Amsterdam Meet 2013 Report of Upcoming Spyderco Prototypes

Some cool stuff coming down the pipe. Man, I wish I had known this show was happening, I would have gone to Amsterdam for this.
 
This was the moment of the meet where more and more knives were trickling in at my table to photograph them. Consequently, I had my face inside my lightbox behind the camera and I couldn’t quite get all the info Sal and Eric were giving. So if any fellow attendee can add info on these following prototypes, please don’t hesitate.

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From the pictures you will notice that the Delica 4 Super Blue has a laminated blade. I’m not sure what steel was used for the outer layers. Sal mentioned that the plan is to make the following knives in a sprint run of super blue with a grey FRN handle: Stretch, Endura and Dragonfly.

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I know you can find official Delica specs in every catalog, but just for completeness sake (and you can determine how ‘off’ our measurement are), we measured the Delica 4 Super Blue. Again, we took a ruler and lined up on the blade against the edge of the scale near the pivot and measured in a straight line to the tip.

Blade Length: 7,5 cm / 2.95 inch
Overall Length: 18 cm / 7 inch
 
The Delica 4 Titanium Damascus wasn’t a huge surprise, since it was already pictured in the catalog. Still, it is great to examine the knife in real life. That Takefu Damascus blade looks great with almost any handle. Sal did explain that the Takefu Damascus isn’t real Damascus in the sense that it isn’t folded, the blade is made from sandwiched layers of steel. It makes for both a pretty and practical blade for EDC. The titanium surface felt very smooth. Overall weight was definitely heavier than the FRN Delica 4, but seemed lighter than a full SS Delica 4. A great piece, I’m afraid I’ll end up with one for my collection.

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The specs for the Delica 4 Titanium Damascus are approximately:

Blade Length: 7,5 cm / 2.95 inch
Overall Length: 18 cm / 7 inch
 
The Domino features a buttery smooth flipper action. Furthermore, unlike with the Southard flipper, the Domino’s flipper stays completely out of the way when you want to open the blade with the opening hole. To me, the Domino felt like a cool flipper version of the Manix. The overall size and shape seemed very similar to me. It‘s like a more refined Manix 2.

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The specs we measured for the Domino are:

Blade Length: 9 cm / 3.54 inch
Overall Length: 19,3 cm / 7.59 inch

Still more knives to come tomorrow...
 
Great pics, thanks again! Domino is NIIIIIICE!!! But nobody has been able to answer the following question: will it have a bearing system pivot or regular washers?
 
I love the domino to!!

I would prefer that it had washers instead of bearings to keep the cost down...
 
Mr Blonde said:
I don't think there was, but I'm not entirely sure. I didn't see the micarta Calypso jr. sprint in micarta if that's what you're wondering.
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Oh well....and yes I was wondering about the calypso jr, Thanks anyway!

-niner
 
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