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Good evening BFFs! In the nearish future, I expect half a dozen units of the following design coming back from heat treatment.
As may be readily apparent to those who know it, the Spyderco knife upon which this new offering is based is the ARK, aka Always Ready Knife. My good friend D Dave_dutchman owns the ARK, and I had the pleasure of handling it on one occasion as well when I was able to get back to my home town to visit him. He likes it, but feels that a wharncliffe blade would be more suitable for his needs in a small necker, as he found that the exaggerated belly of the ARK tended to slip off as much as cut. He also said he wouldn't mind if it were a little longer.
He sent me the following photo, from which I transferred the design to CAD to have it cut from my LC200N sheet by Jarod.
I will not be taking deposits on these, but I will take names for Right of First Refusal commitments on these. Meaning, if you post here and say "I'll take one", then you will get first dibs before anyone else, and if the time comes and you can no longer go through with it for some reason, then it will simply go to the next person in line, and so on. Base price on these when finished will be $135 sheathed and shipped. Handle and sheath material upgrades will be possible within that base price as well, given the size of this knife, unless something is requested that I don't have in stock. I anticipate these will be back from cutting and heat treatment within 2 to 4 months, and I will provide updates as I know more.
So if you are pretty certain you want one, post below to say you'll take one, and I will get in touch once I'm ready to start making them.
Cheers!
As may be readily apparent to those who know it, the Spyderco knife upon which this new offering is based is the ARK, aka Always Ready Knife. My good friend D Dave_dutchman owns the ARK, and I had the pleasure of handling it on one occasion as well when I was able to get back to my home town to visit him. He likes it, but feels that a wharncliffe blade would be more suitable for his needs in a small necker, as he found that the exaggerated belly of the ARK tended to slip off as much as cut. He also said he wouldn't mind if it were a little longer.
He sent me the following photo, from which I transferred the design to CAD to have it cut from my LC200N sheet by Jarod.
I will not be taking deposits on these, but I will take names for Right of First Refusal commitments on these. Meaning, if you post here and say "I'll take one", then you will get first dibs before anyone else, and if the time comes and you can no longer go through with it for some reason, then it will simply go to the next person in line, and so on. Base price on these when finished will be $135 sheathed and shipped. Handle and sheath material upgrades will be possible within that base price as well, given the size of this knife, unless something is requested that I don't have in stock. I anticipate these will be back from cutting and heat treatment within 2 to 4 months, and I will provide updates as I know more.
So if you are pretty certain you want one, post below to say you'll take one, and I will get in touch once I'm ready to start making them.
Cheers!