Hello

[Sal Glesser]

Hello,

I hope I'm in the right place and I hope some of you can understand me. Nataliia has helped me get this far, plus some guessing on my part. I am at your service,.

sal

[MAgTiDo]

Sal, tell us please, are there any plans to launch production of any multitool?

[Bulat22]

Sal, it’s really great to see you on our forum!
Looking forward I can see a lot of interesting things to discuss.
But at the moment it’s late night in our country, so I think the most part of questions will be tomorrow.
Welcome one more time!

[toyboxx86]

Sal Glesser, hello . Great to see you here. Mostly all of us can understand you

[Sal Glesser]

Thanx much for the warm welcome.

Hi MAgTiDo,

No immediate plans to make any more than we're currently making (Clipitools). The SpydeRench we made was a nightmare. We always keep an open mind though.

sal

[norther]

Welcome to our forum. It's very good to see you here. Many of us, I think, will be happy to communicate with you.
thank you for taking the time to do this and taking advantage of this opportunity.
And special thanks to Natalia for her help with this.

[MAgTiDo]

Thank you for answering the question, are you planning to return to production of the C02 Mariner?

[Вампир]

Hi, Sal) I am very happy to see you in our forum Spyderco Military - is my favourite knife many year's.

[Cish]

Sal Glesser, We warmly welcome you to our cozy forum. Thank you for taking the time to communicate!

[Kart]

Welcome to the forum, Sal !!!
Thanks for your creativity! Merry christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

[7cross7]

Greetings, Sal, it is good to see you here. Happy holidays

[Serhio]

Hello! Thanks for join us! It`s a great pleasure to talk to the founder and the designer of such great company and knives!
I`ve got several questions about company and your personal preferences. It would be great, if you could answer them.  

1. I`m sure, nobody can`t tell that Spyderco designs are boring. I think most of them are interesting and even bold. So the question is, what are you guided by, when you create you knives? Is it a flight of your fantasy or market research, or something else?

2. I`m a lefty person. Many of Spyderco knives are universal - it fits well for righties and lefties. Spyderco even has some special models like Lefty Military and Para-military 2 for those who use his knife with left hand. Is there any chance to see in the nearest future budget friendly lefty knife like Lefty Tenacious? 

3. Is there a favorite model among the knives your company produces?

4. What Spyderco knife is in your pockets lately?

[corsar_s]

Говорила мне мама, учи английский, сынок, учи... (с)

[Balu]

Корсар, ну, судя по постам выше , гугл переводчика более, чем достаточно . Уверен, мистер Сэл не парится по этому поводу, ему все понятно.

[corsar_s]

Это шоб прочесть, да. А написать, шонить умное, шо гугл сможет адекватно перевести и донести.
Сэл вон написал, что спайдерренч был кошмаром, а я вон, до сих пор жалею что не купил его в своё время.

[Sal Glesser]

Thanx much for ll of the kind words. Good t be here. I'll be happy to answer your questions and I have a few or my own.

MAgTiDo,

No plans to revive the Mariner. It has evolved into a number of Rescue knives that are available.

Serhio,

1. Our designs are a very complicated process and would probably be a separate discussion on another thread. Most of our in-house designs and primarily for function first. We do quite a few collaboration designs for variety. Quite often, we are filling a request by our customers for a particular design to fulfill a particular function.

2. My wife, Gail, and my Grandson are left handed, so it's always a question. We've not made a left handed Budget model to date. I'll put in your request for a lefty Tenacious and we'll see if then can/will do it. Dealing with our Chinese makers is a bit different than dealing with makers in other countries.

3. I have many favorites, but usually I'm carrying a prototype or a first article to make sure the design is sound and doesn't need improvement. Both my son, Eric and I do this. CQI, (Constant Quality Improvement) is always going on in our designs. I tend to prefer larger folders in general.

4. Lately, I've been carrying the Police 4 in VG-10, The Manix in SPY-27, a new Manbug in a Warncliffe blade, VG-10 and a Pacific 2 in LC200N.

Hi Corsar and Balu,

I'm sorry, I do not speak or read Russian.

sal

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[toyboxx86]

Sal Glesser, i'd like to ask, if you can improve somehow services of spyderco corp here, in UA, if it's possible.

Sometimes happens pocket clip or some screws in our knifes are damaged or lost. And i see that it is much easier to solve a problem by asking for help in USA, by email, than to find spare parts here, in our country, and your company once helped me and sent new clip for shempp bowie, when i lost mine.

As our offical dealer, or the one who calls himself a dealer, mostly sends us anywhere else, instead of help.

I know, we are far far from you here, but maybe it's possible?


My favourite spy. With me from 2012.

[Balu]

Sal Glesser, dear sir. My friend Corsair is sorry he hasn`t learnt English before.
And I wrote to him that Google translator solves easily this problem, and even if this program does not make a perfect translation, it will be possible for you to understand properly the meaning of the question.

It is a great honor for me to communicate with you on this forum.

For a long time I have been real fan оf your and your son`s Eric work. It is more correct to say your creativity ) !

Best regards, Balu.

[Kart]

Good day!
Such a question: Blades made of Maksamet steel are sensitive to the external environment (even from an apple it comes in spots). Spyderco has been using various protective coatings for blades for a long time. Why is there no coating on blades from Maxamet?

[Sal Glesser]

Hi Toyboxx,

We've been battling with this issue for many years and we've not found a satisfactory solution. For now, Golden is the best source. I'm sorry.

Hi Balu,

Thanx. Eric is a very good designer. Is "Balu" from Mowgli?

Hi Kart,

It's not been a problem yet? Some foods like apples and oranges can be harder on the steel?

sal

[toyboxx86]

Sal Glesser, oh, i understend. So anyway, best way is to ask for help in Golden. Thanks

[Kart]

Hi Kart,

It's not been a problem yet? Some foods like apples and oranges can be harder on the steel?

Yes, because the problem is not the hardness, but the corrosion resistance.

[Дюк]

Sal Glesser,

Dear Sal, tell me, do you have any plans for a re-release of Chinook 1, or any reincarnation of it?
Thank you.

[MAgTiDo]

Why is there no coating on blades from Maxamet?

As well as on blades from CPM M4

[MAgTiDo]

re-release of Chinook 1

... and C54 Calypso