ev]

I guess not. I am as interested as the next person.

I am the next person, and I am extremely interested :)

[ErnestS]

I am the next person, and I am extremely interested :)

+1 on being interested. I'm on the fence about ordering the FRN model when the new one might be around the corner. I'm hoping that we hear something soon.

[Spider bite]

This will be my next Spyderco I will buy. I promised my self not to buy another knife untill the release of the G-10 dragonfly... Its the best savings plan I could of dreamed of. :p

[jujigatame]

I guess not. I am as interested as the next person.

Fair enough. That's why I asked, because what's obvious to one is not always obvious to another when it comes to reading something typed on the web. I think we've all encountered that at one time or another.

[bell]

Come on Spyderco. The Fly is not a new production design which requires a lot of tooling and RD effort. G10 slabs is not a new technology. The wire clip is a standard now with Spyderco. A whole lot of forumites are tired of waiting for this and it should be a big seller.

So what is the holdup?

[jujigatame]

*shrug*

...it never ends.

[Blerv]

If you want a G-10 fly that bad, make one yourself. There are people who have done G-10 Lava's.

Oh you meant, you want a production piece at an affordable price point? I'd wait then =) I doubt the techs at Spyderco have been stumped by the process....it's just they have pre-released about 10 knives that have people equally freaking out.

Just to name a few: Stretch FRN, Chokwe, Manix 2.../dies

[yablanowitz]

Come on Spyderco. The Fly is not a new production design which requires a lot of tooling and RD effort. G10 slabs is not a new technology. The wire clip is a standard now with Spyderco. A whole lot of forumites are tired of waiting for this and it should be a big seller.

So what is the holdup?

In point of fact, a Dragonfly with full skeletonized liners and G-10 scales is a new production design. It does require all new tooling and R&D effort to get right. While G-10 slabs are not new technology, they are machined, which requires programming a CNC mill at minimum. So do the liners. I want this thing to be light, and I think Sal does, too. To do that without sacrificing strength or durability will require considerable prototyping and testing.

I want one, too, but I would rather wait another year than see problems (and the attendant *****ing) from having them released before they are ready.

[spydutch]

I think the reason for it taking so long is that Spyderco wants to make the serration pattern on the full SpyderEdged one JUST right :p :D

The plain edged ones have been done already long ago......

It's just the fully serrated serrated version that takes so long















:D :D :D :D :D

[bell]

If you want a G-10 fly that bad, make one yourself. There are people who have done G-10 Lava's.

Oh you meant, you want a production piece at an affordable price point? I'd wait then =) I doubt the techs at Spyderco have been stumped by the process....it's just they have pre-released about 10 knives that have people equally freaking out.

Just to name a few: Stretch FRN, Chokwe, Manix 2.../dies

I am one of the people with a Black Micarta Lava courtesy of STR. You are right, if I want a Fly that bad in G10 with choice of color I will go back to STR and get a nice low rider clip on it. And, t will happen sometime this year.

[ErnestS]

I hate to sound overly anxious, but was wondering if anyone heard anything at BLADE? Perhaps a release timeframe (e.g., summer, end of this year, next year)?

I have to say -- I just got an Urban and I love it. I think a locking version would completely satisfy my craving for the G-10 Dragonfly. The 2.5 inch FFG blade with jimping is excellent, and is the perfect size for my EDC.

[butch]

after seeing pictures that were later sniped
understandably ther are more then a few nested liner G10 and also ti framed Spyders on the way

hold ups happen im more infor a Ti fly
not sure when that will come to light
but after waiting for the ZDP delica imm sure it will be jsut fine