Spyderco construction method.

[beluga]

I just recieved my first Spyderco knife toda, it's the Chinook. It feels really tough in my hand, I love it. Being it's my first Spyderco, I do have a couple of questions.

1. How strong is the construction of Spyderco knives in general ? I see that the only adjustable screw is the pivot screw. The rests are fixed (cannot be adjusted/removed/tightened).

2. I read the review of the Chinook, and I'm impressed. But, how r yours holding up some times ?

Thanks in advance guys !

 

[Jazzman]

I don't think you'll hear a single complaint about the construction of ANY Spyderco much less the Chinook! Well you may hear a moan about how you can't take an Endura apart. I don't understand why you'd need to anyway. The construction is simple enough that you can reach almost all of the internal pieces.
Have fun with your new tank,
Matt

 

[u812]

The Chinook is about the strongest folder spyderco makes.

 

[VampyreWolf]

Spyderco has 4 noticable lock ratings...

light(35-50) on the jester and ladybug.
medium(50-80) on 1/2 the lineup.
heavy(80-250[mbc]) on the other 1/2... Military is 150
MBC(250+) on about 6-7 models.

When you consider how durable a delica or endura are in the medium rating, you wonder how ppl complain. I beat the fvck out of my ss dragonfly over 2yrs(aug 20, 01), still rock solid. Thats including prying a couple times. The only lock failures I'm aware of is having oil or lube on the lock ramps of linerlocks, or being a lefty with a linerlock.

Quite often I'll see posts about 8-10yrs on an endura. I'm looking for a spare to buy in january, twin of my left side for the last year. 98 model frn/se/ats-55. best bet for me is to find a 5yr user as it's still gonna be in great shape. Do I need a spare after carrying for a year? no, but I'm moving to graveyard shifts, and I know the c10sbk by instinct.

 

[calyth]

They tend to have a minor vertical play, but on the one that I had, it wasn't noticible. I had to look to find out.
It locks open like a bank vault, it's damn sharp, and It's one of the toughest folders made.

 

[Roadrunner]

If you haven't already seen it, check out brownie's review of the Chinook over in Reviews and Testing. That took care of my doubts, not that they were considerable to begin with.