Designs this year are same to me as the last few: disappointment.
Bow River: China made, China stamped, low end steel
Tropen: hideous, ridiculous to look at, Taiwan, g10, and s30v should not cost what they are charging
Kapara : at least we get some carbon fiber, but that's it, profile looks like an endura type blade, no sharpening choil needed apparently
Subvert: My eyes will bleed if they add anymore orange! Won't loose it that's for sure, but you just end up with an s30v blade and titanium handles, made where again??? Taiwan. For the money it has no reason to not be USA made.
Genzow : Is USA made, but a hatchet really?
Province: 4v (great), but 250ish dollars for....again ready for it....Taiwan!
Hanan : Won't ever come out, so why bother anyway
So let's recap, Spyderco has shifted the vast majority of it's line to overseas production, and raised prices, while keeping regular old nothing special steel, while collaborating with anyone they can stick a name on a blade with.
I love my Spydies, but they have gone far away from their roots. I'll treasure the ones I have, and eye ball from time to time what they are coming out with hoping they make one that will appeal to me.
