Amsterdam Meet 2012 Report

[gbelleh]

That Szabo looks amazing! One of my most anticipated for a long time now.

[thelock]

Thanks for the Szabo pictures, call me crazy but I liked the other scales better :o but still can't wait for this one to come out, I still hope it will be a summer release!

[gbelleh]

Does the lightning strike CF have a texture similar to the twill CF on other Taichung models?

[dschur]

Yeah - Lightnining Strike!

Wait a second - that mesh is not in all 3 dimensions, it is only on the top layer :confused:

That ain't Lightning Strike. It's a simulation of Lightning Strike.

[Mr Blonde]

Despite the Damascus Delicas from the previous two years, this one still caught me by surprise. The Caly 3 Damascus Sprint is the latest in a line of folding knives that started over 15 years ago.



Sal explained that this model was made by popular demand, customers asked for it so they made it. This Caly 3 sprint run is destined to be a fine collector’s piece. If I recall correctly, the Damascus blade was made by Takefu in Japan, who also made the Damascus blades for the Delicas. It’s not a true Damascus, but it’s stainless so you can use it comfortably if you’d want to.



I’m not sure on the bolster material. The handle is carbon fiber. The knife felt nice and hefty, but not too heavy. The liners are still skeletonized, the same way as with the regular Caly 3 model. I’m definitely going to try to get one. I’m nuts for the Calypso jr./Caly 3/UKPK pattern of Spyderco knives.

[tomoto]

Wow. You can just hear the *thunk* sound of my jaw dropping to the floor :o The Caly looks amazing. Great pictures!

[jabba359]

If I recall correctly, the Damascus blade was made by Takefu in Japan, who also made the Damascus blades for the Delicas. It’s not a true Damascus, but it’s stainless so you can use it comfortably if you’d want to.

That is a really nice looking knife! I like the Damascus pattern on this much more than I did on the Delicas. I think this just jumped on my "must own" list! Thanks for all your work and photos!

[Donut]

I'm very interested in the Nilakka and I like the clip design. I'm no expert on the properties and strength of G-10, but does the cutout on the scale highlighted below seem rather thin?

This is a 3 dimensional scale. It really is triangle shaped, and you are viewing it from at the smallest dimension of the triangle.

I am leaning towards it not being too thin.

[IG-88]

This is truely a very nice knife!!! I didn't pre order it but after the meet I went and did it right away. The nice rounded scales are so sweet and the Damast pattern is indeed nicer then the one on the Delica. The only thing thats missing on this knife are Ti bolsters instead of stainless. But this would have resulted in a massive price difference.

[ChrisR]

If that were in a UKPK then I think it would be just about my favourite knife of all time ... can we have it in a non-locker please Sal? :D

[gbelleh]

Wow! I wasn't interested in the damascus Caly, but after seeing this...

Not what I expected! It's very nice to see polished pins instead of exposed screws all over the place, and those smooth bolsters really look great! My orange damascus Delica might end up being replaced by this. That pattern looks great too. If the production model looks like this, I'm definitely in.

[Mr Blonde]

According to tweets from some very knowledgeable guys I follow, the cf in the Szabo folder was golden carbon fiber - not lightning strike as I initially thought - I'll change my post accordingly. I did think the story behind real lightning strike carbon fiber was pretty cool though.

[gbelleh]

Can you comment on the texture of the Szabo's CF? Similar to twill? Or peel ply? Or smooth? It's hard to tell from the pics.

Thanks again.

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

I love the CF and bolsters on that Caly...but not the Damascus.

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

This is a 3 dimensional scale. It really is triangle shaped, and you are viewing it from at the smallest dimension of the triangle.

I am leaning towards it not being too thin.

That edge might be too thin to be comfortable in the hand though. It is a rather acute edge.

[D1omedes]

Wow, that Caly 3 damascus looks way nicer than I had anticipated. I'm going to need to obtain one. :D

[Mr Blonde]

Can you comment on the texture of the Szabo's CF? Similar to twill? Or peel ply? Or smooth? It's hard to tell from the pics.

Thanks again.

I remember it being smooth, like on my terzuola slipit

[toomzz]

Ok, I´ll jump in with a comparison/picture. On my lap two nasty slicers the new Szabo with the similar shaped Massad Ayoob.

:rolleyes:

[Mr Blonde]

Finally my chance to capture the one that got away! I have very few regrets in my knife collection, but not getting a Lum Tanto FB when I could, many years ago, is definitely one of them. This one looks more interesting to me too, a nice burgundy handle. I’m not sure about the handle material, was it called something like paperstone micarta?

[Mr Blonde]

I'm done for now, more tomorrow...