If I Were To Criticize Spyderco , an' I Think I Will , It Would Be The Unchamfered Handle Slots

Wowbagger · Saturday at 8:40 PM

I meeeeeeen
I meeeeeaaaaan
WHAT IS UP WITH THAT !
I finally found a deburing tool that is adequately effective at getting into the slots to take off those sharp edges.

Is it to make the knife easier to pick up off a flat surface ? ? ?
I doubt that was a conscious choice .
Once one has picked up the knife the underside of the handle where the blade folds into is disappointingly sharp and uncomfortable.

I just don't understand why this has slipped past R&D for decades .
I buy a thirty or fifty dollar , off shore made , knife and the blade slot is nicely smoothed and finished .
I buy a four hundred dollar plus Spyderco and I can almost slice my fingers on the blade slot .
!
I bring it up because I just debured / rounded over / chamfered the blade slot on my brand new Endela PD # 1
While I was at it I did the same on my old Q Ball .
First knife I think I did when I got this new tool was my C171TI BLP Mike Draper Titanium .
Both my Stepped Titanium (serious money) Chaparrals were standing in line saying " Do Me ! " " Do Me ! " " Do Me ! "
BOTH Handle slots sharp as F !

I love you Spyderco ; I just ordered a Lil' Native G-10 Wharncliffe minutes ago .
BUT
WTF ?

Sal ?

sgt1372 · Sunday at 1:58 PM

I own over 190 Spydies now & this has never been an issue for me.

BD_01 · Sunday at 2:30 PM

Slots?

Drop bear · Sunday at 3:29 PM

BD_01 said:
Slots?

Where the plastic handle holds the blade when its folded.

I think.

jjg6319 · Sunday at 3:51 PM

I think the OP is talking about the liners. They are probably stamped out and have a sharp edge for the OP.

BD_01 · Sunday at 4:35 PM

Gotchya. The “inside” edge of the scales.

I’ve never found it a problem with the Spydercos I’ve owned.
I did once lightly chamfer a spydiehole that was particularly abrupt.

ferider · Monday at 1:02 AM

On a serious note, the pd#1 Endela is black, right ? Must look interesting now. Show us a photo, please.

DA170 · Monday at 10:32 AM

Wowbagger said:
I just don't understand why this has slipped past R&D for decades .

Obviously the “issue” isn’t an issue and nothing has slipped by QC. If you follow Spyderco here and on the Factory forums, you’d know they’re one of the only companies that interact and listen to customer feedback. They haven’t changed anything because the percentage of “complaints “ for the matter you’re describing must be small. As mentioned earlier in thread it’s easier to mod on your end than “fix” a nonexistent problem for most users. I mod most of my Spyderco users to suit my own preferences…easy enough.

Wowbagger · Monday at 9:20 PM

ferider said:
On a serious note, the pd#1 Endela is black, right ? Must look interesting now. Show us a photo, please.

Black blade, which has nothing to do with sharp edges on the handle ; so the blade is stock looking in every way .
The rounded edges of the handle look like they would from the factory only not sharp edged .
Nothing to see .
It is a tactile thing .
Funny how sharp edged blade holes have been a topic over and over .
Two , much longer , sharp edges on the under side of the handle go completely undetected.
Bottom line : it is sloppy .

I see a lot of things people just PUT UP WITH that could be more civilized and pleasant .
In some ways you all are lucky .

As far as photos I can only bring up old photos from the past here .
Cannot post new photos . Again nothing to see in any case . Radius replaced sharp edges ; same otherwise .
Now if I had used a file as some have recommended would probably have some chatter marks in the Burgundy FRN .

Wowbagger · Monday at 9:21 PM

sgt1372 said:
I own over 190 Spydies now & this has never been an issue for me.

gk4ever2 · 2025-07-15T22:06:48-0400

Wowbagger said:
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I finally found a deburing tool that is adequately effective at getting into the slots to take off those sharp edges.

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I understand your frustration, and I have experienced the sharpness to some extent. The one knife I noticed it on more than others is a G-10 Stretch 2 XL, that has steel liners that come all the way to the surface – the edges of the liners are uncomfortably sharp. I really like the G-10 S2 XL, but those edges need to be chamfered before I carry/use it. To a lesser extent I have noticed some FRN handles with slot edges (where the blade goes) that are somewhat sharp. I nearly always buy Spyderco knives with G-10 handles when possible, and I have not noticed the issue with those knives (Native Chief, Military 1 & 2, Sage and others).

What tool did you use to chamfer your handle slot edges?