Names for future Spydies

[john row]

Spyderco Black Widow

Spyderco Tarantula

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John



They say there's a long tunnel with a bright light at the end. I've been there. it's just REALLY DARK!! :) LOL

[The Stare]

Sorry, John. Am going to keep my suggestions for some future contest, where maybe I can win a T-shirt or a knife or something of the sort.

My brain is slower than my slow average tonite. Have many, if any, previous Spydies been named for spiders? Some of the coolest spiders have strange names - like "funnel web", the most poisonous spider in the world, and thankfully, confined to Australia, so far as I know. Wolf is kinda cool, but has probably been used umpteen times.

Cricket has been used, toad, mouse, it seems any animal might do. Aren't they talking meerkat?

Well, maybe I will think about some animal names, and post later.

Stare

[sam the man..]

Spyder-Song (butterfly knife)
Spyder Moose (hardcore utility knife)
Spyderado (cowboy's knife)
Spyderco Grasshopper (hey, they've got dragonfly, cricket -- why not grasshopper)
Spyderco Beetle (built like a scarab!)
Spyderco Fury - Sounds good for a fixed blade fighting knife... *muhahahahaaa!*
Hmmmm... and the list goes on!! Great post John! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sam

have spydies will travel

[Philip357]

What about Spyderco Coon or Spyder Cocoon if you like ... for a sheeple friendly cutting tool
Stare : I agree, a T-shirt or free knive would be nice <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

[tina b]

how about Mantis (for praying mantis)
or my favorite,
Firefly (with a glow in the dark handle!)

[Knife Knut]

I don't know why the spydercrew did not pick up on this thread, but I think the policy is to stick to
*shiver* Politically Correct *shiver*
names.

[vampyrewolf]

you could possibly make a small bali, but have the handles shaped like a scarab... they come apart like wings, and go around to form the handles. 2-2.5&quot; ?

If I had any programs on my comp for that sort of work, I'd pop somethng togethe.

<img src="http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcM3lL9AW3jxWudf">

[Zabrewolf]

tina b

I like the Firefly (with glow in the dark handle) idea. It should be part of the Ladybug / Jester family.

The Taz (cause it eats through anything) possible issues with WB though.
Of course I second for Wolf.

How about a Spyder Sheep (it could have no edge to for sheeple everywhere)?

The length of our days and time of our death have been fated long ago.

[dialex]

It happens that I just had a discusion with Mr. Jhones from <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Legal dept. There is no political correctitude involved. It's just that many good names are allready taken. For eg. I tried a design I named &quot;Raptor&quot;. Guess what? Already taken, or so it seems <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
On the other hand, a glowing spot on the handles, what an idea! My wife was watching her Vesvius and said that would be nice if the blue inlay would glow in the dark <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
As for the names, I first read about a spidie in a SF book &quot;Virutal Light&quot; bu W. Gibson. The action takes part mainly in the megalopolis, so I'd call such a knife as he described &quot;Urbana&quot;. (What he was describing was quite close to a Delica, BTW)

[java]

Firefly lovers,

Designed by G Sakai and marketed by &lt;img src=&quot;spyder.gif&quot; width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0&gt;co is the &quot;Hotaru&quot; Japanese for as some may know, firefly. This little jewel has a battery powered light at the butt of the knife and has a keychain already attached. They are still available in the yellow and black or black and yellow models from Hamanoichiba.

My suggestion?? For the Spyderco balisong, since we know Spydies are the king of knives a most regal name for a butterfly (and butterfly knife) would be the Monarch.

Stay safe! Stay sharp! &lt;img src=&quot;spyder.gif&quot; width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0&gt;

Edited by - java on 6/21/2002 1:20:20 AM

[Zabrewolf]

I like the name Monarch but I think Benchmade has used it for one of their butterfly lines. Plus it is their symbol.

I remember the Firefly G Sakai is (was) putting out, but I still really like tina b's idea of the glow in the dark handle. I think it would look really cool on something the size of the Ladybug / Jester.

The length of our days and time of our death have been fated long ago.

