First Spyderco arrived (Southard)!

Erphern

Erphern

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I decided it was time to acquire a decent pocket knife for daily tasks, rather than scrounge around for a pair of scissors or whatever for object-opening duties. I ordered a few knives, and a couple arrived - first was a Sebenza 25, and that went back yesterday; nothing tangibly wrong with the thing, but I just didn't dig it that much (I found it fiddly to open and not that comfortable. Price didn't bother me - I have kitchen knives that cost more - but there you go).

A Southard showed up today and it looks nice, feels nice, is centered properly, lockup is at <50%, honestly looks as precision-built (moreso, in my humble opinion) as the Sebenza, and it's so super-easy to open either with the flippy thing or with the thumb hole! I'm very impressed. I think I'll pre-order a black one shortly so I can sneak up on cardboard boxes and terminate them with extreme prejudice.

I ordered a Domino this morning to compare and contrast. Curious about that one. I'd kinda like to try a P2, but I'll wait until an opportune moment.

Anyway, cheers Spyderco. Nice new toy. :)

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Congrats. My 25 didn't stay long either, turned into a Star-Tac Umnumzaan. Southards are amazing to use. Some how it seems small to me, but it isn't and it performs big - and small when precision is needed. Most intuitive "pointing" folder I've cut with.
 
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Thank you! I've been lurking for a bit to see what I could learn prior to ordering anything. Lots of clever and informative people on here!

And yes, intuitive indeed. Very easy to warm up to.
 
Glad you are liking it. I am carrying mine today also. It is a great knife, and if you had kept that Sebenza you would have noticed a big difference in steel also.
 
My favorite between these 2 is which ever one I pick up at that moment. Both are great spyderco knives.

 
Hi Erphern,

Welcome to our forum and thanx for the support.

BTW, Nice work on the custom scales.

sal
 
Erphern-
Excellent choice for your first spyderco! The southard and domino are two of my favorite knives, although they are quite different other than both being flippers.

Coiledwire-
Great picture of the two. I feel the same way. Whichever of the two I happen to be holding is my "favorite". I really cant decide which I like more.

Sal-
A compliment from you means a whole lot to me! Thanks for making such fantastic knives to dress up.
 
Thanks, Sal! And yes, those are fantastic looking scales, spketch. Beautiful work!

Well, here we go. Just placed preorders for a black PM2 and a black Southard. At least there will be quite a bit of delay before they ship (I assume), which will help my wife worry less about my state of mind.
 
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