Spyderco Strech 2 straight spine "possibility stabing?"

[Jull]

Hi,

First i'm french and sorry for my english.

I have not a lot of expérience in knife and i have an interogation about the blade of the Strech 2 straight spine.

Like PM 2 it's "clip point" and full flat ground, so blade and tip wasn't the most stronger.
I know it's not a pry bar, i just asking this for my personal knowledge and like too know my knife.

I will talk about SD but not recomanded too do this and same, it's just for perssonal knowledge not really for do something like this.

SO:

I have Strech 2 straight spine, and interrogates me does this knife can stab in secure.
Particulary in SD scenario, for stabing task.

Or maybe if i'm a burtcher...

for cuting my pork meat,i want to stabing pork with all strenght i have, tip blade hurt side bone and make ligh twisting motion does he can broken?

This knife can be considered apropriate/secure to do this task?

Thanks

 

[91bravo]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Jull]

Thx

 

[metaphoricalsimile]

I think in a self-defense scenario worrying about the tip strength of your blade is going to be the least important thing. Stopping the person who is attacking you is what's important, even if you end up leaving the tip of your knife in them.

 

[GB940Rookie]

Hello Jull and welcome.
I believe the Stretch 2 would work fine for your needs.
Remember, any tip can be broken if used hard enough.

 

[Jull]

I think in a self-defense scenario worrying about the tip strength of your blade is going to be the least important thing. Stopping the person who is attacking you is what's important, even if you end up leaving the tip of your knife in them.

Yes agree, not a problem too change a knife, but if blade broken 5/8mm or 1/2cm maybe... maybe you lost some stabing possibility and that cant be really good.

 

[JeremiahWeaver09]

for self defense a sharp tip is a good thing, i think the straight spine stretch would be very effective if you needed for that, but if you are using it for work or food you would want to be careful not to damage the tip on something hard

 

[JeremiahWeaver09]

also if you are worried about the tip, the spyderco endela is similar size but with a less pointed tip

 

[skyhorse]

Welcome to the forum Jull ! I wouldn’t worry about breaking the tip however in America it’s customary to use a gun instead .

 

[Danke42]

Yes agree, not a problem too change a knife, but if blade broken 5/8mm or 1/2cm maybe... maybe you lost some stabing possibility and that cant be really good.

You can probably stop stabbing at that point and go back to what you were doing. Whoever you left that much knife in will rapidly loose interest.

 

[abcdef]

Knitting needles and very large nails are also good stabbing tools.

 

[lieferung]

Perhaps you'd prefer the PM2 Tanto blade for stabbing or SD.

If I was a butcher I'd definitely go fixed blade

 

[The Mastiff]

It's a well built knife and tougher than many think. It's primarily a slicer but in a pinch it would do the job. People are killed with lesser knives every year but that being said it's a folder and will never be a fixed blade. If you use it to save your life and the tip breaks buy another one. It's likely to be in a police evidence locker anyways even if it's not a broken tip.

 

[jbmonkey]

Bonjour.

for stabbing tasks you should seriously consider a fixed blade. that spyderco could do that, but wasn't built to be a stabbing knife, more of a slicer.

be careful of laws on locking folders and length of blades etc where you are. some countries frown on locking folding knives as weapons and can be illegal to carry. check your local and regional etc laws.

you may already know all this and thats great, but just in case.

 

[Jull]

Ok guys, thanks for answers!

So i think i understand you, SS2 wasn't the more solid "staber" but he can do this if i not search a lot of strenght.

I just want to be sure i cant broken 1cm or 2cm too easely, but i think that what's dificult too broken blade totaly maybe 1mm/3mm but more maybe not.

I really love this knife for his size/blade/aestetics, maybe i want more solidity on tip, a manix 2 LW can be really good but i prefer aesthetic of the SS2, a PM2 nice blade and aestetic too, clip point too, maybe little more stronght of SS2 dont know.

At 1,34min SS2 and PM2

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Years ago I carefully ground down the spine of my stretch and nice to see Spyderco took that to production for me it made the stretch a little bit nicer pointier blade

Seen in this post here

G2

 

[Jull]

Years ago I carefully ground down the spine of my stretch and nice to see Spyderco took that to production for me it made the stretch a little bit nicer pointier blade

Seen in this post here

G2

Yes, good job on your Strech 2, they nice, that's a Strech Bowee now

And yes Straight nice i think too, for me this knife represent the good assosiation between efficiency about industrial/tactical knife and aestetic/charm about handmade knife by knifemaker.
I like charm about handmade knife, i like efficiency about industrial knife; so i choose Strech 2 SP.

 

[Jull]

I have buying some pork rib this weekend, and try stab with this strech 2 SS.

I'm surprised how the blade penetrate in bones. Easely 0.5, 1 or 2 cm penetrate in bones, tip penetrate well that sure.

But i'm not really in trust it.
That total speculated scénario, certainly appen 10% chance... and maybe This SS2 stay good but;

If you stab in fight, blade penetrate 1cm in bone, during this fight you make unexpected twist motion when blade was in bone, and at this moment i think SS2 can easy broken 0.5cm or more.

So dificult too be in trust whith this.

 

[DangerZone98]

I do not encourage violence, but if I had to jam my knife into a bad man, I’d pick a tanto point. Cold Steel Recon 1 for me.

That aside, this new Stretch looks like a fine EDC knife. That straight spine is just handsome. Now I want to see a Manix 2 with a straight spine lmao.

 

[Jull]

I do not encourage violence, but if I had to jam my knife into a bad man, I’d pick a tanto point. Cold Steel Recon 1 for me.
That aside, this new Stretch looks like a fine EDC knife. That straight spine is just handsome. /QUOTE]

Yes Tanto potentialy umbrecable i agree it's a better choice for this, but like all here have do this one time, i search more an allround, for eating, preparing food and stronght enought for sd, light as possible for pocket.

Manix 2 LW certainely some of the best choice for this, (not really in love withe aestetic, little bit dagger blade shape but not bad)
Endura 4 Sabre grind good too i think, not really in love with aestetic too with noz tip. Maybe an Endura Génération 3 look like much better.
Benchmade Osborne good too, but i like spyderco if i found a nice spyderco i prefere.


I dont think he can do a manix 2 Straight Spine, I think Manix 2 blade was solid because it' s a leaf shape (more solid tip) and blade too more larger than straight spine, leaf shape offer possibility to have combo full flat ground and solid blade, in that point it's really ingeniuos disigne (good slicer, stronght blade and good stabber...). I think it's for that manix 2 it's a really good performer but maybe not the most aestetic.
(that's only my perssonal think)