Amsterdam Meet 2014 Report of Upcoming Spyderco Prototypes

[Mr Blonde]

The Native 5 Lightweight was a nice surprise, as I didn’t remember seeing this version last year. The handle has no liners in it, but there are little steel ‘barrels’ with threading in the handle, for a positive lock-up of the clip screws when you want to set up the clip for e.g. left-handed or tip-down carry. This one’s definitely on my wish list.

[Mr Blonde]

Although this very special Paramilitary 2 sprint was already shipping, Eric and Sal brought it along with them to the Amsterdam Meet.

IIRC, the most important reason to try and make this CPM 154/S90v composite blade was ‘to see if it could be done’. I remember Eric explaining that this blade has no real practical benefits over a regular S90V blade. However, it was a very complicated process to successfully combine these two steels in this composite blade. Hopefully, the knowledge gained during this process for this Paramilitary 2 Sprint, will lead to other related innovations that will prove practical. There will be more knives by Spyderco with this type of composite blade, but not in a Paramilitary 2 frame.

[Mr Blonde]

That’s all for today, I’ll have more photos tomorrow...thanks for watching!

[xceptnl]

Thanks again Wouter. We hope you enjoyed your trip and I can say you were certainly missed around here.

[IG-88]

Spiderman wants his knife back...

ROFL

[IG-88]

THX Wouter!!!

The lightweight Native is coming :) I need one :)

[speedcut]

C mon just 3 new spydies a day that not enough for the daily dose.... :)

[bh49]

The Native 5 Lightweight was a nice surprise, as I didn’t remember seeing this version last year. The handle has no liners in it, but there are little steel ‘barrels’ with threading in the handle, for a positive lock-up of the clip screws when you want to set up the clip for e.g. left-handed or tip-down carry. This one’s definitely on my wish list.

Wouter,
Thank you for pictures. Nice knife, as expected. clip is different than on g10 Native5. I really hope that both g10 and LW variants will stay in production and Spyderco will catch-up with demand. Interesting what MSRP will be for this knife and how soon it will hit dealer's shelves?

[SolidState]

That native looks like my next Spyderco, unless the new Kiwi gets out first.

[LC Kid]

Hi Folks!


Another Must Have :rolleyes:

Truly a work horse :spyder:

[Liquid Cobra]

First pics of the new PM2 sprint, love it....hopefully price isnt too crazy.

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. In case it's not..This knife has already come and gone. It was limited to 300 peices. There are a couple new on ebay going for about $600.

[All-R-Crazy]

Native light weight looks great, I can't wait for it to hit the dealers.

[Holland]

The N5 LW looks like a nice knife. I am not a big fan of the N5 ergos, but if the sprint with an interesting steel come out, ill definitely be giving this model a try :D

[D1omedes]

Thanks for the update, Wouter. I might just have to trade my G10 N5 for a LW N5... :rolleyes:

[Popsickle]

First pics of the new PM2 sprint, love it....hopefully price isnt too crazy.

you must not keep up with the forums...... this knife has come and gone. 450+ and crazy secondary prices after that

[paladin]

Wouter,
Thank you for pictures. Nice knife, as expected. clip is different than on g10 Native5. I really hope that both g10 and LW variants will stay in production and Spyderco will catch-up with demand. Interesting what MSRP will be for this knife and how soon it will hit dealer's shelves?

Keep preachin' brother...

And isn't it amazing how the Spyder engineers can take a "perfect" design...tweak it a little and make it "perfecter" (sic.)

Backspacer looks good & practical and an easy candidate for a custom colored G10 weekend project. :D

Still would like to see the Spyderhole uncovered more in the closed mode. Must be a reason why it hasn't already been addressed...does it mess with the zen of the ergos? :confused:

[Donut]

The S90V core on that Para looks pretty off center. *shrug*

I like that Native Lightweight.

[tvenuto]

This N5 LW just begs for for sprints and colors, really looking forward to those. Bi-directional texture FTW! The forum knife had the (possibly intended) consequence of introducing me to the awesome Native form factor. Up to now, my Delica had the advantage when it came to the scale texture and lightness, but this one has the potential to play like an upgraded Delica.

[gbelleh]

Maybe Spyderco will hold that Para 2 aside as the grand prize for the 2015 calendar contest?????

[SpyderNut]

^^^ :eek: . You'd certainly have a lot of entries for that contest! :)