(Blade Show presented by KnifeCenter) Hey everyone, David C. Andersen here coming at you
from blade show. We are happy to be back. Happy to be here with Eric from Spyderco. How are you,
sir? Nice to see you again. Good to see you guys, you brought some some cool new stuff for
us to take a look at. So gonna get right into it.
Yeah, I'm trying to come out with some new stuff trying to push forward. It's certainly a
challenge in today's times with the demand and the challenge of producing but still pushing
ahead and forging some new stuff. So where do you want to start, you want to start with some
of the thin blue, red line, we've
got a few things over here from the latest reveal. And then a couple things that may be
entirely new to you folks. And a couple things that we're still waiting to arrive. But we're
super excited about. Alright.
Yeah, so I'm going to jump in with Thin Red Line thin blue line. With these, naturally, we're
starting to highlight, you know, our, our fallen officers, our fallen firefighters, both of these
knives, a percentage of all the money goes to the foundations for the towers to tunnels, the
wild line, wild land, firefighters Foundation, and that's for the people that have fallen or
hurt themselves in action. And so we're gonna make these in the enduring the Delica, the
rescue, and a few other models, we might even do some in the future. But they have a very Thin
Red Line or blue line that goes down the back of the handle. And then on the inside of the
handle. There's also a hint of red. mean, one of the things that we're excited with this model is
just the ability to do it. Yeah, you know, the red in the blue on the inside really stays up,
it's not just painted on, it's going to be very durable. And then with the blue Backspacer and
the red, again, because it's a separate molded part and in the screw together construction
because we have the ability to do it. It was nice to do it. Yeah, um, it comes with Vg 10
blades, we wanted to keep a standard Yeah, keep the cost a little bit more reasonable keep them
so that everybody could have a chance to get them in with Vg 10 with its ability for
corrosion resistance, toughness, edge retention, it's just a very nicely balanced
has been for a long time. And I like the the way the process worked out here. You wouldn't think
like the inside of the handle would be too important. But it does add just a certain visual
thing to it that just
brings up you hardly notice it too. When you look straight on at the bottom you almost have
to tilt it a tiny bit. It's a it's a The inside is a nice little feature in blue wine is is
thin, you know it's a thin line. Yeah, that's true between us.
And I just love that it's another way to get another color other than black into into some
things yeah, very cool. Yeah,
so excited about the series continue to give the money to a good cause to a lot of hard working
people definitely fought for us definitely right on. And then to keep going we're going to
continue to expand wharncliffe I know that I talked to you about this I'm a big wharncliffe
fan. So we have the man bug wharncliffe I've talked to about this in the past we take a lot
of pride in our wharncliffe then Chris tip that flat edge and then with the teeth you know
Spyderco was one of the forefathers of serrated pocket knives and so we continue to push the
teeth and evolve those to a great cutting performance nine
Yeah, I mean especially on something like this size with the wharncliffe man ribbon through
through a bunch of boxes with something like this is just going to be so nice for such a
small utility blade.
Yeah, you know the lock back I'm I know I'm a bit of a broken record here but the lock back is
such a secure lock. You can take a tiny little knife like that and go to town with it and
really feel sick. Yeah, it's got a great self clothes it brings good action it just beautiful
fit.
Yeah. And enough handle on these guys to even for someone with slightly larger than average
hands like myself. I've got a good grip on it. Yeah, I always have.
Yeah. And so yeah, a little bit thicker, a little bit bigger. The man bug continues to
push, you know, so the man bug wharncliffe. Very nice. Very nice. Next is going to be I guess
this is the first time a lot of people are seeing this. This is the lightweight chief. So
this is just off the mold. We're a little bit behind on some of our productions. So everybody
has to kind of be a little patient, the demand is is there and with the pandemic for buying all
the knives you realize that right? So one of the things you're gonna start seeing a bit of is
some of this lightweight stuff, you know, lightweight gives you the ability to make a
handle faster, it gives it a full three dimensional it's very consistent. I mean
lightwaves brings a lot to the table. Yeah, I have to you know, whenever I think of
lightweights, I often think of Blackie Collins, the late Blackie Collins Hall of Fame member he
really brought it to our industry. And it really gives us as a manufacturers ability to bring
high performance at a higher rate at a lower cost. Yeah. And so with the chief it's going to
have everything the other chief does that same blade thickness, same walk lighter naturally. It
doesn't have liners. So we were able to put the inserts into the handle so that you could really
have your four position clip with a very secure clip.
But also bring the low weight. Pretty good balance point on that too.
Yeah, they, you know, the fit the finish the action, the grinding the jimping, the everything
the US facility is doing a fantastic job of pushing this stuff forward.
Now I see this blade right here says m four. Is that Is this just because that's the blade you
have? Yeah, okay.
It's not gonna be m four ariga standard will be s 30. v. Okay. But yeah, I'm sure that in time
people will have an option to get a different
because that is the first thing I saw when you pull this out.
Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Nice observation. But yeah, S30. V for stand. Yeah,
very cool. Very cool. And when you're, we always talk about, you know, on the channel, I've said,
like, injection molding will get you a much more sophisticated shape, for a lot less. And when it
comes to you guys. It's that bidirectional texturing. Right there. Yeah,
we take so much pride in our molding. When you learn more and more about molding it's just hard
to do that kind of stuff. The way the mold pops open, and the handle comes out. Is it gonna peel
out of the handle? Because the texture is just so aggressive. And so being able to have inserts
aggressive texture, keep the part flat, make it perform like we're able to do? Yeah, we're very
proud of our lightweight capabilities. Very cool. Very cool indeed. So, again, stand down
that line. This is a larger enough. So I honestly I think the blade is right at four
inches, but I don't have it on me that spec, but it is going to give you a little bit more on
there.
We'll do this thing every time. We're filming the video at the KnifeCenter and I take out my
little ruler to measure something Thomas says he gets to have a drink later. Yet right under four
inches. And yeah, so
these days. If we say it's four inches, we want to be right there. Yeah, the last thing or a
hair under just like you did, yeah, yeah. You
don't want someone to take it and find themselves in trouble.
Yeah, so and more and more, we're really paying attention to those links. And you know, with the
lightweight we're able to, to bring a little bit more production to the market. This will be
assault version, it'll come with a molded handle as well. And for your everyday tasks, if you're
looking for a little bit bigger knife, the larger enough for the FX lm, I'm not sure we've
even got the name yet.
It's always been just one of those really nice EDC, fixed blades, even the smaller one, like
you've got that full grip to really push through some stuff. That extra length is just gonna be
you know, the cherry on top of that. And again, talking about sophisticated handle shape. We
don't just get the texturing there. We've got actual swells going on on this handle, which
I've always appreciated.
Yeah, you know, I my father designed that one. I still think he's a fantastic designer, his his
hands just tend to fit well. So yeah, he did a lot of the 3d on that and proud of his work on
it. Yeah. And a lot of the reason we're showing these is we're starting to show them a blade
though they're not in a reveal. They're coming down the pipe and we're trying to get them done.
Very cool. You guys very cool. So probably probably coming yellow, but we'll see.
Yeah, so lc 200 n LC200N. No, this will be H1 H1. Okay. Very nice. Very cool knife. Speaking
of lc 200 n however, we've got the next guy.
Yeah. gm of huge fan. This is that the subway bowie designed by Fred Perrin, huge fan of Fred
Perron one of the things that Fred is known for is getting that forefinger toil and a forefinger
hole. If you look up Fred pairing, you're gonna see a forefinger hole and a lot of his designs.
And we've encompassed that in some of our designs like the Swick. So this is going to be a
nice, you know, buoy, Fred, parents style buoy that is going to be lc 210 with the molded on
handles, so that handle is not going anywhere, it's going to come with a kydex sheath, it's
incredibly light and salt so it's not going to rust from that carry, carry if you want and you
can pull it in when you need to use it. Very convenient for
very nice, and it's it has that kind of same shape as like the street movies just
Yes, scaled down. And Fred again, Fred did that one and you know, you're talking about a guy
that's got at least 30 years of knife making knowledge and I know of and, and he goes up to a
grinder and he he hand does that out and you try to re redo it for him. And so yeah, he did all
the 3d on that. That's gonna be a very useful little piece right there for sure. Yeah, I think
it's a great addition to the Fred parent name in line. Yeah, it really fits him too. If you go to
his table and you start looking at a lot of his knives. He does a lot of little knives. Yeah,
he's not a big knife kind of guy. So yeah, a perfect addition for a very nice piece. Very
nice piece. The next one, people have seen they, you know, they're coming by the booth to look at
it. We're still trying to get them done. It's our micarta crew were paramilitary to this one
has full liners, so it's going to be a little bit more rigid feeling in the hand maybe though
the pair of shoes always felt ridges always over. So we've really skeletonize the liner so
to try to bring the weight as close as we could to it but because the micarta isn't as rigid as
the G 10. We had to go with the
real thin edges where like where the nine liner would less nest in.
Yeah, you know, you might get a little bow in the micarta you know, the thin edges might break
out a little bit. And so yeah, we went to the full liner. So you get that full
string. And I have a friend of mine, especially who was a little little concerned about that,
but if he's watching, don't worry about it. It feel it feels. You know, exactly like you'd
expect realistically, like I would expect a pair to to feel even though you do have that full
liner there.
Yeah, it's fun to carry, you know, and with the micarta gives you all those great attributes
that that micarta does that different coloring the feeling the handle? It's open back
construction, too. And so it's going to be easy to clean and, and keep the weight down.
Yep, yep. And again, this is a crew where blade which we're really excited about not the S 30. V
on the so even he doesn't have one right now, you guys.
