Spyderco Brouwer

I'm also curious about info on this knife. Eric said it was for people who thought the Native was to large and it really looked like a great design. Probably to early for much info but doesn't hurt to ask
 
According to Ramzar’s list, it’s Taiwanese made and s30v blade. Depending on the specs I might have to pick one up.
 
It’s of high interest to me too. My only concern is how much cutting edge is left behind by the finger choil. This knife might really fill an underserved niche of my collection.
 
Looking at he videos that show it off, it appears to have the same pocket clip as the paramilitary 2 and para 3. So the option of aftermarket clips for those that prefer deep carry would be available.
 
I as about to ask about this in my own thread but found this one. It’s available for pre order on a couple sites, I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post what they are but one is offering a 20% coupon right now. I just ordered this for $140 total, not a bad deal. Looking forward to this, looks kind of like a slimmer native 5. Send me a pm if you’d like the info or let me know if I can post it here.
 
Not much excitement about this knife when/since it was released and for good reason IMO because there's really nothing much to get excited about.

It's just another roughly 3" pocket knife that has a slightly different blade/handle shape w/green G10 scales than the already well-known 3 inch knife models, like the Sage, Native, Chaparral and many other Spyders in this category. I've got a few in this category. They are not the focus of my 90+ Spyderco collection and there is nothing particularly interesting or unique enough about the Bouwer for me to add it to my collection.

However, from Spyderco's description/specs on the knife, it looks like a perfectly functional knife that will serve the owner well in handling normal EDC tasks. There is no compelling reason to choose the Bouwer over any other similarly sized knife that Spyderco makes except for how it looks and if the appearance of the knife "grabs you' (and the others don't) then that's the knife for you.

That said, IMO there simply is no reason not to buy it nor any reason to rave about it either. Buy it or not, doesn't matter to me (or most other people) one way or the other. Don't expect it to last long as a knife in Spyderco's catalog for this reason. Many more popular knives were discontinued by Spyderco apparently before their time but I do not expect that to be the case for the Brouwer.
 
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Is there really any reason to buy one functional knife over another besides size or appearance?

Knives have a pretty fast law of dimishing returns.

PS - it's a great knife.
 
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