Spyderco Collaborations

RevDevil

RevDevil

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Easy and very interesting question -

Which knife designer/company would you like to see Spyderco collaborate with? What kind of blade would you expect as a result? Steel? Handle Material? Fixed Blade or Folder?

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I could be crazy but maybe Snody and carbon fiber handled fixed blade. Roughly 2.5" blade, neck knife. vg-10 or s30v works for me although I'm not picky in that regard. Something light that I can still get a full grip on.
 
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Here are mine, in no particular order:

1-Rick Hinderer collab, Ti/G10 Framelock, Spanto grind, 3.5" blade CPM-S35VN steel. Bead blasted or stone washed finish.

2-Snody collab, friction folder (might be awesome), double hollow grind, 3" blade CPM-S60V, Ti liners, awesome 2 tone G10, or some 3D micarta. satin finished blade.

3-Snody collab, fixed blade, FFG CPM-3V or M2 steel. 4" w/ FFG. Some kind of nice canvas micarta that would be grippy.

Warren Osborne or William Henry would be a great collab too.
 
ED S. and 3V steel. The "tuff", the "bison" , or the "Joe L" " Mastiff". in Carpenter Micro melt "PD#1" alloy ( vascowear ) :D
 
Hi Joe,

You have no faith :o

We've received the 3V for the Tuff and the final design refinements are in process.

The Bison is being refined and the self close will be the new one on the Szabo.

We don't know if Crucible is still making Vasco, but we can get anything from Carpenter that they make. Do you know what their new name is for PD-1?

sal
 
We don't know if Crucible is still making Vasco, but we can get anything from Carpenter that they make. Do you know what their new name is for PD-1?
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Sal, Cruware was never one of Crucible's bigger sellers so it might be gone. Carpenter lists no vascowear equivalent steel in it's CTS line. If the "Micro Melt" PD#1 is no longer being made than I an unaware of any replacement. That would just leave Latrobe.

It's great to hear you are getting closer to bringing the Tuff and Bison out though it sounds like the Bison is going through some changes from the last we heard about it. I'm probably not alone when I say I'm looking forward to it.

Thanks Sal. Regards, Joe L. /Raleigh
 
I never owned one, but always liked the look/shape of Striders. Maybe a collab with em along the lines of the Buck/Strider deal. Strider shape with the Spydie hole and quality and materials, as well as the affordability.
 
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I never owned one, but always liked the look/shape of Striders. Maybe a collab with em along the lines of the Buck/Strider deal. Strider shape with the Spydie hole and quality and materials, as well as the affordability.
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I'd buy one real quick. Good call.:thumbup::cool:
 
Dav Winch, as Aussie maker and compatriot, any one of these three............

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Regards,

BRIAN
 
Interesting requests.

I guess I can share some opinion, though some might not agree. I still think that it is valuable conversation.

Mike Snody, IMO, received much of his design influence from Mike Janich designs. Mike Janich worked with Mike Snody to make Mike Janich's prototypes and Mike Snody shifted his design direction to more of Mike Janich's "style". Since Mike Janich is now a member of the Spyderco team, we would more than likely go with the Janich "style". Mike Janich has redesigned the Yojimbo. It is a striking design and we're planning that direction.

Doug Chapman,

We worked with ceramic blades back in the 80's and decided that for our performance oriented offerings, ceramic had not yet developed to that height of performance. We've played with some diamond based ceramic, but it too wasn't there yet. Perhaps in the future?

Currently we have a few Ed Schempp designs in-the-works. The Balance, Navaja and Tuff.

Jenner,

We have another Anso in-the-works, his Zulu design and it should be more affordable. The current JD Smith design is still in inventory. Eric is working with Kevin Wilkins to refine the current design.

Rick Hinderer is pretty much working with CRKT and we've found that when we do a collaboration with a maker that is working with a low cost maker like CRKT, we can't compete price-wise in the marketplace.

Joe,

Carpenter has a whole "flock" of new chemistry's that will be fun to play with. I'm not opposed to Vasco. I have an old Gerber folding hunter that used Vasco and I found the steel to very nice, and at the time superior.

The Tuff and Bison shared the samed dilemma, how to keep the large heavy blade closed and still use the Compression lock, which can be made strong enough to handle the weight? We believe we have a way developed and we'll see it in the newer designs with large blades.

Red Devil,

I beleive that Snody and Hinderer have been addressed above. Warren Osbourne, while a great designer and inventor is locked into Benchmade and they have "one company only" policies.

Company / Company collaborations are very complicated, such as Stryder or William Henry. We managed to pull it off with Kershaw but there were many advantages; Ken was a friend that wantted to pull it off. Craig used to work for Spyderco, so there were already undertandings, and Jack followed Japanese policies, which we are familiar and comfortablle with.

Problems such as; who will build it? Are the quality standards close enough? Who will sell it? How will pricing be set and maintained? etc.etc.etc.

Brian,

I am not familiar with Dav Winch designs. We don't always get to see what makers are doing, espeically in foreign countries (foreign to us ;)). We would have to get one of his pieces and put them out to our customer base for feedback.

Thanx for the thread, it's a good dialogue.

sal
 
Sal, keep the Terzuola collaborations coming. I'd like to see a larger Terzuola collaboration, I have the Bob T Slipit and picked up an old C15. Looking for a Starmate now. I'd like to see a sprint run of the Starmate with whatever the new hot steel is.
 
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