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Details on the Kumo?
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From a thread on the Spyderco.com site
Text from Spyderco:
Kumo is Japanse for spider and a fitting name for the new Japanse influenced fixed blade knife designed by custom maker R.J. Martin and manufactured by Spyderco. A self-professed steel junkie R.J. Martin is celebrated for integrating multiple grind-lines on the blades of his knife designs. Made from a solid 9-inch piece of VG-10 steel, the Kumo blade has two definite grinds: a swedge grind along the spine and a hollow-grind above the non-serrated cutting edge. Converging in the center of the blade the two grind lines meet creating a look that is streamlined and pleasingly tapered. Where the thumb naturally settles on the blade are a series of notches that latch onto the thumb pad adding an appreciative level of grip and cutting control.
In japanese fashion, the handle is wrapped with epoxy-saturated cord over an undercoat of pebbly black stingray skin that has a silver Spyderco bug Menuki peeking through the wrapping. The Kumo slips into a fitted black Kydex sheath mounted with a TekLok detachable polymer clip that can be situated to carry the knife in five different positions: vertical, inverted, cross-draw, small of back or horizontal position. Overall length of the Kumo is 8-5/16" (211mm) cutting edge is 3-3/4" (95mm) and it weighs 3 oz (85g).
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Text from Spyderco:
Kumo is Japanse for spider and a fitting name for the new Japanse influenced fixed blade knife designed by custom maker R.J. Martin and manufactured by Spyderco. A self-professed steel junkie R.J. Martin is celebrated for integrating multiple grind-lines on the blades of his knife designs. Made from a solid 9-inch piece of VG-10 steel, the Kumo blade has two definite grinds: a swedge grind along the spine and a hollow-grind above the non-serrated cutting edge. Converging in the center of the blade the two grind lines meet creating a look that is streamlined and pleasingly tapered. Where the thumb naturally settles on the blade are a series of notches that latch onto the thumb pad adding an appreciative level of grip and cutting control.
In japanese fashion, the handle is wrapped with epoxy-saturated cord over an undercoat of pebbly black stingray skin that has a silver Spyderco bug Menuki peeking through the wrapping. The Kumo slips into a fitted black Kydex sheath mounted with a TekLok detachable polymer clip that can be situated to carry the knife in five different positions: vertical, inverted, cross-draw, small of back or horizontal position. Overall length of the Kumo is 8-5/16" (211mm) cutting edge is 3-3/4" (95mm) and it weighs 3 oz (85g).
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Thanks Ted for the picture!
his website features other new knives: Spyker, Viele Jr...
check it: http://www.ted.tweakdsl.nl/spyderco/spyderco.html
ps: Ted don't hesitate to tell me if the direct link has to be deleted.
Wow, what a great looking knife!
I was planning on getting a CRK one-piece this year. Then I saw the picture above. The Kumo really really looks good. I think I'll get this one instead (not to mention that it will probably be significantly less expensive than a CRK
). On top of that, VG-10 is one of my favorite knife steels.
Wow, just beautiful!
Guy
I was planning on getting a CRK one-piece this year. Then I saw the picture above. The Kumo really really looks good. I think I'll get this one instead (not to mention that it will probably be significantly less expensive than a CRK
). On top of that, VG-10 is one of my favorite knife steels. Wow, just beautiful!
Guy
Hi,
That look's real nice.I have one of Randy's Kozuka's I bought in 1997 and carried for around 5 years daily.One of the sharpest knives if not the sharpest knife I have ever had,and I have seen and used a lot of knives.Awesome knife.I still carry sometimes but you know how it is with knives you carry another for a time then go back and try something else.I'll get one of these for myself.Spyderco/Randy Martin can't get much better for a small daily cary knife than that.
Pete
That look's real nice.I have one of Randy's Kozuka's I bought in 1997 and carried for around 5 years daily.One of the sharpest knives if not the sharpest knife I have ever had,and I have seen and used a lot of knives.Awesome knife.I still carry sometimes but you know how it is with knives you carry another for a time then go back and try something else.I'll get one of these for myself.Spyderco/Randy Martin can't get much better for a small daily cary knife than that.
Pete
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BTTT because I want this honey to keep its momentum.
One fine point, though--am I the only one who thinks this blade needs some sort of turkshead to finish off the handle? Hey, I'm buying at least one no matter what, but in the photo above, it looks a little...incomplete. I'd like the rayskin to be enclosed on the end.
Whatever--I eagerly await this knife. Another excellent collaborator joins the Spyderco family.
One fine point, though--am I the only one who thinks this blade needs some sort of turkshead to finish off the handle? Hey, I'm buying at least one no matter what, but in the photo above, it looks a little...incomplete. I'd like the rayskin to be enclosed on the end.
Whatever--I eagerly await this knife. Another excellent collaborator joins the Spyderco family.