Do you consider Spyderco Knives to be "Hard Use"

[2jka]

After using my spydrco resilience for an entire summer at summer camp and the following months, I can say with confidence that it can handle any KNIFE task that one would ask minus stabbing hard things and prying.
After chopping hundreds of tie-wrapped to take down a Halloween attraction, chopping the twigs off a stick for a walking stick, chest lever cutting through inches of hardwood at once, whittling two roses and three slingshot yokes, spinewhack and overstrike tests, only two sharpenings, and no appreciable the walk in the liner lock and no play, I can say that the knife can handle any cutting task asked of it.
And that's not even their hard use knife like a manix! If I am using this knife to its limits than those would exceed the needs of the user, within reason of course! No prying please!
And thanks for reading!

 

[stabman]

If you expect a folder to be used as a pry-bar or jam the tip in hardwood and twist pry it out......then GET A TUFF!!

Edited to include the proper ending to that sentence.

 

[rubberdog]

I certainly don't consider my Delica hard use. Spyderco makes a huge range of knives, fixed blades and folders. Different materials, different locks, blade thicknesses etc. And that is one of the things we love about the brand. Some of them will take hard use, others not so much. As others have said it's a case of the right tool for the job.

Personally I will take light and sexy over tough for my day to day needs.

 

[GooberBoober]

I've pounded on this one quite a bit:

 

[Surfingringo]

By hard use I think you mean heavy knives with thick blade and grind and a strong bluntish tip. The kind that don't carry, cut or puncture all that well. Not my cup of tea though I have one or two and don't hate them. Spyderco makes a few that play to this idea but I don't believe it is their forte.

 

[aguila327]

I feel that any quality knife out there can be used as hard as any other. As long as I don't have to hear aby one crying on this site about the damage caused when they do, go for it.

 

[Bigfatts]

Hard use means different things to just about anyone you ask. But beyond that, I don't think you can label an entire brand as "hard use" or not. Everybrand makes beefie folders and some that are more delicate. There are plenty of Spyderco's that could be used hard, but there are also some that are small and delicate. So the answer to your question is really both yes and no, it depends entirely on the specific knife and the purchaser's definition of hard use.

 

[Mathias888]

i have a discontinued manix2 with sabregrind which i do put it to hard use, didn't know why they would discontinued it.

nice thickness!

 

[Fancier]

I have been considering this for a while now; are Spyderco knives "hard use" knives in the sense of the "pocket brick" folder?

I generally consider Spydercos to be medium to light-hard use folders, due to their blade shapes and grinds. Case in point, I would not expect the blade of a Manix or Military to stand up to as much punishment as some of the other really thick blades marketed to be abused (I would expect the CBBL to do better than the axis though, especially if the "cage" was upgraded to steel rather than polymer).

Do you consider Spyderco to be hard-use appropriate? Keep in mind that I am not saying Spydercos can't be used hard, only that the blade shapes are designed mainly for slicing (a knife's intended purpose) rather than to withstand possible prying abuse.

I think that this is one of those situations where you've already answered your own question, but since you asked it anyway (and to the extent that the question is meaningful) that probably means that the answer is no.

 

[Blade Runner 7]

Ive owned 3 hinderers. Those are knives people usually refer to as "hard use". They were terrible. I wanted to love them but they had no cutting performance. I've owned other expensive brands as well but nothing cuts like a Spyderco. When I think "hard use", I think stabbing, prying, and batonning. Folding knives are just not made for those tasks. Doesn't matter what brand we are talking about. When I think "hard use" in a folder, I think lots of cutting. In that case, overbuilt don't mean jack. Cutting performance is what counts in a folder. I haven't found anything that beats the poplular model spydies when it come to that. Delica, Endura, Manix 2, Military, PM2, and I'll throw the Domino in there. It doesn't get more "hard use" than that lineup when it comes to folders.

 

[Lycosa]

And a great post! ^

 

[bdmicarta]

For a folder, yeah, I consider Spydercos to be hard use.

If you expect a folder to be used as a pry-bar or jam the tip in hardwood and twist pry it out......then the problem is not the knife, but the user.

I agree.

I carry a Manix 2 in M4 for my hard use folder. I don't intend to pry with it but I think M4 would stand up to that reasonably well. I can't imagine why I would ever baton with it but in an extreme emergency I would have some confidence in it if I needed to do that. But I have full confidence in the knife for heavy cutting chores.

I have seen folding knives that I think might be tougher, but many of them are heavier than what I would want to carry.

 

[cards94]

I try not to use my Spyderco or any knife to pry open paint cans.
Just use common sense.

 

[ShepardCC]

I would not use any knife to open a can or chomp down a tree or whatever. That's what can openers and axes are for.
For hard use I'd say Manix, Tuff, Lionspy, Superleaf, PM2, and many other spydercos. They are great knives. The tool is only good for the task it was designed for. You can use a screwdriver to hammer in a nail or a Philips to unscrew a flathead. Just saying

 

[shunsui]

My suggestion for a hard use folder is a Busse SAR4.

 

[singularity35]

My suggestion for a hard use folder is a Busse SAR4.

Don't you need to be Chuck Norries to fold that?

 

[Mathias888]

i used my DPX HEST for most of my hard cutting jobs follow by ZTs actually.

For spyderco .. i dun mind using my old manix2 too.

 

[rpn]

Awhile back I bought some tough folders and found in general I don't go for thicker stock. Although I love my SNG and have been enjoying Emersons a lot lately too.

I've also pushed my Military and Para 2 pretty hard and they are really as much folder as I truly need.

 

[Humppa]

I don´t consider them "Hard Use" - they don´t need to be.

Spyderco is making cutting tools. For the real tough uses I don´t even use a fixed blade, a crowbar would be my recommendation. But honestly, I prefer thinner blades for cutting than these 5mm crowbars with an edge on them. A simple Opinel is still the king of cutting performance. A FFG Delica or PM2 cuts pretty good, at least in my book.

In general I don´t use my cutting tools out of the purpose they are made.

 

[Gizler00]

I would consider the gayle Bradley to be a hard use knife. But as others have stated, fixed blades are for real hard use. Like prying, chopping, etc...

I do agree with others that have said hard use can be defined as heavy cutting, thick cardboard, thick straps, etc.. Which I have used the military and gayle Bradley most recently.