salimoneus wrote:No offense, but just not really seeing the point of this pass around. First off nobody can really carry the knife, sharpen, or cut much of anything with it. So what's left to do, just to hold it in your hands I guess? Second, it's such a limited production, that it likely won't be available to the general public in any way shape or form. So if you end up "loving it", too bad, because you can't get one. I would think one set of pics and a review should suffice, all this just seems a bit silly to me, but by all means have at it :spyder:
Well, I plan to do a video review on it, and my reviews are a bit... unique. Should at least be entertaining. I'm looking forward to the others' opinions and pictures too.
Tactical Max might have to make a comeback for this one... :D
salimoneus wrote:No offense, but just not really seeing the point of this pass around. First off nobody can really carry the knife, sharpen, or cut much of anything with it. So what's left to do, just to hold it in your hands I guess? Second, it's such a limited production, that it likely won't be available to the general public in any way shape or form. So if you end up "loving it", too bad, because you can't get one. I would think one set of pics and a review should suffice, all this just seems a bit silly to me, but by all means have at it :spyder:
First off, do you really expect me to let people use and greatly devalue what could be the rarest Spyderco in my collection? I mean, if you're willing to let people do that with your knives, more power to you! But I don't see any pass arounds that you have created.
Second: "So what's left to do, just to hold it in your hands I guess?" That's exactly the point. Bonus is that people can compare it to their other knives and take pictures.
And finally, I'm not making anyone participate. In fact, it wasn't even my idea. :)
LOL, dam* right, I cant wait to fondle that knife! :) This pass around is awesome imo.
salimoneus wrote:No offense, but just not really seeing the point of this pass around. First off nobody can really carry the knife, sharpen, or cut much of anything with it. So what's left to do, just to hold it in your hands I guess? Second, it's such a limited production, that it likely won't be available to the general public in any way shape or form. So if you end up "loving it", too bad, because you can't get one. I would think one set of pics and a review should suffice, all this just seems a bit silly to me, but by all means have at it :spyder:
Well, I plan to do a video review on it, and my reviews are a bit... unique. Should at least be entertaining. I'm looking forward to the others' opinions and pictures too.
Tactical Max might have to make a comeback for this one... :D
Strong-Dog's First Impressions of Goldenspydie's Foundry in Order:
1. This is a very thin, but very solid knife that has a bit of heft to it (I like that).
2. Action is stiff, but smooth. Frame-lock exerts a lot of pressure on the blade. I don't want to mess with the pivot, so I'm going to add a couple of drops of nano-oil to help loosen it up if that is ok.
3. Has probably the most solid "THWACK!" when it locks up as any frame-lock I've ever handled. It locks up with authority, seriously.
4. Is extremely comfortable in the hand, much more so than I anticipated. The thinness of it doesn't take away from the comfort in hand at all.
5. The gimping is very nicely done, not too much, not too little. It could be sharper, but then again I'm from the school of thought that gimping could always be sharper. It is very good gimping though.
6. Blade is slightly biased towards none locking side, which I have a hunch that it is from the pressure of the lock-bar and not quality issues. Again, not my knife so I don't want to mess with anything.
7. Has beautiful milling marks in the lock-bar cutout, again nicely done Spyderco.
8. The engraving of the Spydie emblem and info on the blade is the nicest I've ever seen. It looks way different than normal, much nicer and just better all around. It has almost a silver lining around it, with deep black laser etching in the center. It looks different than my other U.S. Spydies after comparison.
9. Very strong detent, which I like.
10. Very nicely executed frame-lock. I cannot push the lock-bar in at all, and locks up at probably around 40%. Not too late, not too early. Perfect. Also, it has an internal over-travel tab (maybe a stabilizer as well?). Very cool design.
Those are just my first impressions after a little bit of handling. I will be posting some more thoughts and pictures later as I spend more time with it. I'll make sure to take lots of comparison pictures as well.
I'd be very tempted to buy one if Spyderco made it a production item...steel handled frame lock would definitely be stronger than a titanium version, and the extra weight wouldn't be a disadvantage some of time time when I carry a knife. And a heavier knife with a wire clip, assuming it's stronger than the normal version, would be more than welcome.
This knife is no doubt very cool. It is high quality, and very nicely executed. One thing that adds to the whole knife is the limited availability. While I do like the knife, if it were regular production there is no way I would spend anywhere near $300 on it, and anywhere over $200 I'd have a very hard time justifying it. The collectibility adds to it's value, but I for one wouldn't want to carry this around and beat on it. I'd rather spend less say on a Domino. So in my opinion, this knife fits the niche role of extremely collectible Spyderco that fanatics will be all over. It doesn't have the same allure of the newest steel like a sprint run would, but for long term die-hard fans this is a must have (if you can get your hands on it). Also, the fact that it is entirely constructed of materials from the same supplier makes this an extremely unique knife.
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