A peak behind the curtain at the Bodacious

[horzuff]

It's thinner blade stock than a Shaman but still a beefy blade. Also Eric mentioned that it's thicker ground at the tip, and if you run your fingers down the length of the blade grind you can feel the transition where it gets thicker. It's a stout knife for sure.

Thanks for the reply! Probably a regrind candidate for me as well then :D

[Igi964]

Mine came today. BTE is 0.5mm by the handle to 0.79mm on the tip. Its definitely a stout blade. I dont have Manix, or PM2 to direct comparsion but I would say, Bodacious is a better slicer
I like the smooth G10, no hump ergonomy, action from factory was not great. After some lube blade flies, very nice. Overall I like the knife very much

[abbazaba]

This is already knife of the year for me. Perfect size blade, stout but slim all around, great in hand. Love the jimping on the lock bar. This one screams to be used the moment you pick it up. The scales feel awesome but do scratch if you look at them. Clip/placement isn't my favorite and it will never see a lanyard but easy to look past that. Best new design in a while IMO! Looking forward to tool steel options and might even bite on the S90v/CF version. In the meantime it's always great to revisit Golden S30v. Thank you Spyderco!

[Evil D]

RC Bladeworks already have scales in the works including skinny scales for those interested.

https://www.rcbladeworks.com/shop

[riclaw]

RC Bladeworks already have scales in the works including skinny scales for those interested.

https://www.rcbladeworks.com/shop

Neat! I want to try the skinny scales and when someone makes contoured G10 scales I will try those too. Something about the OEM scales doesn't fit my hand. I think it's the height and placement of the hump.

RGT has Ti hardware sets for those interested.

[JSumm]

This is a great thread! Very excited about this one!

[Toucan]

Absolutely wonderful looking knife. Gonna have to wait for a dealer/distributor variant that goes for less than the base model, though. That is a serious chunk of change. I know it was, like, 30 years ago, but the Bodacious costs as much as the Sebenza when it came out. And Enduras were, what, $35?

I get it. A lot of thought and effort went into it. Not saying it's not worth it.

I just hope GPknives or the like does a REX version for ~$150. Still a lotta cash, but much easier for an average knife person.

Can't wait to try this knife out some day.

[kennethsime]

Absolutely wonderful looking knife. Gonna have to wait for a dealer/distributor variant that goes for less than the base model, though. That is a serious chunk of change. I know it was, like, 30 years ago, but the Bodacious costs as much as the Sebenza when it came out. And Enduras were, what, $35?

I get it. A lot of thought and effort went into it. Not saying it's not worth it.

I just hope GPknives or the like does a REX version for ~$150. Still a lotta cash, but much easier for an average knife person.

Can't wait to try this knife out some day.

I'm in a similar boat, hoping the Crucarta version sells at a MAP sale for $200ish

In other news, LynchNW hinted at some titanium scales for this bad boy in their newsletter this morning.

[Enactive]

Absolutely wonderful looking knife. Gonna have to wait for a dealer/distributor variant that goes for less than the base model, though. That is a serious chunk of change. I know it was, like, 30 years ago, but the Bodacious costs as much as the Sebenza when it came out. And Enduras were, what, $35?

I get it. A lot of thought and effort went into it. Not saying it's not worth it.

I just hope GPknives or the like does a REX version for ~$150. Still a lotta cash, but much easier for an average knife person.

Can't wait to try this knife out some day.

I'm in a similar boat, hoping the Crucarta version sells at a MAP sale for $200ish

In other news, LynchNW hinted at some titanium scales for this bad boy in their newsletter this morning.

Do you know if those are liner -delete scales?

[kennethsime]

Absolutely wonderful looking knife. Gonna have to wait for a dealer/distributor variant that goes for less than the base model, though. That is a serious chunk of change. I know it was, like, 30 years ago, but the Bodacious costs as much as the Sebenza when it came out. And Enduras were, what, $35?

I get it. A lot of thought and effort went into it. Not saying it's not worth it.

I just hope GPknives or the like does a REX version for ~$150. Still a lotta cash, but much easier for an average knife person.

Can't wait to try this knife out some day.

I'm in a similar boat, hoping the Crucarta version sells at a MAP sale for $200ish

In other news, LynchNW hinted at some titanium scales for this bad boy in their newsletter this morning.

Do you know if those are liner -delete scales?

I do not, but I would expect them to be similar to Casey’s other offerings, where the non-locking liner is deleted.

[riclaw]

Rockscale Design has titanium scales for the bodacious.

