What in your opinion is spyderco missing from the lineup? Is it small knives? Big utility knives or what? Maybe a bigger variety in colours? Handle materials, fixed blades? Lock types?
A concern that I have is the lack of colour selection and handle materials in the line. More colours shouldn't add too much to the cost right? I mean Spyderco already purchases some FRN in blue, and red already so how much more would it cost to simply put some of that FRN to work on models such as the delica, native and Endura. A red enudra may confuse some people who have the trainer knives but why not use other colours than? The use of blue g-10 on the dodo is a good start that needs to be expanded. I do not know if Spyderco is set-up for anodization but Aluminium could be utilised to a much higher degree. Aluminium is lightweight, can be anodized with different colours and I assume easier to mill into different shapes and sizes. I like the steel handled knives that are part of the line now but the flatness of the handles leaves me wanting more. Some sculpting of the handle will add costs but it would give the knives and even more ergonomic feeling.
Onto the lock variety. There is not a whole lot I can comment on here. Spydercos usage of lockbacks, liner locks, compression lock, integral liners and the new ball bearing lock has put them in the lead in this field. The variety in this department is phenomenal an increase to the number of knives to utilise the ball bearing lock would be nice.
Fixed blades have never been a strength of spyderco. The selection that it has is good start but it suffers a bit. Spyderco should stop using FRN on any of its other fixed blade entries until the other two are discontinued. Throw some g-10 or kraton handled knives for higher end Fixed blades to round out the selection. The Lum tanto is a good knife but add another knife into the mix to make it interesting.
What I hope to see in the future from spyderco is a knife in FRN with some colour variety, a ball bearing lock, a knife similar in size to the endura, a few more g-10 knives with colours other than black, some fixed blades, any fixed blades with handles other than FRN. Adding different colours to existing lines will add a whole lot more skus into the system, something spyderco is trying to cut back on. I think taking some select knives and putting some colour to them is worth it. I dunno how well the blue delica did but I am guessing sales on that were not high enough to justify the expansion of that idea.
This thread was intended to liven things up in a rather slow period of posting. I am a huge spyderco fan so in no way am I trying to slag them.
(Putting flame retardant suit on just in case though)
A concern that I have is the lack of colour selection and handle materials in the line. More colours shouldn't add too much to the cost right? I mean Spyderco already purchases some FRN in blue, and red already so how much more would it cost to simply put some of that FRN to work on models such as the delica, native and Endura. A red enudra may confuse some people who have the trainer knives but why not use other colours than? The use of blue g-10 on the dodo is a good start that needs to be expanded. I do not know if Spyderco is set-up for anodization but Aluminium could be utilised to a much higher degree. Aluminium is lightweight, can be anodized with different colours and I assume easier to mill into different shapes and sizes. I like the steel handled knives that are part of the line now but the flatness of the handles leaves me wanting more. Some sculpting of the handle will add costs but it would give the knives and even more ergonomic feeling.
Onto the lock variety. There is not a whole lot I can comment on here. Spydercos usage of lockbacks, liner locks, compression lock, integral liners and the new ball bearing lock has put them in the lead in this field. The variety in this department is phenomenal an increase to the number of knives to utilise the ball bearing lock would be nice.
Fixed blades have never been a strength of spyderco. The selection that it has is good start but it suffers a bit. Spyderco should stop using FRN on any of its other fixed blade entries until the other two are discontinued. Throw some g-10 or kraton handled knives for higher end Fixed blades to round out the selection. The Lum tanto is a good knife but add another knife into the mix to make it interesting.
What I hope to see in the future from spyderco is a knife in FRN with some colour variety, a ball bearing lock, a knife similar in size to the endura, a few more g-10 knives with colours other than black, some fixed blades, any fixed blades with handles other than FRN. Adding different colours to existing lines will add a whole lot more skus into the system, something spyderco is trying to cut back on. I think taking some select knives and putting some colour to them is worth it. I dunno how well the blue delica did but I am guessing sales on that were not high enough to justify the expansion of that idea.
This thread was intended to liven things up in a rather slow period of posting. I am a huge spyderco fan so in no way am I trying to slag them.
(Putting flame retardant suit on just in case though)
Don't know what I am getting at here, too late at night.
