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Spydercos have been suspiciously absent from my collection until now, for no really good reason, but I'm mostly a Benchmade man (am I allowed to say that on this forum?
). Anyway, Santa Claus, in the big brown truck & brown uniform in which he spends the other 364 days every year, added two Spydies to my collection this week. The first of which is blue inlay plain edge Native # 430. I was swayed to this purchase by all of your endless praise for the Native. Since I'm not the biggest fan of AUS6 or FRN, but I like G-10 and wanted to try 440V, and that blue shell inlay really caught my eye, I decided to give it a try. Can I say WOW again? This is an incredible knife! You guys already know this, and I believed you well enough to send the money off, but now you can add my name to the list of Native converts. I like the thickness of the blade, the metal spacer, and the particular "click" it makes when it locks open. The knife is solid, with no blade play at all. Handle is comfortable and secure in all imaginable grips. Useful blade shape and sharp tip that still looks strong. And I don't care what you collectors say, I'm carrying this baby! We'll see how long it displaces the 940 in my right front pocket, it's been 4 days so far and I haven't missed the 940 (of which I'm quite fond) once yet.
The second Spyder that came this week was a G-10 Harpy. This is my first hawkbill and it's a shape I wanted to try out. I prefer G-10 to SS for a handle material, and figured I should pick one up before they all disappear. I'm not overly fixated on size, but I have a hard time taking any knife under 3" (small Sebenza excepted) too seriously. I thought a small hawkbill like this would be "a cute little knife" to carry around. 2.63" (IIRC), nice curved blade, a cute little knife. So you can imagine my surprise as I open the box and find this viscious monster leaping out at me. This isn't "a cute little knife," this thing's evil (note: from my lips that is always a compliment). The blade is very thick, the handle and lock-up extremely solid. You could do some major damage with this knife. I haven't had any accidents with it yet, but I wouldn't be surprised. It has ripped through every plant and cardboard box that have even come close to it. This knife just begs for harder and harder tasks, I'm gonna have to find some new things to cut. One serious knife. I have a cardboard tube, the kind that wrapping paper comes wrapped around; swing at it with the Harpy and sections fly across the room. Tried it with the Native and the pieces fly but not quite as far.
Now a few questions: When the Harpy is locked open and pressure is put on the edge, the blade moves back another eighth of an inch or so, is this normal (the Native doesn't do this)? Is there a plain edge Harpy also? This will be my first experience with both ATS-55 and CPM440V, what should I know about them?
I haven't posted much on this forum though I do read it regularly. I'd already come to the conclusion that Spyderknuts are good people, and Spyderco knives would have to be top quality user knives, but having the knives in my hand proved it beyond doubt. You can call me the newest proud member of the Spyderclub. These are both excellent knives; I'd like to thank Sal & company for making them, and all the Spyderknuts on this forum for convincing me to give them a shot. There are definitely more Spydies in my future, any suggestions?
Thanks again,
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Jason aka medusaoblongata
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"Paradise lies in the shadow of swords." - Nietzsche
The second Spyder that came this week was a G-10 Harpy. This is my first hawkbill and it's a shape I wanted to try out. I prefer G-10 to SS for a handle material, and figured I should pick one up before they all disappear. I'm not overly fixated on size, but I have a hard time taking any knife under 3" (small Sebenza excepted) too seriously. I thought a small hawkbill like this would be "a cute little knife" to carry around. 2.63" (IIRC), nice curved blade, a cute little knife. So you can imagine my surprise as I open the box and find this viscious monster leaping out at me. This isn't "a cute little knife," this thing's evil (note: from my lips that is always a compliment). The blade is very thick, the handle and lock-up extremely solid. You could do some major damage with this knife. I haven't had any accidents with it yet, but I wouldn't be surprised. It has ripped through every plant and cardboard box that have even come close to it. This knife just begs for harder and harder tasks, I'm gonna have to find some new things to cut. One serious knife. I have a cardboard tube, the kind that wrapping paper comes wrapped around; swing at it with the Harpy and sections fly across the room. Tried it with the Native and the pieces fly but not quite as far.
Now a few questions: When the Harpy is locked open and pressure is put on the edge, the blade moves back another eighth of an inch or so, is this normal (the Native doesn't do this)? Is there a plain edge Harpy also? This will be my first experience with both ATS-55 and CPM440V, what should I know about them?
I haven't posted much on this forum though I do read it regularly. I'd already come to the conclusion that Spyderknuts are good people, and Spyderco knives would have to be top quality user knives, but having the knives in my hand proved it beyond doubt. You can call me the newest proud member of the Spyderclub. These are both excellent knives; I'd like to thank Sal & company for making them, and all the Spyderknuts on this forum for convincing me to give them a shot. There are definitely more Spydies in my future, any suggestions?
Thanks again,
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Jason aka medusaoblongata
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"Paradise lies in the shadow of swords." - Nietzsche
