How many Hawkbill users out there?

Runs With Scissors

Runs With Scissors

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Was just curious how many among us carry Hawkbills, why they choose 'em, what kind, and whether there's anyone carrying a more traditional SJ Hawkbill. (I've got a Case Hawkbill coming in the mail as we speak)


To answer my own post I steal the MT Kestrel back from my wife a few times a week. It's simply an awesome slicer at everything out there except for cleaning critters and fingernails. It seems to drag itself IN to whatever I'm cutting instead of wanting to glide out. (easier to demonstrate than explain)
 
Camillus hawkbill

As an electrician, I carry and use a Camillus #1B daily. Not a pocket knife for me, it's hooked by a carabiner to my tool belt. It's a traditional tool for we 'Sparkies'.

Phil
 
I have a spyderco harpy which i carry fairly regularly. It cuts good and is small. It's great for boxes, rescue, cigar cutting and can also handle fruit. When i travel i carry it often. Since it's less than 3" and doesn't have a point it is legal most places (i.e. short and not dirk/dagger.)

I have a slipjoint by Sabre. It's similar to the Cammilus 1B, but much cheaper construction. My uncle, NYPD, took it from a man who was waving it around during an altercation with another. He smacked the knife wielder with his stick. After the man regained his senses, my uncle then traded the guy jail time and paperwork for the blade. In NYC, being short, a tradesman's blade (i.e. linoleum knife, electrician, pruner, etc.) and non-locking, it is a very legal weapon for concealed carry. Which is why he gave it to me.
 
Right now I have my pe Merlin in one pocket and a Dodo(not a true hawkbill) in another.

I like 'em fine.

Why? they slice very well! Plus I still find the point of my Merlin very useable,for cleaning nails,poking holes etc.
 
Had a g19 harpy that I carried and loved until the bloody thing went MIA. Good for boxes and string and rope and nice for SD. Haven't replaced it with another hawkbill yet cuz I keep hoping I am gonna come across it in my house. Great size, great quality, great handle material.

Sam
 
I've got a Victorinox pruner that I use for... pruning. :) It's not an EDC, though, except for around the yard.
 
"Waved" Spyderco Civilian in left hip pocket. Also own a traditional Western Cutlery hawkbill, a Dodo and a Spyderco Karambit. Greatest slashers & rippers ever!
 
Hello

I fell in love with the Hawkbill design quite a few years back. Bought a "el cheapo" china-made Harpy clone. Wow, that shape is so damn useful, wore out that knife but quick.

Needless to say, went out and brought a real Harpy :) Since then there is always a hawkbill blade in my collection.

Lately, A G10 Civilian is a constant companion and a Dodo does the EDC rotation. Likely pick-up a Harpy for EDC duty as the Civi is just a straight SD unit.

As an aside, the Civi doesn't get flashed around. The reaction from fellow knife owners is usually strong ("that thing is just scarey") and it sends sheeple running for cover.

My 0.02
 
I simply like hawkbills. Sometimes I carry Merlin or G10 Talon.
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Ig

What numbered spyderhawk is that?

I have #6 and 7, have carried 6 but 7 is still NIB.

I don't see many of these carried about or talked of on the baords.

Robin Brown
 
Robin,
The Spyderhawk isn't numbered. It's a "simple" limited edition from New Graham.
 
I have a large and small Mayo Hawkbill that I carry quite frequently.
 
Right now I have my pe Merlin in one pocket and a Dodo(not a true hawkbill) in another.
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Me too, except I have my Harpy riding in my waistband.

I find the Dodo is just a cutter, plain and simple, it does everything and even when it is dull (gasp!) the pe version can still cut very well by just using its little belly.

I do some landscaping and I find the Harpy is very good at cutting things like trimmer line, rope, etc. And it was my first spydie and I got it from a good friend on the forum so I like to keep it as close to my heart as possible.

-Bryan
 
I'll have to be boring and say that I only use it as an agricultural knife, harvesting raisin grapes. Best thing around to get a lot of grapes on the trays in a hurry.

In the past I have used an antique Ulster folding pruner, but this year I gave it a break and used a fixed blade pruner. All the ag stores around here carry several brands in large quantities - almost all of the US raisin production is within 50 miles of here.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
And a lot of it ends up here. :D (Thanks for all the raisins!)
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If you only knew what it takes to get those raisins there...

Tonight I was rolling the trays. It's fun work when the temp is 100, and you are choking on all the dust that everyone is kicking up. It is all done by physical labor. When you are done you need to be hosed down before you can go in the house. Now I need to clean all the grit out of a couple of knives. In a couple of weeks we will be picking up the rolled trays and dumping them into bins, to be sent to the processing plant for cleanup and packaging. All of the raisins you eat are sun-dried, exposed to sun, dust, birds, and all sorts of other critters of the two, four, six, or eight-legged variety (lots of spiders on grapevines!). But I have yet to see any sign of significant disturbance or consumption by critters. The only problem is with the coyotes - they have figured out that the drip lines have water, and chew holes in them. So we have to leave bowls of water around the vineyard so the coyotes leave the irrigation system alone.
 
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