south fork....

edge-e · #1

Has anyone heard of an ETA,or update on the new south fork.
I hope it's in the first quarter of 2012..

thx..

cckw · #2

I clicked hoping you were posting something new. for me this is the most exciting thing since CF S90V para. I am one who uses a fixed blade if possible.

Brock O Lee · #3

I hope its not Apr 2012 - that's M390 Millie month :)

Even if it is, I'll get over it - there's no way I'm going to miss out on this one

agent clark · #4

Unfortunately, I saw on a vendor site 2nd quarter of 2012. Here's to hoping they get ahead of schedule...

SQSAR · #5

This knife is going to me a must have. I plan on getting two of them if at all possible. Unfortunately, I'm not a very patient person. :o

VashHash · #6

Well luckily for us its going to be a production model so if it is the same month as the millies I can wait to get one

MachSchnell · #7

Would definitely be a good kitchen carving knife, and possibly nice for fish processing. I don't know how robust s90v is, I would guess it's not suited well for many outdoor tasks?

Blades · #8

MachSchnell wrote:Would definitely be a good kitchen carving knife, and possibly nice for fish processing. I don't know how robust s90v is, I would guess it's not suited well for many outdoor tasks?

Why can't you use it outdoors?

SQSAR · #9

S90v is one of the most highly sought after steels on the market today. I'd be curious as to why you might suggest the knife wouldn't be a good outdoors knife. :confused:

Sequimite · #10

SQSAR wrote:S90v is one of the most highly sought after steels on the market today. I'd be curious as to why you might suggest the knife wouldn't be a good outdoors knife. :confused:

Suffice it to say that Phil Wilson's knives, especially the fillet knives, are sought after worldwide for fishing and hunting. The original custom that the Spyderco version it is based on is S90V.

JNewell · #11

MachSchnell wrote:Would definitely be a good kitchen carving knife, and possibly nice for fish processing. I don't know how robust s90v is, I would guess it's not suited well for many outdoor tasks?

Not sure why you'd guess that. S90V is as corrosion resistant as 440C, has impact resistance at least as great as D2 and 440C, and beats both of them by orders of magnitude on edge retention. You obviously can't use a filet knife for large-scale woodcraft without some risks, but normal bladestock will outperform almost any other steel in most respects and offers an outstanding combination of performance characteristics overall.

MachSchnell · #12

I was going by the thinness of the blade; it would be outstanding for game and fish processing (even though it won't be as flexible as a traditional filet knife), but other than that I don't see it having much use in other outdoor tasks without damage, chipping etc.

I didn't really imply or suggest that it wouldn't be any good outdoors, it was more of a question, hence the "?".

S90V ... has impact resistance at least as great as D2 and 440C,

Hmm, really? That's something I didn't know, must must have to do with specific heat treatments for particular applications.

Either way it'll be a sweet blade.

Blades · #13

MachSchnell wrote: Either way it'll be a sweet blade.

True dat!

MachSchnell · #14

At first, the price was putting me off, but this thing is really growing on me. :)
Might just have to Pre-Order this.

Slash · #15

Well, if it fails Spyderco has your back. Just don't go batoning it through any hardwoods. Not that anyone would do something like that with this knife.