Have been carrying #646 for about a week. Far as I know it is one of the few knives that is actually assembled in Golden, Colorado, and is marked such on the Blade, which lacks any Spyderco logo, just Golden,Colorado, ATS-34, and the serial number.
Over all quality is on par with my Starmate specimen, which is high praise. Nothing jumps out as not being correctly finished with perhaps the edge, which could have been a bit sharper. The long straight edge and super fine tip have performed quite well. Finally have a folder that slices tomatoes easily on a cutting board without killing the belly edge. The tip lends itself to delicate work, and some care should be taken with it, but is a nice facet to have. I rotate through a large number of folders, but the Centofante really fills the general utility role well, better than most.
The clip is where is should be, at the very top of the scale! So it rides deeply in pocket or in my case waistband. How I wish that Spyderco would incorporate this little feature into all their knives. The secondary safety looks dinky, but works quite well. The hole is the smallest I have ever seen on a Spyderco, even smaller than the copilot and dragonfly. I'd be interested to know why such a small hole was used. Hole is not chamaffered as well.
RUMINT has it that the next series will sport CPM-440V blades.
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"Women bring life into the world
and much death, for they sway the
destinies of men." -Anneas
Over all quality is on par with my Starmate specimen, which is high praise. Nothing jumps out as not being correctly finished with perhaps the edge, which could have been a bit sharper. The long straight edge and super fine tip have performed quite well. Finally have a folder that slices tomatoes easily on a cutting board without killing the belly edge. The tip lends itself to delicate work, and some care should be taken with it, but is a nice facet to have. I rotate through a large number of folders, but the Centofante really fills the general utility role well, better than most.
The clip is where is should be, at the very top of the scale! So it rides deeply in pocket or in my case waistband. How I wish that Spyderco would incorporate this little feature into all their knives. The secondary safety looks dinky, but works quite well. The hole is the smallest I have ever seen on a Spyderco, even smaller than the copilot and dragonfly. I'd be interested to know why such a small hole was used. Hole is not chamaffered as well.
RUMINT has it that the next series will sport CPM-440V blades.
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"Women bring life into the world
and much death, for they sway the
destinies of men." -Anneas