Spyderco Calypso Brown Sprint Run

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Anybody else interested in this? I like the looks of it and had to grab one. It's got a big 4 inch blade but is still nice and thin.

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Really digging the tapered spine like the original calypso Jr. Really makes this piece pop imo. Should also make for a super pointy tip like the military. Maybe better.:D
 
Have one on the way from NGK. Glad they didn't add a Boye dent. Is the G-10 smooth, or peel-ply? The catalog doesn't say, and I can't tell for sure from your pics. Hope it's the former, at least that would make up to some degree for extra ounce plus of weight the liners add.
 
Mine gets here tomorrow :D

Love how thin it is and that there's no jimping on the choil.
 
The Deacon said:
Have one on the way from NGK. Glad they didn't add a Boye dent. Is the G-10 smooth, or peel-ply? The catalog doesn't say, and I can't tell for sure from your pics. Hope it's the former, at least that would make up to some degree for extra ounce plus of weight the liners add.
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The scales are peel-ply, not smooth!
 
The Deacon said:
Have one on the way from NGK. Glad they didn't add a Boye dent. Is the G-10 smooth, or peel-ply? The catalog doesn't say, and I can't tell for sure from your pics. Hope it's the former, at least that would make up to some degree for extra ounce plus of weight the liners add.
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I think those are Grand Prarie's pictures. Just curious, why don't you like the Boye dent?
 
The Deacon said:
Glad they didn't add a Boye dent.
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Hahaha... this took me back. I remember a while back when I used to frequent the Spyderco forum as a ghost, you were not a fan of the Boye dent. Speaking of which, I got a birthday email from the forum and logged in for the first time in about 2 years yesterday :D
 
Yea, those are GPK's pics; I just flipped them so they look a little more appealing for a lefty like me.:D One of my favorite things about this knife is that it's ambidextrous.

I hadn't noticed until I read the above reply's that this one has no jimping and no Boye dent. I have no problem with those features, but this knife looks very clean without them. I guess the thought behind this knife is "less is more" especially considering how thin it is. I also think that this knife won't lack any grip due to the usual spyderco hump/choil ergos.
 
The Deacon said:
Have one on the way from NGK. Glad they didn't add a Boye dent. Is the G-10 smooth, or peel-ply? The catalog doesn't say, and I can't tell for sure from your pics. Hope it's the former, at least that would make up to some degree for extra ounce plus of weight the liners add.
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the same here. Hopefully will get it today. I can only wish that the knife has smooth G10. IMHO on the classy knife like Calypso should be smooth finish, but most likely it is peel-ply, Spyderco loves it.
 
According to USPS tracking info, mine will arrive today. I have like all of the Caly series knives that I have owned so far. I would hope this one to be no different.
 
Wow - great timing by USPS. I just got mine in the mail, along with a SE Sypderhawk in H1 from another source. Great times, my friends.

A few first impressions about the Caly:

It is a long knife - which i expected, but it's still odd to see how large when you are used to the Caly 3 as I am. In fact, I compared it to some of my other large folders and it's longer than the Tuff, the Vallotton, the oringial Manix, and appears to be a hair longer than the Military. I don't have specs in front of me but real-world comparison brings it home more than just looking at numbers. It looks to be a full inch bigger than my Caly 3.5.

It has a very thin profile, which is pretty cool. The handle is thin and so is the blade. It should make a great slicer.

I like the machined edges on the spine of the blade. This is a luxury thing for me - not necessary but I like it.

This is the first pinned knife that I have had out of Japan in some time that was not gritty at the pivot. This one was very smooth. No need to flush out and lube the pivot area.

Jimping, or the absence of, is not usually a big deal for me, but on this one I wish that the thumb ramp and/or choil was jimped, ala the Caly 3 Damascus. The angle of the thumb ramp is less steep and the choil more shallow on the Caly and I could see where there could be possible slippage forward. Real-world use will tell if this becomes a problem, which I doubt.

As for the scale color, I'm pretty neutral on brown. It does not thrill me but I don't dislike it either. It's just there, and neither detracts from nor adds to the appeal of the knife.

Now to get down to the business of using and carrying...
 
nccole said:
I think those are Grand Prarie's pictures. Just curious, why don't you like the Boye dent?
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Posted this a little while ago in a Boye dent thread on the Spyderco forum...

The Deacon said:
Well anyone who's been here more than a week probably knows already but, for the record, I detest the Boye dent. Primarily because the four "points" it creates on a lockbar make any knife that has it less comfortable for me to use. Granted, it's worse on some knives than others, but its always true to some degree. Beyond that, there are several other reasons. On some models, most notably the C83 Persian, it is so poorly executed as to make the knife very difficult to close. From an esthetic standpoint, it adds an unattractive break to the smooth flow of the backstrap. Not surprising really, the word dent rarely describes anything that adds to the looks of the dented item. Then there's the total illogic of it. If it's meant as a safety device for tactical/SD/hard use, as is often claimed, then why put it on the Ladybug and Kopa and omit it from the midlock versions of the Manix and the Chinooks? And, perhaps it's just me, but despite having somewhat reduced sensitivity in my fingers I've never had a problem instantly and accurately locating the lock of an "undented" Spyderco midlock by feeling the lock well in the handle. Perhaps that might happen on a model with ultra thin handle slabs, but the thinnest I have are several all stainless midlock Kiwis, and I've yet to experience it with them. Lastly, it's the type feature that, if someone wants it badly enough is reasonably easy to add but if someone dislikes it is impossible to remove.
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mr_mojorisen said:
Anyone know how many of these were made?
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No, but since this is a Sprint (rather than an Exclusive, which are more open-ended), that it's made in Japan, and that Sprints made there are normally "around" 1200 pieces, I'm assuming this one will be. Of course, there are a few other colors of G-10, plus CF and GF, and a few different blade steels used on knives built by Moki, so there's no telling whether there might be another C54 Sprint or Exclusive at a later date.
 
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I really like mine. It's just as thin as the Ulize. I also really like the style script they used for marking it.

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