Yeah, so yeah, when you start zooming in on some of these, you know, we're putting different
blades in and we're getting to the show, but when you get to production, yeah, it'll be
cruher.
I love the the finish on it. It's like the perfect kind of matte finish you would want on a
micarta like this. Yeah,
I mean, I'm gonna point it out. You'll see some machining lines on here. That shouldn't be there
in production. Okay. So yeah, you know, it's a prototype still the backside, you don't even see
the machining lines. Yeah. So yeah, yeah, production will be crisp and clean. And
people, you know, it's the right kind of color people be able to dye it if they want to make
some cool colors of their own. Very nice.
Yep. Very excited. Market seems excited to I would say so. Then the next is the K 390.
Stretch I was going to show I know I've talked to you about it again, I know I keep saying
this. But k 390 is just a great student. It just cuts and cuts. It's super hard. It's great. And
it's corrosion resistance for what you're getting in this package. And you know, we just
continue to push K through 90. It's just a wonderful steel. And
first full production straight spine straight. Yeah, yeah. The other one was the ivory. Yeah, I
love that one, too. I missed out on this. This one of these is probably my future, I'd say.
You know, it's funny, the straight spine, to me is all looks. Yeah, you know, it's not really
about a lot of the performance so much about Spyderco is about performance. But you know,
what the straights mine, for a lot of people looks like a more traditional Spyderco.
It does, it does, rather than the new, I've always said that, you know, the traditional
blade is kind of like your guys's Buck 110, you know, your guys is holding on to you know, and
that but this does bring it more in line with like the DNA of you guys a little more. Either
one's gonna be a great carry.
And I you know, I, you know, Spyderco does double distal taper, so it tapers this way it
tapers that way. And so that when you're going to cut or penetrate, it just slices, fantastic.
And so you know that that really does continue to highlight what Spyderco does like to do, and
it's cutting a little bit different from the traditional strap salutely. Absolutely, very
much looking forward to that one. And then the last one I brought to show you guys was the
lightweight resilience. We're continuing to take the tenacious family of lines, if you will, and
push them towards a lightweight, I've been called out that they're not really that much
lighter. Take a GFN and a lightweight, because it's a little bit lighter. And we'll certainly
continue to keep that in mind when we're naming these things. But yeah, we wanted to make the
molded handle which gives you all the attributes I talked about earlier as far as molding and in
higher capability of production. We're also going to do an S 35 vn with them. And so, you
know, we handle with the blue handle, we've been working with this facility for a very long time.
And we have great confidence in their ability to bring those higher grade Steel's to the market,
proper heat treat and proper, proper fabrication, you know, you might buy some of
these exotic Steel's from other countries or factories and how well they process it makes a
big difference harder to tell over here, right? So you know, we'll get some s 30 v lightweight
knives going out of out of China and bringing a little bit more value to that market.
One of the great things I've always liked about the whole tenacious family too, is you know,
this area right here, you got edge coming all the way back to the handle, and you've got a
finger guard but it's gentle kind of sloped out, you can get right behind the edge which is hard
to do and a lot of folders out it's such
an evolved design, it really is and it's those little things that that bring that design out,
you know that little cutout so it's easier or the little you know, so that you can get to the
thumb hole a little bit easier. The way the back is hooked for the hook for a pole cut or even if
you've come all the way back you can start to get some Pinkie on it. Yeah, you know you can
really reach out and so yeah, you know it's a it's a highly evolved design and the more you
look at knives, the more you appreciate a design
like this and especially on the budget side of things which the lighter weight ones, I mean
even the G 10 ones are very affordable. It's a lot of thought and care put into the design for
the money you're putting out for sure.
And you know, a Spyderco we produce knives in a lot of places, Italy China America. And it's a
topic of conversation today about Chinese knives. And, and, you know, for us, we continue
to work with the factories we work with for a long time it goes way beyond politics and
borders, we, we make good knives together. And then we try to bring that to a balance in our
overall line. And so we're gonna continue to work with a lot of those factories over there to
produce high valued knives, but probably not go overboard. You know, we're still growing our
Japanese and American another line just got more American
manufacturing, like, just to catch up. Yeah, we're trying to crank it out. No, I know, really
cool stuff here. I don't know, if I were to pick a favorite right now. I'm a fixed blade guy. So
you know, it's probably this guy. Thomas could have guessed that.
Yeah, I'm really excited about what the factory is able to get out these days. They're, you
know, they're, they're just getting it out the door. And, you know, we assemble it, we box it
and we push it back out of the market these days and in time, hopefully we can start to push more
newer stuff to the market. But these days, we're just pulling up just keeping up.
Yeah. It's a good problem to have, hopefully. Excellent. Well, Eric, thank you so much for for
taking the time. Thanks so much. Show us this blade show, baby. It's We're here. We're having
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have up for pre order already. Of course, not the the newly revealed stuff. We'll make sure to
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you. Thank you, sir.