Gotta ask: Urban or UKPK?

Ukpk for me, but the urban wasnt an option when I bought mine...but I still like my ukpk, the size is perfect and the color is awesome!:D
 
5.56 said:
The absence of the lock and the full stainless liners makes the UKPK much lighter and slightly thinner. it disappears in the pocket. Also it has a 20lb. slipjoint in it, so you don't really need the lock.

That and it has superior blade steel.:thumbup:
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Very convincing. May have to rethink this some more ...... :eek:
 
I have both a UKPN and an Orange Urban.

I love the blade shape of the Urban. However, when in hand it feels like a "gentleman's knife". Do not get me wrong I am sure it is functional for daily use (it is a Spyderco after all). It is just not the size I choose for an EDC. In fact if it was not Orange I might use it as a "dress knife". Black G-10 with the low riding clip would really disappear when clipped to the pocket of black slacks.

I love the size of the UKPN. It is perfect for my daily office life. Which means the following:
Large enough to be useful in most situations.
Small enough to not cause "people" (I use that term loosely) to run screaming to HR when I use it in my cubical.
It does not have a lock so again "people" do not think "OMG HE HAS A KNIFE!!!!"

I have never held a UKPK, what is so much more desirable about them over the caly 3 other than being made in the US and having S30V sttel? It seems people like them more than their caly, but why?
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Personally I rather no lock to most back locks. I would say the order of my lock preference: Compression, Frame, Liner, None, Back. (I have never owned a Axis Lock BM or a Ball Bearing Lock Spyderco which seem to be the next most popular.) The UK outlawing locks has (in a very perverse way) made me happy because we are seeing Slip Joints from Spyderco which is just fine by me. The Spyderco designers did a fantastic job with the slip joints.

All in all both are good knives. I like them both but for different reasons. I would recommend either to a friend wanting a good EDC. I EDC the UKPN for the reasons stated above.


Hope it helps,
STICF
 
I just ordered the UKPK and the wharncliffe Urban in matching orange tonight. I haven't bought a new knife in a long, long time...since I got my stimulus last year, so I'm really psyched.
 
Let's see the Urban do this.......

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