Hey guys some of you might have known that i have been having a dilemma on which knife to choose, the flight, cara cara, or meadowlark. And for those of you
who were constantly answering my threads, i give you my deepest regards in assisting me in this..you can finally say "ahhh finally, no more asking us about our opinions between so and so and that knife".. i know its been an annoying long ride.
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Today i was at lebaron's in canada and i picked up a meadowlark G10 plain edge for 25 dollars, and no taxes since it was their boxing day sale.
My first impressions of the knife was one word, "Wow". First things first, i dont know if im correct or not, correct me if im wrong, but i believe byrd has moved onto a new packaging rather than the old rectangular paper box.
Now onto the knife itself, this was actually my first spyderco and my first time
with a G10 handle, and at first im going to be honest, i was not amazed.
My first time with it, it just felt like checkered plastic, but when i rubbed my thumb against it even more, it felt more like what i heard it was suppose to be , grippy
Many of you might ahve known, before i was claiming that the blade of the knife is too small for many tasks, however i have come to conclusions that spyderco knives are one of those knives you gotta feel in the hand rather than look at a picture and say you want that knife.
The ergonomics are awesome, the finger choils seat perfectly for the perfect task, for example, i can have my index finger at the lower choil when im doing rough cutting, but i can have a pinch grip with the choil on the blade and the thumb rest when im doing delicate cutting.
IMHO, i think the midspine lockback is very easy to close knowing that the gives me a solid lockup. There is no blade play whatsoever, and to some extent i could only find two sharp points on the knife.
Im not gonna say the blade cause its designed for that, i feel that the little notch on the blade choil is kinda sharp, i actually cut my self when i was "drop releasing" the blade and when it went off my index finger. The second sharp point was on the boye dent, but it wasnt that bad, it just kinda annoying.
With factory sharpening, out of the box, it cuts 8 x 11 copy paper easily with little effort.
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I could see myself using and edcing this knife for a very long time, and please dont flame for this, but i do i see the resemblance of the meadowlark to the delica. Matter of fact, IMHO, it seems like the meadowlark is like the twin brother of the delica, however the meadowlark just doesnt have as nice materials and construction might have not been as A class as the delica.
It seems like by covering the some of the comet hole of the meadowlark, the knife appears to be a delica.
All and all, i really enjoy this knife. Thanks Bladeforums community for helping me with my decision of this knife. :thumbup:
who were constantly answering my threads, i give you my deepest regards in assisting me in this..you can finally say "ahhh finally, no more asking us about our opinions between so and so and that knife".. i know its been an annoying long ride.
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Today i was at lebaron's in canada and i picked up a meadowlark G10 plain edge for 25 dollars, and no taxes since it was their boxing day sale.
My first impressions of the knife was one word, "Wow". First things first, i dont know if im correct or not, correct me if im wrong, but i believe byrd has moved onto a new packaging rather than the old rectangular paper box.
Now onto the knife itself, this was actually my first spyderco and my first time
with a G10 handle, and at first im going to be honest, i was not amazed.
My first time with it, it just felt like checkered plastic, but when i rubbed my thumb against it even more, it felt more like what i heard it was suppose to be , grippy
Many of you might ahve known, before i was claiming that the blade of the knife is too small for many tasks, however i have come to conclusions that spyderco knives are one of those knives you gotta feel in the hand rather than look at a picture and say you want that knife.
The ergonomics are awesome, the finger choils seat perfectly for the perfect task, for example, i can have my index finger at the lower choil when im doing rough cutting, but i can have a pinch grip with the choil on the blade and the thumb rest when im doing delicate cutting.
IMHO, i think the midspine lockback is very easy to close knowing that the gives me a solid lockup. There is no blade play whatsoever, and to some extent i could only find two sharp points on the knife.
Im not gonna say the blade cause its designed for that, i feel that the little notch on the blade choil is kinda sharp, i actually cut my self when i was "drop releasing" the blade and when it went off my index finger. The second sharp point was on the boye dent, but it wasnt that bad, it just kinda annoying.
With factory sharpening, out of the box, it cuts 8 x 11 copy paper easily with little effort.
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I could see myself using and edcing this knife for a very long time, and please dont flame for this, but i do i see the resemblance of the meadowlark to the delica. Matter of fact, IMHO, it seems like the meadowlark is like the twin brother of the delica, however the meadowlark just doesnt have as nice materials and construction might have not been as A class as the delica.
It seems like by covering the some of the comet hole of the meadowlark, the knife appears to be a delica.
All and all, i really enjoy this knife. Thanks Bladeforums community for helping me with my decision of this knife. :thumbup:
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