Knife for snow removal?

Any of your knives would work fine; just keep up normal preventive maintenance. But it's an excuse for a new one! The H1 hawkbills - Tasman or Spyderhawk - work great for opening packaging of all sorts. Can't go wrong with anything from Spyderco, though.
 
Tony8179 said:
Definitely what he said. Pilote is simply answering the OP's final question.
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Thats also how i read it.

I think the OP should use one of the knives he already owns. They're all meant to be working tools and the ones you have are good knives.
But if you've got some extra cash just lying around a Spyderco H1 would be juat about perfect for what you describe.
 
Wish i would have saw this earlier. I use my blades in the exact same way. Especially after the snowstorm we just had. But what I use is the old cheep SOG Flash II.

Reason being is it is 35 bucks at Lowes. Which I am allways at, so returning it foor another is easy. The coating on them is fantastic. Liquid cal wont really rust it. I can work it with gloves including the little safety. It is a ao so very fast. And it has a combo edge that rips through crap nicely.
 
dannyp said:
I wouldn't worry about using one of the knives you already have, especially the delica or mini grip. However, if you're looking for an "excuse" to try something in H1 it sounds like a good reason to me:D.
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Basically I was looking for that excuse, especially with today being my birthday.

However I took a buck hartsook and attached it to the chest pocket on my vest this morning and it worked perfect. Tiny, lightweight, s30v, inexpensive, easy to use with gloves on, no folding parts to get gunked up, it doesn't get better.

BTW, I decided that a better gift for myself (or more practical anyhow), would be a trip to the dentist for a cleaning and checkup.
 
floyd the barber said:
Basically I was looking for that excuse, especially with today being my birthday.

However I took a buck hartsook and attached it to the chest pocket on my vest this morning and it worked perfect. Tiny, lightweight, s30v, inexpensive, easy to use with gloves on, no folding parts to get gunked up, it doesn't get better.

BTW, I decided that a better gift for myself (or more practical anyhow), would be a trip to the dentist for a cleaning and checkup.
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You can't beat a fixed blade for working with gloves on. The dentist won't be as fun as a new knife, but it's a better idea in the long run as being in pain or losing teeth would be no fun at all. Hope you have a happy birthday.
 
I use my small sebenza to open up bags of ice melt. As long as you don't dip it in salt and leave it there for 3 days, I'm sure it'll be fine.
I'm not sure how much you're going to be beating it up (if you are clearing snow for a living or not.)
I do live in New England though, that's the equivalent of an associates degree in snow removal by default :)
 
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