Full Spydie Edge... Have one? Find usefull?

[mdauben]

My first Spydie was a Police model with a full "Spyderedge" blade. I still have that knife, and it still cuts like there's no tomorrow, but I've come to feel that I perfer plain edges on my smaller knives (like the Ladybug and Dragonfly) and combo edges on my midsize and larger blades (like the Endura and Delica).

 

[Aimless]

I would say that it depends on what you cut on a daily basis. The serrated edge won't cut paper or food very well for example. But, it will eat through rope and pallet straps very well.

Yeah I think they're better for stuff like wood and leather, not normal household stuff like cutting food, paper or cardboard.

 

[JD Spydo]

Yeah I think they're better for stuff like wood and leather, not normal household stuff like cutting food, paper or cardboard.

There's no doubt that the Spyderedge does a better job on fibrous materials just like the ones you just mentioned "Aimless". I also find them a valuable tool for any type of vinyl, polymer, leather or similar materials. Any type of rope regardless the material it's made of just cuts much better with a Spyderedge (serrated).

Now I say all of this with one caviat>> Spyderedged serrations must be sharp just like your plain edged blades do. However you can use a somewhat dulled Spyderedge more than you can use a dulled plain edge.

There are advantages and disadvantages with both edge types. But again I will attest that Spyderco's serrations are truly the best ones on the production knife market with no close second from what I'm able to see.

Again I EDC one full Spyderedge blade and one full plain edged blade everyday. Today I'm carrying a full Spyderedged G-10 Harpy and a plain edged C-46 Spyderco Lum Tanto folder. With those 2 blades there is nothing I can't tackle. For those of you who are predisposed into thinking that serrated blades are useless I challenge you to get at least one full Spyderedged Spyderco knife. Anything out of the Salt H-1 Series would be great to start out with. I would recommend either the Tasman or H-1 Mariner. You couldn't go wrong with either folder. LONG LIVE THE SPYDEREDGE!!!

 

[The Deacon]

Have a few of them. Keep one in the glovebox of my truck in case a seat belt needs to be cut. Use my serrated K05 Utility Knife on the occasional tomato. Have used the K01 Bread Knife I just got to slice fresh bread once, so far, and intend to use it again for the same task. Aside from those, nothing I do regularly requires serrations while some things I do would be more difficult, messier, or dangerous, to do with a serrated blade so I never carry one.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

All of the Spydies I own are sharp enough, they don't need serrations. They're not for me, but to each their own. I have passed up hard to find, collectible knives, just because of CE or SE edges. I would rather have a super sharp plain edge. I have given away Salt series knives as gifts, and all of the recipients preferred the CE or SE edges. I am looking for a Dragonfly CE for my uncle, he only wanted a combo edge, in that size.

 

[almtiba]

I like spyderedges very much because not only the cut well, but because, in certain ways, they are much more "tolerant" to non knife people abuses than a plain edge.
I say more tolerant, because I really like the polished edge i put in my plain edges, and sometimes (basicaly everyday) people asks me my knife to do something, and they generally use it in the way I would´t. So I lend them a SE endura with no regrets

And one more thing. People usually believe that a SE will do much better on cutting rope than a PE, but every year, when the hunting season starts, I have to cut lots of nylon ropes around the fences, and this year, I tried to do that with a PE instead of the SE Millie I always use for that. It was a great surprise that my REALLY SHARP Skirmish cut the ropes as good and as fast as the SE

Well, as much as I prefer a PE knife for my use, I always carry a SE with me and I really really would like to have a SE Para 2...

Regards,

Andre Tiba - Brazil

 

[Fredde90210]

I like Spyderco´s SE but in my view Kershaw and Victorinox makes more useful serrations

 

[JD Spydo]

I like spyderedges very much because not only the cut well, but because, in certain ways, they are much more "tolerant" to non knife people abuses than a plain edge.
I say more tolerant, because I really like the polished edge i put in my plain edges, and sometimes (basicaly everyday) people asks me my knife to do something, and they generally use it in the way I would´t. So I lend them a SE endura with no regrets

And one more thing. People usually believe that a SE will do much better on cutting rope than a PE, but every year, when the hunting season starts, I have to cut lots of nylon ropes around the fences

Well, as much as I prefer a PE knife for my use, I always carry a SE with me and I really really would like to have a SE Para 2...

Oh I totally agree that you can loan out a full Spyderedge with a great deal less fear that they will screw up the cutting edge as they probably would completely eviscerate a plain edge without one doubt. Plain edge blades are like chain saws:>> you don't want to loan them out except to people that really know what they're doing, A non-educated user will dull both of them almost every time. But Spyderco's Spyderedged knives are truly hard to damage. They almost have to cut rock or hard metal to hurt them>> and if they're that stupid then all bets are off.

 

[Cosmo7809]

I use a spydie edge tenacious in the garage.

Dont stop cutting.

 

[spydutch]

I have a about 30 or so Spyderco's left and only 98% of them are in full SpyderEdge
Need I say more?

 

[JD Spydo]

I have a about 30 or so Spyderco's left and only 98% of them are in full SpyderEdge
Need I say more?

HEy SPYDUTCH!! I knew that a thread about Spyderedges would bring you out in the open. Yes Sir my Friend Spydutch is truly the ambassador of the Serrated Spyder!! I'm not just preaching to the choir I'm preaching to the preacher !!

I hope everything is cool across the pond and remember yoiu and I have a job to lobby Spyerco for a C-111 Captain in Spyderedge

 

[stampede]

The princess who lives with me has found that the serrated H1 Dragonfly is the best key lime slicer around. Those little buggers are a pain to slice up with a plain edge.

I also use a serrated Pacific Salt for making funnels out of milk jugs. The serrations love catching on stuff and shredding it.

 

[bchan77]

Speaking of spydie edge, does anyone have the serrated version of the Manix 2 and how does it cut compared to the plain-edged version?

 

[The Mastiff]

I started off with a full serrated Endura in 92. I still have it. They do have their uses and limitations like anything else. I still carry mine now and then, along with an old police. Mostly I use a plain edge now as I have more time for sharpening and can custom tailor my edge easier for my needs, or just experimentation. I don't buy serrated blades any more and can't see myself starting to be honest though.

 

[JD Spydo]

I started off with a full serrated Endura in 92. I still have it. They do have their uses and limitations like anything else. I still carry mine now and then, along with an old police. Mostly I use a plain edge now as I have more time for sharpening and can custom tailor my edge easier for my needs, or just experimentation. I don't buy serrated blades any more and can't see myself starting to be honest though.

Mastiff what you just said when you put it in complete context is truly one of the top reasons to make the case for how good Spyderco's Spyderedged ( serrated) blades are. Even with the older blade steels that your above stated models must have i.e. GIN-1, AUS-8 or any of the other steels from the 1990s era a Spyderedged blade holds up for a long time and even with those older blade steels they still perform quite adequately.

My very first Spyder I got during that Era was a GIN-1, SE Mariner model. And that knife today performs just about as well as the newer blade steels do. Now with plain edges the newer steels make all the difference in the world. But even the older blade steels still will do a great job where serrated blades are needed. Truly you don't even need a newer SE Spyder because the 2 models you have are still great working blades.

My old fully serrated AUS-8 Catcherman is still one of my best food processing/culinary knives and I wouldn't trade it for anything. That also goes for my 2 kitchen Spyders i.e. K-04 & K-05. Spyderco's serrated blades have been super for some time now.