Seal hunter position? Weirdo...an ulu is a women's knife, and women did not hunt seals!.....You should be slathered in seal oil and left out for the polar bears, James....
Anyhow, I am sorta teetering on whether or not I like it. I played with them at the blade show, and they seemed useful for like what Sal had mentioned, opening boxes and such in places that generally frown on knives, but it would not be really handy for traditional uses.
The point would be a drag when scraping or slicing using regular wrist arcs, and the blade does not protrude far enough for me for chopping. On top of that, my primary concern is when using for cleaning animals or fish, keeping the gunk out of the handle and keeping it clean.
Using it as a box cutter also makes me wonder a little, I can buy a $5 utility knife and a hundred blades and be happy for years if all i did was open boxes, and if all the Spyderlu is capable of doing well is open boxes, then it might not sell too hot.
Sal has said numerous times that this is a new field in knives and that there are a few ideas yet to try, and I admit the concept has merit, but think that this particular rendition isn't totally up to par.
What I would do to change this particular model is 1) make the edge protrude further to keep the handle as far away from gunk as possible. 2) ditch the point at the end of the blade and have a gut hook above the mainedge, allowing for a useful point AND a useful main edge suitable for scraping, scliing etc... 3) make that handle easily feild stripable for cleaning out gunk. I am sure that Kodiak will agree that, if left alone for three days, salmon/halibut slime & blood becomes the foulest slime imaginable, except for maybe moose/caribou blood.....I am sure you catch my drift...Miniature Dzus fasteners would be perfect for this..yea...use a penny to crack it open fer cleaning.......
YeK
