Spyderco Southard vs ZT0801 - Your Opinion

[sir_mike]

No regrets...

Nice pic!

 

[asmith001]

Nice pic!

Thanks, Mike!

 

[Popsickle]

maybe ill try the southard again one day but its 0801 for me all day long! sold my southard rather quickly

 

[yoko]

I really really love both, 801 flips better, the southard is lighter can be opened with thumb hole and just had something about it I like (took me a couple of days to really appreciate it)

Both are keepers for me

 

[yoko]

 

[Steel130]

I prefer the Southard in this case. I like that it has a g-10 scale for better grip. It also felt better in my large hands. I would give the flipping action to the 801, not by much though. Both are exceptionally smooth.

The Southard has a thinner grind, which again, is In my preferences.

Weight isn't an issue, I carried a ZT 0200 around for a time.

 

[No_b00st]

If I'm going to spend the big bucks on custom knives, I'm going to look for talented makers who haven't cut production deals yet . . . guys with last names like Davis, and Laconico and Gedraitis. To my way of thinking, they need my support a whole lot more than the Todd Rexfords and Brad Southards of this world. And they make great knives on top of it!

Have you heard of this guy

Rick Hinderer

we should buy more of his stuff so he can stay afloat. :-D