New Fred Perrin Fixed Blade! WOW !

Looks like the micarta handle has some pretty decent countouring, which may contribute to the price. I'm tempted, if the sheath is of decent quality.

Desmond
 
Spyderco operates on relatively fixed margins. The cost of a knife to manufacture determines the cost of the knife to buy.

If it seems higher than any other Spyderco relative to our cost of mfr, it is probably in labor costs you'r not seeing. Such as the tang being polished with the micarta for a perfect fit.

When Fred and I discussed the model, we decided to make a custom quality urban fixed blade. Absolutely reliable, high performance, comfortable, exquisite fit & finish, excellent steel. Big enogh, yet small enough for the law enforcement professional to have no doubts about when he/she takes it to work.

Fred did an excellent job on this purpose built design.

The sheath is a hand made Boltaron (best Kydex) scabbard with a Tek lok fastener. With the lock removed, it is an ecellent "slip sheath". The unique "thumb push off" permits easy, quiet deployment with no "big movevent".

Mike, these are different than yours, but I think you would appreciate them. They learned studying your sheaths. ;)

It is a knife you can depend on and be proud of, even with the most knowledgable afi.

sal
 
Sal Glesser said:
Spyderco operates on relatively fixed margins. The cost of a knife to manufacture determines the cost of the knife to buy.

If it seems higher than any other Spyderco relative to our cost of mfr, it is probably in labor costs you'r not seeing. Such as the tang being polished with the micarta for a perfect fit.

When Fred and I discussed the model, we decided to make a custom quality urban fixed blade. Absolutely reliable, high performance, comfortable, exquisite fit & finish, excellent steel. Big enogh, yet small enough for the law enforcement professional to have no doubts about when he/she takes it to work.

Fred did an excellent job on this purpose built design.

The sheath is a hand made Boltaron (best Kydex) scabbard with a Tek lok fastener. With the lock removed, it is an ecellent "slip sheath". The unique "thumb push off" permits easy, quiet deployment with no "big movevent".

Mike, these are different than yours, but I think you would appreciate them. They learned studying your sheaths. ;)

It is a knife you can depend on and be proud of, even with the most knowledgable afi.

sal
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Great, Sal. Yoy explained everything, thanx.
This knife would have something one finds by BG-42 Millie. A certain noble note.
It is pity that the Micarta color is not green, like in Bark River knives. However, a sprint run with ATS-34/ZDP-189/ATS-34 and green Micarta, would be ... Sal?

Franco
 
Thanks for the background info on the knife Sal...
After reading the purpose of the knife & being in LE, I'll definitely consider the knife for my duty kit- seems to have the 2 qualities that I look for in my duty knife: concealable size for u/c work and solid handle ergos... can't wait to see one in hand.
 
Sal,

Thanks for the nod - look forward to getting some of these in. The larger FB04 is still one of my favorites and this beauty is bound to be another winner! haven't seen the sheaths yet, but in general, Spyderco's factory sheaths are a heck of a lot better than other knife manufacturers.
 
I also think the price is too steep even for a fully custom made fixed blade at its size. Will laser-etching a spyder logo instead of drilling a hole potentially lower the price?
 
Szabo at www.szaboinc.com. has Perrin street bowies, skeleton with 4" blade and 4" handles for $100, paracord wrap for $130 and I think Micarta handled versions for $150. You mean to tell me Spyderco is going to charge almost $90 bucks more than even that? C'mon...
 
But Sal and everyone else knows that Spyercos sell at street price -

unlike Busses and the knives from szabo.
 
diamdave said:
Szabo at www.szaboinc.com. has Perrin street bowies, skeleton with 4" blade and 4" handles for $100, paracord wrap for $130 and I think Micarta handled versions for $150. You mean to tell me Spyderco is going to charge almost $90 bucks more than even that? C'mon...
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Those prices are a little out of date, I checked recently. Still decent prices for customs, though.
 
Look, they can of course sell them for any price they want. Spyderco is a good company, we all know that. I guess I just think what looks to be an excellent design will be out of reach for a lot of people.

Besides its excellence, one reason the Delica (and other spydercos) is THE knife to own is because not only does it cut great, but IT'S AFFORDABLE.

This knife is shorter than a Temperance, shorter than the original Spydie Perrin...I just don't get it.
 
newgraham has these in stock. not very expensive at all IMO. micarta handles, solid piece of VG-10 and a kydex sheath with tek-lok. in fact it's a DEAL!
 
Just ordered my Street Beat from NGK... always nervous when ordering a knife online then having to wait for it to arrive, but I'm really excited about this fixed blade. F&F look impressive and hoping the kydex sheath is solid...
 
madfast said:
newgraham has these in stock. not very expensive at all IMO. micarta handles, solid piece of VG-10 and a kydex sheath with tek-lok. in fact it's a DEAL!
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So it has the hole and the bug!!

Price is attractive...

Thanks for the heads up.
 
Wow $150 seems a pretty good price for a hand finished solid piece of VG-10 and micarta handle.

Why is there so much resistance to Spyderco offering a high end piece?
 
zenheretic said:
Why is there so much resistance to Spyderco offering a high end piece?
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I can only assume because the majority of Spydercos have a fairly economical street price, and people get used to it.

To use other companies as an example(without causing a fight). If Chris Reeve offered a knife for $50, people would wonder what was wrong with it? If CRKT offered a $300 knife, people would flip out.

Spydercos are apparently acceptable in the $40-$125 range. Anything outside of that and there's resistance. I think it's funny personally.

No one has a problem shelling out $125(including shipping) for a Manix or Chinook, but has a problem paying for $150 fixed blade. I think the resistance is the steel. If it was S30V, they'd be sold out already. VG-10 just doesn't have the same appeal.

Doesn't bother me at all, more VG-10 for me.:thumbup:
 
smcfalls13 said:
Spydercos are apparently acceptable in the $40-$125 range. Anything outside of that and there's resistance. I think it's funny personally.

No one has a problem shelling out $125(including shipping) for a Manix or Chinook, but has a problem paying for $150 fixed blade. I think the resistance is the steel. If it was S30V, they'd be sold out already. VG-10 just doesn't have the same appeal.

Doesn't bother me at all, more VG-10 for me.:thumbup:
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It was more of a retorical question. ;)

Regarding the bolded area, one could also mention paying over $200 for an obsolete, discontinued, folding tanto blade, ...:D

I don't know how many NGK had, but they are already sold out. :eek: :thumbup:
 
diamdave said:
This knife is shorter than a Temperance, shorter than the original Spydie Perrin...I just don't get it.
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Dave, you've wanted a smaller fixed blade for some time, this is really ideal.

I just spent a week in europe carrying a Perrin English Scimitar in a custom kydex rig IWB and it was a simple joy. I generally carry something a little pricier at home, but I wanted to carry a minimalist and relatively inexpensive blade that I would not scream about if the airline folks lifted (well, not too much)

Anyway, the Street Beat was on my short list of blades to check for this trip, and I did not pursue one becuase of time constraints.

Bottom line, it's small enough not to attract a lot of attention and is also a good size for a wrestling match inside an elevator while your spouse in the elevator with you and a bad guy or two. Certainly a broadsword will do more damage to an assailant, but this is of a size which can hide in any attire and the Perrin handle is such that it will stay put in your hand.

I think you've got a winner here Sal. I'm looking forward to maybe retiring several other more expensive knives at the same time with this one.
 
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