Is spyderco behind now?

It's pretty clear that Spyderco's not "behind". This thread is a matter of personal preference and experience in regards to customer service, direction of the company and designs. But its ALL opinion, and everyone's welcome to their opinion. Let's just be clear that it IS only opinions.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
There's a third way. Contrary to what the poster wrote about having to keep his thumb in the opening hole all the way, I find many Spydies without a super-tight pivot will flick right out with about the usual 1/3 of the way most current AO's require.
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It could probably work. I flick my Millie and Cara Cara open quite a bit. Only Spyderco of mine that's difficult to flick open is the Yojimbo, but it's still possible.
 
But, there's a difference between being innovative while still maintaining a niche in the market and being a "flavor of the month" company. That doesn't mean Spyderco is "falling on hard times". I would rather buy from a company that makes a product that just works, than from a company that's all about "marketing hype". IMHO, Cold Steel's website is a dog-and-pony show.
Kohai999 said:
Cold Steel may make more money Sal, but you make a lot of knives much better than they do.



Best Regards,



STeven Garsson
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I hope you wont get emotional about this, but were you an early slow learner. Spyderco is clearly by far the most innovative, and best production knife manufacturer out there not to mention collaborations with famous knife makers. Benchmade is another great production company.

I really hate these posts where the author dosent say he thinks that brand x is bad because of this or that but rather just casts out vague doubt about a product with "innocent" questions like is X "behind"?
 
I didn't bother finish all 5 pages after seeing what was on the first page. Damn some of you need to have your panties untwisted, so what the guy dosen't have the best thing to say about spyderco, is just say not and explain your reasoning without all the hostility that hard?
 
Yes, it is that hard. This is a discussion forum. Without some emotion, why bother? Why not answer, "duh yes i agree" or "duh no i disagree"? Fascinating.

It's not hostility, it's interest, it's commitment, it's caring about the suject and the knives. Sure, some of it gets a bit too heated, but that generally fades.
 
I think its just that spyderco knives are't as varying as other company liek benchmade and that its marketing really isn't that good. For one, jus tlook at their website, its gotta be one of teh worst layouts I've ever seen, its not easy to browse.
 
xlin58 said:
I think its just that spyderco knives are't as varying as other company liek benchmade and that its marketing really isn't that good. For one, jus tlook at their website, its gotta be one of teh worst layouts I've ever seen, its not easy to browse.
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Awesome "first post", dude. :p :rolleyes:
 
I cantg believe this:What did I say and what insults~Ken~ ?
If you didnt like my post, you should have just deleted it.Plus what about freedom of speech.
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Hope I dont get flamed for this , Also hope that spyderco fans wont get emotional here, but: Is spyderco too slow to adapt ?

I have been following knife companies lately. Spyderco is my favorite company but I am starting to think that it is loosing out to companies like benchmade, Kershaw, and even cold steel.

Will spyderco's currant way of doing things put it behind?
I understand that spyderco's method of developing knives is somewhat unconventional. They have a great forum that they run and consult fans and knife knuts more than other companies. But I dont see them coming up with new models often like other companies. Rather they bring many variants of the same models.

Also, there website is not the best compared to that of BM, cold steel and Kershaw.

Spyderco is not aggressive in marketing like the other companies I mentioned. This is a good thing for us knife people. Its more like a club.

What will the future bring for spyderco the gentle bug in the dog eat dog world of knife making?

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while i was kinda sad i just broke my old school police ats-55 last yr after 14 yrs of pretty intense use and had it around the world with me from germany to Kosovo to Alaska . the blade never loosened up and held an incredible edge after months of cutting cargo straps off trains ..

but today i bought a new spyderco Pursian and i love it ,totally different than my last , and i hope it last another 14 yrs . I think they stay with what works as far as designs go and what sells .. the only difference from my old police and the new is the steel of the blades ..why it works ..

i dont think they are behind anything i think most folder companies are still trying to copie them ..
 
The whole premise of the thread is wrong. What's important isn't who's ahead and who's behind, it's who is succeeding, who is satisfying a growing customer base with increasingly effective and interesting knives.

The more companies who are doing this, the better it is for the whole industry.
 
Thedawg, your behavior would probably feel less "Troll like" if you presented some facts about why you feel that Spyderco is dropping behind other knife companies. Is it that theres a new steel that everyone's using, except for Spyderco? Is there new ways to make a blade that many people are doing and Spydercos not? Do you have sales figures for Spyderco knives vs other knife companies?

Put some facts in, and we could change this thread into a discussion. :thumbup::thumbup:
 
I love Spyderco. For me, I would much rather a company be a little "slower", due to them actually conversing with customers and knife fanatics to see what they want made. The other option is just flooding the market with knifes, and half of them being a bust. I think that would make them look bad.

I have not come across a Spyderco knife I didn't like, and that cant be said about any other company.
 
If I had to buy a knife from one of the four companies you mentioned, Spyderco would be at the top of my list, then Benchmade, Kershaw, Cold steal.
 
z13ist said:
You can't tell by the names what some of them are about, but these are clear enough and something worth watching out for!!

I read somewhere in the forums H1 steel can't be made very thick... wonder how a fixed blade will turn out.

And a Spyderco Kukri... ABOUT TIME!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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I've got to clear this up.

The Kukri is a 3.5 inch folder, shaped like a kukri. Not a big thick bush knife.

I was disappointed too.
 
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