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Well, I've been into knives for about 4 years now and I decided to use some Christmas money to pick up my first Spyderco. I spend an excessive amount of time reading the forums and have always heard great things about them, but for whatever reason had always gone in another direction until now. Since I in no way "needed" another knife, the field was pretty wide open as to what I would pick up. This being the case, and not being very familiar with their product line, I decided to head over to the Spyderco website to see what they had to offer... HUGE MISTAKE!
I quickly found their 2013 product catalog and downloaded the PDF. I new right away that I, and my wallet, were soon to be in big trouble
After four years of being into knives, I have collected about 20 assorted folders and fixed blades. Some would argue I have shown remarkable restraint, lol. Then I found Spyderco and almost immediately I had compiled a list of at least a dozen knives I "had" to have.
Since plunking down $1,000 all at once for a bunch of knives may have been overly detrimental to my marriage, I knew that I had to find a way to curb my enthusiasm a bit. After much deliberation, I decided that I'd better start small, both in size and price, with a new sub 3" EDC blade. I was stuck between the Cat, the Persistence, and the Delica until I found out about the blue run of the Persistence that is currently available, bingo!
The knife was waiting for me when I got home from work last night and it is fantastic! I'm big on looking for great values in general and I have never come across better build quality for the price in a blade. I love the color. I love the texture of the G-10. The jimping is just right. As a lefty, the four way clip is a huge bonus. This is by far the nicest liner lock I have. Even the sound it makes, *click*, inspires confidence and screams quality. And as satisfied as I am right now, in the back of my head I'm already starting to think about my next purchase... Sage, Caly, PM2? It's a slippery slope, no doubt.
I don't post on the forums much, but this Spydie got me off my butt :thumbup: Thanks to all for the resources here. They have been a big help.
**Update**
In the interest of full disclosure, the action on the knife suddenly became gritty later today. It was pretty rough to open and close. I am not advising this, because I have read about the warranty concerns... But in literally about ten minutes, I was able to fully disassemble the knife and make the action better than new.
I was easily able to removal the screws with my el cheapo torx-driver, no "soft screws" or "too much loc-tite." I wiped everything down well with a piece of paper towel and then applied oil vary sparingly. Reassembled, the blade is still dead-centered and deployment is now silky smooth. YMMV, but I've got no complaints.
I quickly found their 2013 product catalog and downloaded the PDF. I new right away that I, and my wallet, were soon to be in big trouble
After four years of being into knives, I have collected about 20 assorted folders and fixed blades. Some would argue I have shown remarkable restraint, lol. Then I found Spyderco and almost immediately I had compiled a list of at least a dozen knives I "had" to have.
Since plunking down $1,000 all at once for a bunch of knives may have been overly detrimental to my marriage, I knew that I had to find a way to curb my enthusiasm a bit. After much deliberation, I decided that I'd better start small, both in size and price, with a new sub 3" EDC blade. I was stuck between the Cat, the Persistence, and the Delica until I found out about the blue run of the Persistence that is currently available, bingo!
The knife was waiting for me when I got home from work last night and it is fantastic! I'm big on looking for great values in general and I have never come across better build quality for the price in a blade. I love the color. I love the texture of the G-10. The jimping is just right. As a lefty, the four way clip is a huge bonus. This is by far the nicest liner lock I have. Even the sound it makes, *click*, inspires confidence and screams quality. And as satisfied as I am right now, in the back of my head I'm already starting to think about my next purchase... Sage, Caly, PM2? It's a slippery slope, no doubt.
I don't post on the forums much, but this Spydie got me off my butt :thumbup: Thanks to all for the resources here. They have been a big help.
**Update**
In the interest of full disclosure, the action on the knife suddenly became gritty later today. It was pretty rough to open and close. I am not advising this, because I have read about the warranty concerns... But in literally about ten minutes, I was able to fully disassemble the knife and make the action better than new.
I was easily able to removal the screws with my el cheapo torx-driver, no "soft screws" or "too much loc-tite." I wiped everything down well with a piece of paper towel and then applied oil vary sparingly. Reassembled, the blade is still dead-centered and deployment is now silky smooth. YMMV, but I've got no complaints.
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Some of your posts around here contributed to me picking up an Enlan EL-02 a couple of months ago. I haven't used it or the Persistence enough yet to have any input, but it will be interesting to see how these two China-made 8Cr13Mov blades compare in edge retention over time. 
