Bigger Kiwi (4?) Poll- Help Sal Out

[araneae]

Sal, l know you're out there.

[sal]

Hi Araneae,

I'm finally home for a few weeks. We're still deciding on configs but we will be doing something.

sal

[Evil D]

That's awesome...i'm pretty excited about this knife.

[angusW]

Four more votes for 100.

[sal]

Time to discuss grind and tip details:

Full flat grind and notched spine makes for a very thin blade at the tip.

I thought about making the blade stock thinner, especially if the design is larger and clipless, light weight will be important.

Thinner stock and hollow makes for a very thin tip...thoughts?

sal

[MCM]

Folks voted "Bolsters, double"
Not sure how light it would be?

poll results:
Spine notched like the original Kiwi
Bolsters, double
Flat Ground
Okay with a removable clip

[captnvegtble]

Time to discuss grind and tip details:

Full flat grind and notched spine makes for a very thin blade at the tip.

I thought about making the blade stock thinner, especially if the design is larger and clipless, light weight will be important.

Thinner stock and hollow makes for a very thin tip...thoughts?

sal

Sal, when you say very thin blade tip, are you thinking thin like the Chokwe or upcoming Des Horn? Because I would welcome very thin tips like those.

[pmbspyder]

Time to discuss grind and tip details:

Full flat grind and notched spine makes for a very thin blade at the tip.

I thought about making the blade stock thinner, especially if the design is larger and clipless, light weight will be important.

Thinner stock and hollow makes for a very thin tip...thoughts?

sal

I would stay true to the kiwi's original design, especially with the grind. everything and its mother is ffg these days. your feedback to the forums is awesome, and the fact you take our opinion into consideration is one of the reasons why i buy spyderco exclusively; on the larger kiwi issue, i defer to your genius. every forumite wants something different; if you just build it, they will come!

[angusW]

Folks voted "Bolsters, double"
Not sure how light it would be?

poll results:
Spine notched like the original Kiwi
Bolsters, double
Flat Ground
Okay with a removable clip

I was happy with the results since they were in favour with what I wanted, but forum polls usually are not very accurate or scientific. I would like to say "Sal, the poll speaks for itself" but we don't know what method they use to determine the characteristics of a knife before it gets into production.

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

I'd vote thin stick and hollow ground.
And I too love how Sal and Spyderco like our input on things like this.

[gull wing]

Seems like this could be the same knife, only bigger. :confused: I don't know?

[Evil D]

Seems like this could be the same knife, only bigger. :confused: I don't know?

That's what i'm sayin...just do what's necessary to change the design just barely enough to make it bigger...such as make the finger choils the appropriate size, and leave the rest as it is.

I really can't see this knife being FFG and having a notched blade...the tip would be so thin and fragile, i probably wouldn't buy or use it. I think once you lose the notch, this becomes another knife altogether and loses the Kiwi identity.

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

that's what i'm sayin...just do what's necessary to change the design just barely enough to make it bigger...such as make the finger choils the appropriate size, and leave the rest as it is.

I really can't see this knife being ffg and having a notched blade...the tip would be so thin and fragile, i probably wouldn't buy or use it. I think once you lose the notch, this becomes another knife altogether and loses the kiwi identity.

+1

[pmbspyder]

that's what i'm sayin...just do what's necessary to change the design just barely enough to make it bigger...such as make the finger choils the appropriate size, and leave the rest as it is.

I really can't see this knife being ffg and having a notched blade...the tip would be so thin and fragile, i probably wouldn't buy or use it. I think once you lose the notch, this becomes another knife altogether and loses the kiwi identity.

+2

[MCM]

+3

I just posted the poll results, not what I would like.

A larger version of the orig is fine with me!
(natural scale options would be a plus)