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ducksoup

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I just stumbled across the Spyderco Tenacious, and at $35, it looks like everything I ever wanted :eek:. Is there any reason I shouldn't grab it? ie, anything else in this price range I should consider first?
 
From the title of your post my immediate thought was the Spyderco Tenacious. Got one for me and one for my son a little while back. A lot of knife for the money. For me, in this price range, it's a no-brainer :D

Phil
 
It has no choil and the steel isn't VG-10....

...But that's not enough reason to stop you from buying it, as I must admit I couldn't find any reason good enough not to buy it myself.
So I've ordered one a few days ago.:D

There are other good knives in the pricerange, but for some reason, Spyderco is the only american brand that I can find at reasonable prices here in the EU.(38€ for the tenacious) I wanted to buy a kershaw folder first, that has great knives in the 35-40$ range,(like the JYD), but it costs at least 62€ here.
If I like the G10(never handled it before), I will probably end up buying a Kershaw Lahar or a composite Junkyard Dog II at the end of the summer though.

I know some other knives in the 35$ range, but they aren't flat grind.
 
i have been using the tenacious at work and at home since it was obtainable at knifecenter ,sharpens easily hold a edge well ,well made great price if you place it down and lose it no big deal and i own many many folders this knife is great linerlock i don"t mind some people do great buy, made in china thats the reality of future production
 
Well, you could go with a Spyderco Native for 5 bucks more, you get better steel, handles are FRN with no liners. For around 40-45 you could get a Spyderco Delica, liners, VG10, FRN handles. Also a number of the Kershaw Ken Onion knives can be had around that price point, various models of Leek and Shallot.
 
Here's another nice inexpensive flat-grind folder....

The Drop Point Trance by Boker.....

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It was designed by one of our very own forum members.
Go to the Boker sub-forum and you can learn plenty about it.

You get dual steel liners, a frame-lock, AUS-8 blade-steel, one FRN scale over a steel liner, a flipper that acts a forward guard, and a very well designed blade.
And you should see some of the custom handle scales being made!!!

Check out this thread (warning: tons of pics):
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=502259



Good luck,
Allen.
 
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Smash05 said:
Well, you could go with a Spyderco Native for 5 bucks more, you get better steel, handles are FRN with no liners. For around 40-45 you could get a Spyderco Delica, liners, VG10, FRN handles. Also a number of the Kershaw Ken Onion knives can be had around that price point, various models of Leek and Shallot.
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. . . and which of those features a flat grind?
 
Believe me, if the Native came in flat grind, I'd have one in my pocket right now ;)

For now, though, I'm still leaning toward the Tenacious.
 
The Cold Steel Kudu (the one with the ring lock) is flat ground with a 4+ inch blade. They're under $10, so you probably could take a risk on one and not lose too much.
 
The Kudu is full flat grind, but the edge bevel on mine was unnecessarily thick and obtuse out of the box. Once thinned out, though, it's a razor. I kinda prefer it to a real Okapi.
 
Opinel is a flat grind that's hard to beat... If you don't need the bell/whistles (belt clips, thumbstuds...).
 
allenC said:
Here's another nice inexpensive flat-grind folder....

The Drop Point Trance by Boker.....

HPIM4118.jpg


HPIM4116.jpg


It was designed by one of our very own forum members.
Go to the Boker sub-forum and you can learn plenty about it.

You get dual steel liners, a frame-lock, AUS-8 blade-steel, one FRN scale over a steel liner, a flipper that acts a forward guard, and a very well designed blade.
And you should see some of the custom handle scales being made!!!

Check out this thread (warning: tons of pics):
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=502259



Good luck,
Allen.
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This is one of very few production folders that impresses me. It is very well built with good materials. The broad flat ground blade can take on a real thin, keen edge- a very agressive slicer! And priced right to boot.

N.

www.dozierknives.com./forum
 
The Tenacious is an excellent knife for the money.

Lock up is perfect. It is really smooth, ergonomic and you don't need the choil. I actually prefer not having one after using this knife, you get more usable blade length.

The steel and heat treat is excellent. Very stable when reprofiled to thin edges. I reprofiled mine on my Lansky diamond sharpener to 25 degrees total and stopped at the medium stone. Stropped the burr off with simichrome loaded onto on a wet leather 2" x 12" strap and the knife is incredibly sharp -and much sharper than other Spyderco's out of the box made from higher end steels. It also cuts for a long time setup like this.

P.S. I also sprayed the rotating assembly with WD-40, and it has been the perfect EDC for a while now.

Highly recommended! :thumbup:
 
I just got a mail from my shop that the plain edge tenacious is sold out(also at their source). They only have the partially serrated in stock. I'm not really a serrations fan, and certainly not partial serrations.
So I will pass on this buy myself. I hope you will have less problems getting one Ducksoup.
 
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