Spyderco?

My first spyderco was the pegasus. I didn't get, it well engineered but too small and the blade geometrics didn't worh for me. Still, I bought a delica in vg10. Wonderfull knife, great steel but it didn,t work for me. Being stubborn, I bought a Tenacious. Gave it away to a GOOD friend, Bought another one. Gave it away to my father (I love the guy) Bought one to keep, plain edge. Supplemented that with the SE Tenacious.
I also read the thread about the developoment of the Chokwe. I must say that by now I appreciate mr. Glesser as a knifemaker.
 
And sorry about the spelling, it is late in my timezone and maybe should have kept out the mou-tai. But as a defence to myself, I'm still saying nothing about San Ren Mu. Nothing.
 
orthogonal1 said:
Marketing in ads and such only goes so far. A quality product only goes so far. But a presence gives both a boost.

As an example, lets see how Kershaw is doing in a year or so on the forum.
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Not to derail this incredibly compelling thread, but I'm unsure what you're saying here?

Tell you what, I'll start a new thread so you can explain, and we can discuss.

Oh to get back on topic, I like Spyderco.

Added: Here is the link to the new thread:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7416211#post7416211
 
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This is going to sound like fan boy stuff... but...

Spyderco makes a great product. They love their product. Their customers love their product.

I own only five spyderco's and one byrd. They are all nice knives. They all came extremely sharp out of the box. They all hold an edge well. I also own a sharpmaker, which is a great product.

Also, I saw a thread where someone was boasting of buying a knock off of a spyderco design. Sal, who could easily (and justifiably) have handed the dude his head on a platter, was almost too respectful to the guy.

If I didn't love the products, I would still be in awe of the guy running the show. I've never had the fortune of meeting Sal in person. I'd imagine if I did, I'd be a fan boy (and he'd get yet more of my knife spending money).

I just got a spyderco tenacious... the endura 4 that is my edc in my pocket was getting worried and jealous. Seriously, buy one of their knives and find out why...
 
Spydercos are well loved because they are so comfortable and cut so well. Its the kind of thing you don't appreciate until you experience.

I love my $400 dollar Sebenza. It represents the peak of solidarity and manufacturing perfection in the knife industry, but $60 Spydercos still find their way into my pocket all the time.

Sure, the fit an finish is great, but not mind blowing. The materials are great, but not the newest and most hyped on the base models. There are no fast-action flippers, gadget-y assisted opening, gimmicky technology, ridiculous blade shapes (90% of the time) or tactical deanimation features...but when my hand locks into that palm swell and pinky shelf, with my index finger right at home in that brilliant 50-50 finger choil, and I sink that full, flat ground slicing machine of a blade with its absurdly sharp edge due to great edge geometry into whatever it is I wanted to cut, I enter a part of pocket knife utopia that only Spyderco can give me.

I highly recommend the Stretch Lightweight:
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This model has everything I love about Spyderco.

This thread also has some beautiful pictures of the Stretch:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=683451&highlight=tool
 
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I'd llike to thank all for the input, positive and negative (all input is valuable).

Sorry the thread moved direction a bit, but kudos to Thomas for beginning another thread for his his question.

sal
 
I bought a Spyderco sharpener from a guy in a booth at the Los Angeles County Fair close to 30 years ago. I still have it. Or most of it, I dropped it a couple of times and broke off some pieces. I still use it! My first Spyderco knife was a Worker which I still have too. When I first saw it with the thumb hole and pocket clip I thought, "now why didn't I think of that?". I just picked up a Manix2 about 3 weeks ago which is now my EDC. And there have been several in between. Spyderco products are for users! Quality products that last.
 
dericdesmond said:
yeah what everyone else said. Something I feel is often left out when discussing SPydercos kick buttness is how 99% of all their models have a significant amount of finger protection. I dont use my knife like a goon, and even if i did I doubt the lock would ever fail, but if it did, and your holding the knife right, than more than likely your fingers will be safe. I use to have a BM with an axis and the thought of that sharp, pointy bottom of the edge coming down on my phalanges gave me nightmares.
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I didn't see anyone else comment on this but I wanted to add a +1 to your sentiment. It's a small part of what makes their designs so great but I feel it is a very important design element that is ignored by a lot of manufacturers and maligned by the community for no real reason. A lot of users hunger for a "good" handle to blade ratio but I feel this is a red herring and that small section of blade lost serves a much better function as a choil/kick than it does as a cutting edge.

Other than my M.U.D.D. folder I haven't carried a knife without a large choil in several years. :thumbup:
 
OP, have you had a chance yet to go handle a few Spydercos at a retailer? When I started getting into knives, I really thought I would be attracted to other manufacturer's proprietary locking mechanisms due to being left-handed.

At this point, I enjoy a variety of knives from most of the popular makers you see discussed here, including many Spydercos. But out of all of them, I EDC a stainless/Kraton Stretch with no clip and a few stripped screw holes.
 
tlong said:
A Tenacious and Persistence are next. I may be able to lend those out for 20 seconds without stressing out. Maybe not:grumpy:
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I have the Tenacious and it's easily my favorite blade to EDC, picking up a Persistence soon, for the slightly smaller size.

IMO Spyderco beats Kershaw and Gerber in the sub $50 knife category HANDS DOWN. I love the "hole" instead of thumb studs, then just give me a wider, leaf shaped blade that's fully flat ground, and I'm a happy camper.

I have guys at my work who are all about the WalMart Kershaws and Smith and Wesson type knives. Let one borrow my Tenacious to cut up some thick rubber tubing. After the first cut he just looked at me with his mouth open, and said he's never had a knife that sharp. Of course you can get those other knives equally sharp, but still :P
 
goodeyesniper said:
I have guys at my work who are all about the WalMart Kershaws and Smith and Wesson type knives. Let one borrow my Tenacious to cut up some thick rubber tubing. After the first cut he just looked at me with his mouth open, and said he's never had a knife that sharp. Of course you can get those other knives equally sharp, but still :P
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I work for medium size company, about 75 people.I started to carry Spydercos at work about four years ago, there were few people carrying knives. Right now twice as many people carrying knives and everybody except one carry Spyderco. The person, who carries Griptilian (which was gifted to him) just doesn't want to ruin his Manix or Native2 or Volpe or Chinook or C83 Persian at work. After I started to use Spyderco, I bought several knives from other brands, mostly Kershaw, but sold all of them..........
 
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