Serrated Spyderco Harpy for whittling and skinning

Hey, guys. Sorry to resurrect this one year old thread. I just had a quick question. My nephew works part time in an apple orchard. He wanted to borrow my serrated stainless steel VG-10 Spyderco Harpy for slicing apples and pears. He is a novice about knives and picks them on his whims. I offered to give him a Spyderco Delica plain edge , which l feel would be better suited for the task. But he was adamant about his choice and so , being the loving uncle , l gave him the Harpy. Out of curiosity , how would the serrated Harpy fare for cleanly cutting apples , pears and other fruits .Slicing and coring and all that ? I wouldnt know since mine is only used for cutting ropes and nets on my yacht and gutting deer and Fish. I personally don't think they would do well. What do you think ?
 
carbonsteelfan said:
Hey, guys. Sorry to resurrect this one year old thread. I just had a quick question. My nephew works part time in an apple orchard. He wanted to borrow my serrated stainless steel VG-10 Spyderco Harpy for slicing apples and pears. He is a novice about knives and picks them on his whims. I offered to give him a Spyderco Delica plain edge , which l feel would be better suited for the task. But he was adamant about his choice and so , being the loving uncle , l gave him the Harpy. Out of curiosity , how would the serrated Harpy fare for cleanly cutting apples , pears and other fruits .Slicing and coring and all that ? I wouldnt know since mine is only used for cutting ropes and nets on my yacht and gutting deer and Fish. I personally don't think they would do well. What do you think ?
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About as good as it is for skinning. ;) The Delica (or Endura) would be a far better blade but if he is a teen, I imagine he thinks the Harpy just flat out looks cooler. That's certainly what I would have thought at that age. He'll make it work and will likely tell you it is the perfect knife for the job. No sense telling him otherwise...let him enjoy it. :)
 
I use a PE Tasman for gardening, trimming my roses and keeping the Red Yucca under control. It catches and cuts like crazy, but you do have to be careful about where the blade is going to go once it gets released from the material its cutting. I don't know if I would trust a teen with a Harpy or Tasman if I didn't know for a fact that they were good on knife safety. I have used the Tasman to prep food for my boys when it was the clean knife in my pocket, but it is really awkward for cutting apples. You have to draw through the target, not push through like with a straight blade; you end up holding the cutting medium in your hand to have the clearance to make a clean cut. And we all know that is likely to lead to apple wedges that are a bit salty and taste of copper. Nothing rips like a Spyderco hawkbill, it is the first knife I go to for some uses, but it is the one most likely to punish you for a moment's inattention.
 
carbonsteelfan said:
Hey, guys. Sorry to resurrect this one year old thread. I just had a quick question. My nephew works part time in an apple orchard. He wanted to borrow my serrated stainless steel VG-10 Spyderco Harpy for slicing apples and pears. He is a novice about knives and picks them on his whims. I offered to give him a Spyderco Delica plain edge , which l feel would be better suited for the task. But he was adamant about his choice and so , being the loving uncle , l gave him the Harpy. Out of curiosity , how would the serrated Harpy fare for cleanly cutting apples , pears and other fruits .Slicing and coring and all that ? I wouldnt know since mine is only used for cutting ropes and nets on my yacht and gutting deer and Fish. I personally don't think they would do well. What do you think ?
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why not the plain edge harpy :p
 
mrknife said:
why not the plain edge harpy :p
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Dude , C'mon . The Spyderco Harpy Plain edge is a collectors item. G.Sakai doesn't even make them anymore. There is no way l would trust a 16 year old with that. Besides , I've never scolded him. I would Have a very very tough time composing myself if he lost it or broke the tip.
 
BitingSarcasm said:
I use a PE Tasman for gardening, trimming my roses and keeping the Red Yucca under control. It catches and cuts like crazy, but you do have to be careful about where the blade is going to go once it gets released from the material its cutting. I don't know if I would trust a teen with a Harpy or Tasman if I didn't know for a fact that they were good on knife safety. I have used the Tasman to prep food for my boys when it was the clean knife in my pocket, but it is really awkward for cutting apples. You have to draw through the target, not push through like with a straight blade; you end up holding the cutting medium in your hand to have the clearance to make a clean cut. And we all know that is likely to lead to apple wedges that are a bit salty and taste of copper. Nothing rips like a Spyderco hawkbill, it is the first knife I go to for some uses, but it is the one most likely to punish you for a moment's inattention.
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Oh , he has really good knife Safety. He's been around knives since he was 3. It's HIS poor choice of knives that concerns me. Actually his first choice for the Task was my VG-10 Spyderco Civilian. And , as bad as a Serrated Harpy is for the task of cutting apples , a Civilian is 6 times worse.
 
carbonsteelfan said:
Dude , C'mon . The Spyderco Harpy Plain edge is a collectors item. G.Sakai doesn't even make them anymore. There is no way l would trust a 16 year old with that. Besides , I've never scolded him. I would Have a very very tough time composing myself if he lost it or broke the tip.
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just joshing ya, its my favorite spyderco of all times by far. my tasmans are meh compared to it. i wish someone made custom steel scales for the tasman
 
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