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390beretta

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I just ordered my first Spyderco (Resilience) Never owned one before and wondered what opinions are about them. Thanks in advance.
 
They're great. From the entry models on up they are solidly built with smooth actions and great steel. A lot of thought goes into their knives and it shows. You made a good choice.
 
Spyderco is far and away my favorite knife company. I don't even own a non Spyderco folder, and I've had Cold Steels, Kershaws, Ontarios, SOGs, and Benchmades. Spyderco just does it for me. Once you get the hang of it, I think their Spyderhole opener is the easiest and most reliable way of getting a folder out. In the Spyderco forum here on BF and their official forum, Sal Glesser, the founder of Spyderco, will even post now and then. When he congratulated me about getting my first Spyderco on the official Spyderco forum, I was hooked.

I've handled the Resilience before and have owned a Tenacious for awhile. They are definitely good knives. I really like the deployment and ergos on both. I hope you know that the Resilience is a BIG knife. Over a 4" blade. I personally would have spent a few extra dollars to get an Endura or Delica, or even a Manix Lightweight, over the Resilience. I don't have anything bad to say about my Tenacious quality wise, but the fact remains it was made in Red China and the edge needs touched up often. However, 8cr13mov is easy to sharpen, and I've never had rust problems with Spyderco or Byrd 8cr13mov. But if money was tight or you want an even bigger knife than an Endura, good for you. The liner locks on the Tenacious/Resilience line are very well done, and the G10 is grippy but still pocket friendly. Those flat ground blades are great. The standard Spyderco pocket clip on them is attractive and functional.

You'll definitely like your Resilience, and I am betting it will not be your last Spyderco!! :) Spyderco has a lot of die hard addicts, to include yours truly.

I'd highly recommend the Spyderco forum on their website if you want to know anything about anything about anything Spyderco. They're very friendly over there. Can't go wrong with the Spydie section on BF either.
 
I'm not going to say that Spyderco is the very best production knife out there because when you weigh out all the factors there might be one that uses better materials that I'm not aware of. But I will say that they have been the best company I've ever dealt with. Their quality is superb in my opinion. The 3 to 4 times I've sent stuff in to their warranty and repair department I've had nothing but excellent luck and great customer service all the way around.

Do keep in mind that they have knives for sale that are made here in the USA ( the Golden Colorado plant) which are great but their Japanese made stuff is also great. I've been using Spyderco blades of some sort for the past 9 to 10 years and I've had nothing but great luck with them.

Another thing to consider about Spyderco are their line up of specialty type blades like their Hawkbills, folding fillet knife and a myriad of designs that no other knife company would touch with a 50ft pole. Their H-1 Salt Series is probably the best group of knives I've seen for working in harsh and hostile environments. They also have some of the very best sharpening equipment on the market. Anything you buy from Spyderco you will be pleased I'm sure. Quality is truly the name of their game.
 
I have other brands besides Spyderco, but nothing beats Spyderco for the money. Sal Glesser, CEO, also comes out with some great steels for us to try: S90v, CTS-20CP, S110V, CPM-M4, ZDP-189, CPM-3V. A special steel... like the Spyderco 2013 Forum folder in S110V. This blade-steel holds an edge as well as S90V...perhaps, I'm told, even a bit better.
My faves are the PM2, Gayle Bradley, Stretch in ZDP-189, Chaparral.
 
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The Resilience is a great knife, as long as lock strength isn't important to you, and you only intent to use it for light tasks like food prep.

Spyderco in general is a great company, though, with a lot of strong, innovative high performance designs and great materials.
 
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Kwon Kwang said:
The Resilience is a great knife, as long as lock strength isn't important to you, and you only intent to use it for light tasks like food prep.

Spyderco in general is a great company, though, with a lot of strong, innovative high performance designs and great materials.
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So is this an attempt to damn with faint praise or the old fashioned "left handed" compliment? I don't own a Resilience but my Tenacious has the same lock and there is nothing light weight about it. Please share your personal experience that leads you to say it's only good for light duty.
 
GronK said:
So is this an attempt to damn with faint praise or the old fashioned "left handed" compliment? I don't own a Resilience but my Tenacious has the same lock and there is nothing light weight about it. Please share your personal experience that leads you to say it's only good for light duty.
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The lock fails from a relatively firm tap on the spine. No, thanks. I'm considering getting gold membership so I can sell mine.

I think it's a much better idea to save thirty bucks more and buy an Endura.
 
390beretta said:
I just ordered my first Spyderco (Resilience) Never owned one before and wondered what opinions are about them. Thanks in advance.
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You should be quite pleased and maybe even surprised at the quality you got for the money.
I remember getting a Tenacious just to check it out and thinking wow thats a dang good value.

