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Got the Spydie Frank Centofonte, on Thursday, I was looking forward to using it again. I had one before but the blade snapped at the Spyder Hole, and its been in storage for the last 2 years. As soon as I opened the box and saw the knife I remembered how much I liked mine. Although I was a little disappointed that it was a serrated edge, (shouldve paid more attention to the thread) I put it to use right away opening the mail, the blade has a straight edge for the first ¾ of the small 2 ¾ blade. This would not be my choice for an EDC but as a gentlemans knife it was great. The blade had a small flat spot on the straight part of the blade, but a couple of strokes on my diamond hone and a few strokes on the strop and it was razor sharp again.
I carried and used it throughout the week, the wharncliffe blade was great, it cut boxes, I used it to finish up a carving I was working on, (the needle like point got into all the tight spaces I needed to finish), and even used it to cut some rope that got wrapped around the blades on my mower deck while cutting grass. The ATS 34 blade held up great, and didnt need any additional touch ups. In fact the more I used it the more I wanted to dig out my original one. When I dug my old one out, thats when I saw what EDC did to the knife. The rubber insert was peeling off, (Kraton inserts wouldve been better) the aluminum finish didnt take well to pocket carry, (got scratched, and dinged bouncing against the other stuff in my pocket) a TiN finish wouldve held up better. I tended to carry the knife in my shirt pocket like a pen to preserve the finish for the next person. Still the more I used the pass around the more I wanted to get mine fixed. So now Im shipping mine off to Spyderco for repair as I ship the pass around to the next person on the list.
Over all for EDC Id prefer a bigger blade but when mine was still in one piece I carried it every day, so that say something about the knife.
Thanks again for the chance to play and sorry for the real long review.
I carried and used it throughout the week, the wharncliffe blade was great, it cut boxes, I used it to finish up a carving I was working on, (the needle like point got into all the tight spaces I needed to finish), and even used it to cut some rope that got wrapped around the blades on my mower deck while cutting grass. The ATS 34 blade held up great, and didnt need any additional touch ups. In fact the more I used it the more I wanted to dig out my original one. When I dug my old one out, thats when I saw what EDC did to the knife. The rubber insert was peeling off, (Kraton inserts wouldve been better) the aluminum finish didnt take well to pocket carry, (got scratched, and dinged bouncing against the other stuff in my pocket) a TiN finish wouldve held up better. I tended to carry the knife in my shirt pocket like a pen to preserve the finish for the next person. Still the more I used the pass around the more I wanted to get mine fixed. So now Im shipping mine off to Spyderco for repair as I ship the pass around to the next person on the list.
Over all for EDC Id prefer a bigger blade but when mine was still in one piece I carried it every day, so that say something about the knife.
Thanks again for the chance to play and sorry for the real long review.
