I hate spyderco

kile

kile

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Last night I was typing a paper for school, and I was playing around with my endura. I leaned back in my chair and fell over, It was dark and i dont know what happened, but I ended up putting a nice gash one the back of my left hand. I couldnt stop the bleeding so I went to the doctor and got 12 stitches. The doctor's exact quote was,"that must have been one hell of a sharp knife, the cut is cleaner than anything I have ever done with a scalpal." So you see if the knife wasn't so god damned scary sharp none of this ever would have happened. So it is all spyderco's fault,
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and to think I was going to order a military today. I guess I've learned that I am just a little too clumsy to carry sharp knives like that. Maybe I will have to wait till after I pay my doctor bills before I get a knew spydie now.
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Kyle
 
I hate Spyderco too, I stabbed myself pretty good with a K04 kitchen knife and it didn't stop bleeding for hours.

They should really put child safety features on those knives. Maybe cable locks for the Spydie Hole?

Spark

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Maybe Spyderco should provide some of those special defensive gloves I've seen advertised, the ones that prevent knife slashes.
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Hee hee.
 
Sorry 'bout the cuts guys (I've managed a few myself).

Brian - don't trust those gloves against our edges. We've cut them in half more than once. Especially with our K04 kitchen knife.
sal
 
You guys want ot hear the worst one of all. A guy I know that works at the local knife store in the Mall, was demonstrating the Spyderco Military. As he was talking to the people he did not realize that he did not completely close the blade. As he talked to the customers with the Mil. in hand, the blade slowly worked itself under his skin, until it severed several tendons and veins. He still had not noticed it, but the customers had. He saw the horror in their faces and he looked, and promptly turned pale and passed out. He is currently undergoing reconstructive surgery for his hand. Not sure if it will be the same. And he didn't even own the military. True story guys. Happened this last year.

That's a sharp knife, and that's why I buy spy.
 
My first Endura (second Spyderco) came several years ago right before I was supposed to move to a new apartment. I hadn't cut myself much in several years but I managed three nice slices before the weekend was over. No stitches but the did bleed nicely. As mentioned before, they are so sharp that you usually don't notice a smaller cut until you see the blood running all over the place. After my table saw accident none of my knife cuts have bothered me too much. I wish that was a joke!

Cobalt,
I hope your friend gets to keep that Military as part of his workers comp. Or did the customers buy it one the spot after your dedicated friend demonstrated how freakin' sharp they are. I don't own a Military and all this forum buzz is making me want to take a second look.
 
Yip, every sport has its injuries! And believe me, this is more serious than sport!

I was sharpening my Endura which has gone "blunt" (when compared to the Spyderco factory sharpening standards). I also wanted to redefine the serrations somewhat, so I used my Lansky sharpening kit... Somehow, during the forward sharpening stroke, the blade slipped slightly between the Lansky 'vice' clamps. The forward momentum took my right thumb right up to the now tilted (horizontally) blade, but I did not feel anything yet. It took a few moments (and the blood spurting past the buried blade) for me to realise that the blade stopped halfway into my nail, right through the front of my thumb. I even had NICE serration definition (outline) on the entry of the cut!! The scary thing was that the cut was inflicted by the part of the blade that I did not yet sharpen. THAT should teach me something!

I guess I should count myself lucky. It is probably not often that one receive a cut from a Spydie and laugh about it afterwards! Anyway, I can truly say that I've been there, done that, and show the scars to prove it!
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Sal and your team, keep it up!!!
 
I note that Spark was the first to respond to this thread. Making sure this wasn't a flame-troll, Spark?
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Hey, thats the sign of good moderation.

Mike

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And in the Captain's chambers
they're gathered for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives
but they just can't kill the beast

 
Well I don't HATE Spyderco, but I sometimes wish that they didn't make so many wonderful toys!
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Just got the Harpy, Viele, Calypso, and have Jess Horn on the way....somebody stop me! (not to mention all the others I also have, these are just new arrivals that have to go through orientation yet)

I am usally very careful about not getting cut with a knife, since at work everyone knows that I'm the knife guy, so if I'm sporting a bandaid I would get lots of grief from all. But I have to be honest, the one knife that I was cut by and it did it with such great ease that it surprised me, was a Police model with full serrations, I was messing around cutting something and not watching the point, don't get ahead of me, when I noticed my thumb was sortof attached to the point of the blade, slid right in with neery a hint of skin trying to stop it, I couldn't believe the point was that needle sharp! I usally don't keep knives that have tasted my blood, I think they might want some more, so I sold it shortly afterward. But now with all the fuss going on about the Military, I might have to get one of those, oh no
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here I go again.....

My .02
G2

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When you say accidental cut, you do mean spydie anything and BM Leopard (funny lock to handle juncture...don't ask) Playing once with Delica, smallest friggin knife I own, onm telephone with girl I am trying to bed. She is at work, off in half an hour, I notice weird sensation and see a CHUNK missing from my thumb pad. I have birds in the house so the only thing I can think of is Qwik Stop, a styptic powder. It works but felt like the seven flames of hell in every nerve ending in my arm. The end of my fingers tingle at the thought of such pain. It took about three months for the cut to heal and I learned three things:

Spydie Cuts Flesh
See rule One
Styptic is good to have but use sparingly. It was the crust the styptic formed that held up the healing process.

Parker
 
I don't really think he got the knife, I'm not even sure if it got sold after that.

It takes an extremely sharp knife to work it's way into you and you don't even notice it.
 
Being a long time professional in the industry, working for one of the world's largest inventoried stores, and having seen and heard about some unbelievable stories of blade injury, I'd like to pass on this very useful piece of advice: don't put the edges of your knives into your body parts. Keep these two separated, as the knife always wins! I've got the horizontal lines in my finger prints to prove it, not to mention the scars. I ran over my left index finger w/ a serrated slicer that I was sharpening for a customer. My store has windows top to bottom across one whole wall that all the pretty women who work in the mall walk past on the way to the food court. I guess I don't have to elaborate. I now use the Sharpmaker w/ my back to the window.

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A flute with no holes is not a flute, but a donut with no holes, is a danish.
 
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