Is The Yojumbo Worth $230?

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Deadshot138

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I'll admit it's a slick looking knife. But for just a bit more you can get an amazing chopper from WTG, or at that price point, any of Tops coolest knives, a 940 Osborne, etc.

So anyone who has one, why'd you pick it over something else? Is it worth the price?
 
I got mine here on the forum in a trade. I see them in for sale also. You might want to get a paid membership and you can get one for less than 200, try it out and if you don’t like it then resell or trade it! Gold membership is so worth it, you can find any knife you’re interested in for cheaper and new or like new condition. I like my yojumbo though, but I modded it..image.jpg
 
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For me yojimbo is not worth it but I don't agree with your reasoning. Because you can apply the same argument to all knives. Everything can become worthless compared to other things. I bought a s35vn knife with an anodized titanium handle for 50 dollars. When you look at it from this perspective, compared to this, ninety percent of the knives in the knife industry don't seem worth the money.But this is definitely not the right perspective. The quality of the material used (the same material is not always the same quality)Reliability of the brand, uniqueness of the design, marginal benefits, place of production, a lot of factors that I cannot think of. Therefore, if it does not suit you, it is normal not to buy it, but this should not be criticized with something like "There are better knives for the money, this product is not worth the money"
 
whereismyknife said:
For me yojimbo is not worth it but I don't agree with your reasoning. Because you can apply the same argument to all knives. Everything can become worthless compared to other things. I bought a s35vn knife with an anodized titanium handle for 50 dollars. When you look at it from this perspective, compared to this, ninety percent of the knives in the knife industry don't seem worth the money.But this is definitely not the right perspective. The quality of the material used (the same material is not always the same quality)Reliability of the brand, uniqueness of the design, marginal benefits, place of production, a lot of factors that I cannot think of. Therefore, if it does not suit you, it is normal not to buy it, but this should not be criticized with something like "There are better knives for the money, this product is not worth the money"
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I guess the root of my question is, is Spyderco overpriced?
 
The Yojumbo is worth the money, but it also has the ergos of a brick. Mods like DrubieG's are a fairly common solution. Most other USA-made Spydercos have the same basic construction, but with better ergos and a more general purpose cutting geometry.

Spyderco has the best intersection of price, quality, engineering and steel options currently available from a USA maker. As far as the other knives you mentioned in the same price range, they are not comparable to the Yojumbo in terms of what you're getting. Everything from TOPS is basically a truck spring. WT is just Taiwanese truck springs. The 940 is a whole lot less folder than the Yojumbo, and Benchmade is definitely not known for value pricing.
 
HP2114B said:
The Yojumbo is worth the money, but it also has the ergos of a brick. Mods like DrubieG's are a fairly common solution. Most other USA-made Spydercos have the same basic construction, but with better ergos and a more general purpose cutting geometry.

Spyderco has the best intersection of price, quality, engineering and steel options currently available from a USA maker. As far as the other knives you mentioned in the same price range, they are not comparable to the Yojumbo in terms of what you're getting. Everything from TOPS is basically a truck spring. WT is just Taiwanese truck springs. The 940 is a whole lot less folder than the Yojumbo, and Benchmade is definitely not known for value pricing.
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This is exactly what I was looking for in an answer. Thank you.
 
In my opinion Spyderco's strengths have always been their heat treat and their wide varieties of steels that they use. As mentioned for an American made knife (I am excluded the Taiwanese or China made stuff) they are a mostly a good value.
 
The YoJumbo is actually one of the biggest knife I own. As in its footprint… if you don’t have really big hands I would get the YoJimbo 2. I wear an XL glove and the big one is *almost* too big. Spyderco makes great knives IMO and you can most likely find one for ~$40 off dealer prices if you look on the exchange 👍
 
On balance, I'd have to say no, it's clearly overpriced for what it is. Even though it's probably my favorite folder, the only reason I own one is that Spyderco was selling a bunch of factory seconds at the OKCA knife show back in April, including a number of Yojumbos, and I was able to pick one up at less than half of the typical retail price. As a user, it is definitely worth what I paid for it but, now that I have it, I'm glad I decided not to pay over $200 for it.
 
Yes - the Yojumbo is truly a unique knife. I use one in S30V for daily mail and box opening, and one in S90V for carry. But I like the blade shape and have 3XL hands, so YMMV. That’s an XM24 below next to it, for size comparison:

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HP2114B said:
The Yojumbo is worth the money, but it also has the ergos of a brick. Mods like DrubieG's are a fairly common solution. Most other USA-made Spydercos have the same basic construction, but with better ergos and a more general purpose cutting geometry.

Spyderco has the best intersection of price, quality, engineering and steel options currently available from a USA maker. As far as the other knives you mentioned in the same price range, they are not comparable to the Yojumbo in terms of what you're getting. Everything from TOPS is basically a truck spring. WT is just Taiwanese truck springs. The 940 is a whole lot less folder than the Yojumbo, and Benchmade is definitely not known for value pricing.
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When you say truck spring, you mean cheap steel?
 
Deadshot138 said:
When you say truck spring, you mean cheap steel?
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Not so much cheap steel, although TOPS and WT don't use expensive steels. I was more speaking to the level of engineering and complexity involved in making a 1095 fixed blade, versus a Spyderco folder.
 
HP2114B said:
Everything from TOPS is basically a truck spring. WT is just Taiwanese truck springs.
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I know that tops knives generally use 1095. Truck springs 5160 steel and sometimes I prefer 5160 to 1095 in big knives 😁 Jokes aside, of course, just because it is 1095 does not mean that its price should be low. Tops makes great knives and I think they're generally worth the money.
 
Deadshot138 said:
The money is already half way out of my pocket for this thing, I'm trying to get you guys to talk me out of it but it's backfired substantially lol.
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Candidly, comparing a folder to a fixed blade is apples and oranges as far as I'm concerned. However, if you like the Yojumbo, there are few knives out there that look just like it, so it is what it is.

In any case, everything is more expensive now, so that's an additional understanding to take into consideration. Me personally, when I see people saying that things are overpriced, it usually means "I really want this, but don't want to pay what the company is asking for it, so I feel that they should drop the price to what I want to pay". Since that's an unrealistic expectation, it just comes down to: how bad do you want it?
 
Worth it to some buyers, not to others - like every knife ever made.

If you don’t have one, and you want one, try it out. If it suits you, great. If it doesn’t, sell it to somebody who wants to give it a try.

That’s what we do here: already owning lots of knives, we keep trying out another one. Then we talk about it at great length. Repeat as disposable income allows.

Parker
 
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