Spyderco's Next flipper

[duro]

I bet so, the Skyline flips out un-assisted quite nicely. I bet it has more to do with geometry than mass.

With the skyline, you have to employ the press down/up technique.

 

[23xdm3.8]

Is there enough blade-mass in a smaller knife to effectively perform the "flipping" action on those smaller knives, without adding a spring-assist?

Yes..stronger detent and proper geometry on where the flipper tang is placed in relation to the pivot

 

[Sal Glesser]

Actually the next flipper planned is one Eric designed some time ago. He's refined the design and approved of the prototype and we're tooling up for production.

sal

 

[FCM415]

Well this ends all speculation. Thanks for ending all the fun Sal, hehe. Actually thanks for sharing that with us. There is plenty left to speculate! For one, is it a Taiwan?

 

[mattmanyam]

Thanks for the update, Sir.
I am not sure, yet, if I am in fact a flipper enthusiast, but the Southard is certainly getting all my pocket time, lately... I have a 560, but it's pretty darn big for my day-to-day needs (and of course, not a Spydie).

I am curious how far Spyderco is going to go with flippers, in general... First, because it seems to have a slight conflict with the Spyder-hole opener, and second, is the popularity of flippers going to wane? or do you ppl think that it will continue to grow?

 

[tricker]

Thanks Sal,


This makes the speculation all the more worth while, I didn't figure it would be another colab but am very interested to see what lock mechanism it utilizes.

 

[PC87]

Thanks Mr.Glesser. I think I will hold off on the southard and see what Eric has come up with. Looking forward to it.

 

[Varg Lobos]

I'm thankful you're adding another flipper to the line.

Looking forward to what Eric has designed for us.

 

[rororo64]

Sweet! I for one can't wait to see the prototype. Hope its going to show up at the Amsterdam meet. Can you give us a few teaser details?

 

[GLOCKCRAZZ]

Can't want to see this next flipper. The Southard is awesome!!!

 

[four_shore]

is the popularity of flippers going to wane? or do you ppl think that it will continue to grow?

flippers have been around for quite some time now.

that being said their popularity has and will continue to grow imo.

spyderco has just raised the bar (again)...

 

[mc556]

Looking forward to another flipper not that I don't like the spyderhole.

Anyway we can get a spy photo of this new flipper Eric designed? Please

 

[Sal Glesser]

Hi Mc556,

A litte too early for pics yet. We'll show pics when we're closer to production. Probably the A'dam meet.

sal

 

[salmonkiller]

Will the new flipper be made in Golden Colorado?

 

[Sal Glesser]

It will be made in Taichung, Taiwan.

sal

 

[Varg Lobos]

It will be made in Taichung, Taiwan.

sal

Sounds great! Love my Taiwan made Spyderco's.

Any chance on you telling us if it's smaller or bigger than the Southard?

 

[ron finkbeiner jr]

How about an Endura flipper?

 

[FCM415]

What we know so far:

Designed by Eric, made in Taiwan, in the proto stage and should be announced in Amsterdam meet...

Ohhhh Yeahh! (Kool aid voice) I still prefer the Spydie-hole but new knives are always cool especially when the first flipper was so epic.

Anybody know if Eric Glesser a part of this or any forum? Just curious.

 

[PURPLEDC]

It will be made in Taichung, Taiwan.

sal

This is a good thing. My southard is flawless. And consistently better than most of my USA made production knives.

 

[Sal Glesser]

Anybody know if Eric Glesser a part of this or any forum? Just curious.

Eric watches the forums regularly.

sal