Spyderco taking a jab at Benchmade?

peanuts said:
Socom Elite, I don't understand how you have had such bad experiences with spyderco knives.



Every spyderhole I have used was alway smooth and well machined.



Again I am suprised, I have found plenty of spydercos that I could flick without wrist action, with out loosening it to the point it developed play.



This just confuses me further. Yet again, my experience has been the exact opposite. Even my byrd lockback was vault like. These are just the honest experiences I have had with spyderco knives. I haven't found one I was disappointed with.

Sal, I wouldn't worry. I think most people saw the joke as just that, a joke, the way it was intended.
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Keep in mind that as I write this I am wearing a spyderco hat that I ordered with a Persian and the sharpmaker, supporting their product. I own plenty of spyderco knives. I must be cursed with most of them. Here they are
Persian-love this little knife, but a pain to open and I can't adjust to pivot because its pinned.
Bird crossbill-good for the money, but once it gets used and becomes loose you can't adjust the pivot
Native III-like it, great steal for the price but, sloppy blade play and you guessed it no adjustable pivot.
Waved endura 4-good knife , but if I set the pivot so I can open it easy then its sloppy loose when open.
Sage-love this knife and have zero problems with it locks up tight and I will correct myself and say this thing opens quick. only problem I have with this its made in Taiwan. What's up with that.
Spyker-one of the greatest knives ever and have no problems with. Great job Sal.
Like I said I like spyderco. I just prefer BM. As with the machining of the hole I will have to post pics of it. Maybe I am just unlucky with the hard opening of them.
 
Artfully Martial said:
It was a funny and non-harmful joke. It's friendly competition.

Hopefully Benchmade can do something just as humorous.

It's kind of interesting that Kershaw doesn't generate the sort of biases that Benchmade and Spyderco does. If you're a Spyderco fan, generally, you don't like Benchmade and vice versa. Kershaw fans really seem to be totally independent of the debate, and the fans of the other companies don't involve them. Just a little sidenote.
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Bias is arguing over which brand is better and can be debated. Kershaws are a different beast: affordable for anyone, and unlike any other brand. That's why I bought my s60v blur blem. For $60 I got a knife that would have cost me $200+ with any other brand. Kershaw fanatics are like apple (computer) fanatics, they will stick with their brand until the world stops spinning and know their product suits thier tastes more than anything. BM and Spyderco are too similar to argue between, they are essentially the same company. Just my $0.02
 
Socom Elite said:
Like I said I like spyderco. I just prefer BM. As with the machining of the hole I will have to post pics of it. Maybe I am just unlucky with the hard opening of them.
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I too like benchmade, they put out good stuff. I got a BM 710 only a week and a half ago which I am very happy with. I do prefer spyderco on the whole though. As for the hard opening, well yeah, bad luck is just about all I can think of, I hope you get some better examples in the future.
 
Yea I hope so as well. I got 2 on the way for testing a CF military and a lava. Hope all goes well cause I like the military blade shape and size. As with the origional topic I just hope both BM and spyderco keep the jabs light. I wouldn't want it turning into a strider/cold steel war
 
I have found that both company's, Benchmade and Spyderco make excellent designs and make them with the best materials available and while I myself am more of a Spyderco guy, with my new D2 Para and all I also do have a D2 913 Stryker on the way sometime soon, but overall I tend towards the Spyders but respect Benchmade for their contributions to the industry.
 
I have collections of Spyderco, Kershaw, Buck and a smattering of Benchmades. Each purchase was carefully considered to take into account quality and use. I consider each purchase to be a good one and as such, I am unable to point to a knife and say that that particular manufacturer is better than the others. To quote Sal, "They are all good, just different."
 
Exactly, as long as you're dealing with a reputable manufacturer, the brand name is the last factor to consider, especially when each company tends to play to different strengths.

We pay a manufacturer a much greater compliment when we buy his product because it does the job so well than if we're just in the habit of only looking through his catalog and no others.
 
I'm a big Kershaw fan too, most of the knives I've bought this year have been Kershaws, but I'd have to disagree on Benchmade and Spyderco being almost the same. I feel like their designs are, on average, the polar opposite. I love both, although I feel like Spyderco is getting overall stronger and vice versa for Benchmade. But I can definitely understand how a fan of the one could legitimately hate the design of another...
 
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