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Jun 27, 2017

Can I make a suggestion for a couple of future Spyderco Massdrop knives: the Copilot and the Lava. I have a Copilot, from way back when they were first produced, and it's a great little knife, very ergonomic and compact, a perfect EDC knife. A version with one of the newer blade steels and Ti scales would be lovely. I no longer carry mine in case I lose it, as I did the next suggestion, I could never replace it As would a Lava, a stunning knife, designed by Chad Los Banos, again a very ergonomic knife which feels really good in the hand and is again a good EDC knife. I had one, took me ages to find it, tracked it down to a collector, then managed to lose it somewhere while out walking.

dplafoll

Jul 2, 2017

PhasmainmachinaThat'd be great, but those are also long-discontinued models. The CoPilot hasn't been made since 2006 and then as a Sprint; last regular production was around 2001. The Lava was last available as a Sprint in 2013 and in production in 2008. The Foundry, however, was just discontinued; there are still stocks of it available to be able to do something like this. It's almost certain that there aren't any more mass stocks of CoPilots or Lavas out there outside of collections or possibly Spyderco themselves.

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Phasmainmachina

Jul 3, 2017

dplafollI know they're discontinued, that's rather the point of suggesting a Massdrop of each knife for interested parties, possibly in different materials, say K390 steel for the blade with Ti scales.

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dplafoll

Jul 3, 2017

PhasmainmachinaOK... what you're suggesting now is a dealer-exclusive sprint of knives that have been discontinued for almost a decade or more. MD did an exclusive Delica, but, it's a Delica. The Seki City maker may not even have the tooling in place to make either of those knives. Also, due to legal and cultural considerations, Spyderco only recently was able to cost-effectively use S30V in Japan; it may be cost-prohibitive (esp. on a sprint) to import a European steel like K390.
I'm not saying it can't be done, but I very seriously doubt Spyderco would be doing a DE sprint with MD for knives that old.

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Phasmainmachina

Jul 5, 2017

dplafollIt's a suggestion, is all; it's up to Spyderco to say whether they can or will do it. I'd love to see them do it, the CoPilot is pretty much an iconic little knife, something very much like it, only with a ceramic blade, is described by William Gibson in his book 'Virtual Light', and would be a perfect modern EDC knife, the only reason I don't carry mine now, or my mate who also has one, is we're both afraid of losing them; I know he's absolutely up for buying one as well should a new version be made available via Massdrop, and I'd dearly love to get a replacement for the Lava I lost, that knife is so beautifully designed to fit in the hand, ergonomically it's one of the best knives I've ever owned.

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