Spyderco paramilitary 2 limited edition sprint c81cfpe2

[sharpblade89]

Anyone else seen this yet? Thoughts?

http://www.howesknifeshop.com/spyderco/spyderco-paramilitary-2-limited-edition-sprint-c81cfpe2/

 

[powernoodle]

Yeah, "composite steel featuring CPM 154 and CPM s90V" is news to me.

 

[jvarn81]

Composite blade????S90V sandwiched between CPM154 I am guessing...

 

[uofaengr]

I got that email as well. Interesting. I'm assuming the scales will be CF.

 

[Stays Sharp]

Cool! I'm a little concerned about the low number though, because I'd like to actually get one direct from a dealer.

 

[austonh]

A PM2 sprint you say, it will sell out within hours.

 

[Liquid Cobra]

Within minutes

 

[Orion's Belt]

Forget the composite blade, just give me CPM154. Though this may be on my want list anyhow.

 

[dishcore]

A PM2 sprint you say, it will sell out within hours.

Within minutes

Seconds guys. It's going to be a feeding frenzy, and you're probably going to smash your keyboard into tiny bits when the servers overload and the fear creeps in.

 

[Buffalohump]

I dont wanna know, I still haven't recovered from the Knifeworks PM2 sprint debacle....

 

[flatface77]

So...when? My wife will bug me until I have info. This one looks great.

 

[jalcon]

Must...have.

 

[jalcon]

300 you say?

 

[philllll]

Looks awesome, and yes Howe's is a BF dealer, listed under "HKS".

 

[ghostlyinternational]

Interesting. Anyone care to explain the benefit of a composite like this? Reduced cost?

 

[singularity35]

Interesting. Anyone care to explain the benefit of a composite like this? Reduced cost?

I see it as an attempt to get on the para 2 sales bandwagon. Just looking for a different para 2 configuration.

Love the paras and para 2's myself.

 

[coiledwire]

300 piece run with a retail price of $470. Wow, must be some special steel.

 

[Mike157]

Interesting. Anyone care to explain the benefit of a composite like this? Reduced cost?

There has been quite a bit of discussion, and debate, about this on the Spyderco website forum. I haven't read it all very closely so I'm not really clear why it was done. I think partly to see how it would work, partly because grinding CPM154 may be a bit easier than a whole S90V blade (maybe less expensive in the long run?), CPM154 may be more amenable to heat treat along side S90V, and CPM154 is harder to scratch than 420J if 420J were used.

 

[The Mastiff]

There will most likely be real runs of sprints with numbers we are more used to. I've heard of this idea and knew some had been made but that's about it. Give it enough time and we will be having discussions like we do about super blue sprints talking about which we prefer, straight S90V or San Mai'ed S90V. It should be nice, finish up well, not scratch as much as 420J ZDP or Super Blue, etc.

I'm looking forward to trying it.

 

[JCP1969]

I hope the Howe's are up for it. I hope it truly goes very smoothly for them. I've gotten some good deals there .