[Simple Man]

test

[java]

Z-Wolf,

I know Benchmade made a Monarch folder but I'm not sure about a balisong. The boys from Cali, Clackamas, and now Oregon City have yet to respond to my inquiry about the origin and meaning of their trademark. I hope their response shows a history that's half as interesting as some of our Spydie lore. Will let you all know if and when they respond. But, why not another Monarch? The world is full of Crickets (Joker Knives), countless Rescues (BM even has a Rescue Stryker), Police models and styles, and Military models and styles. Monarch just seems appropriate for a butterfly, anything less is a Viceroy and doesn't ring the same bells. But that's just my opinion and I could be wrong. Tina's idea IS pretty cool! The green and fuschia Jesters almost fit the bill without a power source. Just wanted to let folks know that the Firefly (Hotaru) can still be found. There was one on e-bay just this week. I was hoping Linda would snag it but the auction gods did not favor the Fair Lady Glasshartt on that day. <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Well, that's about it for now. Headin' in for the daily grind. Always liked your play on the sabre/lazer thing. Would that be Cannis lupis lazerus to the taxonomists among us?? <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Stay safe! Stay sharp! <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

[john row]

Ghost from the past! LOL Did anyone notice the original date I posted? lol And tina b's response? Almost a year ago!
Glad it's been resurected though!
Great ideas.
John



Never Forget 09/11/01 If you're not a friend, you must be an enemy

[sal]

Interesting post John, but it is as Dialex suggests.

We keep a list of all of the possible names that interest us. One of the R&amp;D crew, Barry, maintains this list. As we think of names, we add them to the list. Barry is always checking the names with Bureau of Trademarks and his knife history books, then if taken, the &quot;owner&quot; or &quot;user&quot; of the name is listed.

Most of the names listed above have in fact are owned by an individual or company.

Also, We try to avoid any names that might indicate the promotion of offensive, aggresive or violent knife use.

The naming of a knife, believe it or not, is often a difficult task.

sal

[Zabrewolf]

John,

No I didn't notice the date, but I had fun adding suggestions anyway.

Java,

I'd rather not be stuffed and put on somebody's mantle if you don't mind. This wolf likes his freedom. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

The length of our days and time of our death have been fated long ago.

[john row]

Sal,
So we won't be seeing the Spyderco Bin Ladin Neuterer soon? LOL
John

Never Forget 09/11/01 If you're not a friend, you must be an enemy

[java]

Sal,
Thanks for the info - sounds almost as tough as T.S. Elliot and the Naming of Cats.

John,
That should be one wicked blade! I can see every American wanting one! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> I've got an mp3 file I'll be sending you regarding same. Enjoy!

Z-Wolf,
No stove top for you, dude!! A taxonomist is only concerned with the science of naming things - to stay free and unstuffed, avoid them taxidermists at all costs! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>


Stay safe! Stay sharp! <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>



Edited by - java on 6/23/2002 12:59:54 PM

[john row]

Thanks Java!
John

Never Forget 09/11/01 If you're not a friend, you must be an enemy

[Zabrewolf]

Java,

Shows you what speed reading can lead you too. Wrong tax-word.

Thanx for the vocabulary leason.

&quot;Ne vyklykaj vowka z leesoo, ..... bo tsej vowk maje <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> .&quot; Don't call the wolf out of the forest, because this one carries a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> .

Edited by - Zabrewolf on 6/23/2002 10:16:11 PM

[java]

Z-Wolf,

English is a pretty tax-ing language most of the time! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Your new signature is pretty c<img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0><img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>l. Ukranian no doubt!

Stay safe! Stay sharp! )(

[SpyderNut]

Stuffin' critters....oh my!<img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Well, I suppose I'd like to see a few knives with the following names:

*Zepher
*Escapade
*Tundra

Just a few of my wacked out ideas!

Mike

[glasshartt]

Mike,

Aren't those all car names? I know that Zephyr (Mercury) and Tundra (Toyota) are, I think Escapade is too, but I am not 100%.

Linda

<img src="http://www.spyderco.com/forum/spyder.gif" border=O> Integrity is being good even if no-one else is watching <img src="http://www.spyderco.com/forum/spyder.gif" border=O>

[Zabrewolf]

Java,

This sounds odd coming from the world class terrible speller (me) but it is Ukra I nian. Thank you for noticing the new tag.

Linda,

Those are vehicle names. Maybe he needs one for each vehicle, and if you bring them in for cleaning how else should you know which vehicle the &lt;img src=&quot;spyder.gif&quot; width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0&gt; goes back to.

&quot;Ne vyklykaj vowka z leesoo, ..... bo tsej vowk maje <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> .&quot; Don't call the wolf out of the forest, because this one carries a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> .

