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Well these two reviews are WAAAAY overdue but things like life, work, and hurricanes tend to complicate things. I won't go much into the specs because those are available all over the place. I mostly used these knives around home and work on cardboard and paper. Here's my take on these two Spyderco knives.
Spyderco Tenacious
I loved this knife. I like many of us go crazy about the latest steel and forget the great performance that "lesser" steels can provide when built right. The Tenacious has a great edge due to its geometry. The flat grind brings it down to a thin cutting edge that worked great. The serrations are sharper than the straight edge of many knives I've handled. Spyderco has won me over to serrations and this is one of the knives that did it. Despite it being a big knife, it carried comfortably and didn't weigh things down. The G10 was nicely textured but not so aggressive that it got uncomfortable. The liner lock felt secure and I had no problems with it. The ergonomics were superb as they have been on every Spyderco I've handled. I will be adding a Tenacious to my list and would recommend it to others. I can't really think of anything to improve it that would dramatically increase the cost.
Spyderco Spin
Another Little Big Knife from Spyderco. I carried it alternately carried this in my front pocket and my back pocket. As usual, Spyderco's ergonomics make even a small knife comfortable. The thin, flat ground blade make the Spin cut like a razor. The Wharncliffe profile make it easy to maintain. The Spin is small enough that it could be carried as a backup to a primary EDC but performs well enough that it could be a solo EDC. The frame lock is secure. This knife is easy to open and close. The fine tip helped alot when opening packages. One of the only things I noticed that worried me was that when I pushed on the lock bar to close it, the lock bar could be pushed out pretty far. I don't know if that's normal or just something that happens on smaller framelocks. I've never used a knife with a lock stabilizer but this would probably fix this. That would add cost for what's probably a nonexistent issue. I would like one of these as well. Only hard choice on this knife is do you want the web pattern or the acid etch.
General notes
My coworkers seem to enjoy my passaround participation as much as I do. I work at an outdoor store so these passarounds let me bring in knives from companies we stock but models we don't carry.
Spyderco Tenacious
I loved this knife. I like many of us go crazy about the latest steel and forget the great performance that "lesser" steels can provide when built right. The Tenacious has a great edge due to its geometry. The flat grind brings it down to a thin cutting edge that worked great. The serrations are sharper than the straight edge of many knives I've handled. Spyderco has won me over to serrations and this is one of the knives that did it. Despite it being a big knife, it carried comfortably and didn't weigh things down. The G10 was nicely textured but not so aggressive that it got uncomfortable. The liner lock felt secure and I had no problems with it. The ergonomics were superb as they have been on every Spyderco I've handled. I will be adding a Tenacious to my list and would recommend it to others. I can't really think of anything to improve it that would dramatically increase the cost.
Spyderco Spin
Another Little Big Knife from Spyderco. I carried it alternately carried this in my front pocket and my back pocket. As usual, Spyderco's ergonomics make even a small knife comfortable. The thin, flat ground blade make the Spin cut like a razor. The Wharncliffe profile make it easy to maintain. The Spin is small enough that it could be carried as a backup to a primary EDC but performs well enough that it could be a solo EDC. The frame lock is secure. This knife is easy to open and close. The fine tip helped alot when opening packages. One of the only things I noticed that worried me was that when I pushed on the lock bar to close it, the lock bar could be pushed out pretty far. I don't know if that's normal or just something that happens on smaller framelocks. I've never used a knife with a lock stabilizer but this would probably fix this. That would add cost for what's probably a nonexistent issue. I would like one of these as well. Only hard choice on this knife is do you want the web pattern or the acid etch.
General notes
My coworkers seem to enjoy my passaround participation as much as I do. I work at an outdoor store so these passarounds let me bring in knives from companies we stock but models we don't carry.
