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I remember there being some talk a while back about a sailor's knife with a folding marlinspike. Is there any chance it might still happen? I've been learning some interesting knotwork lately, and it's a pain in the butt to carry around a knife with a marlinspike in it. I'm generally trying to get my EDC as elegant as possible, and no sailor's knives on the market come close to a SAK as a multitool. Building the spike into my one-handed Spyderco would be much more efficient.
So is the sailor's knife still on the menu? Or was it dropped?
If there's still a chance of production, and any wiggle room left in the design, I'd like to make a few suggestions:
1 - That it be made in either a standard blade shape or a BM Griptilian-like "modified sheepsfoot", to make the knife more versatile than the traditional sheepsfoot.
2 - That it be made availaible in plainedge. I know that Spyderco's found plainedge sheepsfoot blades don't sell very well, but when I'm doing work that requires a marlinspike, I generally want a clean cut more than a fast cut.
3 - (And this one's a bit out-there) If possible, a "Swedish fid" or "hollow" marlinspike would be amazing. I've never seen one on a folding knife before, and I'd imagine the machining costs would go through the roof, but if it could be done economically, it'd be a major advantage, IMHO.
It's wonderful to see how hard Spyderco strives to meet the needs of niche markets (like the recent "pickle knife" and "waved Endura" concepts), and I really hope you think there's enough of a potential market to go through with this design.
So is the sailor's knife still on the menu? Or was it dropped?
If there's still a chance of production, and any wiggle room left in the design, I'd like to make a few suggestions:
1 - That it be made in either a standard blade shape or a BM Griptilian-like "modified sheepsfoot", to make the knife more versatile than the traditional sheepsfoot.
2 - That it be made availaible in plainedge. I know that Spyderco's found plainedge sheepsfoot blades don't sell very well, but when I'm doing work that requires a marlinspike, I generally want a clean cut more than a fast cut.
3 - (And this one's a bit out-there) If possible, a "Swedish fid" or "hollow" marlinspike would be amazing. I've never seen one on a folding knife before, and I'd imagine the machining costs would go through the roof, but if it could be done economically, it'd be a major advantage, IMHO.
It's wonderful to see how hard Spyderco strives to meet the needs of niche markets (like the recent "pickle knife" and "waved Endura" concepts), and I really hope you think there's enough of a potential market to go through with this design.
I could have really used one of these!