Kwon Kwang said:
The lock fails from a relatively firm tap on the spine. No, thanks. I'm considering getting gold membership so I can sell mine.
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Might be nice if you got Spyderco to fix the problem before you sell it.

I think it's a much better idea to save thirty bucks more and buy an Endura.
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The Endura is an excellent knife and pretty much a classic at this point. I imagine after getting the Resilience the OP will want more Spydies and an Endura or Delica could be good next step in Spydie addiction.
 
Alann45 said:
You should be quite pleased and maybe even surprised at the quality you got for the money.
I remember getting a Tenacious just to check it out and thinking wow thats a dang good value.



Might be nice if you got Spyderco to fix the problem before you sell it.



The Endura is an excellent knife and pretty much a classic at this point. I imagine after getting the Resilience the OP will want more Spydies and an Endura or Delica could be good next step in Spydie addiction.
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I've seen other people's Tenacious with the same issue. Plenty of other liner locks, too. I don't think it's a quality control issue. I've heard some unsavory things about Spyderco customer service right here on Bladeforums, and I'm wary of paying half of what I paid for the knife so that I can wait over a month, have them tell me that they don't have the parts because the knife is made in China, and then have it come back the same way it was when I sent it.

Maybe I will call them, and document my experience with them on the Spyderco subforum.
 
Kwon Kwang said:
I've seen other people's Tenacious with the same issue. Plenty of other liner locks, too. I don't think it's a quality control issue. I've heard some unsavory things about Spyderco customer service right here on Bladeforums, and I'm wary of paying half of what I paid for the knife so that I can wait over a month, have them tell me that they don't have the parts because the knife is made in China, and then have it come back the same way it was when I sent it.

Maybe I will call them, and document my experience with them on the Spyderco subforum.
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I would suggest trying it for yourself before bad-mouthing them [Charlynn] because of something you read on the internet, I have had nothing but perfect experiences with W&R, I know there are 2 current threads on their good service in the spyderco sub-forum.

Plus unless you paid $10 for the knife I'm sure you won't have to spend "half of what you paid" to get it fixed, all you need to pay is $5 for return shipping. If the problem is really as bad as you describe they wouldn't fix that, they would replace the knife. I can assure you its not a common problem for the tenacious series' liner locks to fail from a "tap on the spine".
 
Cereal_killer said:
I would suggest trying it for yourself before bad-mouthing them [Charlynn] because of something you read on the internet, I have had nothing but perfect experiences with W&R, I know there are 2 current threads on their good service in the spyderco sub-forum.

Plus unless you paid $10 for the knife I'm sure you won't have to spend "half of what you paid" to get it fixed, all you need to pay is $5 for return shipping. If the problem is really as bad as you describe they wouldn't fix that, they would replace the knife. I can assure you its not a common problem for the tenacious series' liner locks to fail from a "tap on the spine".
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I'm not bashing anybody, just telling what I've heard, and how it makes me feel about taking a certain course of action.

I live in Canada so it's going to cost me to ship the knife to Colorado.
 
My Tenacious's lock doesn't have that problem. If you want to fix it yourself, pull off the opposite scale and bend the locking liner a bit more, for a snappier lockup. That's what youtube says at least. My Tenacious's liner lock is my favorite liner lock that I've owned, it's gone through spine whacking and hard stabs just fine.
 
Kwon Kwang said:
I'm not bashing anybody, just telling what I've heard, and how it makes me feel about taking a certain course of action.

I live in Canada so it's going to cost me to ship the knife to Colorado.
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If you pass on every knife with a bad word said about it on the innernetz you won't own many knives. Nice that your are going to be saving a lot of money though.
 
Kwon Kwang said:
I've heard some unsavory things about Spyderco customer service right here on Bladeforums, and I'm wary of paying half of what I paid for the knife so that I can wait over a month, have them tell me that they don't have the parts because the knife is made in China, and then have it come back the same way it was when I sent it.
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You can find negative comments about anyone's customer service here. Overall Spydereco has a very good reputation.
I doubt parts will be an issue. Way too many of them have been sold.
I can understand not wanting to hassle over a relatively inexpensive item, but you're not going to be very successful selling it if it is not corrected.

Maybe I will call them, and document my experience with them on the Spyderco subforum.
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Really the only way you can find out for yourself about Spyderco and their CS.
If you're experience is unsatisfactory, send your communications to the attention of Sal and he WILL get it sorted out.
 
GronK said:
So is this an attempt to damn with faint praise or the old fashioned "left handed" compliment? I don't own a Resilience but my Tenacious has the same lock and there is nothing light weight about it. Please share your personal experience that leads you to say it's only good for light duty.
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Because its not Cold Steel perhaps ?
 
Love the quality, and consistent variety of steel but I think they look goofy. And that's coming from a man with a purple knife.
 
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