Edited by - Zabrewolf on 6/24/2002 9:56:31 AM

[Shiden]

How about a Spyderco Shiden-Kaj <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Shiden-Kaj is Japanese for Purple Thunder and also another name of the famous Japanese WWII-fighterplane 'Zero'.

How about a knife for pilots with an extra large hole, purple handle (metalic?), large clip and Harpy-like blade, designed to use in emergency-situations? For example to cut rope (of parachute) or for use in the water (after a crash).

Shiden-Kaj

&quot;Fear causes hesitation, hesitation causes your worst fears to come true.&quot;

[SpyderNut]

*Gasp*

Linda,

You are plumb right.....I guess those ARE all car names. (Hmmm, so that's why they sounded familer?<img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>) Ok, so maybe I really do need to put the Auto &amp; RV magazines down for a while....<img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0><img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Cheers!

Mike

[jaxon]

Isn't that Esca(L)ade? The Cadillac SUV. I don't remember a car/truck called Escapade. Could be wrong. Anybody know?

Jaxon


Weekend yet?

[java]

Jaxon,

Don'r remember any Escapade vehicles. It is, however, the brand name of a libido enhancing herbal concoction - kind of a down on the farm Viagra. Hmmmmm, wonder if <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>nut had this one in mind for a fixed blade? <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Stay safe! Stay sharp! <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

[SpyderNut]

Java,

ROFLAO!<img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0><img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> A fixed blade, eh? Not a bad idea for the new Viagra-induced Super-Knife!<img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

You crack me up, man!<img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Cheers!

Mike

[java]

<img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>nut,

Top of the morning, Mike! There's a time and a place for a folder! <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Enjoyed your post on the Why? thread. Grandad unleashed a monster there. Funny, neither Benchmade nor Gerber have returned any of my requests for information. Still waiting on Benchmade about their logo. What do you think about Delicrazy's solution on his Chameleon. Hot soapy water just doesn't wash (pardon the pun) with me. Keep on cuttin' n' postin' my sharp edged bro'!


Stay safe! Stay sharp! <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

[SpyderNut]

Java,

And a bonny good 'noon to you, my good Spyderco soul-mate! <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> LOL!

I agree 400% with you on the Benchmade and Gerber topic. They make a few good things, but they just don't cut it. (Was that a pun?!<img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>) I remember now that BM actually did respond to my inquiry for information on their company, and it only took the Customer Service guy a few short months to answer my letter! (I love Spyderco's CS!<img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>) Anywho, I'm glad that the SpyderBug got to me first, or else I might be totin' a Bali-song with a Gerber as my back-up. (Hee hee!)

Java, I salute you, man! May your posts be a million, and your years as a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> fan be everlasting.

Take care, bro <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>


Mike

PS. I'm happy you liked my ditty in the &quot;Why?&quot; post. <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> If only my grandpa knew what he was doing on that cold, fateful day when he gave me that first introduction with that little knife....<img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0><img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0><img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Muahahaha!

[Sword and Shield]

Well, how about the <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Web? Or maybe a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> RHP (look to the top left for acronym source)?

Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.

[glasshartt]

S &amp; S,

It would go with the ATR. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Linda



<img src="http://www.spyderco.com/forum/spyder.gif" border=O> Integrity is being good even if no-one else is watching <img src="http://www.spyderco.com/forum/spyder.gif" border=O>

[chambers]

I was thinking PDF for either Poision Dart Frog or Personal Defence Folder. You could make it a slimmer blade sort of like the endura but thinner and put a bright, bright neon almost coating on the handle, blue or something of the like, make it grippy too that'd be cool. (thinking I ought to get out a sketch pad) My design specs aside I'd bet The Poision Dart Frog has yet to be used.
Dropping my two coppers into the barrel.

oxxxxxx{------------------------

[Zabrewolf]

Poison Dart Frog, ...... hmmmmmm.

I like your idea of the neon color, or maybe a brightly anidized multi-color handle. Sheeple seem lees spooked but pretty colors.

If Poison sounds scarry what about Tropical Frog (the acronym doesn't sound as cool though, TF?)

&quot;Ne vyklykaj vowka z leesoo, ..... bo tsej vowk maje <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> .&quot; Don't call the wolf out of the forest, because this one carries a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> .

Edited by - Zabrewolf on 6/27/2002 8:32:32 AM

[Sword and Shield]

Clink...clink... How about the Byte? <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Everyone here has been <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>Bit anyhow, so why not a knife to commemorate that fact?

Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.