What's to understand about spydercos? They are knives that have one-handed opening holes in them. A lot of people here do enjoy spydercos, but not everyone. I purchased an FFG Endura, and my father and I both can't seem to connect with it. His $17 Kabar Dozier opens more smoothly than the Endura, and it's lighter, too. My Buck Vantage Pro just knocks it out every time I look at it -- better steel for the same price, smoother opening, better scale material, deep pocket clip, and IMO better warranty. I really do want to like the Endura because it's the most expensive knife I have purchased myself, but it just doesn't live up to the hype.
says you...SOG and Benchmade and countless unscrupulous overseas companies have knocked it off for the last 2 decades...
Spydercos are priced comparatively high (in my opinion), since VG-10 is usually likened on this forum to Buck 420hc and Kershaw 13c26 Sandvik, and just slightly lower than AUS-8.
wrong. I don't know where you heard this, but don't listen to them anymore.So why is the price on a Delica/Endura almost twenty more dollars than a Buck 110/vantage select, Kershaw leek/blur, or thirty more than the Kabar Dozier? I feel likes it's brand name, and it's deservedly riding on the fact that it invented the Spydie hole and the pocket clip. I think that knife forums usually like Spydercos because Spydies fill a certain niche (along with Benchmade) of knives priced right between sub-$50 knives and customs. They are also the only knives (once again along with Benchmade) that have the big opening hole,
which benchmade copied from spyderco and used for years in different incarnations before they decided to license itwhich I do actually like. I don't find Spydercos ugly either. I like having an eclectic collection of knives, all of them looking fairly different. I just think they are too hyped up and that they are overpriced by about $10 to $25.
I also want to try to debunk some theories I see on spydie threads like these constantly.
nice try but you failed miserably
The ol' function over form theory is just rather ridiculous.
uhhh...no it's not, Sal Glesser, the president of spyderco, states the knives are "designed in the dark"A spyderco knife isn't going to be as tough as a CS knife with a Tri-Ad lock, right?
spyderco makes some tough knives The tip on an FFG will break off before a thicker drop-point,
probably, if you are prying with it. We are discussing steel, not glass. It is stronger than you think I assume.
don't. you know what they say about assumingVG-10 is compared to knife steels costing about 30% less.
uhhh. no... wrong again Most knives have pocket clips now.
thanks to spyderco. just sayin'I just think that no sane person would say that Spydercos out-perform all other knives that may happen to appeal more aesthetically than a Spyderco to someone else.
no one said they outperform. It's not like the Spydies are mini folding King Kongs or something.
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)) What they do have distinct is the Spydie hole... which is the one thing I like about the Endura!
So I have sent in a Buck 110 for a new blade because my friend broke the tip off my first and favorite knife ever. I received a new blade free of charge. Fantastic service. I see in this thread that Spyderco does not replace blades free of charge. It seems that you must pay for them? I think that the Delica/Endura have been made for more than 20 years, so why wouldn't there be a plethora of replacement VG-10 blades?
you really should have read the rest of the thread before asking this. It is because spyderco is a small company and doesn't have the ability to keep a "plethora of replacement vg-10 blades" and the tooling and tolerances change from year to year making last year's blades perhaps not fitting as well as the recent stockI just think that if someone goes through the hassle of sending in a broken knife blade one time, he is probably a knife nut and doesn't usually destroy blades on high-priced Spyderco knives... I think that blade replacement is a superb customer service, and Spyderco just doesn't have it. I may never need it, but I would rather have it. And if I did ever by sprint runs, I would probably never lend those out to friends to break, I understand the sprint run blades. I just don't understand the lack of VG-10 and s30v replacements. You are already paying a $15 premium over other similar companies, but you can't get a replacement for a base model knife like the Delica/Endura/Military/PM?
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I also don't think that Spydercos were the first tactical knife. I've seen several bayonets from the world wars that would like to argue with that statement. They might just be the first
folding tactical knife, but I haven't even done the research on that, so I don't know.
they were. read more, post less
Ok, and I see and hear that Spyderco listens to their customer base on these forums, but I don't understand what kind of company wouldn't listen?? I guess Kershaw hasn't yet with the wailing over their bead-blasted rust-magnet steel knives, but in every other instance a respectable knife manufacturer seems to do this: listen to their customers. This especially goes for sprint runs since who else is buying these knives other than US knife frea...er... aficionados posting on online Spyderco forums and/or loyal knife collector? Why
wouldn't you listen to your biggest customer base?? Spyderco would ultimately just die out at the price range they demand if they didn't listen. I'm just trying to say this isn't an extra plus for a knife company, it should be standard for a respectable company.
wow... it's not a plus for a small owner-operated knife company to listen to its customer base???? ok
This is kind of a long, long ramble and no one is even reading this except some creeper who goes through all my posts and then reads them, but I personally think that Spydercos are over-priced, over-hyped, and very nice knives. I think that they look great in a different yet familiar kind of way, and that one would be more likely to convince someone that the sky is clear (WAIT, it really IS!) before changing someone's educated opinions about knives.
I kind of get nauseated by the constant adoration for Spyderco when the benefits of the company seem extremely similar to most other reputable knife companies (barring the Spydie hole!), but I'll always have a constant love for Buck, so I guess I can understand.
so someone's love of a certain brand of knife is nauseating to you, but you have a constant love for Buck? Of course, y'all still suckered me into wanting a ParaMilitary 2. And that pivot bushing system better be perfect and smooth when I get it, or else! dun dun dunnnnn
My sequel book should be on shelves in mid-November. Thanks
