OK...I went around to some people I gave knives to or advice of what to get, and the most used one all rounder seems to be the SP-10 for the big blades.
My brother uses his all the time for his construction side business and when he woods romps for working for the local fish coppers...er DNR...
Some others throw it in and use it because its the "Big Beater Blade" and such, the SP-51/53s seem to be the "work blades" or one of the big blades for camping and keep in car survival bag. Also the SP-10s go in there also or gets swapped out I think.
Its affordable, durable and I think the main reason for it being the "Vehicle Knife" (Snowmobiles, 4 wheelers, and truck and car knives and water craft camping trip) and a pack knife is it has a REAL GUARD/QUILLON/WHATEVERTHEYCALLITNOWADAYS.
The SP-10 can almost do as well as the bigger and better SP-53, but the SP-10 has that extra safety feature of a REAL GUARD/QUILLON/WHATEVERTHEYCALLITNOWADAYS along with its handle safe guard as well to keep your fingers from slipping up when fatigued/hypothermia-ted/totiredtothinkstraightbutmustkeepdoingtasktostayalive and such. Oh and a lanyard capable hole on the bottom.
I'd love to see a full tang version of the SP-10 like the Woodsman they did of the SP-50, (I HATE THE SP-50 but love the woodsman since its full tang...and I got the 420HC type for camp stuff and food prep an one lives in my kitchen, very versatile knife for water borne trips and still do the Batonical of tyrantical botanicals! That's how much a full tang can make a SP-50 hater like me like its cousin type. My "evil" step mother (hey they are called evil by tradition! And we must keep up traditions! right?) stole the one I gave the old man for her kitchen and large critter cutting season.)
The SP-10 is just so dang Practi-Cool to have around and use, and I've used it more than once as woods protection in action, guess that's the thing that made me love it so much. The REAL GUARD/QUILLON/WHATEVERTHEYCALLITNOWADAYS some may say it keeps it from doing super uber bushy stuff, well I use pocket knife for that weird bushy shaving stuff and such or just the smaller belt knife. (Oh god I love my CERBERUS).
For those steel "Conisewers" who think the 1095 vintage blade is the bester...well as it was explained many times in this Ontario Forum. (See that "Evil" (keeping great knives imprisoned under glass!) Pocket Knife Jimmy's thread) The way 1075 steel OKC formulates does less breaking/chipping while being better for larger knives and other tools and such and using it gives them less warranty work at the cost of a little more sharpening. Me I got both vintages of OKC knives in 1095 and 1075 and can't tell the dang difference in performance.
The SP-10 is the good old reliable, dependable and expendable (IE your relatives "Accidentally" pack it in their pack and run away with it or the canoe flips over) "Big Knife" that is the proverbiable jack of all trades and master of a few big blade things to do.
Well, you decide if you want one, I highly recommend as basic large blades, as the REAL GUARD/QUILLON/WHATEVERTHEYCALLITNOWADAYS seems best for people getting use to a big blade as well.
My brother uses his all the time for his construction side business and when he woods romps for working for the local fish coppers...er DNR...
Some others throw it in and use it because its the "Big Beater Blade" and such, the SP-51/53s seem to be the "work blades" or one of the big blades for camping and keep in car survival bag. Also the SP-10s go in there also or gets swapped out I think.
Its affordable, durable and I think the main reason for it being the "Vehicle Knife" (Snowmobiles, 4 wheelers, and truck and car knives and water craft camping trip) and a pack knife is it has a REAL GUARD/QUILLON/WHATEVERTHEYCALLITNOWADAYS.
The SP-10 can almost do as well as the bigger and better SP-53, but the SP-10 has that extra safety feature of a REAL GUARD/QUILLON/WHATEVERTHEYCALLITNOWADAYS along with its handle safe guard as well to keep your fingers from slipping up when fatigued/hypothermia-ted/totiredtothinkstraightbutmustkeepdoingtasktostayalive and such. Oh and a lanyard capable hole on the bottom.
I'd love to see a full tang version of the SP-10 like the Woodsman they did of the SP-50, (I HATE THE SP-50 but love the woodsman since its full tang...and I got the 420HC type for camp stuff and food prep an one lives in my kitchen, very versatile knife for water borne trips and still do the Batonical of tyrantical botanicals! That's how much a full tang can make a SP-50 hater like me like its cousin type. My "evil" step mother (hey they are called evil by tradition! And we must keep up traditions! right?) stole the one I gave the old man for her kitchen and large critter cutting season.)
The SP-10 is just so dang Practi-Cool to have around and use, and I've used it more than once as woods protection in action, guess that's the thing that made me love it so much. The REAL GUARD/QUILLON/WHATEVERTHEYCALLITNOWADAYS some may say it keeps it from doing super uber bushy stuff, well I use pocket knife for that weird bushy shaving stuff and such or just the smaller belt knife. (Oh god I love my CERBERUS).
For those steel "Conisewers" who think the 1095 vintage blade is the bester...well as it was explained many times in this Ontario Forum. (See that "Evil" (keeping great knives imprisoned under glass!) Pocket Knife Jimmy's thread) The way 1075 steel OKC formulates does less breaking/chipping while being better for larger knives and other tools and such and using it gives them less warranty work at the cost of a little more sharpening. Me I got both vintages of OKC knives in 1095 and 1075 and can't tell the dang difference in performance.
The SP-10 is the good old reliable, dependable and expendable (IE your relatives "Accidentally" pack it in their pack and run away with it or the canoe flips over) "Big Knife" that is the proverbiable jack of all trades and master of a few big blade things to do.
Well, you decide if you want one, I highly recommend as basic large blades, as the REAL GUARD/QUILLON/WHATEVERTHEYCALLITNOWADAYS seems best for people getting use to a big blade as well.