You can hardly blame Spyderco for the lack of popularity of toothed blades… they just don’t sell in large enough numbers. However that does leave one group you can blame, the consumer. As a consumer I just don’t want anything to do with serrated blades, it is a deal breaker, for me and many many others.
This is very much in the vain of EV sales, the vast majority just don’t want them and can’t be crammed down our throats. The government is finding out you can’t force people to buy what they don’t want. No matter how vocal the minority gets, its sales that drive supply and there aren’t enough sales of serrated blades to warrant a larger supply.
I do understand what you are saying in regards to many people's negative views of fully serrated blades. It wasn't until I got my first Spyderco full SE model when I changed my mind. I found that "Using is Believing" when it comes to full SE blades.
As a prime example it is incredible how much more useful a Hawkbill blade is with TEETH. Also there are other types of cutlery that excel with serrations. The overall quality of the serrations make a huge difference. It wasn't until I got my very first Spyderco full SE blade that I ever used a full SE blade with the overall quality that Spyderco makes their SE blades with.
You can hardly blame Spyderco for the lack of popularity of toothed blades… they just don’t sell in large enough numbers. However that does leave one group you can blame, the consumer. As a consumer I just don’t want anything to do with serrated blades, it is a deal breaker, for me and many many others.
This is very much in the vain of EV sales, the vast majority just don’t want them and can’t be crammed down our throats. The government is finding out you can’t force people to buy what they don’t want. No matter how vocal the minority gets, its sales that drive supply and there aren’t enough sales of serrated blades to warrant a larger supply.
I do understand what you are saying in regards to many people's negative views of fully serrated blades. It wasn't until I got my first Spyderco full SE model when I changed my mind. I found that "Using is Believing" when it comes to full SE blades.
As a prime example it is incredible how much more useful a Hawkbill blade is with TEETH. Also there are other types of cutlery that excel with serrations. The overall quality of the serrations make a huge difference. It wasn't until I got my very first Spyderco full SE blade that I ever used a full SE blade with the overall quality that Spyderco makes their SE blades with.
Fair enough…. But it’s hard for Spyderco to dedicate their already strained production capacity to make knifes that will likely sit unsold on shelves, for years.
Whatever turns you on, cupcake.
Still plays with knives…
You can hardly blame Spyderco for the lack of popularity of toothed blades… they just don’t sell in large enough numbers. However that does leave one group you can blame, the consumer. As a consumer I just don’t want anything to do with serrated blades, it is a deal breaker, for me and many many others.
This is very much in the vain of EV sales, the vast majority just don’t want them and can’t be crammed down our throats. The government is finding out you can’t force people to buy what they don’t want. No matter how vocal the minority gets, its sales that drive supply and there aren’t enough sales of serrated blades to warrant a larger supply.
I do understand what you are saying in regards to many people's negative views of fully serrated blades. It wasn't until I got my first Spyderco full SE model when I changed my mind. I found that "Using is Believing" when it comes to full SE blades.
As a prime example it is incredible how much more useful a Hawkbill blade is with TEETH. Also there are other types of cutlery that excel with serrations. The overall quality of the serrations make a huge difference. It wasn't until I got my very first Spyderco full SE blade that I ever used a full SE blade with the overall quality that Spyderco makes their SE blades with.
Fair enough…. But it’s hard for Spyderco to dedicate their already strained production capacity to make knifes that will likely sit unsold on shelves, for years.
OK I get what you're saying. But the primary purpose of this thread is to help determine which models would do well in SE. Not only sales-wise but also to expand Spyderco's ability to provide tools for various types of jobs that need them.
Take their Hawkbill models for instance. It was models like the fully serrated Harpy that proved that certain types of blades really perform even better with serrations.
Deep in my gut I just feel that there are at least a half a dozen models that never got a chance to prove what they could do in the SE version. The 2 Jason Breeden models along with the Superhawk for starters. Also I very much want to see how well a serrated Recurve blade can perform. The ULIZE and ADVENTURA I'm sure would both be awesome.
ARK & more importantly a few Dodos that I need & don’t have. Hopefully, we can get a good sized run of Dodos. I’d love a few (SE or otherwise).
I'm a huge fan of the Dodo model in SE and PE both. In my humble opinion the Dodo is the most versatile short blade design ever in the Spyderco line up. It is a beast in full SE and really performs great with TEETH. I do hope that more SE Dodo models are on the horizon.
I've stated many times in the past that I would be on board with an ARK model in full SE.
And I've also wondered how useful a STREETBEAT model would be with TEETH. Great suggestions thus far folks!
