Hole?

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cloozoe

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Here's a real new man question - what's the hole for in the blade and since I assume it is there for a purpose, why don't other makers incorporate it? I'm admittedly a gents folder kind of guy, not a tactical knife guy, having very little occasion to sneak up on snipers and dispatch them silently these days, but I'm curious.
 
For easy one hand opening usually though some are there for decoration along side the one used for opening the blade. They replace thumb studs only they are better in my opinion because there is nothing to fall off and lose.
 
And to answer your question as to why other makers don't use it. Spyderco pantented the hole when they first started using it and when the patent was about to expire then they had it made a trademark of their company. When it was a patent they did license it to other makers but once it became a trademark they could no longer license to direct competition so now only custom makers can license the hole.
 
I'm admittedly a gents folder kind of guy, not a tactical knife guy, having very little occasion to sneak up on snipers and dispatch them silently these days, but I'm curious.
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Haha, I don't sneak up on many snipers these day either. But I love the ease of opening that the Spyder Hole allows.

I don't like thumbstuds. They stick out, poke, get caught on stuff, etc. They also hurt my delicate thumbs ;)

And as STR said, the hole isn't a separate part that can fall off and get lost.

It's the most efficient opening method both in production and practice, in my opinion.

-Bryan
 
VultureParade said:
It's the most efficient opening method both in production and practice, in my opinion.
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I recently sold my Sebenza after it sat in the closet for several months of little use (made a profit on the deal too!). In a vain attempt to talk myself out of it, I carried it for a few days and just could not get used to the thumbstud again after EDC'ing Spydercos for the last four or five months.

Granted the thumbstud is one of the Sebbie's downfalls, but it almost hurt to open that knife after the Spyder-hole. I know I'd built up a thumbstud callus over the years.

But yes, I agree that the hole is probably the best opening device out there. Even better than assisted opening or automatics, in my opinion (I'm no fan of either AOs or autos).

So now I've got about $300 to spend on Spydercos... er to save for a rainy day.
 
I have never thought of the hole as a tactical sniper slaying ninja deployment device, but just good sense. Quite often I will pull a box down from a stack at work and use my left hand to balance it on end, and my right hand to deploy my Spydie and make the cut; it is almost one fluid motion now. With a slip joint type knife I would have to pull the box down, use both hands to deploy the knife, pick the box back up, make the cut, put the box down again, use both hands again to close the knife, then finally I can access the box. The hole just makes me more efficient at work.
 
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