NIGHTSTICK is what?

[nephron]

I liked it a lot until I read it was sharpened on only one edge.....what? Kinda defeats the purpose for me anyway. I would like to replace one of my present boot knives with a Spyderco instead, would be cool to have a Spyderco Boot Knife in the stable. PC People at work again, heavy sigh. I know that it may be more likely legal in some places, but not here, why do I get left out? Anybody buy one and sharpen the other side? I wonder if I bought one and sent it back and asked Spyderco to sharpen both sides to match if they would do it. I am not proficient enough to do it myself.

 

[sgt1372]

If you want a double sided dagger, I'd suggest you buy a Gerber Mark I (or a knockoff) on EB or a CRKT Russell Sting (way cheaper).

I've got both. Actually I have 2 Gerber Mark I's (2 different variations). Would never carry the Gerbers; too rare/expensive but the Sting would be an easy choice for boot/arm or belt carry.

PS: I have no plans to buy the Nightstick.

 

[nephron]

Too late, I already have 5? of them. Mark I, II,Guardian I,II in stainless/L6 and the CS Forged Boot Knife. Wanted a Spyderco one to carry in rotation with the Gerbers(bought the CS on a whim). Carried a Mark II/I on and off since the '70's.
PS: Sorry to hear you are not going to buy a Nightstick, not sure if I am unless I can get my it way.

 

[Eversion]

From Spyderco's SHOT Show video, the unsharpened edge looks to be as thin as the sharpened side is thick behind the edge. (Eric said that it's intentionally fairly thick behind the edge)

This means that with either some grinder skills, or a set of diamond stones and some time, we can relatively easily sharpen the other side ourselves.

Spyderco probably did this because double edged daggers are generally illegal in more places than they aren't.

I'm in Arizona, where all knife restrictions have been abolished. So I might just do this...

 

[sgt1372]

Sorry to hear you are not going to buy a Nightstick, not sure if I am unless I can get my way.

I've got too many knives (including too many Spydercos) already and also have a variety of daggers, including the Gerber Mark 1 & 2, Guardian, Sting and others.

No need for another dagger/boot knife, even if it is made by Spyderco, especially since there isn't really anything "special" about it.

The fact that it has only 1 sharpened edge is just another reason NOT to buy it for me. It's not like it's a bali that needs to be single edge to avoid cutting the sh*t out of your hand flipping it. LOL!

Just my opinion.

 

[fishface5]

Per the spydie website "Its flat-ground CPM S30V stainless steel blade is single edged to make it more legally friendly[.]" But if it is thin at the outer end of the bevel it should not be hard to put an edge on it.

 

[sgt1372]

Per the spydie website "Its flat-ground CPM S30V stainless steel blade is single edged to make it more legally friendly[.]" But if it is thin at the outer end of the bevel it should not be hard to put an edge on it.

I'm sure that's the reason and as a company that sells its product internationally, it has to appeal to the lowest common denominator. So, making it single edge (and easily ground to make it double edged), I gather that's what Spyderco is doing.

However, FWIW, in CA (which is one of the least unfriendly knife/gun jurisdictions), it doesn't matter if a fixed blade knife is single or double edged.

If it can be considered a "dirk or dagger," it cannot be carried concealed BUT can be openly carried regardless of blade type or length, except on K-12 school or college grounds in which case you cannot carry a fixed (and/or a folder, in the case of K-12 schools) exceeding 2.5" in length, whether open or concealed carried or not.

Then again, ironically under CA knife laws, you can still carry a "legal" (less than 2 inch bladed) auto concealed in your pocket anywhere in CA, including in schools and colleges.

Like gun laws, it's hard to make sense of any of it.