Richard
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There are lots of reasons they do it. As for price, most of the models including Spydercos are in the same price class....not all, but most.
They are most times less expensive than models with liners, which Spyderco also makes plenty off.
They are not heavy compared to same size knives with liners, and comfort of carry is important to alot of people.
When I worked retail, we sold lots of knives of all styles. Probably the two models I personally sold the most (besides SAK) were the Spyderco Endura, and the SOG Air-Sog models. For the most part they were not sold to knife nuts. Most of the knife nuts bought the more expensive models because they did not think the linerless knives would hold up.....not that they used thier prized knives hard if at all.
The people buying the Endura and Air-Sogs were average blue-collar types who used thier knives hard. They generally did not know much about them, and went alot by what we said. They did not want to spend more than they had to. After a while, many of them would bring the knives in for sharpening. These things were beat all to hell, with blades scratched terribly, and handles that had obviously been dropped, scuffed and everything else, but never broken. When I say some of these guys used them hard, I mean harder than 90 percent of us will ever use a knife in our lifetime. Fact is these knives (without liners) took all the punishment in stride.
I have seen people here look down on linerless knives, well...mainly because of what they have read, and theory. If given a fair chance these knives will serve you very well, and assuming you do not intentionally set out to destroy them, you would have a hard time using one and making it fail.
They are most times less expensive than models with liners, which Spyderco also makes plenty off.
They are not heavy compared to same size knives with liners, and comfort of carry is important to alot of people.
When I worked retail, we sold lots of knives of all styles. Probably the two models I personally sold the most (besides SAK) were the Spyderco Endura, and the SOG Air-Sog models. For the most part they were not sold to knife nuts. Most of the knife nuts bought the more expensive models because they did not think the linerless knives would hold up.....not that they used thier prized knives hard if at all.
The people buying the Endura and Air-Sogs were average blue-collar types who used thier knives hard. They generally did not know much about them, and went alot by what we said. They did not want to spend more than they had to. After a while, many of them would bring the knives in for sharpening. These things were beat all to hell, with blades scratched terribly, and handles that had obviously been dropped, scuffed and everything else, but never broken. When I say some of these guys used them hard, I mean harder than 90 percent of us will ever use a knife in our lifetime. Fact is these knives (without liners) took all the punishment in stride.
I have seen people here look down on linerless knives, well...mainly because of what they have read, and theory. If given a fair chance these knives will serve you very well, and assuming you do not intentionally set out to destroy them, you would have a hard time using one and making it fail.
Jesus, guys, man has been to the moon and back! In fact we travel to space all the time - I live in Florida and have seen the shuttle go up. We have satellite television and the internet. We can microwave our dinners and carry a phone in our pocket! I promise you, modern plastics are strong enough for anything you want to throw at a pocketknife.
