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Dear Spyderco Exec's.........new knife idea?
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To each his own, I've just had trouble getting a perfect mirror polish razor edge to get a grippy bite on nylon
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Hi Exracr, do you own a sharpmaker? Sharpening a serrated knife is laughably easy with the SM! Easier to maintain than a plain edge really. I use serrated h1 knives daily and have re-sharpened them HUNDREDS of times. I can take one from dull to hair popping sharp in about 90 seconds. So can anyone else with about 5 minutes practice. Not trying to derail your thread but I just wanted to clarify that misconception you have. I used to have it myself until I got a Sharpmaker and saw how simple it is to keep a serrated edge screaming sharp.
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I didn't know they did serrations too! I use an edge pro now, maybe I will have to get both......
Surfingringo,
I do not have a SM or a Edge Pro.... I use Arkansas Soft stones and Diamond strops. Like I said earlier, trying to make this as easy for your everyday Agricultural person to own. I know S110v or Hap40 isn't the easiest to sharpen. You won't find many AG folks spending much money on a way to sharpen their knives. I couldn't imagine the number of cheap knives farmers have thrown away once they got dull or they couldn't sharpen with a stone. They tend to go thru tons of cheap knives yearly. Yes, Farming folks will use/abuse it... but they tend to keep things that work around for years; and are ready/willing to pay good money if it makes their lives any easier. Who wants to have to sharpen their knife every week?! I know it's a trade off.. edge/corrosion retention vs sharpening ease.
If you have ideas for this project chime in!
I do not have a SM or a Edge Pro.... I use Arkansas Soft stones and Diamond strops. Like I said earlier, trying to make this as easy for your everyday Agricultural person to own. I know S110v or Hap40 isn't the easiest to sharpen. You won't find many AG folks spending much money on a way to sharpen their knives. I couldn't imagine the number of cheap knives farmers have thrown away once they got dull or they couldn't sharpen with a stone. They tend to go thru tons of cheap knives yearly. Yes, Farming folks will use/abuse it... but they tend to keep things that work around for years; and are ready/willing to pay good money if it makes their lives any easier. Who wants to have to sharpen their knife every week?! I know it's a trade off.. edge/corrosion retention vs sharpening ease.
If you have ideas for this project chime in!
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Another idea... to match the green G-10 scales. Lanyards around moving chains, equipment is a very bad thing. Take the lanyard hole, and seal a Green Tridium Glow tube in there, since I've never seen an AG person with a lanyard on a knife. This would make it a very special Spyderco Knife and there isn't anything like it on the market currently!
Then call it the "Glow Worm"
I'm honestly thinking Spyderco would sell a ton of these!
Then call it the "Glow Worm"
I'm honestly thinking Spyderco would sell a ton of these!
There have been a lot of green g10 Spydies. Foliage green has been used a bunch. The Delica, Endura and Dragonfly as well as many, many sprint runs came in foliage green G10. There was a green G10 Native5 in S110V. That one checks a few of your boxes. There was also a green Para2 in CTS204P and the Lil' Temp came in green. There was a green worker sprint in G10 too. BladeHQ is coming out with a Jade G10 Para2 but it will not be stainless steel. The Leafstorm was also translucent Jade G10. Now if you mean toxic green then there have been just a few and most of them have been USN forum knives and all have been frn. The exact color you are refering to is something I haven't seen yet so I am not sure how available it is.
What does getting in and out of a tractor have to do with anything. I am not a farmer but I operate equipment for a living and also climb many, many ladders at work. I have only ever lost a knife when a seatbelt stole it. I found it later. It was a Military. I also spend more time outside than most although I am not a farmer. Well, I do raise chickens.What criteria would make it good for a farmer other than being very stainless?
Case has made John Deere branded knives and I would bet they have sold well. Spyderco hasn't done much selling through branding like that but I am sure some would like it.
Those are NOT GREEN! They are Blueish, Greyish colored. We're talking something here that really pops/ catches the eye!
Someone who climbs up/down is just the kind of movements that make me think a slightly smaller version of a PM2 would ride better in the pocket. I'm not saying TM of JD or anything ($$$$). But I think Spyderco doesn't have a particular knife designed/ colored specifically to this type of person currently on the market. I know I'm new here to Bladeforums, but I've been reading a ton; and I have a few new ideas that I think the Customers would like/purchase if made available.
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If you are talking about a knife geared towards people who are using arkansas stones then s110v is not the best steel to be considering. As far as hap40, it actually IS an extremely easy steel to sharpen, though it is not very corrosion resistant.
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What is it that makes bright green specifically suited to farmers?? That must be an Iowa thing? We don't seem to worry much about that down in Louisiana. Either way, I have the same question that Darby posed. What kind of knife do you think would be more suited to a farmer than what is already in the Spyderco lineup? What are the specific characteristics you are looking for? (Other than green.)
I'm only posting ideas that I see from various models that together would make a unique knife that currently isn't offered. I know I don't know a ton about every single model/ make of steel. Hence this is an idea thread.
Green is the color of crops growing which is a Farmer's livelihood aka how they make their money. Winter is/was a dismal brown around here; since we didn't get much snow at all this year. The grass around here has just started turning green, and all the Agricultural Folks are getting equipment ready for spring planting.
The Manix2 lock is a no go. The main thing is the Green Translucence grippy G-10 scales.
You got ideas or see something you would like to add..... Post it up!
I just retired from the military (20 yrs +); and one thing I can tell you is the diversity of people from various places/ideas coming together can bring out/make some of the best things in the world. So I posted this IDEA thread here since there are so many people with so much knowledge that can chime in, and toss ideas back and forth.
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Right on. I think the current Endura/Delica lineup is probably ideal for farmers. They are inexpensive and extremely tough. The texture of the frn is very grippy and I prefer it to G10 for hard use as I feel it has superior grip, especially in wet and bloody conditions. (Fishing). Vg10 is a very well balanced steel and has pretty good edge retention and is easy to sharpen. Ergonomics are excellent as is pocket retention. I just gifted one to my neighbor last week actually. He raises beef cattle and this is his general purpose and castrating blade. Gave him his choice and he opted for orange so he could see it if he dropped it in all that green grass.
It is available in green though. 
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I was thinking....bring back the GB1 in John Deere green scales with a wire clip, and that's the knife.
Too easy. What do I win?
Too easy. What do I win?
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This is why Spyderco is the best!!! ^^^^^^^
City Boy here...I've never worked on a farm, never visited one either. But I've known a few farmers...they've all been great people and it'd be cool to see them represented. And, I'm following this thread closely because I don't think Spyderco has ever made something specifically geared toward this audience.
My $0.02....How about an adaptation of the recent green G10 Worker?
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Maybe do a Translucent Amber G-10 scales???
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I think you should ask John Deere to commission a sprint run from Spyderco. What you are suggesting is to make it JD green in honor of the tractors and I can assure you JD is territorial over their green. My company, a freight carrier, damaged a pallet of their paint and they personally came and took the undamaged but covered in paint pails for their own destruction. I can assure you if Deere commissions a sprint, it will sell well, they will not be cheap, and farmers will still carry sodbusters in their pockets!
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Green is a bad color for out doors use. Yellow, orange or red isnt much better, even in neon colors, for me they can still blend in with grass and leaves. Bright blue and (not for me) purple are kind of scarce in a natural landscape.