Finish = Media Blast:
https://rockscaledesign.com/collections ... edia-blast

Finish = Media Wash
https://rockscaledesign.com/collections ... media-wash

[Evil D]

Found this gnarly old white oak knot tonight while burning some brush and decided to carve it up.








Felt like I was carving and baseball bat. That knot was hard as a rock. Timestamps on the pics say it took me 14 minutes to whittle it off. The edge cuts great but I think it still needs to be thinner. No chips or rolls though, it's a very durable edge.

This here is why I wouldn't mind if this design could be made in a different lock type. Every compression lock I use hard like this leaves a hot spot here. Also I got one from the pinky end of the handle which I don't think I've ever got from other knives, so I think some corner beveling is in the future.








But to be fair this is 14 minutes of white knuckle carving with a hammer grip and I deliberately try to not change my grip at all to see where the hot spots come from. This won't be a problem for casual EDC but I think I'd really like to see this knife in a titanium RIL design.

[Evil D]

And just to make sure, but it still easily slices phone book paper. Carving a stick shouldn't kill an edge but I have seen micro chips from carving knots before. Really makes me wonder about the heat treat they're giving S30V these days, I recall mention of reevaluating heat treats across the board after working with MagnaCut.

[Wartstein]

....
This here is why I wouldn't mind if this design could be made in a different lock type. Every compression lock I use hard like this leaves a hot spot here...
....won't be a problem for casual EDC but I think I'd really like to see this knife in a titanium RIL design.

Yep, this is one of the reasons why I so wish we will see kind of a backlock version of this knife or the Caribbean, or why I´d prefer a linlerlock on such more outdoorsy, "harder use" folders and find comp.lock Spydies just not the best all around options.

... cause an allround do it all folder SHOULD offer the option to do also this kind of work comfortably, and here backlock and linerlock and CBBL usually just do a better job than a comp.lock.

[Jesla]

I prefer comp-locks 100 to 1 over liner-locks. I am sure ED would agree… in normal usage of this type of hard use gloves are worn. This was a demonstration, not an advert for liner-locks.

Yes I’m looking at you wartstein…. Get over it already, jeeez…

[Wartstein]

I prefer comp-locks 100 to 1 over liner-locks. I am sure ED would agree… in normal usage of this type of hard use gloves are worn. This was a demonstration, not an advert for liner-locks.

Yes I’m looking at you wartstein…. Get over it already, jeeez…

Sometimes I am bit between puzzled and sad when people almost get offended when a share of their fellow knife guys just happen to prefer one feature over another and this happens to be not the feature YOU prefer

I don't complain at all, I just politely say that I'd like this design even more with a linerlock, just like YOU would feel vice versa if it had one but you'd prefer a comp.lock.

And I give subjective, but still valid reasons for that
To me personally a linerlock has several advantages over a comp lock, one being indeed that for me it does not create that "comp lock hot spot" in prolongued, harder use.
And YES, in my world a perfect do it all folder SHOULD be able to be comfortable also in that kind of work and without gloves (which I normally don't have with me when that kind of work occurs).

At least I'd aak you to be consistent :
If the next time for example someone says he'd like to see a VG10 folder in more rustproof MC or harder S110V, tell them:"I myself prefer VG10, so jeeez, get over it "

[Wartstein]

Dude… step away from the keyboard, take some time off…. Others in the world aren’t required to conform to you.

Not your day, man, as I said already - but I am sure you know that anyway

Literally all I did was stating my opinion that I personally would like the Bodacious even better with a linerlock (but certainly the majority does not), giving a reason why and highlighting it by Davids finding.
Exactly like YOU said you prefer it with the comp.lock
Just like folks state they´d like a lightweight version of knife X, a rustproof Magnacut version of knife Y, a larger version of knife Z... on our discussion forum.

How this suddenly is "requiring others to conform to me" is something I think not even you yourself can understand, let alone explain. No offense, but honestly one of the weirdest statements I´ve ever read here...

Hope you have a better day tomorrow!

[CDEP]

Thank god for the Ignore list, eh?

[Molle Ninja]

Can’t wait to pick one up in a bit more expensive blade steel.

[Nestor]

This is already knife of the year for me. Perfect size blade, stout but slim all around, great in hand. Love the jimping on the lock bar. This one screams to be used the moment you pick it up. The scales feel awesome but do scratch if you look at them. Clip/placement isn't my favorite and it will never see a lanyard but easy to look past that. Best new design in a while IMO! Looking forward to tool steel options and might even bite on the S90v/CF version. In the meantime it's always great to revisit Golden S30v. Thank you Spyderco!

Love it! Thanks.