Does Spyderco make a *BAD* knife ??

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mikemck

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If they do, I haven't seen it yet.
Started out with a Military, plain edge 440v, that I got in a trade ( Thanks copfish ). I liked it so much, I'm now the proud owner of an Endura and a Native, both of which are truly excellent!

Before I got the Military, I thought Cold Steel Voyagers were the end all be all of knives, and didn't particularly like the looks of the Spyderco line...Now the only problem I have, besides a slight monetary deficiency, is a need for more pockets to carry my growing collection of Spyderco users.
 
Just goes to show my friends....Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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All it takes for the forces of evil to rule the world is for good men to do nothing...Edmund Burke
 
What do you mean by "bad"?

Nobody likes it or it's totally unsuitable for any kind of cutting? Unlikely.

Somebody dislikes it or it's not suitable for the kind of cutting some bought it and intended it for? Certainly.

As for myself, the Starmate is one of the very few knives I've regretted purchasing. Some like it very much, but at the same time it seems to be the object of quite a bit of modifications, which sort of supports my feeling that the design really wasn't good.



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"I didn't like the looks of Spydies before I got one either."

I still didn't some models.
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I don't consider any of my 32, soon to be 35, Spyderco's to be bad knives. Some are more useful in daily task than others, but each one has it's own appeal or I wouldn't have bought it in the first place.
 
The Civilian is LOUSY at whittling!
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John
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I've had more paper cuts than cuts from knives, but the knives are QUICKLY gaining!
 
Some of the blade designs are just such a departure from what I was used to that they didn't appeal to me at first either. But then I got my Merlin. Shortly after getting it I had to put it to work and it went through the material so quickly (and then into my thumb) that its been love every since. I gave one to delica 2 to a friend and now he's in the Spyderco camp as well.
 
The Spyderco Rescue was a good idea, a Mariner done with light, brightly colored plastic. It didn't take me long to break the plastic pocket clip. I smoothed that off and carried it inside my pocket.

The serrated blade was capable of cutting a bundle of stranded automotive wire, such as you find running to the left door of a modern car. Pulling hard against the knife put pressure on the release. When it popped through the wire, the blade swung halfway shut from momentum. Fortunately, I was wearing firefighter's gloves.

Maybe it was my particular knife, but when pulling hard, the pressure caused the spring to raise a bit and the blade to come back a little. It never folded back, of course, and that alone did not unlock it, but it shook my confidence.

If I was doing it again, I'd pop the extra $$ for the Mariner. Same blade, more weight, more strength. I learned the same lesson with lights. Being an electrical worker, I tried a Streamlight PolyStinger. After losing it on a fire, I went to the metal Stinger. Better.

I carry my daughter's pink, razor-sharp, plain edged Delica when on airlines. Use as money clip, and place on tray with change and keys, so only money and clip shows. Nice little knife, but I'll go with the metal ones for hard use.

Just my hyperinflated 2 cents worth. Now I'll go back to the Busse forum, where "hard use" types belong.

Lane
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"Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est." ("A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands.")

--Lucius Annaeus Seneca "the Younger" (ca. 4 BC-65 AD) epistulae ad Lucilium 87, c. 30
 
The now discontinued Spyderco "Q", with the spirograph-like cutout handle and blade, feels about as sturdy as a knife made of wet toothpicks!

But if mine were the last one on earth, I wouldn't trade it for 100 Sebenzas! It's so damn cool looking.

Sharp little "bugger" too!

P.S. Pun intended!
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[This message has been edited by Full Tang Clan (edited 10-13-2000).]
 
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