For The Spyderedge Curved Blades Reign Supreme

[JD Spydo]

I was doing some reflecting today and I was going through some of the Spyderco Spyderedged folders that I use the most>> oddly enough the ones I use the most are Spyderedged models with some type of curved blade design. Hawkbills in particular I use a lot with the Spyderedge because a blade with a bend in it seems to have a more aggressive cutting posture than than of a standard designed blade with the same serration pattern.

With Hawkbill and Reverse S Spyderco models I have hardly no use at all for plain edged models of those designs. I do have one special use for my older VG-10 blue handled Spyderhawk every autumn. But 99% of my cutting I do with Hawkbills or any other knives with curved blade designs are done with Spyderedged ( fully serrated) versions.

I'm willing to bet that I'm not the only Spyderco knife user that's noticed that. I find the curved blades to utilize the Spyderedge far more effectively than the standard design or straight blades. Knives like the Dodo model are so much more aggressive with a Spyderedge are much more aggressive than their PE counterparts.

That's one reason I'm finding a lot of misunderstanding about the Spyderedge. Most people don't know which blade designs use the Spyderedge the best.

 

[James Y]

I was doing some reflecting today and I was going through some of the Spyderco Spyderedged folders that I use the most>> oddly enough the ones I use the most are Spyderedged models with some type of curved blade design. Hawkbills in particular I use a lot with the Spyderedge because a blade with a bend in it seems to have a more aggressive cutting posture than than of a standard designed blade with the same serration pattern.

With Hawkbill and Reverse S Spyderco models I have hardly no use at all for plain edged models of those designs. I do have one special use for my older VG-10 blue handled Spyderhawk every autumn. But 99% of my cutting I do with Hawkbills or any other knives with curved blade designs are done with Spyderedged ( fully serrated) versions.

I'm willing to bet that I'm not the only Spyderco knife user that's noticed that. I find the curved blades to utilize the Spyderedge far more effectively than the standard design or straight blades. Knives like the Dodo model are so much more aggressive with a Spyderedge are much more aggressive than their PE counterparts.

That's one reason I'm finding a lot of misunderstanding about the Spyderedge. Most people don't know which blade designs use the Spyderedge the best.

I have come to a similar conclusion over the years. I'm especially partial to SE hawkbills, more so than the S-curved blades. I also feel that the serrations in a good hawkbill blade have more strength behind them. I wonder if the wide, inward curve somehow reinforces them. Plus the teeth tend not to be overly deep/long/pointy. More strength, less hang-up during cuts.

Jim

 

[JD Spydo]

I have come to a similar conclusion over the years. I'm especially partial to SE hawkbills, more so than the S-curved blades. I also feel that the serrations in a good hawkbill blade have more strength behind them. I wonder if the wide, inward curve somehow reinforces them. Plus the teeth tend not to be overly deep/long/pointy. More strength, less hang-up during cuts.

Jim

James that's a very interesting observation that frankly I never gave thought to until you now mentioned it>> that is what you said about the serrations themselves having more strength by virtue of the Hawkbill design. I can see where there is some substance to that the more I think about it. But I won't stop there I will go on to say that could probably also apply to the "Reverse S" designs i.e. the Matriarch, The Dodo, The Civilian, ect, ect,. Because the more I think about it I don't sharpen Hawkbills or Reverse S blades with Spyderedges nearly as much as I do Spyderedged models like the Native, Military or even the Rescue models for that matter.

I do know that the serrated Hawkbills made of H-1 blade steel hold up better all the way around because Spyderco themselves did their own controlled testing and found that to be the truth.

But getting back to what the thread is trying to prove>> and that is the fact that blades with a curved design utilize the Spyderedge far better than standard designed blades. To me the proof is in the pudding so to speak. Because I've used Hawkbills profusely over the past 8 years and I've used them on many different types of cutting jobs and I've come to the conclusion that Spyderedged blades with any type of curved design sure perform significantly better.

But again what you're saying has a lot of science to back it up. Because from a materials standpoint corregated material is stronger than material that is not and that's a fact. Also I've often wondered why they have not yet to my knowledge ever made a linoleum knife which is a type of Hawkbill with some type of serrated blade because I'm sure it would work much better in many areas over a plain edged version.

Very interesting post James>> thanks