Intro? Need help choosing between P'Kal and Harpy

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squints

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Before anyone chews my head off for not posting an intro, I apologize, I couldn't find where to post it. If you could point me in the right direction, that would be great.

To the other point of the thread, I have an opportunity to get the Harpy in carbon fiber plain edge, and the P'Kal in G10. Which one should I get?:confused:
 
Harpy is an all purpose hawkbill and the p'kal is a defensive knife. To decide what you wanna get, you need to ask yourself what you will be using the knife for.

And welcome to the forums!
 
I've had a P'kal for a few years and a few of spydercos hawk bills.(civilian, matriarch- kinda hawk bills), I've carried all 3, not at the same time, that would be weird. the pkal seems meaner to me than the civilian, its a defensive tool, yes, but its not completely useless as a all around knife. its got a straight edge and a good point. a bit more useful than the hawk bills IMHO.
I'd go for the pkal, just watch opening it up in a coffee shop or someplace of the like. it does look a bit freaky. check out the vid from shivworks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-p4YmUJ4PA&feature=related
 
P'Kal is cool...I had one for quite some time.
I'd go with a plain egded carbon fiber handled Harpy in a second over it though. More useful for regular knife tasks, higher resale value, and full of carbon fiber goodness.:)
 
The asking price on the Harpy was $170, I thought that was a little lower than it should have been, any opinions?
 
I would go for the cf Harpy if it was me. That's just on apearence though as I haven't used either.:)
 
I'd take the Harpy. Somethin' about the P'Kal bothers me. *shrug*

Happy Holidays!
 
singularity35 said:
Harpy is an all purpose hawkbill and the p'kal is a defensive knife. To decide what you wanna get, you need to ask yourself what you will be using the knife for.
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Exactly, p'kal (never owned one) but the ergos look funky, but knowing Spyderco, they're amazing. The harpy has more potential to be a useful edc.

stabman said:
More useful for regular knife tasks, higher resale value, and full of carbon fiber goodness.:)
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Hi Squints, Farchyld,

Welcome to the Spyderco forum.

Regarding the question, both are very specialized models. I think you might continue the discussion for a while to learn more about the purpose, function, advantages and disadvantages of each model.

Most important, what you you plan to use the knife for?

sal
 
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