Blue G10 Lava

[1623]

Made a Smurfy bead to go with it. :D

That's fantastic. :cool:

Nice to see something other than a skull adorning a lanyard.

[Jazz]

Made a Smurfy bead to go with it. :D

Willy, you do some really nice work. I just checked out your other stuff with your link. :cool:

[gbelleh]

Made a Smurfy bead to go with it. :D

Very Smurfy lanyard!

[Donut]

I got mine in the other day. Compared to my other stainless steel one, the spring is strong and there is more friction. It opens slowly like a persian and the lockup feels strong like a police or ulize.

My stainless lava when I release the lock, the blade will fall to closed. This blue one doesn't budge and it takes a pretty strong swing to get it to move.

Maybe it will loosen up.

[einstein2001]

I use a rotary tool. I have a mini build post in the bead and blade thread.
http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... s-Lanyards

For bigger build stuff I have a thread over on EDCSociety.net.
http://edcsociety.net/thread/71/willydi ... ing-thread

Amazing work Willydigger. :)

[gbelleh]

I got mine in the other day. Compared to my other stainless steel one, the spring is strong and there is more friction. It opens slowly like a persian and the lockup feels strong like a police or ulize.

My stainless lava when I release the lock, the blade will fall to closed. This blue one doesn't budge and it takes a pretty strong swing to get it to move.

Maybe it will loosen up.

I notice the same thing. The blade movement is definitely stiffer of my G-10 Lava. I'd say fit and finish, and lockup are better on my stainless too.

[einstein2001]

I got mine in the other day. Compared to my other stainless steel one, the spring is strong and there is more friction. It opens slowly like a persian and the lockup feels strong like a police or ulize.

My stainless lava when I release the lock, the blade will fall to closed. This blue one doesn't budge and it takes a pretty strong swing to get it to move.

Maybe it will loosen up.

Mine was also very tight. I was able to loosten up the pivot enough so it would drop when unlocked without introducing any blade play.

[Ardy555]

the spyderco lava is one of the most underrated spydercos in my opinion, i actually just joined right now so i can beg sal to make a regular production version in black frn, this is such well thought out design for a pocket knife.

i think a larger version of this knife would work well too.

[endgame]

I just oiled mine and flicked it for a hour and its smooth now man I love papa smurf.I would like a black g10 version .just like they did with the polywog.I love that in g10

[dres_x]

Finally broke down and ordered one...haha

I always wondered why they picked blue for a knife called "lava" though hahahaha. A nice red/black combo would kick ***...or some of that red/black kirinite stuff!

[tomoto]

I'm curious to which knife dealers are currently shipping out their pre-orders? (hope I'm not passing the line for shiny footprints! If so, apologies!) I am just itching for mine to be shipped, but then again there's always that fear that you were one of those that got overbooked for pre-orders... :p

[jabba359]

Howes had 5 in stock. Now they have 4. :p I've been waiting a while for the next batch to show up to dealers and it looks like they're arriving now. I like the blue, but may throw in some Kirinite with my next order of scale materials to take the Lava to the next, and most logical, level.

[spyderg]

I see this is an old thread but I just got my blue Lava recently. It was stiff and "gritty", (brand new). I opened her up and discovered the washers were really rough. I smoothed them out as best I could, greased and overtightened the pivot to work it all in, loosened it back to the right amount and now she's perfect and I love the knife. I submitted my suggestion to Spyderco to make a Lava "XL". Just big enough to add 1/2'' to the blade without taking away from the design, add some titanium instead of g10 or the original stainless and an upgrade to the blade steel...

[tvenuto]

Ha it's funny: this was my old thread, and I never did end up pulling the trigger on one. Too many knives, too little pocket space.

[HarleyXJGuy]

What am I missing here?

Seems like a Dragonfly 2 with some junk in the trunk. More gripping surface?

Don't seem like there is enough blade to need that though.

[spyderg]

It's very ergonomic, in many different hand positions. Designed as a defensive knife, makes you feel like it's something more than just a little knife, lol! I chose it for the ergonomics and its truly ambidextrous design, (lefty here). Also after choosing my Manix for it's ambi design I really like the leaf shaped blade. I'm not a fan of the over exaggerated spydie holes, I love the way they work but not the way they sit in pocket or in the hand when folded so the leaf design works best for me.