Spyderco: The Answer to super hard use and abuse

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JD Spydo

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One factor that has really embedded me in the Spyderco camp has been the astounding performance of a Spyderco model that has really surprised me in the past 20 months. Several months back I was on a job in which I had to have a knife ( or knives) which could take terrible punishment.

I didn't want to really trash any of my most treasured User Spyders so I went to my footlocker and dug out a 440V SE Native model that I got in a trade quite a while back. No more than I had invested in it I just sort of considered the Native to be a sacrifice. Now to be honest I didn't think the Native would take what I was going to give it as far as abusive cutting jobs. Not only was I pleasantly surprised but I found out just how unbelievably durable 440V blade steel is.

After almost 20 months of constant use the 440V Native is still my primary hard working EDC ( along with my G-10 Harpy) and is not showing any signs of wearing out. I really don't mean for this thread to only be about the Native model per se as much as I want to hear your TOUGH SPYDER testimony. Actually I want you all to give your testimonies about a Spyderco model(s) that has surprised you as far as it's toughness and durability on hard cutting jobs. And yes YABLANOWITZ I especially expect to hear from you on this one :D

Because I'm totally convinced that Spyderco has the best HARD USE blades on the entire production knife market. The H-1 bladed Spyders I've used have really impressed me as well.
 
For me, it all started with a waved Endura four or five years ago. Man, I put that thing through everything that came up, from cutting up patches of sod that had taken root (and running through all the rocks and gravel in the ground that were there), to batoning through 4x4s, cutting up wallboard, working on a particle accelerator, and more. After everything, it just took a little bit of sharpening, and it was ready for more.

With that, I was hooked.
 
Well there is abuse and then there is abuse. One thing that reading these forums has taught me is that there are retards out there that will figure out how to ruin a perfectly good tool no matter how well it is made.

I agree with your sentiments however JD. Spyderco makes very reliable knives that will cut and cut and cut.
 
For me. My SE D4. Got it three years ago and it is still going strong! One heck of a knife and I have used it hard on the farm cutting open bags and bags of feed and zip ties. Just a great knife that got me started on higher priced knives. First knife ever over $30 for me. Was a huge deal back then for me! Now I only laugh at how far I have come.
 
zenheretic said:
Well there is abuse and then there is abuse. One thing that reading these forums has taught me is that there are retards out there that will figure out how to ruin a perfectly good tool no matter how well it is made.

I agree with your sentiments however JD. Spyderco makes very reliable knives that will cut and cut and cut.
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+1, one of my friends rolled/chipped every scallop in his Endura Wave SE trying to cut a pen in half- with a cement sidewalk as the cutting board :barf:
 
My brother just moved out of a house that was over 100 years old and we had to remove a window on the second floor. I used my Spyderco Mule with 9Cr18Mo and removable Green Canvas Micarta to cut through all the paint to remove the pains so some larger furnature could go out the window instead of down the narrow staircase with two turns on the way down. I'm not sure how many layers of paint it went through, but it took some sever force and multiple cuts on each side. I also had to remove 4 parts of the jam and cut the paint before being able to get those parts out. I only noticed a very small deformation to the edge about 1/2" from the tip. Not the hardest use of a knife, but it worked well for me.
 
The one that worked well for me was the Kris. I carried it on duty for years and it was incredible. When I worked underground in the mines, the remote release was excellent.
 
Not abuse, just clumsiness. I was walking along the street and took out my S30V Military to cut off a branch growing out over the sidewalk. A quick slash, the branch dropped away -- and my follow-through drove the edge into a metal sign post. When I got it home, I saw the edge had a slight roll, which steeled out easily.
 
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