Native 5 FRN

Nic S. · Feb 12, 2014

They have a brown FRN native in CTS-XHP out.

aquaman67 · Feb 14, 2014

uofaengr said:
Might have to defer to Sal for details on this one....

sal said:
It's certainly taken longer than intended, but that is often the case. We'd prefer not to pull the trigger until we know it's as right as a new model can be. We had a time making the mold. The model is a co-polymer injection molded handle. The lock is the Native5 lock. 2.46 oz. 4 way clip. The model we're testing is S35VN.

sal

This is from another thread

Sal Glesser · Feb 14, 2014

I've been carrying a prototype for the past few days. Very nice piece. It's a Native 5 blade and lock assembly in FRN scales. 4 way clip, no liners (threads are metal that's put into the scale when they are injection molded). Nice improvemenbt over the original model. Shouldn't be too long now.

sal

uofaengr · Feb 14, 2014

Sal Glesser said:
I've been carrying a prototype for the past few days. Very nice piece. It's a Native 5 blade and lock assembly in FRN scales. 4 way clip, no liners (threads are metal that's put into the scale when they are injection molded). Nice improvemenbt over the original model. Shouldn't be too long now.

sal

:thumbup:

T Schloz · Feb 14, 2014

Sounds great. Another one for the "must have" list. Thanks

Tom

SAKsRCool · Feb 14, 2014

Glad to hear it's FRN and unlined!!!!! Ok, I was excited about this, then it took so long and rumors of FRCP/liners, lost excitment. Now it's back.

Revival29 · Feb 14, 2014

Yes! This made my day. Thanks for the info Mr. Sal!

B.F.U · Feb 14, 2014

Sal Glesser said:
I've been carrying a prototype for the past few days. Very nice piece. It's a Native 5 blade and lock assembly in FRN scales. 4 way clip, no liners (threads are metal that's put into the scale when they are injection molded). Nice improvemenbt over the original model. Shouldn't be too long now.

sal

Hallelujah! I'm super excited.

payton206 · Feb 17, 2014

I will be watching this thread closely for updates.

softrockrenegade · Feb 17, 2014

Fully serrated please

sebaldus · Feb 17, 2014

Oh man... This kind of breaks my heart. I just bought the previous FRN Native and this model has everything I want in the current model!

Kudos to the spyderco team for making what looks to be a perfect knife!

THE PUNISHER · Feb 17, 2014

A full flat ground FRN native?

woot woot,reasons for living,,sign me up for 2.

gomipile · Feb 25, 2014

Thank you for making it linerless. The light weight is one of my favorite features of the FRN Native. From the pictures, it looks like the choil is jimped, which fixes my biggest practical complaint about my FRN Native. Making it FFG fixes the aesthetics for me too.

Now, the only way to improve the Native 6 years from now would be to use a loopover wire pocket clip.

Thank you so much.

StuntDouble · Feb 25, 2014

Sal,

My only question is, will it come in blue?

topher89 · Feb 25, 2014

What steel will it be made with? The G-10 Native 5 has S35V and I would love to have it that steel in an FRCP handle!

topher89 · Feb 25, 2014

StuntDouble said:
Sal,

My only question is, will it come in blue?

Foliage green for me

Sal Glesser · Feb 25, 2014

StuntDouble said:
Sal, My only question is, will it come in blue?

We'll make any color you want.

sal

Sal Glesser · Feb 25, 2014

topher89 said:
What steel will it be made with? The G-10 Native 5 has S35V and I would love to have it that steel in an FRCP handle!

Hi Topher89,

Welcome to our forum.

The standard version will have CPM-S35VN. Eric and I want an S90V version, we'll probably make an S110 version.

sal

StuntDouble · Feb 25, 2014

Sal Glesser said:
We'll make any color you want.

sal

Then I'll take at least one blue one sir.

topher89 · Feb 25, 2014

Thanks for the welcome!

With s35v it sounds like a winner. Well now I just need to save pennies and wait for the release. It will be a perfect companion to my new Para2