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The Manbug will be offered in a leaf shape blade, after customer demand for this blade style option of the Manbug. It basically is a micro-version of the double distal triangle blade shape that Spyderco is known for. https://spydercollector.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/spyderco_amsterdammeet2023_spyd...

The Lil’ Native Lightweight features a really light and compact blade, even compared to the MicroJimbo and Lil’ Native Wharncliffe. The linerless FRN handle truly makes the Lil’ Native a featherweight. The Lil’ Native Lightweight is very similar to the lightweight Dragonfly. https://spydercollector....

The MicroJimbo has been shown before at SHOT Show and I’m happy to have had the opportunity to get an up-close look at it. I appreciate how this design is not just a scaled down version of the Yojimbo. It appears to be completely redesigned to transform the Yojimbo concept into a small package. The ...

d'oh! Double post!

That's all for now, I'm off working on the next batch.

The Lil’ Native is an established design and this new version with a Wharncliffe blade will undoubtedly appeal to many fans. I liked how the compact Lil’ Native offers such great control of the Wharncliffe blade. It remined me of the original C75 Kiwi design, but with a much more substantial and erg...

dang. that's a cool pm2. i like what they've done with the scales a lot. now, i wonder where my manix salt is... 🤔 eta: that pm2 definitely needs a coated blade. Frankly, I wish it had a coated blade. This steel and the way it was polished made it really tough to shoot a decent picture (with my ski...

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Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:15 pm

PM 2 Magnacut and “salt version of every US knife”?! Fantastic news. I look forward to your thread every year. Thank you so much for your efforts.

The operative term would be 'overall plan', not a short term promise...

The SpyOpera Sprint Run has already been revealed in … Reveal 11 in 2022. Seeing it ‘in the flesh’, or rather ‘in the steel and carbon fiber’ is something else. It is a stunning piece, a great collectible and/or gent’s folder. The SpyOpera will be made in a Sprint Run of about 1500 pieces. The carbo...

The Spyderco Salt series will be expanded with a Para Military 2. There truly will be a Para Military 2 for any occasion I guess, with all the variants we’ve seen so far, and now one for maritime use. This production sample featured black peel-ply G-10 handle scales, finished with a design of bidire...

If it's above the magical 54g but still feels incredibly feather light, it would remain a very interesting novelty. If Wouter could provide a clarification as to how the weight measurement was taken, it'd be nice 🤔 Perhaps he used a portable scale, which malfunctioned ? I used a portable digital sc...

Regards the LW Native Chief: Blade: 4.08 inch / 104 mm Weight: 1.9 oz / 54 g Outstanding! My next backpacking knife! Light enough to carry, big enough to make a difference! Wow! EDIT, just did the calculations on my "ratio" spreadsheet, and this new LW Native positively blows other knives...

I'll post more tomorrow, thanks for watching!

Yes, Nishijin is back! Apparently, Spyderco still has some blue Nishijin glass fiber left. Enough for one production run of the Stretch 2 XL. This mesmerizing material features a type of circular woven glass fiber that gives off a kind of 3D effect. It was used back in 2012 for a sprint run of the C...

The Spyderco Native Chief Lightweight was another large folder that was shown at the 2023 Amsterdam Meet. The first thing I noticed when handling it, was the weight. Or rather the lack of weight. There are no liners in the handle of the Native Chief Lightweight. Combined with such a large blade, the...

Since its introduction in 1997, the Military has seen a few improvements and refinements. Now it’s been given the upgrade many were looking for, after the success of the Para Military 2. The most notable features of the Military 2 are the compression lock and the 4-way clip mounting option. To suppo...

Thank you all for your patience! It was so good to see so many familiar and new faces at the Spyderco Amsterdam Meet again after all these years. It was sad too, since Jur wasn’t there. He and Ted made the first meet happen back in 2004. Back then it was a round table meet with about 8 attendees I t...

Just checking in to let you know that I came back today from the IWA Show in Germany and that I began work on the report; typing my notes and start selecting from the few hundred photos I took. However, I'm shaking off a little trade show bug and I have an eye exam tomorrow that apparently leaves me...

It was a good meet, thank you to all who came out! I'll go to the IWA Show this week and start processing the photos after that - next week. I'll start a new thread to post the photos then.

Wouter

We spent the day setting up the room and preparing for the meet. Looking forward to tomorrow!