La Griffe, Spydie Spot, or BM TK-1

crazy nicky

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Which one is better...??? I personally like the La Griffe best...but I'm torn between that and the Spydie. Another question, is the La Griffe heavey around the neck...??
 
May I suggest some others? CRKT knives makes one called the Bear Claw for a very low price. It is comparable to the S.P.O.T. and La Griffe ( Emerson or Perrin ). TOPS / Strider makes a very nice one, too, but it is pricier. All of them have the trademark index finger hole in them. :D
 
I'm not a big fan of EKI, but I love their La Griffe. I'm also going to look at the SPOT, but current reviews seem to indicate that the sheath isn't quite tight enough yet, so I was going to wait until the next run.

Joe
 
Emerson La’Griffe has way too thick edge to cut or even to rip any good. Additionally the blade is ground on the single side only. Quite senseless tool for me, especially at this price range.

CRKT Bear Claw has much thinner well cutting edge ground on both sides. Also it’s attractively priced. However it is too big and heavy for neck carry, additionally it has pretty thick and heavy sheath. I doubt you will be happy carrying it concealed around your neck.
The blade shape provides limited utility use, I would consider it rather as last chance defensive tool.

Both BENCHMADE Tether and SPYDERCO SPOT are lightweight and pretty comfortable to carry them around the neck. On the other hand both provide enough handling comfort and security and enough leverage for up to medium cutting tasks.

SPOT is slightly smaller but the finger hole provides equally or even more secure grip. Somewhat shorter blade is shaped pretty specially what gives a lot of cutting or rather ripping power as to its dimensions.

Tether has somewhat longer and conventionally shaped blade what turns rather onto cutting accuracy side.

Conclusion: I would choose SPOT rater as last chance self defense tool and Tether rather as utility one.
 
My 2002 La Griffe did not come with a thick edge. It is extremely sharp and cuts/rips through everything I put it to. It's not heavy at all.

My SPOT is on its way to Spyderco in the hopes of getting a new sheath that actually retains the blade properly.

Either one will serve you well assuming you get a good sheath on your SPOT. I think Joe's advice is best: if you're going to get a SPOT, wait 'til its problems are ironed out.
 
I love the La Griffe's grip, but I am not that fond of hawkbills or chisel grinds. The Spyderco S.P.O.T. has an even better grip, it's lighter, and I much prefer the blade shape. The S.P.O.T. has instantly become my EDC neck knife.

--Bob Q
 
I love my new La Griffe (2002). I was initially going to trade it off, but after handling it i fell in love with it. Its got a great grip, is small, and lightweight. It is my new EDC. You might want to check out www.donrearic.com review on it.
 
Originally posted by Benjamin Liu
I'd go with the LaGriffe. It is the lightest and most easily concealed neck knife I have used.
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The S.P.O.T. is actually 20% lighter than the La Griffe. :)

--Bob Q
 
I'd go with the La Griffe. The coolest thing about the SPOT in my opinion was the Micarta scales, but I have read about allot of conplaints about the finish or lack there of. But if they change that, I would say the SPOT
 
I have no personal experience with newer editions of La’Griffe but the ones I have dealt with had very thick edge created with extremely obtuse single-sided grind. I can just congratulate the owners if this have changed in new editions.

SPYDERCO SPOT displays much more refined design and is far more comfortable to handle, it is also lighter. The sheath is not too bad, mine holds the knife adequately securely and I have no worries about to lose it. However I agree, it could (and in fact should) be made better and seems SPYDERCO have promised to refine this point.

About SPOT fit and finish. The inside of handle’s cutout looks like it would be cut by laser and saw no more processing. Really – looks somewhat not as fine as it could be expected but it doesn’t affect knife functionality anyway. Seems SPYDERCO have promised to fix this point also in next editions, however this could be fixed pretty easily at home also.
The rest of the knife is finished excellently and looks very classy (Micarta handled one).

As to the sheaths – BENCHMADE Tether has definitely the best neck-carry sheath of the mentioned knives.
 
I love my 2002 LaGriffe. :D I've heard that the sheath for the SPOT is a little too loose, so like alot of other BF members I plan on waiting for the next run.
 
I vote the LaGriffe, dont know what year mine was made, but it cuts great and shaves hair. It also has a great sheath and handles awesome. I question why I put off buying one for so long. Its the best of breed. I do not look at it as a utility knife. Its a special purpose edge. The spot is too new to say much about. I have not even seen one yet in the flesh. But I question the shape of the blade. it looks harder to sharpen that its worth. And if thats the case its not much use for anything but emergency carry either. The Benchmade Teather Knife seems very utility minded and handy. But there are lots of neck knives out there to choose from. I am waiting on the Spyderco Ronin. I think it will be awesome. The LaGriffe is a special breed in a class by itself. You have to handle one to really appreciate it. I know I never did until I tried one.
 
:( Well to be honest I don't like any of those mentioned.., but I suppose if forced.., I'd take the La Griffe...(the newer version). As menitoned.., the edge geometry on the older ones was really bad!


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