A hit on Spyderco

BenchmadeBoy said:
In 15+ years of carrying a folder in the bush, I have yet to "field strip" it in the bush. I really question the need of some people to completely break down a knife (even a fixed blade like taking scales off etc.) if it comes in contact with a bit of water or blood or whatever. Yes, I maintain my tools to keep them clean and functional but disassemble my knife out in the bush to get a bit of lint or bark out of it? No way. Just my .02.
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In general, that'd be the last thing I'd want to do - in the field. All that's going to happen is you're going to lose small parts and wind up with dirt in places it wasn't before...and as Yab says, carrying tools around isn't a high priority in any case. :thumbdn:
 
Sal has said that the Caly 3 is pinned because it meant the knife could be made thinner. I imagine the Caly 3.5 is that way for the same reason.
 
I've never had to disassemble a lockback knife. My Tasman salt is pinned and has been filled with the river silt that makes a linerlock useless because it wedges between the lockbar and scale, but with the Tasman I just open it and close it a few times underwater and shake it out then its back to work. Same deal with slipjoints for me, can't imagine ever needing to take one apart. I think even a pinned frame lock would be fine.

Can't say I've ever missed having screws on a knife, but the only pinned knives I have are slipjoints and lockbacks which at worst need to get poked with a tooth pick every once in a while.

Pretty neat that the Caly's are able to be made thinner because of the pins.
 
Thanks for all the opinions guys, I've learned a lot... I have nothing against pinned knives, I was just wondering why they would choose pins over torx, or vice versa
 
verisharp said:
So lately, I've been looking at purchasing either a 2011 persian or a caly 3 or 3.5... I'm still going to buy one of these fine knives but I am baffled by the fact that these knives are pinned together with rivet type pins and not held together with "torx" screws... I realize that spyderco prefers that you not take your knife apart and just send it back to them for repair, but if your in the field, and need to clean or fix your knife, being able to disassemble it is a must. Is there any other reasons they would pin it together.
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I haven't read every response, so I'm not sure if everyone coved this, but Sal said they couldn't do screw construction on this knife without redesigning it. I believe it had to do with the thinness of the knife.

I love both the Caly3 and the 3.5. I've never had trouble with adjustment and if there's dirt inside I'll just go in with a Q-Tip or some compressed air and it's good to go. The 3.5 started out a little stiffer than my Caly3s, but has since worked in.

The G-10 Caly3 is out of production. I guess you could pick on up on the secondary market. If you want the carbon fiber one, just be aware that it's way slicker than the fuzzy G-10 of the 3.5. Looks real good though!

Either way, they both a hell of an EDC knife. Very hard to beat! I don't think you'll ever have to worry about the pinned construction.
 
I'm with mike... in that I haven't read every response. Cause I'm pretty wasted and I can't be bothered. But that aside, I'll give you the same opinion that I'd give you sober - and that is that I take my knives apart all the damn time. I think that if you're a real knife nut you take your knives apart when you're under a roof and you use your knives when you not.

So... that's really all I've got to say... those warranties that say you can't take them apart weird me out. Which is another reason I like Kershaw. But how will they know? ;) I have plenty of Spydercos that I take apart every week. Don't tell Sal!
 
GlockLobster said:
I'm with mike... in that I haven't read every response. Cause I'm pretty wasted and I can't be bothered. But that aside, I'll give you the same opinion that I'd give you sober - and that is that I take my knives apart all the damn time. I think that if you're a real knife nut you take your knives apart when you're under a roof and you use your knives when you not.

So... that's really all I've got to say... those warranties that say you can't take them apart weird me out. Which is another reason I like Kershaw. But how will they know? ;) I have plenty of Spydercos that I take apart every week. Don't tell Sal!
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I'm with this guy. I take my knives apart all the time, especially after receiving a new one from the factory. New knives always have oil smeared everywhere, in places I wouldn't be able to get to in order to clean without taking the knife apart. Plus I like to polish some surfaces in order to increase the smoothness of operation.

If you know what you're doing, Spydercos are pretty easy to take apart. I can disassemble/reassemble my Delica in 10 minutes. I wouldn't do it in the field though.
 
EOM said:
I'm with this guy. I take my knives apart all the time, especially after receiving a new one from the factory. New knives always have oil smeared everywhere, in places I wouldn't be able to get to in order to clean without taking the knife apart. Plus I like to polish some surfaces in order to increase the smoothness of operation.

If you know what you're doing, Spydercos are pretty easy to take apart. I can disassemble/reassemble my Delica in 10 minutes. I wouldn't do it in the field though.
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Hell yes... preach it brother. I feel like I don't know anything about my knife until I've dissected it.
 
Pinned knives look beautiful, screwed knives look functional. My Persian is, to me, a work of art. My Endura is for work.
Also, I've had it happen to me a few times, where a screw will be loose and get lost and while this may not affect the knife's function, I have the bother of ordering a new screw. And then the screws do not always match the rest ... sigh!
I'm OK with screws but pins make a lot of sense.
 
Carried a Delica 3 & Remote Release (both pinned) in the Army & never needed to take them apart. Since the Remote Release was clipped onto the right strap of my LBV it would get gunked up at times. Hose it down with Break-Free, scrape it out with a stick/toothpick/etc. & it was good to go.

I think screwed construction is neat, but I've yet to use it on my current Delicas.
 
Hi Verisharp,

In the case of the Caly, there isn't enough room for screws without changing the design. Sometimes, like on Salts, it's less chance for corrosion. Screws are faster and easier to assemble than rivets, that's why we changed the salt pivots to screws.

Very few can take a knife apart and put it back together as well as a knifemaker.

sal
 
With the exception of cleaning and adjusting blade pivot and handle screw tension, I don't feel the need to disassemble a folder, at least for now.

Never had a pinned folder, so can't comment on them.
 
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