Spyderco bow river exclusive has hit

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While I love me some Spyderco knives, I usually take a hard pass on these lower tier offerings.

The Delica/Endela/Endura series are well worth the extra 20-30 bucks.

It would be neat to see this design made in the Seki-City plant with a teensie bump in materials and offered at a hundo.
 
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In for one Chinese Spyderco, been needing to try spyderco chinese flavor.

Spyderco needs a presence in the low end market, not like everyone can afford american made stuff. My last Spyderco purchase was this absolutely perfect italian made product, since I haven't been impressed with Golden's blade centering and cutting edge symmetry.
 
Yo Mama said:
That may all be valid, but I think they are for different users. I don't need to have a competition slicer, although I appreciate your view on how well made the original is. They won't ever be equal but the price is not equal either. I personally was just craving a budget Spyderco, as so many of their releases over the last years have been to rich for me.

I wanted to see what all the fuss is about, this model seems to go as fast as dealers can stock them, there has to be something good about them. I wanted a steak knife, and a feather stick maker, something lite to hike with.
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Looks like a good knife , congrats for scoring one.
 
My problem with the China made Spydercos has nothing to do with yummy, tasty puppies eaten by 5 year old kids. While labororing away in a dungeon, chained to a workbench, making five cents a year. It is simply that (IMO) they are way too overpriced.

For me, a knife with an 8cr or Aus8 blade has to be pretty amazing to pay $25 for. Over that? The options with a better steel are quite plentiful.
I was iffy on the Tenacious back when it was $35 bucks. Now that it's Fifty? HARD pass. At that point, I feel you're buying it just to have a "Spyderco" knife.

I look at the Bow River similarly. It looks like a nice design, but I would guess you'd get similar production from a wally world blister pack knife for about half the cost.
 
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craytab said:
I almost pulled the trigger but decided I didn't need yet another knife. Looks great though and I'm glad spyderco is doing these.
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I almost grabbed one of those up here weeks back. But they evaporated. Whatever, just more eye candy that I didn't need. I think that the short Grip moved me on.
 
I like the standard version of it better than these exclusives.
 
I've never owned any of Spyderco's China made knives, and I don't plan to. I see nothing wrong with them, but they are below what I normally spend. Though I do have a few Chinese knives, I buy American or at least stuff from non sweatshop communist countries. My TV is from Taiwan, car Korean but made in Georgia, shoes made in USA, phone Taiwan.

Not really a fixed blade fan, but let people buy what they want. Not everyone can afford to spend $100+ to get an American made knife. Or are willing. Me, I'd rather have one $150 USA knife than 3 $50 Chinese knives.

To each their own. Though I do think $50+ is too much for 8cr.
 
3fifty7 said:
As you type this on your computer/laptop/smartphone that uses material sourced by child labor from guess where ...
Or does this high horse stance only apply to dogs and knives ?
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The horse I ride in this forum is my knife horse. Fear not, I will change horses as needed to post similar in other venues.
 
I bought one of the non-exclusive versions a while back and I couldn't be happier. It serves perfectly my food prep chores while hiking, it is a great slicer and I got it cheap so... what else could I be asking for? We could always creat our dream knife and get it made such as S90V steel, natural material handles, multiposition sheath (leather or kydex), etc... but then it would not be for that money.

I don't understand the coating on the special version, it is already stainless.

Mikel
 
NorthernSouthpaw said:
My problem with the China made Spydercos has nothing to do with yummy, tasty puppies eaten by 5 year old kids. While labororing away in a dungeon, chained to a workbench, making five cents a year. It is simply that (IMO) they are way too overpriced.

For me, a knife with an 8cr or Aus8 blade has to be pretty amazing to pay $25 for. Over that? The options with a better steel are quite plentiful.
I was iffy on the Tenacious back when it was $35 bucks. Now that it's Fifty? HARD pass. At that point, I feel you're buying it just to have a "Spyderco" knife.

I look at the Bow River similarly. It looks like a nice design, but I would guess you'd get similar production from a wally world blister pack knife for about half the cost.
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Completely agree.

Considering I can get 14C28N for less than $30, on ball bearings? Lol nah.

The thing is, Spyderco's 8CR13MOV isn't anything special anyway. I had a couple of their Chinese knives. My Tenacious was junk, and I did buy it for $50. I had a couple Bird knives, and they were okay, but dulled so quickly that I wondered about their heat treat.

Spyderco makes amazing knives, but I personally think they can do much better with their Chinese made knives.
 
Not every person in China eat dogs, many of them find the practice disgusting and a throwback from the bad old cultural revolution days when people were starving, especially the youth. Anyway, not a bad looking knife.
 
Murphjd25 said:
It makes a great fishing knife. My Bow River lives in my tackle box and has cut up a lot of fish and bait. Great knife for what it is, from China or not.
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I have a dream one day I will be a good enough fishermen to use this knife, but unfortunately I suck at fishing!
 
I like this knife.
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Have a plastic sheath for it from spyderco, iwb carry.
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Hal said:
Something I just found out today makes this super easy for me.
A rescue group in the city next to where I live has just rescued 6 Golden Retrievers.
They brought them here from China.
They had been destined for the Chinese dog meat industry.

I can't support a country that uses dogs for food.
Spyderco, Schrade, Kershaw & any other company that sources knives from China are now off my list of companies I will buy from - regardless of how many other products they might make that aren't made in China.
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Dog meat for food in a "civilized" country. Unbelievable!
 
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