Spyderco ugly?

cziv said:
I hated them until I bought one, then 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6 :)
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I have the exactly same experience. I thought Spydercos were quirky looking until I owned and used one, now I am a big Spydie fan. ppl who hates it has never owned one.
 
For pure function I love Spyderco and the easy access with the spyder hole, nothing beats it for me. But gotta admit, most of their designs dont appeal to me. The ones I do like though I love eg. Millie, Para, Caly 3, Dragonfly.
 
cultivateitnow said:
For me it is all about design. I ask the following:

Does it have a good blade steel and heat treat?
Does it have a good blade design?
Does it have a good lock up system, liners, pins and handles?

To me the spyder fails a few of the above, I consider them office knives to be used for opening boxes, letter and such. Their folders do not have the best design for outdoor activities, hunting being the worst. Could they be used? Sure. I also would never use one as a defensive blade because the design is extremely bad for that application.

To me those things make them ... :)
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:eek: You wouldn't use a civilian for self defense?!? that would be one of my go to knives for that (I would hate to get in a knife fight though) although I'm about as skilled in self defense as Barbara Walters:D
 
cultivateitnow said:
For me it is all about design. I ask the following:

Does it have a good blade steel and heat treat?
Does it have a good blade design?
Does it have a good lock up system, liners, pins and handles?

To me the spyder fails a few of the above, I consider them office knives to be used for opening boxes, letter and such. Their folders do not have the best design for outdoor activities, hunting being the worst. Could they be used? Sure. I also would never use one as a defensive blade because the design is extremely bad for that application.

To me those things make them ... :)
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Even with all the criticisms I've heard about / leveled against Spydercos, I've never heard anyone say they were worthless for anything but 'office knives'. I have gripes about a lot of their designs, but I can't imagine anyone who can tell the difference between their butt and a hole in the ground leveling that kind of criticism against them, much less anyone who has ever used one. :rolleyes:
 
cultivateitnow said:
For me it is all about design. I ask the following:

Does it have a good blade steel and heat treat?
Does it have a good blade design?
Does it have a good lock up system, liners, pins and handles?

To me the spyder fails a few of the above, I consider them office knives to be used for opening boxes, letter and such. Their folders do not have the best design for outdoor activities, hunting being the worst. Could they be used? Sure. I also would never use one as a defensive blade because the design is extremely bad for that application.

To me those things make them ... :)
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This is one of the funniest posts I've ever seen on Bladeforums. Your kidding right. :D
 
I've used my Military to clean fish many times, and it works wonders. Easy to clean, and nice blade shape. I don't understand why I would ever want to bring that to an office, though.
 
I always thought that Spydercos looked ugly because of the hump on the blade that is created by the thumb hole. Then I bought a Spyderco through my work (Why not? I got 80% off of it). After I had the knife for a week it got even uglier. To this day I think it is ugly as **** but I will never go back to having a knife without a thumbhole or emersion opener.
 
Spydercos: ugly to look at, great to use.

For example, the hole is awful looking--IMHO--but it never catches on whatever you're cutting through.
 
I was just sure my first, modern lightweight folder had to be a Benchmade but I ended up with a Para D2. Since then I have owned 2 Benchmades and 9 more Spydies. I am completely sold on the hole for function. Yes some look like alligators, birds, aliens, etc.. but it cannot be said that most will be mistaken for another brand!

The Para D2 remains the smoothest folder I have ever had the opportunity to open. Actually the T-Mag but due to construction that is no wonder.
 
I love my spydies, but everyone I've talked to has mentioned how odd looking or ugly they are. If they end up using it they understand the attraction. For instance my tasman salt is unrivaled in cutting bouy lines, but man is it funky looking.

Kinda like a girl with a quirky face but smoking body...;)
 
We have been accused of designing in the dark.

A customer told me the word "fugly" was created for our knives (F'n ugly).

sal
 
I just got my first Spyderco - the Sage 2. Sorry, but hole or no hole this knife is far from ugly. Besides the unbelievable quality of the knife, I find the design clean and tasteful. Yes, I have seen some Spyderco designs I definitely didn't like, but I've drooled over many others folks have posted on this forum.

One thing that drew me away from BM and toward Spyderco was the robustness of their knives. Some of the BM's I looked at just seemed a little bit like a "gentleman's knife", and just a little on the flimsy side. I like to use my knives hard (my fixed blades are Busse's), and the BM's just don't feel like they were built to take it like the Spydercos.

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This is ugly? Really??
 
When I was younger I use to think they were ugly, but my tastes have definitely changed as I have gotten older.
 
HKBM45 said:
How does one properly design a small knife as a defensive blade?

Every knife fight has two losers.
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One of the things I did was tour locations knives were use. In his group was a plant that processed criters for food. My thought was they would be using a bunch of different knife designs for differnt task. I was not dissapointed.

The first knife used in this plant was one like I've never seen used before. The task was specific. Hogs were moved from trucks through a gate system. On one end two probes stuck out and as the hog walked through it received a jolt that stund it, dropping it to the downward sloped ramp. At the bottom a guy was waiting with this knife. The knife was used with precision, entering a location that quickly dispatched and bled the animal. The design was brilliant. I discovered it is also used by the military. It can be done.

As a side note I wanted to appologize for my comments yesterday. I'm not sure what gets in me, but I'm working on it trying to improve. I really didn't mean to offend anyone.
 
Phade said:
I have seen many people mention that they don't want spydercos because they find them ugly. What I want to know is why those people find their designs so hideous? Sure they may not be the most interesting knives in the world, but I don't find them ugly, a little bland maybe but definitely not ugly.

So, what is it that makes spyderco designs so repulsive to some?
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To me, they sometimes emphasise function over form.

...but that's also what makes many of them so interesting.
 
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