Hey Skunk, soon (August I think), and a little too much, around $300 retail ($400 MSRP).

Its actually made by Lion Steel in Italy for Spyderco. I got to handle both this and the SR-1 at Blade, both really nice knives, very similar.

I prefer the spyderhole to the thumbstud, and I want the Elmax steel that this is going to be made in. I suspect the steel is the main reason its $50 more than the cheapest SR-1.

Scales are going to be G10 on the front and titanium on the lock side.

What do you mean the hole is legal? No thumb studs where you live?

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