What is the Cobra Hood???

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mmtmatrix

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Please, someone, anyone, what is it and how does it work!?!?!? I want, I need to know!
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Thanks guys for all the help,
mmtmatrix
 
I saw the ATR with the cobra hood at the NYC show. What it is is an extra bit of steel around the opening hole that provides additional "grip" for the thumb for opening and a thumbrest in a forward grip. Here's a weird visual for you... your head is the blade, your nose is the edge, the back of your head is the spine, your ears are the opening hole (stay with me on this) cup your right hand to your right ear as if you're trying to hear something better, do the same with your left. your hands (you guessed it) form the cobra hood!
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Instead of a disc, it is much like a flange. Or a hood as termed. It works quite well as a "backup" or primary opening device. Best of both worlds?? The hole vs the stud/ disc debate can finally rest!
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L8r,
Nakano
 
Think of the cobra as a round-hole with a hat!! Really cool innovation!
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Sam

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Where can we see a picture of it?

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IIRC Sal said no pictures yet. Have to wait until the prototype is finalised.

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Clay

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So it's basically an exagerrated version of the effect the hole in the full flat ground Military has? I.e. the steel at the top of the Hole is thicker/widened than at the lower half of the hole? Mmmm, does this interfere with inertia/handle drop openings?
BTW, can anyone give me a cursory description of the ATR? What does ATR stand for? Thanx,

Wouter
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mr Blonde:
So it's basically an exagerrated version of the effect the hole in the full flat ground Military has? I.e. the steel at the top of the Hole is thicker/widened than at the lower half of the hole? Mmmm, does this interfere with inertia/handle drop openings?
BTW, can anyone give me a cursory description of the ATR? What does ATR stand for? Thanx,

Wouter</font>
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Actually it is more like a raised ridge. It does intefere with the drop, so all knives with the hood will be tip-up.
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Sal also mentioned that it is likely that the hood will migrate to other tip-up Spydercos.

ATR stands for "At The Ready." It has a titanium handle with integral compression lock, with indexing holes in handle and clip. Hollow-ground 3.5" modified-dagger blade (VG-10?). Cobra hood. Tip-up.
 
The Cobra-Hood is super cool, as is the ATR.

I would absolutely love a 4" version...cmon Sal..don't hold back...that design was made for a BIGGER knife.

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Alright, confession here. While among the first to see this ATR at the recent NY show, I was handling the ATR while Sal G. was chatting with me. I had looked real close at the "hood" and immediately started to brainstorm about its possible applications during emergency use. Don' t worry Sal, I wasn' t pretending to be hearing everything you were saying.
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I was atempting to catch the hood of the blade at the bottom portion of my pants belt in an attempt to activate the blade opening. This is common exercise of formal shooting schools where a similar method is used to rack a gun slide via the rear sight should the off hand be immobilized. Or equally as handicapped, even the thumb in the case with folders. Just wrist flick it open you say? Well, there are situations where even the primary weapon hand is partially immobilized. For example, picture yourself in a situation where your primary weapon arm is pinned against/ between a wall and you body. Think you can wrist flick it? And in rapid time?

Well, I never did manage to succeed in "belting" the ATRs blade open. Sal may have thought I was going to wear it in my pocket on the way out!
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So this discussion may be moot. But since Sal does have the proto...

L8r,
Nakano
 
While I do like the "cut and thrust" blade of the ATR, the basic platform cries out for an eventual utility variant with a Military style flat-ground blade with choil. Simplified without the indexing holes but of course keeping the Cobra Hood, Spyderco would have the Sebenza running for cover.
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*heh-heh-heh!* Back at Golden before the ATR was shipped to NY, I had the previlage to see it in action when Sal whipped it out to cut pieces of his grilled Salmon lunch!
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Its a cool-cool-cool knife!!
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and extremely light too!! Can't believe my eyes when I saw the frame-compression lock!! The cobra-hood is a neat safety mechanism to the round-hole IMHO..
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Sam

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I'm very surprised that the "Cobra Hood" hasn't been thought of before- it's one of those head-slappingly simple innovations that is both inspirational & makes you feel like a doofus at the same time.
Sal, what was the plastic proto you had (w/ cobra hood)? I like that one the best...

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OK Anthony, I'll think about a larger one. I's my design so I don't have to consult anyone. Actually, I designed the knife for Glock, but they do not seem interested in a knife addition at this time.

Rugger, the smaller version (plastic) doesn't have a name yet. Currently, it looks like there will be two versions. One will be Titanium with an integral compression lock like tyhe ATR and the other will be an aluminum model with a nested lock.

The ATR Proto will be at the SHOT show as will the smaller version.

sal
 
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