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2012 condor line
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Last I heard was likely sometime in May. We'll see if that stays accurate as we near the date. 
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Can you post a pic of the Lochnessmuk? Thanks.
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2012 Condor catalog here
Dear Condor reps,
I know you will be reading this. After all part of your secret in responding so well to customer feedback is your keen awareness of what us knife people talk about in forums, not the least of which is this one.
Congratulations on your 2012 line up. Especially congratulations on the Heavy Duty Kukri knife you're introducing for 2012. 10 inch blade, 5/16" thickness, carbon steel, flat-looking grind, all stats scream awesome. Obviously someone at Condor did his homework right, give this guy a raise! I also greatly anticipate your pack golok and village parang. Keep these all affordable and of good manufacture for 2012 and this year promises to be the greatest year for you, in terms of sales figures but more importantly in terms of brand recognition.
Since I have your attention, would you be so kind as to considering the following sources of inspiration for your 2013 lineup:
- differential tempering
- chef knives, cleaver, old-hickory style
- spetsnaz shovel
- kydex or ABS-like sheaths options (leather rots)
- don't even think of coming up with a zombie line. I know Kabar did it, and I predict that a few years from now their brand name won't be taken as seriously as it used to because of that.
Take it from Attila the Hun, if you keep up this way you're a few years away from dominating the marketplace.
Dear Condor reps,
I know you will be reading this. After all part of your secret in responding so well to customer feedback is your keen awareness of what us knife people talk about in forums, not the least of which is this one.
Congratulations on your 2012 line up. Especially congratulations on the Heavy Duty Kukri knife you're introducing for 2012. 10 inch blade, 5/16" thickness, carbon steel, flat-looking grind, all stats scream awesome. Obviously someone at Condor did his homework right, give this guy a raise! I also greatly anticipate your pack golok and village parang. Keep these all affordable and of good manufacture for 2012 and this year promises to be the greatest year for you, in terms of sales figures but more importantly in terms of brand recognition.
Since I have your attention, would you be so kind as to considering the following sources of inspiration for your 2013 lineup:
- differential tempering
- chef knives, cleaver, old-hickory style
- spetsnaz shovel
- kydex or ABS-like sheaths options (leather rots)
- don't even think of coming up with a zombie line. I know Kabar did it, and I predict that a few years from now their brand name won't be taken as seriously as it used to because of that.
Take it from Attila the Hun, if you keep up this way you're a few years away from dominating the marketplace.
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I'm still anxiously waiting to hear if they pick up my Baryonyx Machete design for 2013! I hope I hope!
I'd like to see some chef/butcher inspired pieces come down the pipeline, too. Camp kitchen gear is getting more popular, after all, and hobby farming is taking off big again so items like a two-handed cleaver could be fun for both woods and actual butchering use. I know plenty of folks who raise pigs but have to have someone else do a lot of the "heavy work" with butchering because there aren't enough of the old-style butcher's blades available for the task. Just imagine a carbon steel one of these with their classic finish and wood scales.
With regard to differential heat treatment I don't think that 1075 would benefit much from it and it would increase the cost.
I'd like to see a "Spetsnaz shovel" too, but with the damn foot steps turned IN instead of out (like on both the CS version and the original) as outward-turned footsteps must have been invented by a man who had never used a shovel in his life. Slows down digging a lot. Also a slightly flat point and a series of three holes in the blade like a rice shovel. The holes prevent suction when digging in muddy conditions but are small enough not to allow much dry dirt through when digging in more arid conditions. The slightly flattened nose makes root chopping much easier, as the blade will not deflect off the root. A long neck would make it so you could carry the shovel without the handle and use it like a spade, then mount it up in the field as a full-sized shovel!
I'd like to see some chef/butcher inspired pieces come down the pipeline, too. Camp kitchen gear is getting more popular, after all, and hobby farming is taking off big again so items like a two-handed cleaver could be fun for both woods and actual butchering use. I know plenty of folks who raise pigs but have to have someone else do a lot of the "heavy work" with butchering because there aren't enough of the old-style butcher's blades available for the task. Just imagine a carbon steel one of these with their classic finish and wood scales.
With regard to differential heat treatment I don't think that 1075 would benefit much from it and it would increase the cost.
