G10 Rookie; hard use or not?

[spydutch]

Greetings you all,

I have a G10 linerless Rookie/SE I'm very fond of.

I would really like to use it at my work. The main cutting over there concerns thick tie rips, plastic fibre tie bands, medium thick cardboard and thick polyethylene film.(I'm a printer)

Now I would really like to know if my Rookie will be up for such rather heavy cutting chores.

I tried this with my G10 Standard and this knife developped blade play after one day(it had this to begin with, but I corrected it) My Rookie is rock solid.

On the Spyderco forums most of them thought it would be wiser not to use my Rookie for this, but I would very much like to know if there are more with this opinion.

So, should I use my Rookie for this or will it be better to use my Endura for it and keep the Rookie for light, off duty cutting chores?

Many thanks in advance.

 

[JD Spydo]

Hello Spydutch: The Rookie is a fine knife. I have owned several of them. The last 2 I owned both had liners. I think the ones with the liners would take more of the "on the JOB" punishment than one without a liner would. However with that being said I would personally advise you to get yourself more blade to take to work with you.

Being you like SE knives as much as you do I would heartily recommend 2 knives for what you mentioned you are doing. First of all I think that a serrated JD Smith with it's blade geometry and ruggedness would take a bit more punishment than the Rookie model would. Also if you like something with the grip of a G-10 handle I would recommend a Centofante II C-50. Both knives are built for hard use.

I am a bit leary of you using that Rookie ( especially without a liner) because it is mainly more or less designed to be an EDC folder than it is a work knife. But the 2 I mentioned I think would give you superb performance. Just my thoughts