Perrins Comparative; photo style

[zenheretic]

and versus Ronin micarta

My sheath is tight with no rattle.

 

[4 s ter]

Zen

Thanks for the great comparison images!

I'm beginning to think I need a Street Beat.

David

 

[zenheretic]

Zen

Thanks for the great comparison images!

I'm beginning to think I need a Street Beat.

David

Kind sells itself for those who know...

 

[LIL COO COO]

Appears that the finger choil is further in the sheath. Marketed improvement. I have the original FB and detested its sheath. This is great news!

Doesn't hurt that the Street Beat is oh so pretty!

Thanks Spyderco!

 

[Mr Blonde]

Excellent pictoral comparison! Is there enough 'grain' in the handle for you?

Wouter

 

[zenheretic]

Appears that the finger choil is further in the sheath. Marketed improvement. I have the original FB and detested its sheath. This is great news!

Doesn't hurt that the Street Beat is oh so pretty!

Thanks Spyderco!

The sheath is much higher quality in materials and design vs. the older edition, IMO.

Excellent pictoral comparison! Is there enough 'grain' in the handle for you?

Wouter

I got grain, I got grain! :thumbup:

 

[ThinkOfTheChildren]

Appears that the finger choil is further in the sheath. Marketed improvement.

I completely disagree. I have a Sastre sheath for my old Perrin, but it allows the same full access to the choil that the factory sheath did. I really appreciate the ability to acquire a full grip on the knife before drawing it from the sheath. I really have no interest in carrying a fixed blade that requires me to shift my grip after drawing the knife: that's an extra step I don't need.

This does look like a much higher quality sheath than the original Perrin, and I am quite interested in getting a Street Beat, but I would not carry it in a sheath that eats up so much of the handle.

 

[JD Spydo]

Does the new one have the collector number on the spine like the older one did?

Also I have one on it's way in the mail to me. Is it's handle the linen Micarta or is it that highly polished Micarta like the JD Smith model?

 

[Mike Sastre]

Hey "Think",

Thanks for the mention!! Here's the Drawpoint for the Street Beat - same as bigger brother.

 

[ThinkOfTheChildren]

Does the new one have the collector number on the spine like the older one did?

Hey, JD, I don't have one (yet) but it looks like the number is on the side of the blade (next to the Spyder logo which is a neat touch, btw) as per the last pic above.

Thanks for the mention!! Here's the Drawpoint for the Street Beat - same as bigger brother.

Looks great, Mike. You can be sure I'll pick one up when I get my Street Beat.


BTW, I forgot to say: thanks for the great pictures, zenheretic! You've definitely helped me along a lot in wanting to get one of these. I think I have some idea based on the pictures, but could you comment as to whether the thinnest part of the handle (I.E. the deepest part of the choil) is about the same diameter as the original Perrin? Or is is thicker in any way? I really liked the thin nature of the first. I am not sure whether this one simply 'looks' thicker because of materials and relative dimensions, or whether it really is.

 

[LIL COO COO]

I completely disagree. I have a Sastre sheath for my old Perrin, but it allows the same full access to the choil that the factory sheath did. I really appreciate the ability to acquire a full grip on the knife before drawing it from the sheath. I really have no interest in carrying a fixed blade that requires me to shift my grip after drawing the knife: that's an extra step I don't need.

This does look like a much higher quality sheath than the original Perrin, and I am quite interested in getting a Street Beat, but I would not carry it in a sheath that eats up so much of the handle.

There is no doubt that Mr. Sastre has quite the ability to produce quality sheaths. And I agree that one should not compromise losing the handle into the sheath.

But, my point was that it appears that the blade will actually stay in the sheath this time around. I typically keep my FB tip up in sheath on shoulder straps when I go out hiking. Much to my dismay I was not able to carry the original FB Perrin because the original sheaths poor retention of the knife. Instead, the new factory sheath appears to be able to do this, unlike its predecessor. Sorry for not being clear earlier.

 

[zenheretic]

Does the new one have the collector number on the spine like the older one did?

Also I have one on it's way in the mail to me. Is it's handle the linen Micarta or is it that highly polished Micarta like the JD Smith model?

I would say the Micarta is closer to the JD Smith

BTW, I forgot to say: thanks for the great pictures, zenheretic! You've definitely helped me along a lot in wanting to get one of these. I think I have some idea based on the pictures, but could you comment as to whether the thinnest part of the handle (I.E. the deepest part of the choil) is about the same diameter as the original Perrin? Or is is thicker in any way? I really liked the thin nature of the first. I am not sure whether this one simply 'looks' thicker because of materials and relative dimensions, or whether it really is.

I have no precision measuring devices but it looks as thinner or possibly thinner. I doubt it is thicker at any point on the blade.

 

[Ktint]

When spyderco will release regular production model?