I'd like to see a "Spetsnaz shovel" too, but with the damn foot steps turned IN instead of out (like on both the CS version and the original) as outward-turned footsteps must have been invented by a man who had never used a shovel in his life. Slows down digging a lot. Also a slightly flat point and a series of three holes in the blade like a rice shovel. The holes prevent suction when digging in muddy conditions but are small enough not to allow much dry dirt through when digging in more arid conditions. The slightly flattened nose makes root chopping much easier, as the blade will not deflect off the root. A long neck would make it so you could carry the shovel without the handle and use it like a spade, then mount it up in the field as a full-sized shovel!
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Id also like to see a little longer bladed Golok, say a 16" version.
Also some massive overkill chopper would be nice as no one really makes one.
Also some massive overkill chopper would be nice as no one really makes one.
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Good point on 1075. Then I'll change my request to be for sandwiched steel instead. A hard-tempered 1075 core sandwiched between 2 mild 420s. Like Mora triflex, or Fallkniven's F1, or CS San Mai. That's the best compromise currently between high HRC / low brittleness and corrosion resistance. And if Mora can put out triflex blades for less than $20 while employing European workers that get paid way more than their Asian or South-American counterparts, then there obviously is a way to make it very inexpensively.
42, your shovel design is genius! The 3 hole idea is real smart. And I concur with everything else you said about camp kitchen cutlery, this is grossly overlooked by everybody.
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Thanks! I've given a lot of thought to shovels as they're a simultaneously conventional (everyone has them) and unconventional (no one thinks about them) edged tool that doesn't get enough attention--and with work on the farm here I have a lot of use for several different kinds!
The holes are one of those little details that really make a shovel an all-conditions tool. Shoveling muck is really common in the spring, and having it stick to your shovel is the pits! You have to work twice as hard to do half the work in conditions like that. Shovels really benefit from long handles if you're going to be doing any really serious work, but it makes them very difficult to carry with you--hence the long neck so you can pack just the head and use it alone for small tasks, but then chop down a sapling and mount it for extra leverage and less stooping. Gotta' save your back!
The holes are one of those little details that really make a shovel an all-conditions tool. Shoveling muck is really common in the spring, and having it stick to your shovel is the pits! You have to work twice as hard to do half the work in conditions like that. Shovels really benefit from long handles if you're going to be doing any really serious work, but it makes them very difficult to carry with you--hence the long neck so you can pack just the head and use it alone for small tasks, but then chop down a sapling and mount it for extra leverage and less stooping. Gotta' save your back!
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Back on the subject of the actual 2012 models, I can't wait to get my hands on an Engineer's Bolo. I like the look of the sheath better than on the Collins original. The Lochnessmuk ought to be a lot of fun, too. My lady wants a Dadao--I don't know whether to be overjoyed or worried! 
As long as we're putting in requests, I'd like a big honkin' SCIMITAR machete with the exaggerated peak on the spine behind the chopping sweet-spot, and a swoopy clip point down to the sharp tip.
18" blade, with a sheath too.
You know, like a Sinbad scimitar or something like you might see a medieval Morroccan executioner using. Real stereotypical blade shape.
It would be a great chopper, and have a nice tip as a cutlass/sword, and it would look real cool, with a place in your "ethnic series" line-up.
I'd buy it.
18" blade, with a sheath too.
You know, like a Sinbad scimitar or something like you might see a medieval Morroccan executioner using. Real stereotypical blade shape.
It would be a great chopper, and have a nice tip as a cutlass/sword, and it would look real cool, with a place in your "ethnic series" line-up.
I'd buy it.
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I've had this kicking around since the Bush Cutlass came out. Sounds like you're asking for a machete based off the Turkish "kilij" like so...
First one uses the poly handle of the Bush Cutlass. Second one could be done in wood with brass pins and lanyard hole.
A nice historical example:
Or do you mean more like a French "badelaire" sword?
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No, I was thinking of a blade shape more like this. Kinda persian style. Real stereotypical shape. I like it like that.
http://www.weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/exotic4.jpg
http://www.weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/exotic4.jpg
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Ok yeah so more like the French "badelaire." Closest actual sword that I've ever seen to "cartoon arabian" swords that's actually from indo-persia is the Indian tegha.
