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Stainless backspacers & the Caly 3.5
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:02 am
by theZOOfromHELL
I've been looking at the Caly 3.5 for a while. I love vg-10, the blade shape, the choil, but more than anything..
..I love the look of the stainless backspacer surrounding the back-lock. I think it's absolutely gorgeous, and makes the knives look both solid and very classy. It must add a nice little heft to the knife, too.
anyone else share this odd obsession? :) :confused:
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:53 am
by bh49
No.
I am not obsessed with Caly3.5. I put this knife on pre-order way before Spyderco released it. NGK mailed it to me on the first day, when they received it. So I just carry it almost every day and absolutely love it. I am not obsessed, I have a passion to Caly3.5 and original Caly3. IMHO it is one of the best production EDC ever made.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:59 am
by Timbo114
My Caly 3.5 SB Sprint has a leaking problem.
It oozes aesthetic and ergonomic perfection.
It got on both of my hands and seeped into my skin.
I later purchased a NIB Caly 3 G10, which oozes the same substances.
Weird eh?
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:39 am
by sal
Just my opinion and I am surely biased, but I don't think there are too many knife companies producing knives on the order of the Caly3 & Caly3.5.
My Caly3.5 models (VG-10 & Super Blue) and prototype (Carbon fiber ZDP laminate & blue VG-10 version) get a lot of carry time.
sal
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:53 am
by wrdwrght
Timbo114 wrote:My Caly 3.5 SB Sprint has a leaking problem.
It oozes aesthetic and ergonomic perfection.
It got on both of my hands and seeped into my skin.
I later purchased a NIB Caly 3 G10, which oozes the same substances.
Weird eh?
I've been having the same problem. :rolleyes: Thanks for putting it into words.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:00 am
by wrdwrght
sal wrote:My Caly3.5 models (VG-10 & Super Blue) and prototype (Carbon fiber ZDP laminate & blue VG-10 version) get a lot of carry time.
Sal, did you just say PROTOTYPE?! :eek: :D
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:09 am
by The Deacon
I'm inclined to be the other way. Stainless steel backspacers get the job done, but I wonder how a CF backspacer would work on models like the Caly 3 and 3.5 where there seems to be a focus on lightness. Would it be strong enough? Would it be significantly lighter?
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:35 pm
by D1omedes
wrdwrght wrote:Sal, did you just say PROTOTYPE?! :eek: :D
Sal has previously confirmed that a CF/ZDP Caly 3.5 is coming. It will likely be clad with 420J2. The blue G10 was probably the prototype for the Vg10 Caly 3.5 that is out now.
And I concur with Roman. I am not obsessed with the Caly but I have 4 already and see myself purchasing more. It just seems like the perfect blend of aesthetic and function, IMO. :D
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:57 pm
by sal
Hi Paul,
I would question the use of CF to hold the spring long term without some type of support. The lock-back spring generates quite a bit of force in a small area.
On the lite weights, we use support built into the FRN.
sal
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:12 pm
by The Deacon
sal wrote:Hi Paul,
I would question the use of CF to hold the spring long term without some type of support. The lock-back spring generates quite a bit of force in a small area.
On the lite weights, we use support built into the FRN.
sal
Couldn't the same thing be done with CF, either by starting with thicker stock and milling away material on both sides leaving the studs or by having a purpose-built part molded? I do realize one or both of those might not be economically feasible, and might not work on the Calys due to space constraints. Just wonder if/how well it would work.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:17 pm
by Blerv
It might be a good use of Titanium. One of the better uses for it actually.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:21 pm
by dalefuller
I share the OP's love of SS backspacers, lockbacks (or midlocks), 3" blades, leaf shaped blades, etc. I'm currently pocketing an N5 for EDC and it's really becoming a favorite. I like the weight and rigidity that SS backspacers add in a smaller folder.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:30 pm
by chuck_roxas45
dalefuller wrote:I share the OP's love of SS backspacers, lockbacks (or midlocks), 3" blades, leaf shaped blades, etc. I'm currently pocketing an N5 for EDC and it's really becoming a favorite. I like the weight and rigidity that SS backspacers add in a smaller folder.
Yah, give me an SS back spacer each time. :D
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:06 pm
by starma
The Caly 3.5 is what converted me to Spyderco. I’ve heard that Spydercos are designed in the dark or some such thing...but I don’t see it. The Caly 3.5 is a work of art—it’s slick, slim, and sexy and I love the SS backspace. (Please don’t tell my wife I called my knife sexy, she already thinks I’m crazy for spending nearly $100 to buy it.)
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:42 pm
by razorsharp
theZOOfromHELL wrote:I've been looking at the Caly 3.5 for a while. I love vg-10, the blade shape, the choil, but more than anything..
..I love the look of the stainless backspacer surrounding the back-lock. I think it's absolutely gorgeous, and makes the knives look both solid and very classy. It must add a nice little heft to the knife, too.
anyone else share this odd obsession? :) :confused:
its one of the first things I notices :D , everything was PERFECTLY flush. The backspacer and liners are so flush it looks like 1 piece of steel :eek:
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:57 pm
by Evil D
I just had my ZDP Caly 3 out of the box today...such a gorgeous knife. I still wish it had come with a solid ZDP blade...can't stand how easy that 420J2 stuff scratches. Still one of the best feeling ergonomics of any knife out there.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:00 pm
by Cheddarnut
theZOOfromHELL wrote:I've been looking at the Caly 3.5 for a while. I love vg-10, the blade shape, the choil, but more than anything..
..I love the look of the stainless backspacer surrounding the back-lock. I think it's absolutely gorgeous, and makes the knives look both solid and very classy. It must add a nice little heft to the knife, too.
anyone else share this odd obsession? :) :confused:
Yessir. Thats what makes the g10 ukpks and urbans so sweet. It makes it look like...metal. Metal is coooooooool.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:10 pm
by noddy
D1omedes wrote:Sal has previously confirmed that a CF/ZDP Caly 3.5 is coming.
I hope this remains so :)
(I'd like a blue handle on a zdp one :) :))