Blade shape

[RedEdge77]

How come many of spyderco's blade's are triangular shape? I know all their knives aren't like that but many are. Does the triangle make the blade more useful?

 

[spraay]

I think the triangular features on many of Spyderco's knives is part of what makes them distinctive. Otherwise they'd look like a lot of other knives. I was originally turned off by the Delica's unique blade shape, but after seeing a few of them, and many clones, it's starting to grow on me. I recently got a Dragonfly and it's blade has a lot of triangular shape to it, and I think it's cool.

SP

 

[Carl64]

It's kind of necessary to have room for the opener hole and make up for the strength that would be lost at that part of the blade if it were the same width. You also want the opener hole to be outside of the handle when the knife is closed. A thumb stud is smaller and sticks out, so it can be flush. Some Spyderco models with a less triangular blade (like the native) have the hole partly inside the handle, which some people have said makes it hard to open. The native works for me, but I don't have very large fingers.

 

[dialex]

Basically it's a clip point blade, but the angle needs to be wider in order to contain the hole. There is some belly there, but not much, that's why (especially combined with serrations), you have that triangular looking effect.