Amsterdam Meet 2012 Report

[D1omedes]

Great pictures as always. I'm on a pretty tight budget right now and I'm not sure when that will change. Here's my very short list:

Must Have
Caly 3 in Damascus - I was really shocked at how nice it came out. The bolsters are perfect and I like the overall rounded shape. The damascus pattern looks nice, too. I'm too big a Caly fan to pass this up. If needed, I will sell some knives to obtain this one.

Southard Flipper - I've been really eager to see Spyderco pull off a flipper design. I'm glad they finally were able to do so with Mr. Southard. The knife looks like a slender tank (as wrong as that sounds) and I really would like to have one.

Maybe

Chaparral Titan - Very cool design with the Ti scales. I'm not a huge Ti fan and my first Chaparral did not come perfect out-of-the-box. This would also have to contend with my Caly 3 for EDC purposes. Still, I wouldn't mind having one to oogle over and use from time to time.

[bammann45]

Must have:

CF/Damascus Caly 3 (already pre-ordered)
Tuff (not going to pre-order)

Very Interested

Ulize
Techno

[xceptnl]

Must Buy
Techno
Caly 3.5 ZDP/CF (on pre-order)
Brad Southard Folder
Dodo Orange (on pre-order)
Foundry Carpenter
Lil Matriarch PLN

Might Buy
South Fork
Tuff
Starmate
Szabo Folder
Nilakka
Gayle Bradley Air
Ulize
Cricket Nishijin
Lum Tanto FB

Never Buy
Puukko
Streetbowie
Manbug Bolsters
Caly 3 Damascus
Chaparral Titan Stealth
Native 5 Titanium
Meerkat

[JNewell]

Love the clip on that Starmate! :D

[bchan]

Hello xceptnl, where do you pre-order the Caly 3.5 ZDP/CF? Thanks.

[gbelleh]

Ok, here's my list...

Must buy:
Lum Tanto FB
Szabo folder
Orange Dodo (already ordered)
Chaparral stealth
Starmate
Air
Caly 3 damascus
Southard flipper

Maybe buy:
Techno
Ulize
Caly 3.5 CF
Lil Matriarch
Street Bowie
Ti Native 5
Nilakka
Bolstered Manbug
Tuff (only if I can find a talented metal worker for hire)

Probably not:
Southfork
Meerkat
Nishijin Cricket
Puukko
Foundry Carpenter

Looks like it will be another fun year!

[Jazz]

The Tuff isn't for me, but the dimples look great. What's wrong with some class in a machine? Thank you very much, Wouter for all your much appreciated hard work. I look forward to your thread every year. :cool:

- best wishes, Jazz.

[Beanie-Bean]

Thanks very much for sharing your pictures and thoughts on the new knives from Amsterdam!

Gotta go update the budget for 2012 now :D

Cheers!

[gbelleh]

The dimples seem to be a very polarizing design. To me they just look goofy, unnecessary, unfinished, and kind of tacky. But beauty (or ugly) is in the eye of the beholder.

I believe the Nutnfancy term "Wizard of Oz" actually sums it up pretty well. The same reason I'd never carry a knife with a clip like this:



I've actually been trying to pinpoint why I find patterns like this so distasteful. There's something about circles of varying sizes with no apparent pattern that is bothersome to me. I always disliked the Spyker too because of the holes in the blade. But, I like the ATR. Probably because the ATR's hole patterns serve an obvious purpose, and are aligned in a sensible pattern. The holes in the Phoenix, and other Viele designs don't bother me, because they're all the same size and uniform in spacing, not to mention they represent something very specific.

I might like the Tuff more if the entire surface of the handle had smaller, evenly distributed dimples. Giving it a more coherent, uniform pattern and texture. But I don't know. Little circles on this knife just looks wrong to me.

It would be very interesting to hear if there is a reason for this design that ties in with the overall philosophy of the knife, or something symbolic that it represents. Anyway, no need to blow this out of proportion any further. Maybe it will grow on me after all... but I doubt it.

[Jay_Ev]

Must buy:
Caly 3 Damascus

Probably not:
The rest

[JAfromMN]

Thanks for all the Great Pic's and Info Mr Blonde.

This has been a fun thread to follow.

I'm going to have to start saving.

So many nice new spyderco's so little cash :)

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

Might as well jump on the bandwagon here....

Will buy:
Szabo folder
Street Bowie
Starmate
Air


Might buy:
Lum Tanto FB (despite the fact that I hate a FB with a hole its too pretty not to put on the list)
Meerkat
Caly 3.5 CF
Southard flipper (love the design, love the steel, need it to be a lefty)
Nilakka
Bolstered Manbug ( held one the other day, loved it. But I'm not paying $80 for it)


Probably not:
Foundry Carpenter
Southfork
Ti Native 5 (very nice looking knife but too expensive and not really something I would use)
Chaparral stealth
Techno (unless by some miracle a lefty version comes out)

Definitely not:
Ulize
Lil Matriarch
Nishijin Cricket
Puukko
Tuff
Caly 3 damascus
Orange Dodo

[Rwb1500]

O>M>G. There's a Starmate...

I'm beside myself.


This is all I can think;

There's a Starmate waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a Starmate waiting in the sky
He told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile

(Name that tune? :D )


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[DeathBySnooSnoo]

Sort of Starman by Bowie...

[Rwb1500]

Sort of Starman by Bowie...

Pretty sure David Bowie wrote that song about Bob T.

:D

[Pinetreebbs]

Ed Schempp's Tuff, wow!. Ed knocks another one out of the park.

The others are all great as well.

Thanks again to Mr. Blonde.

[hiredgun]

I pushed on the thin piece of G10, but it didn't bulge.

Thanks Koen Z for the info. Good to know! :cool:

[JCMED]

No doubt. That Tuff is , well , um, TUFF! M, M, M, M, MMMM! TOASTY!

[IRZ28]

Wow, the dimples really make for quite a change cosmetically for the Tuff... I agree with jabba359, for some reason I really like it on the Ti side (better than the previous proto's texture), but not so much on the G10 side... That blade is as cool looking as ever, though... Glad they didn't make any changes there (cosmetically)...

[angusW]

Like that Starmate and it has my favourite clip. I wonder if the production model will have the medalion inlay? I think it really needs to have that included. Either way this one's on the list.