Do sage knives need to give credit to a certain person or company?

[sogflash]

I like the sage series, but are they restricted to features and designs we know who made? Do they need to have a name behind the original design to make it?

Who made or perfected the button lock, ball bearings, flippers and other features?

And for the love of the knife god, make one with a compression lock and one with a ball bearing lock!

 

[yablanowitz]

The main idea behind the Sage series is to honor knife lock innovators. The base design was worked up to accommodate as many different locks as possible and the maker was chosen in part for their ability to execute all those locks properly. That included the Compression lock which is difficult to make well and the caged ball lock. The only one Sal has expressed doubts about was the original Ball Bearing lock, and without substantial changes to the overall profile of the knife I don't see how it would fit either.

I usually see Kit Carson credited for the flipper, so I would guess that would be who Sal would credit if he chose to deviate from the plan of featuring different locks and added a Carson flipper to a Walker liner lock or Reeve Integral lock.

 

[9blades]

The main idea behind the Sage series is to honor knife lock innovators. The base design was worked up to accommodate as many different locks as possible and the maker was chosen in part for their ability to execute all those locks properly. That included the Compression lock which is difficult to make well and the caged ball lock. The only one Sal has expressed doubts about was the original Ball Bearing lock, and without substantial changes to the overall profile of the knife I don't see how it would fit either.

I usually see Kit Carson credited for the flipper, so I would guess that would be who Sal would credit if he chose to deviate from the plan of featuring different locks and added a Carson flipper to a Walker liner lock or Reeve Integral lock.

I believe kit Carson popularized the flipper and Mel Pardue invented it.

 

[yablanowitz]

That could easily be true. Like I said, I usually see it called a Carson flipper, but it could have been invented by some Roman blacksmith 2000 years ago for all I know.

 

[KrisOK]

I'd love to see a compression lock on a Sage. The problem is that all of the current Sages pay homage to lock designers OUTSIDE of Spyderco. For some reason I can't see Sal blowing his own whistle in a Sage that honored himself.

 

[philllll]

I'd love to see a compression lock on a Sage. The problem is that all of the current Sages pay homage to lock designers OUTSIDE of Spyderco. For some reason I can't see Sal blowing his own whistle in a Sage that honored himself.

You've got a point. Maybe they can have Benchmade make that one?

 

[yablanowitz]

I believe the Compression Lock Sage will happen, but it will probably come after the McHenry/Williams Axis Lock Sage, which isn't likely to hit the shelves for a few more years.

 

[Sal Glesser]

We are currently waiting for a prototype of the lates Sage and we're considering several locks to follow.

Making locks that we invented is kind of a puzzlement. "Man who beat on own chest knock self over backwards".

sal