I have it on good authority that the Sandshark OTF is going back into production

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Here's what I know so far:
  • The name, design and company were signed over to a new owner that has worked in other areas of the knife industry. For instance, they sell wholesale to places like Blade HQ.
  • The lock design will be modified from the original model. The new owner is an engineer by trade and is confident the new design will be stronger than the original models.
  • There will be an initial run of 1,000 pieces
  • These will be manufactured out of China. This owner already makes OTFs under the company No Limit Knives and I know first hand that those are very well made.
  • The price range I've heard is that they will be under $400 retail
Pic of the prototype:

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If these are priced like deadlocks, I’ll definitely be passing despite this one looking more pleasing to my eye.
 
rxavage said:
If these are priced like deadlocks, I’ll definitely be passing despite this one looking more pleasing to my eye.
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Unless it changes by the time they are in production, these are going to be MUCH more affordable compared to Deadlocks. They're going to be less than most Microtechs and supposedly they are going to be stronger than the original models.
 
It's illegal in the US to manufacture and sell switchblades, including balisongs (according to their definitions), made from outside the US. Yes, it happens, but it can also happen that the company can get raided by US Customs and get hit with a massive fine. Ask Spyderco.
 
I heard Hawk is going into production with the deadlock... An otf without any play like that takes the cake imho. Not sure of the price point though, probably will be more expensive I would imagine.
 
razor-edge-knives said:
I heard Hawk is going into production with the deadlock... An otf without any play like that takes the cake imho. Not sure of the price point though, probably will be more expensive I would imagine.
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I heard they planned on going to production awhile back but lately it looks like they're focusing working through custom batches. Have you heard anything recently?
 
Is there anything internally differentiating these from the majority of other DA OTF knives? I care more about what is inside. I would like to know if their design brings some improvements (durability, reduced blade play, etc) over other designs.
 
Kaizen1 said:
I heard they planned on going to production awhile back but lately it looks like they're focusing working through custom batches. Have you heard anything recently?
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The Knife Junkie podcast had them on recently in an interview and it sounded like they are gearing up for production... but I'm sure it takes a while to do that.
 
What was so great about the original sandshark? Was it better than other ones that are out there today? And since ownership and manufacturing are changing, are the new ones going to have anything about them that is similar to the originals besides the name?
 
Looks like the actuator is positioned on one side. I really prefer OTF with the button on the spine. I might check one out though.
 
Chefget said:
Just for historical purposes, here is the pre-sandshark James Brothers Diamondback. It is the first production OTF ever made. Bought from Jim directly late 90's (yep, #3) :)

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Not wanting to contradict you, but I'm pretty sure that a few metric tons of "NATO" OTF knives were imported by the Edge Co wayyy before the James Bros even thought about making an OTF. The basic design principles of the D/A OTF knife have been mostly unchanged for decades.
 
^^^ You are correct. What I meant to say was the first quality production OTF
 
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