Ladybug / Manbug

[RJNC]

But I still wonder if the Manbug is real? I don't remember hearing that Spyderco was working on a Ladybug 4.

[Drahkis]

Don't know where the post is but I'm almost positive that sal is the one that mentioned that the "manbug" was somewhere in the process of becoming a real knife.

[Drahkis]

From a thread called "Q to Sal or TazKristi: Why do you prefer Ladybags instead of Jesters?"

Hi Gray Wolf,

Welcome to the Spyderco forum.

We will most often go in the direction that our customers prefer. The Jester was developed as an evolution of the Ladybug. There were many changes that were made to the design. We created an entirely new handle that was purpose designed to be a small knife, rather than the "simply reduce the size of an Endura" as the original Ladybug was. We changed the texture of the handle to provide improved traction. We enlarged the lanyard hole to make keyring fastening easier. We enlarged the thumb opening hole to improve opening. We widened the blade to accomodate the larger thumb-hole and we added a hump to the blade to permit a forefinger postion.

The addtion of the hump to the blade widened the tip. Our customers liked all of the improvements with the exception of the loss of the "splinter pickin' tip". So we eliminated the hump on the blade, went to a straight spine and went back to the "splintet pickin' tip".

We believe the current Ladybug is the best so far. There are some that preferred the hump of the Jester, but not enough to support the Jester model on it's own. So the current Lady bug is really a Jester with a straight spine and a pointy tip.

We do have a "beefier" version in-the-works. It's the same length as the Ladybug, but thicker and wider in blade and handle shape. Essentially just a tougher version. It will have a flat ground blade, but with the thicker blade stock, it will be stronger.

We'll have a bolstered version to test the pattern, then we'll make an FRN version. It's called the "ManBug".

sal

[fast.ed]

The newly released Dragonfly 2 looks like it would fit the need of a Ladybug that is a tad bit longer. :)

Agrees. The Drangonfly 11 is my next one. 2 1/4 ' blade, VG-10, FRN (I like), plus a clip.....and its a reasonable priced knife. Thanks for the tip.

[Copywriter]

While it doesn't fit the bill of being a sturdier ladybug, I did see that the 2011 catalogue contains a green FRN, Full Flat Grind Ladybug 3 with a ZDP-189 blade. How cool is that? It may not be stronger or bigger, but it's going to be a **** of a slicer, that's for sure!

[Jazz]

While it doesn't fit the bill of being a sturdier ladybug, I did see that the 2011 catalogue contains a green FRN, Full Flat Grind Ladybug 3 with a ZDP-189 blade. How cool is that? It may not be stronger or bigger, but it's going to be a **** of a slicer, that's for sure!

Definately need a couple of those! :D

- best wishes, Jazz.

[keen]

Has anyone from the company verified the intended production of this man bug? I heard from Knifecenter.com that one was introduced at the 2011 SHOT show. Does anyone know if there's any truth to this rumor? In addition, it would be great to hear about production schedules and prototype pictures would be any better. No doubt I'm way too optimistic. Thanks in advance for any information.

[Blerv]

I'm personally not a big fan of the name. I think it sounds a little silly but that's just me.

However, due to it not being a species of insect (unlike Ladybug, Dragonfly, etc) a larger beetle would make more sense. Maybe "Scarab"?

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

I'm personally not a big fan of the name. I think it sounds a little silly but that's just me.

However, due to it not being a species of insect (unlike Ladybug, Dragonfly, etc) a larger beetle would make more sense. Maybe "Scarab"?

I agree Man Bug is a silly name. And I think that Scarab is masculine sounding so works well.

[captnvegtble]

How about the "Reduviid" Bug

[The Deacon]

Has anyone from the company verified the intended production of this man bug? I heard from Knifecenter.com that one was introduced at the 2011 SHOT show. Does anyone know if there's any truth to this rumor? In addition, it would be great to hear about production schedules and prototype pictures would be any better. No doubt I'm way too optimistic. Thanks in advance for any information.

Prior tot SHOT, Sal mentioned it. The KC report from SHOT spoke of it, but did not show photos. To me that would indicate it's still in the concept stage, since many, and possibly all, of the protoypes were photographed. Either way, concept or prototype, Spyderco doesn't give out delivery date estimates in advance.

[Gunslinger]

G10 scales and an s30v blade on a ladybu... er I mean Manbug would be perfect.

[spyderfan123]

and it needs of course a black coated tanto blade that would be cool with a orange handle

[gdwtvb]

I'll be getting the zdp ladybug, but I am stil hoping for a ladybug/manbug with Titanium scales and a premium blade. Either S30V or ZDP...actually I like VG10 too. I just have never been a great fan of 'plastic' scales. That said, I have ladybugs on all my keychains. the H1 is my current favorite and I can't wait for the H1 hawkbill to get back in stock to buy another.

Grizz

[RJNC]

Now thats a cool idea BenchmadeNL!!!