Keep those holes sharp, Sal.

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I bought a Delica a few months back, and the Spyder-hole was heavily chamfered (correct word?). I had a hard time opening it at first compared to my other Spydies. Normally, I put a fair amount of pressure to open the blade, and reduce the force as the blade is almost open. With this Delica, I have to put a bit of extra pressure at the end of the opening arch, or my thumb might slip out of the hole. Some Spydies, like my Spyderco Dragonfly, have opening holes with sharp edges, they grab your thumb and flip the blade open all by themselves the second you think about it. :p

I received a Native III (great knife, BTW) I ordered yesterday. While the knife did have stiff opening at first, the main thing that caught my eyes was the FRIGGIN SHARP SPYDIE-HOLE! :cool::cool::cool: :D :)

YAY!

Once I knifesturbated enough to loosen up the pinned construction, the knife was AWESOME to open, better then my Delica, even though it had a smaller and harder to reach hole.

I know some people have complained about Spydies having holes that were TOO sharp, but COME ON. It takes maybe 30 secs with a piece of sand paper, or other abrasive to dull down the hole? Trying to crispen up the hole after its been chamfered, is another thing entirely.... :grumpy:

PLEASE, Sal, keep those holes sharp! :thumbup:

:cool:
 
darthsoaker said:
I know some people have complained about Spydies having holes that were TOO sharp, but COME ON. It takes maybe 30 secs with a piece of sand paper, or other abrasive to dull down the hole? Trying to crispen up the hole after its been chamfered, is another thing entirely.... :grumpy:

PLEASE, Sal, keep those holes sharp! :thumbup:

:cool:
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Totally true, I prefer mine a "bit less" sharp, but it's a brain dead easy fix compared with trying to make one crisper. Same with the Boye dent - easy to add, friggin impossible to remove.

Paul
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I like the spyderholes a bit sharper too, seems to be also a good thing for emergency situations. :thumbup:

Paul, there is quite a difference between breaking the edges of the hole and making a boye dent. The amout of material that has to be removed is way more. Besides slipping from the release to the side easily ruins the handle while slipping a rolled sandpaper, small file or ceramic rod off the spyderhole can rather easily be prevented. On the other hand, Spyderco perhaps could produce a small amount of front lock folders without boye dent to satisfy all needs, shouldn´t be too difficult. ;)

JB
 
When I got my first Spydie, a Dragonfly, I played with it so much in the first couple of days that my thumb started to hurt where the edge of the hole bit into it. I thought about sanding it a bit but decided to just tough it out 'till I built up a bit of a callous. A while later I found a C01 worker in a beater car that I bought and soon decided that I really didn't like the chamfered hole because my thumb slipped off of the blade so easily. I'm glad I left my D'fly allone.
 
Hi.

My new Delica Wave Trainer's thumb hole is also a bit chamfered and it makes a lot of difference in opening it. My thumb slips a lot. :thumbdn: Espescially towards the end of the opening process.

At first, I figured it was on purpose. That proficiency w/ a slightly harder trainer would make the real deal easier in a stressful situation.

But now, after some usage, I'd rather they be the same. A good thumb hole edge that can be "grabbed" is nice.:)

Btw, I'm still a fan of the Delica, Endura, and Chinook III. I'm liking the Delica as EDC because it is light enough that my shorts don't start working themselves down. And it doesn't start swinging in the pocket when walking as has happened w/ heavier pocket knives in past decades.

The Clipit works great on both the Chinook III, Delica and Endura. So does the Wave feature on Delica and Endura. Too bad Chinook III isn't Waved, too.

The Delica is also just small enough to be similarly sized to the pocket knives of old. And therefore less threatening should one ever have to empty one's pockets for ol' John Law.

Just know, when push comes to shove, it is Chinook III that rules them all.
 
I'm with The Deacon on this one. I experimented with chamfering the comet on my first byrd and found that the crisper cut of it's original form provided a more positive opening. It's so easy to chamfer the hole there is no reason for it to be done at the factory when there are people who don't want the chamfer.
 
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