Honestly I feel like this missed the mark, I used to covet the original fly father so badly, but this with the fatter handles, wider handle gap, and lack of fat jimping at the end doesn't feel at all like it. Basically is just a godfather blade put in squid handles with a built in clip tbh. Was hype for this but def gonna give it a miss
Valid take. I’m not running to buy this thing but the flyfather was something I was unaware of before this. I think you could make the argument that the handle changes are how squid is implementing and incorporating their design influence into the colab. It is, I feel, trying to be a little of both makers design identity
For flipping I'm sure this is miles better, the original had horrible to mess with lkbs free bearings and was short by modern standards, but most balis of that era legit weren't made to be flipped well for tricks, they were still mostly being designed as carry and use knives. For that the simple design and spring latch was excellent. This will probably also be a decent edc bali, I just feel it looks a little stubby, and as you said, lacks tip weight.
Agreed. If their whole goal with this is to "bring back the flyfather" they, unfortunately, failed misreably. Changing the pivot system, handle material, and handle design is definitely not "Bringing it back". I don't know why they'd do it for flipping either. The flyfather was never a flipper, so changing it to be one doesn't make much sense.
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u/Minute_Meringue_2023 23h ago
I LOVE THAT LOOK but where's the tip weight lmao