Anyone hear anything about the upcoming Sliver?

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I have heard there will be a name change. Anyone know what the new name will be, or a an ETA?
 
The Sliver reminds me alot of the Ouroboros. Sliver looks like a version I would like more.
 
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question is, does the sliver have PB washers or the nylon washers that the ouroboros has that can eat themselfs.
 
Wait there is a problem with the Ouroboros washers? This I did not know. So why are the nylon washers eating themselves? On every other knife the nylon washers seem to work just fine.

Judging by the fact the Sliver seems to be a flipper, and knowing Spydercos track record, I would imagine the Sliver will have bearings for the pivot. Hopefully they won't release it in S30v. All they need to do is add a 5 and an n to that steel and it would make a world of difference to me.
 
Lapedog said:
Wait there is a problem with the Ouroboros washers? This I did not know. So why are the nylon washers eating themselves? On every other knife the nylon washers seem to work just fine.

Judging by the fact the Sliver seems to be a flipper, and knowing Spydercos track record, I would imagine the Sliver will have bearings for the pivot. Hopefully they won't release it in S30v. All they need to do is add a 5 and an n to that steel and it would make a world of difference to me.
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I hope it is not on washers, and I would like some different steel as well. They changed to Rhino to CTS-XHP. I would be thrilled with that for this blade as well.
 
I believe the plan was for it to run on bearings.

At the end on March though, Sal indicated that the production of all their flippers was put on hold while they tried to sort out the issues that users were reporting on some models, mostly the Advocate. Afaik, there is no eta for the "Paul Alexander design."
 
It seems that most the problems with the bearing knives were due to people cranking the pivot down tighter than it was supposed to be. So far my Spyderco that runs on bearings, a Domino, has had no problems. The issue is that alot of knives when shipped across the border to Canada are confiscated as gravity knives unless you ask the sender to snug the pivot down to the point it can barely open. My local knife store owner told me any time he orders a knife he requests that the pivot be screwed in until the knife can barely open. That is unless it is a design where there is no chance of it being centrifugally opened. I doubt snugging the pivot down on the bearing knives, shipping them, then loosening them as soon as they arrive would cause damage to the pivot. The problem seems to be mostly opening and closing the knife with the pivot too tight.
 
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