Amsterdam Meet 2014 Report of Upcoming Spyderco Prototypes

[chuckd]

Oh wow...im gonna be broke. Sign me up for a chubby, GB fixed, dice and the ti/damascus Endura!


Great photos and descriptions!

[FCM415]

I can't wait to see photos of the Carey Rubicon! I have enjoyed his knives for a couple years and a production version is the only option right now with his books closed for orders. I will hurry up and wait now for Mr. Blonde's additional photos.

Carey Rubicon you say? You can kind of see it on one of the pics in the thread Nemo3000 started. I like where this is going... :D

[JNewell]

PSF-27 is spray-formed D2

Which is basically CPM-D2.

[JNewell]

It's never too late.

Waiting is good sometimes. Let them trickle one at a time so I can trick my mind into thinking I'm not spending as much. :p

Happily, it's not a sprint or exclusive or anything like that!

The one I want to see in person is the Dice. Not so sure how a 2 1/2" flipper will work in real life.

[Jazz]

Thanks, Wouter! Excellent stuff!

[FCM415]

Yeah, I imagine that it will be a nifty lil flipper. The Dice is cool but I wanted a longer narrower bladed Domino so to me, they went the wrong way as far as size goes (complain, complain- can never please everybody), I want the Chubby out of those two new small folders so far.

[gdwtvb]

About that Dogtag, Need Badly! What's the materials on that one? I see the S30V for the blade, what about the other parts? Hopefully Ti.

Grizz

And that Chubby, should make a great companion to my Techno...that's makes three I will buy...(The ARK is another one that will find a home with me.)

[Lefty.Mike]

WOW, Love the blade shape on the battlestation.

[kbuzbee]

This is my favourite thread every year, thanks Wouter for making it happen! :D

FTFY, Spencer Mine too!

Ken

[nirvanero]

FTFY, Spencer Mine too!

Mine three! :)

As usual, another really nice work Wouter.

[D1omedes]

Thanks so much for the pictures, Wouter. Your skill never ceases to amaze.

Looks like that Bradley model will be my first Spyderco fixed blade. :D

[Rwb1500]

My wife says thanks for nothing Wouter. :D

The pictures are amazing as usual. Thank you for taking care of us.

[Paynter]

Thanks for the pictures. Reading this just before going to bed....guess what I'll be dreaming of?! My 'must have' list is growing rapidly.....

[salmonkiller]

Thanks for the pictures and your time.Enjoyed the peek.

[Mr Blonde]

do we have a picture of the bowie???? is it a folder?

Yes we do have pictures, and I can even publish them. Unfortunately, I haven't yet prepared them for today, but they will come later.

[phillipsted]

About that Dogtag, Need Badly! What's the materials on that one? I see the S30V for the blade, what about the other parts? Hopefully Ti.

Grizz

The concept model that I handled at the Blade Show last year was Ti, I believe. It was a lot more user-friendly than it looks. The ergonomics of the tang make the knife safe to use, even though it isn't a locking blade. It was comfortable in my hand despite its size and odd shape.

Cool little knife! I hope the price point is right so I can give them away for Christmas - but with Ti and S30V blade, it will probably be a bit higher than I would like... I'll still buy one for myself, though!

TedP

[Mr Blonde]

Are Sal and the crew monitoring this thread and/or taking feedback? I hope so. I bring it up because that blue bar on the dog tag, by eye at least, looks like it'd be perfect to have that channel milled deeper in it (to 23x3mm if they can manage it) so end-line users could just drop a Tritium vial in there. Yeah, you could get snazzy fancy and machine from the back and then cut a viewing slot on the visible face, but without getting ahead of myself, just making that channel a smidge larger would open that mod up to end-line users who didn't own a milling machine. It'd also just provide a larger well for filling with the likes of strontium aluminate for users who don't want tritium.

Just a tiny 2c production tweak. A cute flamboyant little knife like that deserves to have its own illumination. :P

Feedback is the main reason this Meet is held, and why I can share these pictures online. I'm sure Sal & Eric are monitoring this thread.

[Mr Blonde]

I was hoping this would be a bit of a bluer shade as some other pics online have shown. still looks good though

I'm positive the color FRN is the same as on the previous released SB sprints. There is most likely a distortion of the color in my images, probably due to my improvised lightbox.

[Mr Blonde]

The Firefly made its second appearance at an Amsterdam Meet, if I recall correctly. The first time I saw the Firefly concept model, I think it was the original custom knife. This production sample seems to look just about the same. I think the Firefly has a great custom design look and feel to it.

If I got my notes correctly, this knife will be produced in Japan. The bolster is made from full carbon fiber and the handle is orange G-10. This should be a great EDC with a nice custom feel to it.

The approximate specifications of the Firefly are:
Overall Length: 15,7 cm / 6.18 inches
Edge Length: 6,5 cm / 2.56 inches
Blade Length: 7 cm / 2.75 inches
Blade Thickness: 0,3 cm / 0.12 inches

[gdwtvb]

The concept model that I handled at the Blade Show last year was Ti, I believe. It was a lot more user-friendly than it looks. The ergonomics of the tang make the knife safe to use, even though it isn't a locking blade. It was comfortable in my hand despite its size and odd shape.

Cool little knife! I hope the price point is right so I can give them away for Christmas - but with Ti and S30V blade, it will probably be a bit higher than I would like... I'll still buy one for myself, though!

TedP

I had a similar idea about them making great gifts. I will buy a couple for myself and wife if nothing else! Thanks for the info.

grizz