Any plans for a Larger Hawkbill? Military Hawkbill SE?

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Are there any plans for an upcoming larger Hawkbill?

Recently got a Tasman Salt H1 Serrated and have been very surprised just how useful this knife is for general purpose tasks. Particularly as a companion blade to a plain edge larger folder, i.e. the Military.

On that note... could the Military work with a Hawkbill blade design? The Military is amazingly engineered, VERY comfortable in the hand, has a rugged beauty to it, etc. Don't see why this proven platform couldn't accommodate a Hawkbill SE blade. Just a thought...

There's also the more minor aesthetics angle which would make something ala the Military be a great fit... I have no problem clipping the Military to my pocket, even with the high carry clip. It's beautiful in an industrial, utilitarian way, so it goes fine with a nice pair of jeans for example, really in any setting. The Tasman is a different thing altogether, and I would not clip it to my pocket (which was my problem with it at first, but that's solved) - I find it's great free floating in the pocket. In fact, the FRN material is perfect for pocket free floating.

Thanks!
Dan
 
SpeedHoles said:
Matriarch or Civilian...?
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Nope - those are specially designed defensive blades (I prefer Glock)... so they're awkward for standard utility tasks like opening packages, cutting cord, etc, :-)

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Oh man I've been wanting a Superhawk in the Peel ply.

I thought Dan was looking for Spyderedge though...?
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Definitely SpyderEdge...

I'm just looking at the Tasman Salt, and surprised what a useful all around blade it is... Sure, not for push cuts, but that's not what it's for.

I don't really care for the blade shape of the Superhawk tho... too tall a blade, which just increases the space in pocket.

Really I far prefer the blade shape of the Spyderhawk Salt - it's even more streamlined than the Tasman Salt so that design would acomodate a longer blade without taking up your whole pocket.

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=438

If only the Spyderhawk would come back a little longer and with a non-FRN handle...

>>> Military Hawkbill SE :-)

Dan.
 
DansGunBlog said:
Nope - those are specially designed defensive blades (I prefer Glock)... so they're awkward for standard utility tasks like opening packages, cutting cord, etc, :-)



Definitely SpyderEdge...

I'm just looking at the Tasman Salt, and surprised what a useful all around blade it is... Sure, not for push cuts, but that's not what it's for.

I don't really care for the blade shape of the Superhawk tho... too tall a blade, which just increases the space in pocket.

Really I far prefer the blade shape of the Spyderhawk Salt - it's even more streamlined than the Tasman Salt so that design would acomodate a longer blade without taking up your whole pocket.

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=438

If only the Spyderhawk would come back a little longer and with a non-FRN handle...

>>> Military Hawkbill SE :-)

Dan.
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That Spyderhawk won't be more streamlined than the Tasman... it's more along the lines of Endura dimensions.
 
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Are you familiar with the Crossbill? It's in the budget Byrd line but the one I had was a decent knife.
 
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I agree that if the Spyderhawk would come back in either H-1 or one of the newer premium blade steels I would be all over it. I've also been wanting to see a fixed blade Hawkbill but one the size of a Harpy or Superhawk. And yes!! Only in Spyderedge!! Oh if they would also offer them in plain edge that would be OK but there is something about a Spyderedged Hawkbill that performs so well and really stands out.

Spyderco truly has the market cornered with the Hawkbill designs as well as the Reverse S designs like the Matriarch and so forth. It's unfortunate that most people in the knife market have no idea how good serrated Hawkbills are as a companion blade to your main EDC.

I bet there is a way to market them to where they would be much better on the sales charts.
 
SpeedHoles said:
That Spyderhawk won't be more streamlined than the Tasman... it's more along the lines of Endura dimensions.
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Got it - I've not held one so looking just at pictures lol, what I do see is the Spyderhawk is far more streamlined than the Superhawk.... I love the Tasman, would be thrilled with a larger version (hopefully a bit more streamlined, but anyway) and with some scales other than FRN. :-)

Oh, to your other point about the Matriarch / Civilian - touché, i've not held them or used them, just going by some very light knowledge I'd had on them. Have since looked into them quite a bit more... and what I'm trying to figure out is how viable are they for general purpose work ala the Tasman. and I'm going to start a separate thread on it to not derail this one. :-)

Thanks!
Dan
 
Bushido185 said:
Are you familiar with the Crossbill? It's in the budget Byrd line but the one I had was a decent knife.
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That's interesting you mention the Crossbill. I've never owned a Byrd model for a lot of reasons but the Crossbill is one that has tempted me to cross the line. And a big version or even a fixed blade version of the Crossbill in the Spyderco line up with premium materials would be fine by me.

It's got a lot of the same blade angle/geometry as the Superhawk and in Spyderedge I think both of those models would be candidates not only for a larger but even for a fixed blade Hawkbill as well.
 
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