Spartan blades?

rustyrazor said:
Pretty sure you don't have to worry about them being too thin... unless you are one of those people who like to show your friends how your knife can pry open an armoured vehicle door, however as what most people would consider hard use cutlery their knives are pretty well thought out and executed. My unit's "official" knife is the Defensa model and I've put it through a fair bit and know of people who have put it through a lot more and had no complaints about toughness or how thin it is at the spine. The steel and HT are done very well and even though the tip is thin, I managed to punch it through more than one car door as well as stabbed it into maple and twisted it out numerous times without anything other than cosmetic damage and a lightly rounded tip as you'd expect.
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Well, based on my conversation with Bill when he showed me the prototype, that strikes me as very impressive. But I'm not one to pry.

On the topic of the knives themselves, it was actually the Difensa that rekindled my interest in knives a few (not really a few anymore) years back. The first Spartan I bought was actually a Model II for a friend who was setting out for his second deployment. The second was Difensa for myself. My initial review is here if you want the in depth version. But that really doesn't talk about my actual use of the knife. I have ended up using it a lot more than I expected originally. Even though it is not a big chopper, it is surprisingly effective at chopping, and since I do a lot of brush clearing it has been a great knife for doing most of the stuff I need a knife for, and making it so that i don't have to carry a machete as often. It is a great knife.
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I also have a review of my Spartan Harsey Folder that you can find here. The SHF is also an excellent knife. I carry it pretty frequently, more than I originally expected to be honest.
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But I think the best thing about Spartan Blades is their customer service. I always get a quick response from them. And because I liked the SHF so much I have gone back and gotten blue hardware. When I sent it in to get some stuff that normally doesn't get anodized colored, they actually anodized the stabilizer. I thought that was pretty awesome.

They source pretty much everything involved in the knives from the US. They employ a lot of veterans. The owners are retired SOF. Even the vendors for things like the sheaths are veteran owned and US sourced. They are a company I like to support.
 
nesplin said:
I have a Spartan Harsey Folder, Hunter, and Difensa. I have had and used most of their knives at some point and settled on these as the perfect combo for anything I need in a knife. They are extremely durable and tough as hell. I have never held anything back using them and have never had any kind of issue.

Their steel is amazing. I don't know a lot about metallurgy, but they so some cryo heat treat magic that seems to really work well with their S35VN. It seems to stay sharp forever and takes an edge well. It isn't as easy to sharpen as some tool steels like a Randall or something, but it is especially easy given how tough it is. Their coatings are amazing. I have used them hard and thought I had scraped up the finish, but after a quick clean they look brand new again.

The micarta handles on the Spartan Harsey collaborations are amazing. They are based on some of Bill's hand made stuff and it is extremely comfortable in any grip I find useful. I've messed about with the Hunter and Difensa for hours at a time practicing bushcraft things with my sons and they stay comfortable, grippy, and pretty much just awesome even after long or wet use.

The Folder is hands down the coolest knife I have ever owned. It is smoother than any CRK I have ever had (I still have a large Sebenza and it is a cool knife but it stays in the box and I carry the SHF). It has an extremely well designed grip that fits my hand like a glove just about as well as the fixed blades do. It is a little big for some things but is so well designed it feels and carries smaller than it is. It works OK for me in all but the thinnest dress pants, and when I dress up that much I go for a Mnandi in my shirt pocket anyway.

Basically I feel like they are a really awesome knifes make by a really awesome U.S. company that is owned and operated by really great folks in collaboration with a really awesome designer. I recommend them highly.

I would post some pictures, but I forgot know how to do that on this site. Email me at nesplin@gmail.com if you'd like to see any pics of any particular part of any of those three or have other questions. And no, I don't work for them or get free stuff, just in case my comments come across like that.
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What do you think of the Pallas?
 
From what I hear, they are great blades. However, they simply aren't my tastes. The company ticks off most of my dislike checklists G10, Micarta, coated blades, and overall "tactical" look.
 
bodog said:
That's an incredibly goofy looking knife. Not saying I could design any better but I'm not a professional knife maker either. It looks terrible, like a cheap ripoff of a cheap ripoff of ancient aliens. Someone has to be honest here. An ugly, flat cigar with an unsightly hump. Seriously, it looks amateurish at the very best.

But it's spartan so I'm sure the tolerances are pretty good. It sure is fugly though. To each his own and all that and my own is that that's an absolutely horrible, terrible, gross knife design. Hard to believe they went from the phrike to this.
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Just FYI their motto is "Knives with intent" while I don't know all of their intents, the nymph here is designed to meet specific laws on length, flick ability, locking, pointyness, etc for customers who otherwise were not able to buy their knives. So NYC and other countries are so what responsible for the design.
 
Do they work with three rivers manufacturing? i only ask because the slipjoint on the first page of this thread looks similar to the three rivers mfg slip joint. i dont know if they have there own CNC machines or whatever.
 
I'm also most interested in the Pallas. I've juuuust about had my fill of titanium frame locks but a button lock might interest me.
 
I think spartan makes some really great knifes-high quality but seem a little pricey compared to others using the same materials. jmo
 
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