the future redesigned Lil' Temperance?

[V-1]

Does anyone have any details on it? I know it's a long way off but any specs like handle material, blade material, blade shape, etc?

The original Lil' Temp is still probably my favorite pocket knife design ever. I carry both blades styles regularly though I have come to prefer the upswept blade over the leaf style. I can't imagine improving it much, maybe just refining it a little. But knowing Sal's work in the past it will be beyond my expectations (which are high).

My only suggestion would be please keep the full flat grind. Can't beat that.

 

[HoB]

Every once in a while I like to get surprised. This is one of those times. The old Lil'T seem to have been a bit of a pet of Sal's, at least he considered it a "testing platform". Can wait to see what he is going to do with the Lil'T II.

 

[V-1]

The old Lil'T seem to have been a bit of a pet of Sal's, at least he considered it a "testing platform".

I hope he pushes the limit of Spyderco's machining capability when it comes to the milling of the handle slabs.

You know what would make the wait for the new version much easier? A sprint run of the original version. A S30V upswept "rhino" blade with a grey G-10 handle and a bead blasted clip. The current tooling should support this since it's not very different. I doubt that enough demand would be there though since it was just discontinued.