What colors would you like to see?

I would like to see every knife at least offered in black. Some of the knives with G10 are only made in green, that's why I won't buy them.
 
How about dressing up some of these with wood inlays? The Millie, Endura and such, would be beautiful with a wood inlay instead of the various synthetic scales.
 
Color? Whatever, :) I'm just worried there not going to keep the full flat grinds around
for very long. :/
 
Seanski said:
Color? Whatever, :) I'm just worried there not going to keep the full flat grinds around
for very long. :/
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Why do you say that? Many knives are being produced with FFG exclusively. Look at the Manix for example: the S90V, blue S30V, and fg XHP - all FFG.
This is something that a lot of customers are asking for, and Spyderco is definitely a company that is customer friendly (moreso than many others).
 
paulos1990 said:
When i sore your headline I thought of gunmetal its a brilliant colour.
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Oh Jesus. Not that I try to pick out everyone's errors, but that led me straight to

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RevDevil said:
Why do you say that? Many knives are being produced with FFG exclusively. Look at the Manix for example: the S90V, blue S30V, and fg XHP - all FFG.
This is something that a lot of customers are asking for, and Spyderco is definitely a company that is customer friendly (moreso than many others).
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Oh of course they do. The Delica and Endura are both such great knives
I'm making a statement that I hope they stick around for good and are not
just a limited run. ;)
 
RevDevil said:
Why do you say that? Many knives are being produced with FFG exclusively. Look at the Manix for example: the S90V, blue S30V, and fg XHP - all FFG.
This is something that a lot of customers are asking for, and Spyderco is definitely a company that is customer friendly (moreso than many others).
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The S90V, S30V, and XHP were all sprint runs and FFG, yet the normal model is hollow grind so I don't see how that is exclusively FFG?

The colored versions are a limited run. Yes they might make more if they sell well but I haven't read anything that states this is definitely the future of the Delica and Endura. If they don't sell great then they could just revert back to the standard hollow ground versions they have been making for years.
 
RevDevil said:
The insanely popular Demko knife is solid G10, almost indestructible. Something similar would be a nice choice though. :thumbup: ;)
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Which knife is that? The American Lawman? Are you talking about the Cold Steel version? Because that started out as having liners and just went liner less this year. As I mentioned it can be done, but I doubt you will see it in a Spyderco if past knife construction is considered. I would also think the Triad lock would be substantially stronger if the stop pin was mounted in steel liners instead of only G10 which can be deformed quite a bit easier than steel. Regardless, G10 without liners would still require quite a bit more work than a quickly made injection molded piece of FRN and would change the 'spirit' of the original design.
 
padwan08 said:
Would be curious to find out what the FRN handles would look like in the following colors:

  1. Charcoal/Gunmetal
  2. Safety Orange
  3. Olive Drab
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Does the orange FRN ladybug count as safety orange? I've got one and think it's a great color.
 
Bufford said:
How about dressing up some of these with wood inlays? The Millie, Endura and such, would be beautiful with a wood inlay instead of the various synthetic scales.
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That's not exactly within the realm of coloring FRN handles. But it would make for interesting possibilities in the SS line. Something like the Kopas and Kiwis.

Bolstered Enduras and Delicas with scales like peel ply carbon fibre, desert ironwood, antique ivory G10 or Micarta, even jigged bone or fossil mammoth for limited runs. The bolsters would add a neat look and still allow the clip to be kept on the knife. Patterning the bolsters (etched or similar) would also permit other possibilities.

So many ideas, too few market opportunities.
 
I would like to see Desert Tan like the color used on the FRN Iraqi Freedom Native.
I would even more like to see the Desert Tan coloration on a FFG G-10 handle sprint run blade
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
The S90V, S30V, and XHP were all sprint runs and FFG, yet the normal model is hollow grind so I don't see how that is exclusively FFG?

The colored versions are a limited run. Yes they might make more if they sell well but I haven't read anything that states this is definitely the future of the Delica and Endura. If they don't sell great then they could just revert back to the standard hollow ground versions they have been making for years.
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There was a thread in the Spyderco forums a couple months ago where Sal indicated he noticed the increase in customers asking for FFG over sabre and hollow on some models. One would gather from this that was the impetus to continue the FFG with the Manix 2 and the release of the new colored Endura and Delica.

FlaMtnBkr said:
Which knife is that? The American Lawman? Are you talking about the Cold Steel version? Because that started out as having liners and just went liner less this year. As I mentioned it can be done, but I doubt you will see it in a Spyderco if past knife construction is considered. I would also think the Triad lock would be substantially stronger if the stop pin was mounted in steel liners instead of only G10 which can be deformed quite a bit easier than steel. Regardless, G10 without liners would still require quite a bit more work than a quickly made injection molded piece of FRN and would change the 'spirit' of the original design.
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Yes, the American Lawman is the one. The G10 would be stronger with steel liners, but there are not too many people that will use their knife as a hitch pin when hauling a 20,000lb load in their truck, or hang their body weight off the G10.
I agree it is far more efficient to crank out 50-100 FRN scales than to mill the same quantity of G10. It's a matter of preference, thankfully Spyderco makes something for everyone. :cool:
 
To my knowledge they do not have a model with digital and woodland camo scaled models but I would like to see one.
 
would like to see FRN in:
1) desert tan
2) shocking green
3) transparent

.....just adding support to previous suggestions :)
 
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